SKU: GI.G-2447
UPC: 785147244790.
Scored for two trumpets, two trombones and organ, this suite of four movements by Robert Powell features hymn tunes from both Kentucky Harmony and Sacred Harp. The open harmonies and rustic sound give this work an idyllic and distinctly American charm. A recording of this suite is available on Gaudeamus! Music for Brass with Organ and Timpani, (CD-503) featuring The Concord Brass Ensemble. Contents: salvation • foundation • protection • exhortation • exhilaration.
SKU: SU.00220112
The complete Harp, Keyboard (Piano, Organ, etc.) and auxiliary parts [CD-ROM] for the 61 orchestral works included in The Orchestra Musician's CD-ROM Library™, Volume 2: Debussy, Mahler and more. If these parts were purchased separately, this collection could cost several hundred dollars. Parts are easily viewable and printable on either PC or Mac using embedded Adobe® Reader technology. Contents: BIZET Carmen Suites 1-2, L'Arlesienne Suites 1-2, Symphony No. l; BRUCH Violin Concerto No.1, Kol Nidrei, Scottish Fantasy; BRUCKNER Symphonies 1-9, Te Deum; BUSONI Turandot Suite; DEBUSSY Images 1-3, Jeux, La Mer, Nocturnes, Petite Suite, Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, Printemps, Sacred and Profane Dances, Clarinet Rhapsody; FAURÉ Pavane, Pelleas and Melisande, Requiem; GRIEG Piano Concerto in A Minor, Peer Gynt Suites 1-2, Symphonic Dances, Holberg Suite; MAHLER Symphonies 1-9, Kindertotenlieder, Das klagende Lied, Das Lied von der Erde, Lieder; REGER Variations and Fuge on a Theme by Mozart; SAINT-SAËNS Carnival of the Animals, Danse Macabre, Symphony No. 3, Cello Concerto No. 1, Piano Concerto No. 2, Christmas Oratorio, Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso Visit for more information
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SKU: PR.466000470
UPC: 680160099405. 11 x 17 inches.
This is the second incarnation of a work I first composed in 1994 for symphonic wind ensemble. The earlier version was intended to be the summation of three-part suite, each part being named for a different national park in the Western United States. This orchestral version, commissioned in 1999 by the Utah Symphony and dedicated to the memory of Aaron Copland, is more than a re-scoring of the earlier piece; it is a re-thinking of all its elements. Zion is a place with unrivaled natural grandeur, being a sort of huge box canyon in which the traveler is constantly overwhelmed by towering rock walls on every side of him -- but it is also a place with a human history, having been inhabited by several tribes of native Americans before the arrival of the Mormon settlers in the mid-19th century. By the time the Mormons reached Utah, they had been driven all the way from New York State through Ohio and, with tragic losses, through Missouri. They saw Utah in general as a place nobody wanted, but they were nonetheless determined to keep it to themselves. Although Zion Canyon was never a Mormon Stronghold, the people who reached it and claimed it (and gave it its present name) had been through extreme trials. It is the religious fervor of these persecuted people that I was able to draw upon in creating Zion as a piece of music. There are two quoted hymns in the work: Zion's Walls (which Aaron Copland adapted to his own purposes in both his Old American Songs and the opera The Tender Land) and Zion's Security, which I found in the same volume in which Copland found Zion's Walls -- that inexhaustible storehouse of 19th-century hymnody called The Sacred Harp. My work opens with a three-verse setting of Zion's Security, a stern tune in F-sharp minor which is full of resolve. (The words of this hymn are resolute and strong, rallying the faithful to be firm, and describing the city of our God they hope to establish). This melody alternates with a fanfare tune, whose origins will be revealed in later music, until the second half of the piece begins: a driving rhythmic ostinato based on a 3/4-4/4 alternating meter scheme. This pauses at its height to restate Zion's Security one more time, in a rather obscure setting surrounded by freely shifting patterns in the flutes, clarinets, and percussion -- until the sun warms the ground sufficiently for the second hymn to appear. Zion's Walls is set in 7/8, unlike Copland's 9/8-6/8 meters (the original is quite strange, and doesn't really fit any constant meter), and is introduced by a warm horn solo. The two hymns vie for attention from here to the end of the piece, with the glowingly optimistic Zion's Walls finally achieving prominence. The work ends with a sense of triumph.
