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Choral Choir (SSA) - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.873045 Composed by Sally Whitwell. Contemporary. Octavo. 10 pages. Sally Whitwell #5197447. Publi...
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Choral Choir (SSA) - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.873045 Composed by Sally Whitwell. Contemporary. Octavo. 10 pages. Sally Whitwell #5197447. Published by Sally Whitwell (A0.873045). I composed Dissolved over the stiflingly hot and humid Sydney summer of 2018-2019. It’s all about finding relief from the heat by plunging your body into the sea at twilight. I went with some friends to Sydney’s Coogee Beach one late afternoon, just as the sun was setting. We parked in a side street and walked barefoot across the road, still warm from a full day of blazing sunlight, over the prickly grass, down the concrete steps onto the soft sand and into the ocean. The feeling of being cleansed by this salt water was so strong, I felt compelled to write a song about it. Sally Whitwell Long shadows stretch into still summer nights The atmosphere lays heavy, liquefied Warmth rising from the asphalt, once alight From the sun, now disappearing Drawn to dark water, we become amphibian Bare toes swallowed by waves on wet sand Deionisation, we hold it in our hands And the fever’s disappearing We are dissolved The water absolving us We are evolving On the ever revolving earth Ever evolving, revolving, dissolving Water abating and we’re dissipating As the world turns and our hearts burn With love
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Dissolvere, for piano with optional instruments in three parts and optional drone - Score and Parts
Dissolvere, for piano with optional instruments in three parts and optional drone - Score and Parts
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Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1424607 Composed by Paul Burnell. 21st Century,Classical,Contemporary. 16 pages. Paul Burnell #1005781. Published by P...
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Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1424607 Composed by Paul Burnell. 21st Century,Classical,Contemporary. 16 pages. Paul Burnell #1005781. Published by Paul Burnell (A0.1424607). Dissolvere by Paul Burnell.Composed 2020 for piano with optional instruments in three parts and optional drone.Duration: 6.00 approx.Optional: drone on D4 from beginning, stopping at end of bar 96. Suggested drone instruments include - violas, 'cellos playing a natural harmonic, organ, synthesised strings, wine glasses. In a large ensemble, those instruments which cannot easily play quietly may be positioned 'off-stage' - as if playing in the distance.Programme note:Dissolvere is an Italian verb, borrowed from Latin, meaning to dissolve, dissipate, disperse or fade away.Excerpts from 'Ode to a Nightingale' written by John Keats in 1819:Fade far away, dissolve, and quite forgetWhat thou among the leaves hast never known,The weariness, the fever, and the fretHere, where men sit and hear each other groan;Where palsy shakes a few, sad, last grey hairs,Where youth grows pale, and spectre-thin, and dies;Where but to think is to be full of sorrowAnd leaden-eyed despairs;Where beauty cannot keep her lustrous eyes,Or new Love pine at them beyond to-morrow.Adieu! adieu! thy plaintive anthem fadesPast the near meadows, over the still stream,Up the hill-side; and now 'tis buried deepIn the next valley-glades:Was it a vision, or a waking dream?Fled is that music:—Do I wake or sleep?The English poet John Keats was born in London in 1795 and died in Rome in 1821.
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Drum Set,Drums - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1323013 By Absofacto. By Curtis Williams, Henry Burrell, James Varner, and Jonathan Visger. Arranged ...
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Drum Set,Drums - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1323013 By Absofacto. By Curtis Williams, Henry Burrell, James Varner, and Jonathan Visger. Arranged by COPYDRUM. Pop. Score. 3 pages. COPYDRUM #911287. Published by COPYDRUM (A0.1323013).
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Piano Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1008722 By Absofacto. By Curtis Edward Williams, Curtis Williams, Henry Burrell, James Varner, and Jonath...
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Piano Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1008722 By Absofacto. By Curtis Edward Williams, Curtis Williams, Henry Burrell, James Varner, and Jonathan Visger. Arranged by senseLess Khorister. Contemporary. Score. 2 pages. SenseLess Khorister #6473319. Published by senseLess Khorister (A0.1008722).
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Dissolve by Dario D'aversa - Piano Solo
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Performed by: Dario D'aversa: Dissolve Digital Sheetmusic - instantly downloadable sheet music plus an interactive, downloadable digital sheet music file, ...
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Performed by: Dario D'aversa: Dissolve Digital Sheetmusic - instantly downloadable sheet music plus an interactive, downloadable digital sheet music file, scoring: Instrumental Solo, instruments: Piano; 4 pages -- Solo Instrumental~~Indie Pop~~Alternative Pop/Rock~~Electropop
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String Orchestra - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1391838 By Mormon Tabernacle Choir. By Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse. Arranged by Davison Yon....
