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In My Life violin, cello and harp
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In My Life
In My Life
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In My Life
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Small Ensemble Cello,Harp,Piano,Violin - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.513290 By The Beatles. By John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Arranged by Dico. P...
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Small Ensemble Cello,Harp,Piano,Violin - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.513290 By The Beatles. By John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Arranged by Dico. Pop,Rock,Wedding. Score and parts. 10 pages. Dico Ferreira #124055. Published by Dico Ferreira (A0.513290). WEDDING SERIES - a set of popular songs and wedding standards that I have arranged for years. The formations are varied, from duos to orchestras with choir. The majority are mixed/flexible sextets in which some instruments can be replaced and the ensembles can be totally changed. Some arrangements have shortened versions. These options are provided in my catalogue.IN MY LIFEÂ - for violin, cello and harp (piano).
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Love Of My Life
Love Of My Life
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Queen
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Willian Ciriaco
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Love Of My Life
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Willian Ciriaco
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Strings Alto Saxophone,Cello,Viola,Violin - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1121140 By Queen. By Freddie Mercury. Arranged by Willian Ciriaco. 19th Ce...
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Strings Alto Saxophone,Cello,Viola,Violin - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1121140 By Queen. By Freddie Mercury. Arranged by Willian Ciriaco. 19th Century,Broadway,Classical,Musical/Show,Pop,Rock. 20 pages. Willian Ciriaco #722000. Published by Willian Ciriaco (A0.1121140). This Arrange is for Alto Saxophone and Strings quartet., by Willian Ciriaco Key: F Love of My Life is a song by the British rock band Queen from their 1975 album A Night at the Opera.[1] A sentimental ballad featuring a harp. After Queen performed the song in South America in 1981, the version from their live album Live Killers reached number 1 in the singles chart in Argentina and Brazil, and stayed in the charts in both countries for an entire year Mercury wrote it on the piano and guitar first, and Brian May rearranged the song for acoustic 12-string guitar for live performances, also lowering the key by a minor third. May contributed occasional guitar phrases to the original recording and played the swooping harp glissandos by pasting together multiple takes of single chords.
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Love Of My Life
Love Of My Life
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Queen
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Willian Ciriaco
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Love Of My Life
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Willian Ciriaco
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Strings Cello,Tenor Saxophone,Viola,Violin - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1121118 By Queen. By Freddie Mercury. Arranged by Willian Ciriaco. 19th C...
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Strings Cello,Tenor Saxophone,Viola,Violin - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1121118 By Queen. By Freddie Mercury. Arranged by Willian Ciriaco. 19th Century,Broadway,Classical,Multicultural,Musical/Show,Rock,World. 22 pages. Willian Ciriaco #722025. Published by Willian Ciriaco (A0.1121118). This Arrange is for Tenor Saxophone and Strings quartet., by Willian Ciriaco Key: F Love of My Life is a song by the British rock band Queen from their 1975 album A Night at the Opera.[1] A sentimental ballad featuring a harp. After Queen performed the song in South America in 1981, the version from their live album Live Killers reached number 1 in the singles chart in Argentina and Brazil, and stayed in the charts in both countries for an entire year Mercury wrote it on the piano and guitar first, and Brian May rearranged the song for acoustic 12-string guitar for live performances, also lowering the key by a minor third. May contributed occasional guitar phrases to the original recording and played the swooping harp glissandos by pasting together multiple takes of single chords.
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Eternal Bridge For Oboe Harp And Strings
Eternal Bridge For Oboe Harp And Strings
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Luis Anjos Teixeira
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Eternal Bridge For Oboe Harp A
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Luis Anjos Teixeira
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Large Ensemble Cello,Double Bass,Harp,Oboe,Viola,Violin - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.889419 Composed by Luis Anjos Teixeira. Concert,Contemporary...