SKU: HL.14028004
ISBN 9788759860984. 12.0x16.5x0.438 inches.
Full score for this work for Guitar and Small Ensemble. Ruders writes: The word has its origin in ancient Greek: Psalmoidia i.e. 'singing to the harp', and we find the word again in Psalter, derived from Psallein 'playing the strings with the fingers'. 'Psalmodies' written for and dedicated to David Starobin, has no specific religious content or aim; the collection of eleven pieces forms a concert-suite, displaying a wide range of emotions; from the jubilant to the dismal, the guitar playing the natural leading part 'inside' a chorus of woodwinds and strings. The title and each movement mirrors the variety of moods, from the secular feast of A Fanfare for All to the sacred introversion of A Prayer with Halo. 'Psalmodies' opens with a guitar-solo and closes down with one: the rejoicing Entrance for One and the hushed, melancholy Exit for One, thus exemplifying the emotional compass, which I, in an essay on my first symphony; 'Himmelhoch Jauchsend-zum Tode betrubt' entitle: Of Joy and Grief. Of Worship and Oblivion.
SKU: GI.G-3137S
Recorded in 1988 and still considered one of the most beautiful mass settings ever written, Michael Joncas's No Greater Love offers cathedral-style music that invites congregational participation. Multiple arrangements allow for flexibility in format and variety of instrumentation. Perfectly suited for Lenten liturgies, No Greater Love uses the Eucharistic Prayer for Reconciliation II, which has as its theme the mystery of reconciliation. The setting includes the beloved song No Greater Love, which has become a popular classic and is used regularly at Catholic Masses year after year. .
SKU: BA.BA06862
ISBN 9790260105300. 34.2 x 27.3 cm inches. Text Language: Church Slavic.
The Glagolitic Mass, one of the 20th century masterpieces of sacred music, has a very complex genesis and constitutes an intricate editorial challenge.The recently published scholarly-critical edition presents two different versions of the work in two separate volumes: the “September 1927” version (BA 6863) which the composer completed before the first rehearsals and subsequent premiere in Brno and the version he partly reworked for the first Prague performance in April 1928 (BA 6862). This second version was then revised further and published after Janácek’s death by Universal Edition Wien in 1930. Known as the “final authorised version”, it has been newly edited for this publication which is based on the engraver’s copy of the score prepared by Janácek’s regular copyist Václav Sedlácek. The “final authorised version” is the significant version and most suited to performance purposes. The instrumentation is richer, it is more straightforward to rehearse and several important passages are more coherent than in the earlier version. It is the later version that is presented in the vocal score. The Old Church Slavonic text has been prepared by the slavicist Radoslav Vecerka.
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SKU: HL.35028413
UPC: 884088653583. 4.75x5 inches.
Uses: EpiphanyScripture: Matthew 2:1-12This up tempo anthem is a stimulating admonition to seek the light of Christ and His illumination. Well suited for Epiphany, this rousing theme has touches of sadness suggesting the shadows that surround the young Messiah in the days and years following His birth. Using a well-known carol tune helps draw the listener close and aids the learning process. A crisp approach to diction and articulation will yield success in your presentation. Available separately: SATB, StudioTrax CD, Orchestration CD-rom (Score & parts for Flute 1&2, Oboe, Clarinet 1&2, Bassoon, Horn 1&2, Trumpet 1, Trumpet 2&3, Trombone 1&2, Bass Trombone/Tuba, Timp, Perc 1&2, Harp, Piano, Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Double Bass). Duration: ca. 3:11.
SKU: HL.319779
UPC: 888680972806. 6.75x10.5x0.029 inches.
ACDA Executive Director, Tim Sharp, and famed Nashville composer Wes Ramsay joined forces to create a new and powerful anthem using the words from one of Southern Harmony's best-loved texts. A striking piano part opens the piece reminiscent of one of Grieg's Holberg Suites, that gives way to a flowing melody. Communion or Lent, medium in difficulty.