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String Orchestra - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1391838 By Mormon Tabernacle Choir. By Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse. Arranged by Davison Yon. 20th Century,Contemporary,Film/TV,Holiday,Standards. 12 pages. Davison Yon #975318. Published by Davison Yon (A0.1391838). Indulge in an enchanting musical experience with this meticulously crafted arrangement of Pure Imagination, featured prominently in the cinematic masterpiece Wonka. Tailored for string orchestra, this rendition is an exquisite blend of artistry and precision, designed to transport both performers and audiences into the captivating world of Willy Wonka's imagination.Central to the arrangement is a mesmerizing violin solo, delicately executed to capture the essence of wonder and charm inherent in the iconic melody. The soloist's nuanced interpretation infuses the performance with depth and emotion, inviting listeners on a journey through a realm where the extraordinary becomes possible.Not to be overshadowed, the viola section assumes a prominent role, gracefully carrying the melodic line with poise and resonance. Their contributions lend a lush, sonorous quality to the ensemble, providing a robust foundation upon which the musical narrative unfolds.Whether performed live on stage or enjoyed through a recorded medium, this arrangement of Pure Imagination promises to captivate discerning audiences with its blend of sophistication and charm. Prepare to be transported to a world where the boundaries of reality dissolve, and the magic of music reigns supreme.
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Chorale Prelude on Nettleton (Come, thou fount of every blessing)
Chorale Prelude on Nettleton (Come, thou fount of every blessing)
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Instrumental Solo,Organ - Digital Download SKU: A0.1372217 Composed by Chris Kovarik. Classical,Praise & Worship,Sacred. Individual part. 7 pages. Chris ...
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Instrumental Solo,Organ - Digital Download SKU: A0.1372217 Composed by Chris Kovarik. Classical,Praise & Worship,Sacred. Individual part. 7 pages. Chris Kovarik #956479. Published by Chris Kovarik (A0.1372217). Nettleton (composed 2017, duration ca. 3’ 20â€) is a multi-sectional work that presents the hymn tune in a variety of moods and textures, from quiet and gentle to loud and brash. Sections tend to dissolve into one another, with no breaks in the pulse, keeping the pace moving. The overall mood is quite happy, if not triumphant.Technical note: while this is generally a loud piece, fairly unambiguously intended as a postlude, it nonetheless plays easier than it sounds.
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BEHOLD HE IS COMING (SATB) – Revelation 1:7
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Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.926664 Composed by Michael A. Morizio. A Cappella,Christian,Sacred. Octavo. 8 pages. M.A. Morizi...
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Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.926664 Composed by Michael A. Morizio. A Cappella,Christian,Sacred. Octavo. 8 pages. M.A. Morizio #3588427. Published by M.A. Morizio (A0.926664). The Apostle John’s visions in Revelation are nothing less than astounding to all readers. However, little is it known that another Hymn to Christ is neatly tucked into the very first seven verses of this last book of the Bible. John begins his Revelation (verses 1-3) with a prelude, introducing Jesus Christ and the apocalypse (revelation) that was made to him via the angel sent to describe all the things about which he was to write. He says, Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and keep what is written in it, for the time is near. After this short prelude, John delivers an epistolary opening (a greeting identifying the author and recipients), then pronounces a blessing upon the recipients-verses 4-6. After both the prelude and the opening, John immediately proceeds to another known Hymn to Christ, in verse 7, which I have called, Behold He Is Coming. When presented with the text in Revelation 1:7, I immediately thought, Where is the Gospel, the good news, in this piece? After several minutes of meditating on the text, I realized the Gospel message was right there in front of me-in the very last line: Yes, so be it [Lord], so be it, [Amen!] There will be peace! All will be known. Every single person will understand, at that point. The end, is the ushering in of a new beginning. The piece is scored in G minor for SATB with flute and Bâ™ clarinet accompaniment. In the opening phrase, we hear the clarinet on a sustained high (concert) G, which crescendos into a quick, descending sixteenth note pattern. There is urgency! The flute joins the clarinet in a duet to complete the introduction to the anthem. Then, the choir begins their haunting chant, Behold, He is coming with the clouds. Every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him. Every eye will see Him and all the tribes of the earth will mourn over Him . Alas, there is peace! The two instruments dissolve into an a cappella four-part chorale where the choir creates the agreement between the text and the music, modulating to the relative major (Bâ™)-all is reconciled in a final Amen!