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Large Ensemble Cello,Double Bass,Harp,Oboe,Viola,Violin - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.889419 Composed by Luis Anjos Teixeira. Concert,Contemporary. Score and parts. 36 pages. Luis Anjos Teixeira #3492515. Published by Luis Anjos Teixeira (A0.889419). For the 2018 Chamber Music Contest Entry Eternal Bridge was made to be performed by a group of six soloists playing the following instruments: Oboe, Harp, Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass. It is not a difficult piece once learned. It is really a great fun for the players and very easy listening too, It covers a very wide range of audience demands. There is a groove feeling on it that makes it very pleasant to most all people. Because of its plasticity the piece allows many interpretations, therefore I did not made much use of interpretation symbols in order to leave to the performers the freedom of doing their own. Bowing and fingering are left totally virgin at the hands of the schools or the creativity of the performing Artists. P.S. - The score was written on Finale. The sound file For the 2018 Chamber Music Contest Entry, was performed with samplers from Garritan and conceived as an audio support for the presentation of the score. This is the first time that this version is published in Sheet Music Plus. Thank you very much for taking your time to read this text and to listen to the file. I hope you have a lot of fun and enjoy the music. Sheers! Thanks to Claudia Eppelt for the cover design, all the Love and inspiration. Special Thanks to Nina and Stray Queen Mimi for my Family, all their Love Patience and Compassion. Love Forever.„The litle story of the - „Eternal BridgeEternal Bridge came out of a dream. Imagine a little railway station, a train that comes and stops, and your friends go inside. As you step on the little stairs to go inside, the doors close letting you out, and the train starts rolling. It speeds up very fast and enough so you can`t jump out of the little stairs back to the ground, you are holding now to the iron bars around the doors of the train, you see your friends and the people inside but they can`t see you, they can`t hear you, and you notice that the train is now on a bridge so high, that you can`t see the earth any more. Wind is blowing around me and I feel this cosmic cold and everything starts to twist around in a gigantic spiral. I still feel the Gravity but it goes in all directions at the same time pushing me violently and I feared to fail the grip on the iron bars and fall down, in an imaginary endless abyss. Little by little the speed of the events slows down progressively until everything freezes. Now, The other side of the bridge does not exist at all, neither the beginning or up or down. The train disappeared in a glimpse and I noticed that I was not falling down, just hanging there out in hyperspace, Free from Gravity. I lost the fear of falling in the abyss, it felt kind a good, because the only thing that I could see was light, pure beautiful bright white light, I was floating in light, I realised I could stay there forever, but then I felt lonely and wanted to come back home. When I finally woke up, I wrote this words in Portuguese and made a song out of it. the words go like:Ponte eterna abismo sem fundo - Vento ciclónico medo profundo - Comboio gelado lentidão d`aço - Espiral eterna suspensa no espaço - Maos agarram a vida duas barras d` aço - Corpo sacudido em espasmos de medo - Alucinação divina acordar de um sonho Eternal Bridge endless Abyss - Cyclonic wind deep Fear - Frozen Train slowness of steel - Eternal spiral suspended in space - Hands cling to life on two bars of steel - Body shaken into spasms of fear - Divine hallucination waking up from a dream
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Love Of My Life
Love Of My Life
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Brian Pesoth
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Love Of My Life
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Brian Semuel Hendrik Pesoth
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Large Ensemble Cello,Clarinet,Double Bass,Drums,Flute,Horn,Oboe,Trombone,Trumpet,Viola,Violin - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.865497 By Queen. By Fr...
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Large Ensemble Cello,Clarinet,Double Bass,Drums,Flute,Horn,Oboe,Trombone,Trumpet,Viola,Violin - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.865497 By Queen. By Freddie Mercury and Frederick Mercury. Arranged by Brian Pesoth. Rock. Score and parts. 31 pages. Brian Semuel Hendrik Pesoth #5213749. Published by Brian Semuel Hendrik Pesoth (A0.865497). No vocal partPiano (or Harpsi), Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn in F, Trumpet in Bb, Trombone, Percussion, Violin, Viola, Cello, Cbassbrianpesoth@gmail.com
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Nothing Compares (Anthem) - Orchestration
Nothing Compares (Anthem) - Orchestration
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Sacred music
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Christopher R
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Nothing Compares
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Christopher Brown
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Large Ensemble Choir - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.747194 Composed by Christopher R. Brown. Christian,Gospel,Praise & Worship,Sacred. Score and pa...
