Samuel Barber

Score-Samuel Barber's most famous work is now available for young bands in this practical version by Paul Jennings. Careful key and meter selection make it accessible along with the opportunity to expose your students to a classic work by a revered American composer.

Sonata for Cello and Piano. Includes Score and Part. Suitable for advanced players.

Lord Jesus Christ! for High Voice and Piano comes from Samuel Barber’s 1954 one movement work: Prayers Of Kierkegaard. The text comes from the prayers and sermons of Danish theologian Soren Kierkegaard who inspired and excited Barber him. The work is notable in that the composer has successfully conjoined aspects of medieval music into his usual blend of succulent Romantic sounds and twentieth-century musical tendencies. Lord Jesus Christ! is a somewhat more tranquil than the sincerity of the rest of the suite.

Libretto-Written in 1862 La Forza Del Destino was written after a two-year gap in Verdi's composing. The work was comissioned in late 1860 by the Imperial Theater of St. Petersburg and is now regarded by many as Verdi's mostextensive and dramatically intricate opera. This Libretto is the revised version which Verdi worked on with Antonio Ghislanzoni. It premiered at La Scala Milan on February 27 1869 and has a different ending to Piave'soriginal story. English translation by Ruth and Thomas Martin.

Score-Full Score. Other scores available (Medea's Dance of Vengeance): Concert Band (50482401) and Orchestra (50339360). Performance materials available on rental. Duration ca. 13 minutes.

Samuel Barber Op. 17-Composed in 1942 Barber's Second Essay is a masterwork of concentrated musical drama with a richness of texture comprised of highly charged and succinctly organized musical modules. The opening theme has a definiteAmerican flavor. This is followed by a fugal section evolving from simple tonal patterns to polytonality. After an intensely rhythmic third section all elements are combined in a huge climax and coda which rounds off the work.Expertly transcribed by Dr. George Schneider this is certain to find its place in the standard repertoire for mature ensembles. Dur: 11:00 (Grade 5)

Study Score No. 28-First performance: Pro-Arte Quartet; Villa Aurelia American Academy Rome Italy; 14 December 1936. Parts available: GS34173

The classic artsong by Samuel Barber is now available in an easy choral edition. Ideal for developing ensembles in middle and high school. Available for: SATB and SA.

Samuel Barber Op. 17-Composed in 1942 Barber's Second Essay is a masterwork of concentrated musical drama with a richness of texture comprised of highly charged and succinctly organised musical modules. The opening theme has adefinite American flavour which is followed by a fugal section that evolves from simple tonal patterns to polytonality. After an intensely rhythmic third section all elements are combined in a huge climax and coda that round offthe work. Expertly transcribed for symphonic band by Dr. George Schneider this is certain to find its place in the standard repertoire for mature ensembles. Duration 11:00. (Grade 5)

Under The Willow Tree is a wondeful piece for SATB Choir and Piano from the Opera Vanessa.