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Burattino innamorato
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Piano Solo - Digital Download SKU: A0.976875 Composed by Monica Bergo. Children,Contemporary. Score. 6 pages. Monica Bergo #3244245. Published by Monica ...
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Piano Solo - Digital Download SKU: A0.976875 Composed by Monica Bergo. Children,Contemporary. Score. 6 pages. Monica Bergo #3244245. Published by Monica Bergo (A0.976875). 2017 Holiday Contest EntryPUPPET IN LOVE Months and then years of this shelf People passing and laughing at me Old, torn, there is never a child Who wants to buy me to shake him Wax heart in this body of mine But an emotion I can also feel I quiver in love for those eyes, a small doll you are And I never get tired of looking at you You who have a lit light bulb in that your red heart, tell me if It will shine a bit 'for me Puppet in love Be careful that your heart it can dissolve to the heat while she calls you love Strange mockery of fate your dream is nearby and You can not love her anymore And a wax tear down Small doll, small doll I that wanted to love you Now that I can do melted is this my heart And I can not feel anything but pain more Here I stand, with the heart and a dream tigthen in hand Infuse life into this body of mine Only with you I feel alive me too piece of wood, spirit does not With you comes alive It is an explosion, it is clear madness And I know for sure that you'll be mine Maybe not now, in this reality But one day will happen Puppet in love Sweet summer wind Long nights lit And the morning light it will find my puppet Always there on the shelf No heart, no love, no nothing to hope You will dance with me like if I was free from my wires I will dance with you and there is no limit to your dreams The small doll that has already decided Ripping her heart from the breast out and gives it to him If you love me only half ... a only heart just enough The bulb will shine for us It will turn in a star It will be a refuge for people like us to love never stops Sunshine On that shelf My puppet now where is ? Dirty wax can no longer serve, rests in the fire his ashes Turned off the light of a bulb My small doll no longer shine ... You will dance with me like I was free from my wires I will dance with you and there is no limit to your dreams ... .. Monica Bergo
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L'alchimista
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Piano Solo - Digital Download SKU: A0.976873 Composed by Monica Bergo. Contemporary. Score. 9 pages. Monica Bergo #3243715. Published by Monica Bergo (A0...
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Piano Solo - Digital Download SKU: A0.976873 Composed by Monica Bergo. Contemporary. Score. 9 pages. Monica Bergo #3243715. Published by Monica Bergo (A0.976873). 2017 Holiday Contest EntryThe alchemist Flames in the dark sparkle voice whispering echoes They say about you Sell useless dreams they say about me that I’m too much frail You are shutting down the day of this city the lights switch on of different realities and time dilates , begins another life It is tacit ritual of a sad tribes You firefly who shine can you tell me where he is? I seek the alchemist , you see yourself from my eyes rimmed on the nothing wide open they are full of fears and resemble your And here it is your circus , you wait me already not much has changed from a lifetime ago you do not, you are not aged a Peter Pan sick , who deduct his sins in the lives of others clown you always have so many , acrobats tired poised always between dream and reality and as a cat, I also see in the dark and over the waste to me slowly and then die the crises, then anxiety , that imperfect woman I do not stand me anymore I who have never been a daughter , your promise of another family and this need for love, that torture and kill me While you brush my long hair , from your hands give off crystals bright lights exploding inside as if by magic now I belong to you snakes tattooed lean on your hips we float in the sea of time how does I exist? always or yesterday I do not remember but only mysteries You adult man and I young girl abracadabra, as all before I tired and old and you still a child us travelers in a bogus time and while I explore the emptiness I have inside Nothing is sweeter than this torment You prepare the potion , the right proportion , the antidote and poison but you put more passion , My animal instinct and add a little 'of gall for those who have hurt me Mix all right , only you know what to do you seals good my heart , can not serve me evil plots to good , with fumes and vapors , ampoules almost full ,please ... let me drink ... But you can not , and I stay here , prisoner of your invisible world We like vampires , breath broken by sighs , arms forward, off eyes alchemist turn off my complaints You like a zombie , ready to sink your teeth ,that fascinates me and scares alchemist dissolve my torments .. but you can not .. and I stay here I'm looking for the courage to live It is being born on the day of this city Milano colored yourself with its activities shorten the shadows , the sun shines and a veil hiding now all his vices and my pace is tired , my face a bit 'more haggard ,emptiness inside me and where are you? I run always and do not know where I go I look back , I stumble and then I fall Slow walk among the tired souls alive but in a state of apparent death rips in the soul and on my clothes I have no tattoos, scars only and as the salt do on the wounds I burn at the memory of bad choices Iron bars are closed . echoes of voices deafen They say about you that you no longer have a tear they say about me that I’m free woman ... Monica Bergo
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PUPPET IN LOVE
PUPPET IN LOVE
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Piano Solo - Digital Download SKU: A0.1012731 Composed by Monica Bergo. Contemporary. Score. 7 pages. Moni Bergo #5743213. Published by Moni Bergo (A0.10...