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Large Ensemble Choir - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.747194 Composed by Christopher R. Brown. Christian,Gospel,Praise & Worship,Sacred. Score and parts. 92 pages. Christopher Brown #4601913. Published by Christopher Brown (A0.747194). About the song: This anthem begins by compelling the listener and the performer to consider the parable of the hidden treasure and the pearl. The second verse reflects on David's superlative description of God's Word in Ps. 19. In his letter to the Philippians, Paul speaks of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ when compared to everything else in this life. The lyrics of this song are intended to echo these Truths, encourage the believer, and testify to the incomparable gift of entering into the Kingdom of God, understanding His Word, and being strengthened and set free to do the good works that He prepared in advance for us to do.Can be performed with piano accompaniment only, OR with additional band members (rhythm chart included), OR with full orchestra.Please Note:You can purchase individual copies of the choral score separately on Sheet Music Plus. Performance of this piece requires the purchase of one choral score per singer.Included in your Purchase:Full ScoreChoral Score (SATB with Solo)Piano AccompanimentRhythm ChartDrumsetFlute 1, 2Oboe (opt. Soprano Sax doubles)Clarinet 1, 2Horn 1, 2 (opt. Alto Sax doubles)Trumpet 1, 2Trumpet 3Trombone 1, 2 (opt. Tenor Sax doubles)Trombone 3/ Tuba (opt. Bari Sax doubles)Percussion 1, 2HarpViolin 1, 2ViolaCelloString Bass (opt. Bass Clarinet/ Bassoon doubles)Lyrics:Verse 1Like a treasure in a field,Is the matchless worth of Christ.For the kingdom of heaven, I give my life.Like a pearl of great value,Perfect and pure.I leave it all behind ‘cause of this I’m sure.Chorus 1He called out my name,And broke ev’ry chain,Love so amazing, so divine!He rescued my soul,And made my heart whole,Now I am His and He is mine!I’m taking up my cross,And I count it all as loss.Nothing compares to what I have in the Lord.Verse 2More precious than gold,Is the Word of the Lord.Greater and higher than anything this world affords,It is sweeter than honey,Straight from the comb.My delight is in Jesus, I no longer walk alone.Chorus 2He called out my name,And broke ev’ry chain,Love so amazing, so divine!He rescued my soul,And made my heart whole,Now I am His and He is mine!I’m taking up my crossAnd I count it all as lossNothing compares to what I have in the Lord.Bridge (x2)In the Lord I find strength for every day, In the Lord every fear is washed away.In the Lord hope and peace are here to stay,Whatever comes my way, I will lift my voice and say.Key ChangeChorus 3He called out my name,And broke ev’ry chain,Love so amazing, so divine!He rescued my soul,And made my heart whole,Now I am His and He is mine!I’m taking up my cross,And I count it all as loss.Nothing compares to what I have in the Lord.Nothing compares to what I have in the Lord.Nothing compares to what i have in the Lord.
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If Not Now, When?
If Not Now, When?
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Contemporary
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Chris Gordon
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If Not Now, When?
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Cool Wind Music Digital
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Large Ensemble Cello,Clarinet,Flute,Piano,Piccolo,Viola,Violin - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.841258 Composed by Chris Gordon. 20th Century. Score ...
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Large Ensemble Cello,Clarinet,Flute,Piano,Piccolo,Viola,Violin - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.841258 Composed by Chris Gordon. 20th Century. Score and parts. 39 pages. Cool Wind Music Digital #3056419. Published by Cool Wind Music Digital (A0.841258). Full set of parts: Please contact Chris Gordon at the email address on the first page of music for details.IF NOT NOW, WHEN? If Not Now, When? gets its title from the novel by Primo Levi, the Italian author who both survived life in Auschwitz and fought the continued German military presence in Italy with the Resistance after the Italian surrender to the Allies in September 1943. Levi meant that revolution and the overthrow of tyranny should never be 'put off until tomorrow'. If you believe you are on the side of right, then 'seize the day'- tomorrow may be too late. The inspiration for INNW? grew from research I was doing into an early song by Alban Berg called An Leukon which Berg wrote in 1907 while a student of Arnold Schoenberg. In delving into the kind of world which Berg inhabited in the Vienna of 100 years ago, I was fascinated by the café culture* which played a pivotal role in the lives of most artists: not only composers, but also writers, painters, architects and journalists. They swirled around the fashionable 'watering holes' sucking up current thoughts and ideas, high on Viennese coffee, cigar smoke and idealism! I envisaged a play which tried to encapsulate all this and wrote a few scenes with characters such as Schoenberg, Berg, Webern, Steuermann, Pisk, Kraus, Gropius and Altenberg heatedly discussing music, art and poetry over large cups of milky coffee. This grew into the framework for INNW? which, to paraphrase Pirandello's play about characters seeking an author, is a 'play without words in several scenes'. The piece is organised into 8 short movements or 'scenes' showing the 'Schoenberg cirle' sharing their radical and daring ideas and the shock or delight (or both simultaneously) with which those ideas are greeted. The first, which happens to be the longest, is rooted in conventional tonality. It begins with a fanfare in D flat major ('aux armes, citoyens!'), then seeks a 'freer' tonality by means of the 'emancipation of the semitone' only to capitulate in the central section and, finally, to 'fall back to earth' by winding down in G sharp minor. These 'scenes' are not meant to represent particular composers. They are, however, meant to represent the kinds of directions in which music could progress, given the 'breakdown' or 'stretching to its limits' of traditional harmony which had occurred in the previous 10 to 20 years. So many ways forward were promulgated, with one after another extraordinary, and often unexpected, futuristic musical panoramas glimpsed momentarily. My aim is to demonstrate which directions they decided they could head in having cleared the 'overgrown' path before them. * I even discovered that, around this time, in the Café Central, a certain Leon (Lev) Bronstein, otherwise known as Leon Trotsky, banished by the Okhrana (Imperial secrect police) from his native Russia, would spend all day in a back room playing chess. How delicious, I thought, if Schoenberg had ever brushed passed Trotsky or, indeed, had ever spoken to him: the one planning political and the other musical revolution!
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