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Piano Solo - Digital Download SKU: A0.1012731 Composed by Monica Bergo. Contemporary. Score. 7 pages. Moni Bergo #5743213. Published by Moni Bergo (A0.1012731). Music and song composed by mePUPPET IN LOVE Months and then years of this shelf People passing and laughing at me Old, torn, there is never a child Who wants to buy me to shake him Wax heart in this body of mine But an emotion I can also feel I quiver in love for those eyes, a small doll you are And I never get tired of looking at you You who have a lit light bulb in that your red heart, tell me if It will shine a bit 'for me Puppet in love Be careful that your heart it can dissolve to the heat while she calls you love Strange mockery of fate your dream is nearby and You can not love her anymore And a wax tear down Small doll, small doll I that wanted to love you Now that I can do melted is this my heart And I can not feel anything but pain more Here I stand, with the heart and a dream tigthen in hand Infuse life into this body of mine Only with you I feel alive me too piece of wood, spirit does not With you comes alive It is an explosion, it is clear madness And I know for sure that you'll be mine Maybe not now, in this reality But one day will happen Puppet in love Sweet summer wind Long nights lit And the morning light it will find my puppet Always there on the shelf No heart, no love, no nothing to hope You will dance with me like if I was free from my wires I will dance with you and there is no limit to your dreams The small doll that has already decided Ripping her heart from the breast out and gives it to him If you love me only half ... a only heart just enough The bulb will shine for us It will turn in a star It will be a refuge for people like us to love never stops Sunshine On that shelf My puppet now where is ? Dirty wax can no longer serve, rests in the fire his ashes Turned off the light of a bulb My small doll no longer shine ... You will dance with me like I was free from my wires I will dance with you and there is no limit to your dreams ... .. Monica Bergo
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Amazing Grace (my Chains Are Gone)
Amazing Grace (my Chains Are Gone)
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Chris Tomlin
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Amazing Grace
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Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1225384 By Chris Tomlin. By Chris Tomlin, John Newton, Louie Giglio, and Traditional American Me...
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Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1225384 By Chris Tomlin. By Chris Tomlin, John Newton, Louie Giglio, and Traditional American Melody. Arranged by Dan Garrett. Christian,Contemporary,Sacred,Spiritual. Octavo. 11 pages. Daniel Garrett #821460. Published by Daniel Garrett (A0.1225384). This contemporary SATB divisi with piano arrangement provides much of the sound of today's professional a cappella renditions, but in a more approachable format for moderately advanced to advanced high school, church and community choirs. Written 250 years ago, the poetry and music of Amazing Grace make it one of the most recognizable and beloved hymns of all time. In 2006, Chris Tomlin was asked to provide the title composition for the movie, Amazing Grace, a docudrama about William Wilberforce's efforts in Parliament to end the British transatlantic slave trade. Inspired by the movie's subject, Tomlin added a powerful refrain, My Chains Are Gone, and a transcendent new verse. Refrain: My chains are gone, I've been set free, My God, my Savior has ransomed me. And like a flood, His mercy reigns. Unending love, Amazing Grace. Verse: The Earth shall soon dissolve like snow, The sun forbear to shine, But God, Who called me here below, Will be forever mine.
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On a Far Horizon (for 3-6 octave handbell ensemble) (site license)
On a Far Horizon (for 3-6 octave handbell ensemble) (site license)
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Jason W
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Handbell - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.800616 Composed by Jason W. Krug. Praise & Worship,Sacred. Score. 8 pages. Grassy Meadow Music #6668303. Pu...
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Handbell - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.800616 Composed by Jason W. Krug. Praise & Worship,Sacred. Score. 8 pages. Grassy Meadow Music #6668303. Published by Grassy Meadow Music (A0.800616). 3-6 Octaves, Level 3+Purchase of this item constitutes a site license -- permission is given to produce as many copies as needed for your ensemble only. Haunting harmonies and a melancholy melody feature prominently in the opening of this original work. A more optimistic middle section gives way to a series of building dissonant chords, which dissolve back into the opening figure. An excellent choice to work on musicality and expression!· Purchase of this PDF grants permission to broadcast or live stream performances.
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Banjo Workshop
Banjo Workshop
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BEGINNER
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Banjo Workshop
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Mel Bay Publications - Digital Sheet Music
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Banjo - Beginning - Digital Download SKU: M0.93930EB Bluegrass. E-book. Mel Bay Publications - Digital Sheet Music #93930EB. Published by Mel Bay Publica...
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Banjo - Beginning - Digital Download SKU: M0.93930EB Bluegrass. E-book. Mel Bay Publications - Digital Sheet Music #93930EB. Published by Mel Bay Publications - Digital Sheet Music (M0.93930EB). ISBN 9781513455426. 8.75 x 11.75 inches.Banjo Workshop was written with four important areas of the 5-string banjo technical and artistic development in mind: picking technique, personal style, creativity, and awareness of the instrument's key and tuning potential. Picking technique-Studies in Section 1 will equip you to dissolve the inhibiting notion that some songs are unplayable on the 5-string banjo. Any song is playable if the necessary technique has been learned and developed to accommodate it. Personal style-In Section 2 you will first explore several popular 3-finger sub-styles, seeing how each evolved and how they are all often intermixed within a given performer's own personal style. Through subsequent examples you will be made aware of style potential and the artistic necessity of developing your own personal style. Creativity-Through style development and improvisational skills taught in Section 3 you will begin to think and perform less like a mechanical follower and more like an artistic ground breaker. You will learn to modify arrangements; further, you will learn to create your own arrangements. Exploration of Non-G Keys and Tunings-In Section 4 you will find that playing in keys and tunings other than G are no less fun and no more difficult than playing the familiar G (bluegrass) tuning. Six non-G tunings will be explored, involving ten solos, including major, minor and modal tunings. The overall effort is to make you aware that you don't have to be a technical whiz nor a speed king in order to be a musical artist. If you can add something new and different, something enjoyable to listen to, you are an artist even if you are not yet an advanced-level player.
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As Steals the Morn
As Steals the Morn
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George Frideric Handel
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José F
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As Steals the Morn
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José F. Anello
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Large Ensemble Basso Continuo,Bassoon,Cello,Double Bass,Oboe,Piano,Soprano voice,Tenor Voice,Viola,Violin - Digital Download SKU: A0.498649 Composed by G...
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Large Ensemble Basso Continuo,Bassoon,Cello,Double Bass,Oboe,Piano,Soprano voice,Tenor Voice,Viola,Violin - Digital Download SKU: A0.498649 Composed by George Frideric Handel. Arranged by José F. Anello. Baroque. Score and parts. 31 pages. Published by José F. Anello (A0.498649). From L'Allegro, Il Penderoso ed il Moderato this is the last duo of the Händel's Oda Pastoral. As steals the morn upon the night, And melts the shades away: So Truth does Fancy’s charm dissolve, And rising Reason puts to flight The fumes that did the mind involve, Restoring intellectual day. The meaning of The Heaven in music.
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Maneo for Brass Quintet
Maneo for Brass Quintet
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Melody Dawning
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Melody Dawning
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Brass Ensemble - Digital Download SKU: A0.954085 Composed by Melody Dawning. Concert,Contemporary. Score and parts. 33 pages. Melody Dawning #3004801. Pu...
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Brass Ensemble - Digital Download SKU: A0.954085 Composed by Melody Dawning. Concert,Contemporary. Score and parts. 33 pages. Melody Dawning #3004801. Published by Melody Dawning (A0.954085). Maneo [pronounced MAH-nee-oh] is a Latin word meaning I remain or I await. The concept behind this piece is the process of waiting for and working toward the fulfillment of goals and dreams that seem far off, which requires both patience and persistence. The first movement, Patience, is painfully slow and full of dense, dissonant chords that avoid resolution. Although the melody wanders through several tonal centers, in many ways it feels as though it has not gone anywhere. However, as the movement progresses to a climax, the incessant tritone dissonance finally begins to dissolve. In the second movement, Persistence, the augmented triad dominates both harmonically and melodically for much of the piece, accompanied by relentless eighth-note motion. The main theme from the first movement appears first as an accompaniment figure, and later in a more prominent melodic role in combination with other motives used throughout the movement. A contrasting, dream-like middle section represents catching a glimpse of reaching the sought-after goal, and this theme returns towards the end in a triumphant finish. The two movements are played consecutively with no pause in between.
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Elements Suite for Violin and Piano 4nd Mvnt: Water
Elements Suite for Violin and Piano 4nd Mvnt: Water
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Michael Bomier
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Elements Suite for Violin and
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Michael Butkus-Bomier
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Instrumental Solo,Piano,Violin - Digital Download SKU: A0.862518 Composed by Michael Bomier. Contemporary,Instructional,Standards. Score and individual p...
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Instrumental Solo,Piano,Violin - Digital Download SKU: A0.862518 Composed by Michael Bomier. Contemporary,Instructional,Standards. Score and individual part. 11 pages. Michael Butkus-Bomier #2032641. Published by Michael Butkus-Bomier (A0.862518). Water, the Source of Life, and yet given enough time, it can wear down and dissolve Anything. Such a power! The music here tries to evoke a flow, of course, and yet exemplify that power, shown to us in rushing riverbeds and waterfalls. Glissandos on the white keys help a bit here! The piano uses chords in alternating motion, as a constant underpinning to the rising and falling flow of the melody. The score and audio clip will show you how the musical action tries to emulate rather than simply mimic the action of a moving body of water. Running time just over 2 mins. MBB.
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Claude Debussy ‒ Estampes, Orchestra Suite, Orchestrated by Arkady Leytush, No. 2 La soirée dans
Claude Debussy ‒ Estampes, Orchestra Suite, Orchestrated by Arkady Leytush, No. 2 La soirée dans
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Full Orchestra - Digital Download SKU: A0.1008374 Composed by Claude Debussy. Arranged by Arkady Leytush. 20th Century. Score and parts. 24 pages. Arkady...
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Full Orchestra - Digital Download SKU: A0.1008374 Composed by Claude Debussy. Arranged by Arkady Leytush. 20th Century. Score and parts. 24 pages. Arkady Leytush #4849775. Published by Arkady Leytush (A0.1008374). Estampes (Engravings) is the title of the triptych of three pieces which Debussy put together in 1903. The first complete performance was given on 9 January 1904 in the Salle Erard, Paris, by the young Spanish pianist Ricardo Viñes, who was already emerging as the prime interpreter of the new French music of Debussy and Ravel. The first two pieces were completed in 1903, but the third derives from an earlier group of pieces from 1894, collectively titled Images, which remained unpublished until 60 years after Debussy’s death, when they were printed as Images (oubliées). Estampes marks an expansion of Debussy’s keyboard style: he was apparently spurred to fuse neo-Lisztian technique with a sensitive, impressionistic pictorial impulse under the impact of discovering Ravel’s Jeux d’eau, published in 1902. The opening movement, ‘Pagodes’, is Debussy’s first pianistic evocation of the Orient and is essentially a fixed contemplation of its object, as in a Chinese print. This static impression is partly caused by Debussy’s use of long pedal-points, partly by his almost constant preoccupation with pentatonic melodies which subvert the sense of harmonic movement. He uses such pentatonic fragments in many different ways: in delicate arabesques, in two-part counterpoint, in canon, harmonized in fourths and fifths and as an underpinning for pattering, gamelan-like ostinato writing. Altogether the piece reflects the decisive impression made on him by hearing Javanese and Cambodian musicians at the 1889 Paris Exposition, which he had striven for years to incorporate effectively in music. In its final bars the music begins to dissolve into elaborate filigree.Just as ‘Pagodes’ was his first Oriental piece, so ‘La soirée dans Grenade’ was the first of Debussy’s evocations of Spain-that preternatural embodiment of an ‘imaginary Andalusia’ which would inspire Manuel de Falla, the native Spaniard, to go back to his country and create a true modern Spanish music based on Debussyan principles. Debussy’s personal acquaintance with Spain was virtually non-existent (he had spent a day just over the border at San Sebastian) and it is possible that one model for the piece was Ravel’s Habanera. Yet he wrote of this piece (to his friend Pierre Louÿs, to whom it was dedicated), ‘if this isn’t the music they play in Granada, so much the worse for Granada!’-and there is no debate about the absolute authenticity of Debussy’s use of Spanish idioms here. Falla himself pronounced it ‘characteristically Spanish in every detail’. ‘La soirée dans Grenade’ is founded on an ostinato that echoes the rhythm of the habanera and is present almost throughout. Beginning and ending in almost complete silence, this dark nocturne of warm summer nights builds powerfully to its climaxes. The melodic material ranges from a doleful Moorish chant with a distinctly oriental character to a stamping, vivacious dance-measure, taking in brief suggestions of guitar strumming and perfumed Impressionist haze. There is even a hint of castanets near the end. The piece fades out in a coda that seems to distil all the melancholy of the Moorish theme and a last few distant chords of the guitar. ‘Jardins sous la pluie’ is based on the children’s song ‘Nous n’rons plus au bois’ (We shan’t go to the woods): its original 1894 form was in fact entitled Quelques aspects de ‘Nous n’rons plus au bois’. The two versions are really two distinct treatments of the same set of ideas, but in ‘Jardins sous la pluie’ Estampes the earlier piece has been entirely rethought. The whole conception is more impressionistic, and subtilized. The teeming semiquaver motion is more all-pervasive, the tunes (for Debussy has added a second children’s song for treatment, ‘Do, do, l’enfant do’) more elusive and tinged sometimes with melancholy or nostalgia. The ending of the piece is entirely new. What it loses, perha.
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Claude Debussy ‒ Estampes, Orchestra Suite, Orchestrated by Arkady Leytush No. 1 Pagodes (Pagodas
Claude Debussy ‒ Estampes, Orchestra Suite, Orchestrated by Arkady Leytush No. 1 Pagodes (Pagodas
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Full Orchestra - Digital Download SKU: A0.1008372 Composed by Claude Debussy. Arranged by Arkady Leytush. 20th Century. Score and parts. 24 pages. Arkady...
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Full Orchestra - Digital Download SKU: A0.1008372 Composed by Claude Debussy. Arranged by Arkady Leytush. 20th Century. Score and parts. 24 pages. Arkady Leytush #4849769. Published by Arkady Leytush (A0.1008372). Estampes (Engravings) is the title of the triptych of three pieces which Debussy put together in 1903. The first complete performance was given on 9 January 1904 in the Salle Erard, Paris, by the young Spanish pianist Ricardo Viñes, who was already emerging as the prime interpreter of the new French music of Debussy and Ravel. The first two pieces were completed in 1903, but the third derives from an earlier group of pieces from 1894, collectively titled Images, which remained unpublished until 60 years after Debussy’s death, when they were printed as Images (oubliées). Estampes marks an expansion of Debussy’s keyboard style: he was apparently spurred to fuse neo-Lisztian technique with a sensitive, impressionistic pictorial impulse under the impact of discovering Ravel’s Jeux d’eau, published in 1902. The opening movement, ‘Pagodes’, is Debussy’s first pianistic evocation of the Orient and is essentially a fixed contemplation of its object, as in a Chinese print. This static impression is partly caused by Debussy’s use of long pedal-points, partly by his almost constant preoccupation with pentatonic melodies which subvert the sense of harmonic movement. He uses such pentatonic fragments in many different ways: in delicate arabesques, in two-part counterpoint, in canon, harmonized in fourths and fifths and as an underpinning for pattering, gamelan-like ostinato writing. Altogether the piece reflects the decisive impression made on him by hearing Javanese and Cambodian musicians at the 1889 Paris Exposition, which he had striven for years to incorporate effectively in music. In its final bars the music begins to dissolve into elaborate filigree. Just as ‘Pagodes’ was his first Oriental piece, so ‘La soirée dans Grenade’ was the first of Debussy’s evocations of Spain-that preternatural embodiment of an ‘imaginary Andalusia’ which would inspire Manuel de Falla, the native Spaniard, to go back to his country and create a true modern Spanish music based on Debussyan principles. Debussy’s personal acquaintance with Spain was virtually non-existent (he had spent a day just over the border at San Sebastian) and it is possible that one model for the piece was Ravel’s Habanera. Yet he wrote of this piece (to his friend Pierre Louÿs, to whom it was dedicated), ‘if this isn’t the music they play in Granada, so much the worse for Granada!’-and there is no debate about the absolute authenticity of Debussy’s use of Spanish idioms here. Falla himself pronounced it ‘characteristically Spanish in every detail’. ‘La soirée dans Grenade’ is founded on an ostinato that echoes the rhythm of the habanera and is present almost throughout. Beginning and ending in almost complete silence, this dark nocturne of warm summer nights builds powerfully to its climaxes. The melodic material ranges from a doleful Moorish chant with a distinctly oriental character to a stamping, vivacious dance-measure, taking in brief suggestions of guitar strumming and perfumed Impressionist haze. There is even a hint of castanets near the end. The piece fades out in a coda that seems to distil all the melancholy of the Moorish theme and a last few distant chords of the guitar. ‘Jardins sous la pluie’ is based on the children’s song ‘Nous n’rons plus au bois’ (We shan’t go to the woods): its original 1894 form was in fact entitled Quelques aspects de ‘Nous n’rons plus au bois’. The two versions are really two distinct treatments of the same set of ideas, but in ‘Jardins sous la pluie’ Estampes the earlier piece has been entirely rethought. The whole conception is more impressionistic, and subtilized. The teeming semiquaver motion is more all-pervasive, the tunes (for Debussy has added a second children’s song for treatment, ‘Do, do, l’enfant do’) more elusive and tinged sometimes with melancholy or nostalgia. Th.
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Claude Debussy ‒ Estampes, Orchestra Suite, Orchestrated by Arkady Leytush, No. 3 Jardins sous la
Claude Debussy ‒ Estampes, Orchestra Suite, Orchestrated by Arkady Leytush, No. 3 Jardins sous la
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Full Orchestra - Digital Download SKU: A0.1008375 Composed by Claude Debussy. Arranged by Arkady Leytush. 20th Century. Score and parts. 39 pages. Arkady...
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Full Orchestra - Digital Download SKU: A0.1008375 Composed by Claude Debussy. Arranged by Arkady Leytush. 20th Century. Score and parts. 39 pages. Arkady Leytush #4885449. Published by Arkady Leytush (A0.1008375). Estampes (Engravings) is the title of the triptych of three pieces which Debussy put together in 1903. The first complete performance was given on 9 January 1904 in the Salle Erard, Paris, by the young Spanish pianist Ricardo Viñes, who was already emerging as the prime interpreter of the new French music of Debussy and Ravel. The first two pieces were completed in 1903, but the third derives from an earlier group of pieces from 1894, collectively titled Images, which remained unpublished until 60 years after Debussy’s death, when they were printed as Images (oubliées). Estampes marks an expansion of Debussy’s keyboard style: he was apparently spurred to fuse neo-Lisztian technique with a sensitive, impressionistic pictorial impulse under the impact of discovering Ravel’s Jeux d’eau, published in 1902. The opening movement, ‘Pagodes’, is Debussy’s first pianistic evocation of the Orient and is essentially a fixed contemplation of its object, as in a Chinese print. This static impression is partly caused by Debussy’s use of long pedal-points, partly by his almost constant preoccupation with pentatonic melodies which subvert the sense of harmonic movement. He uses such pentatonic fragments in many different ways: in delicate arabesques, in two-part counterpoint, in canon, harmonized in fourths and fifths and as an underpinning for pattering, gamelan-like ostinato writing. Altogether the piece reflects the decisive impression made on him by hearing Javanese and Cambodian musicians at the 1889 Paris Exposition, which he had striven for years to incorporate effectively in music. In its final bars the music begins to dissolve into elaborate filigree.Just as ‘Pagodes’ was his first Oriental piece, so ‘La soirée dans Grenade’ was the first of Debussy’s evocations of Spain-that preternatural embodiment of an ‘imaginary Andalusia’ which would inspire Manuel de Falla, the native Spaniard, to go back to his country and create a true modern Spanish music based on Debussyan principles. Debussy’s personal acquaintance with Spain was virtually non-existent (he had spent a day just over the border at San Sebastian) and it is possible that one model for the piece was Ravel’s Habanera. Yet he wrote of this piece (to his friend Pierre Louÿs, to whom it was dedicated), ‘if this isn’t the music they play in Granada, so much the worse for Granada!’-and there is no debate about the absolute authenticity of Debussy’s use of Spanish idioms here. Falla himself pronounced it ‘characteristically Spanish in every detail’. ‘La soirée dans Grenade’ is founded on an ostinato that echoes the rhythm of the habanera and is present almost throughout. Beginning and ending in almost complete silence, this dark nocturne of warm summer nights builds powerfully to its climaxes. The melodic material ranges from a doleful Moorish chant with a distinctly oriental character to a stamping, vivacious dance-measure, taking in brief suggestions of guitar strumming and perfumed Impressionist haze. There is even a hint of castanets near the end. The piece fades out in a coda that seems to distil all the melancholy of the Moorish theme and a last few distant chords of the guitar. ‘Jardins sous la pluie’ is based on the children’s song ‘Nous n’rons plus au bois’ (We shan’t go to the woods): its original 1894 form was in fact entitled Quelques aspects de ‘Nous n’rons plus au bois’. The two versions are really two distinct treatments of the same set of ideas, but in ‘Jardins sous la pluie’ Estampes the earlier piece has been entirely rethought. The whole conception is more impressionistic, and subtilized. The teeming semiquaver motion is more all-pervasive, the tunes (for Debussy has added a second children’s song for treatment, ‘Do, do, l’enfant do’) more elusive and tinged sometimes with melancholy or nostalgia. The ending of the piece is entirely new. What it loses, perha.
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