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Ich liebe dich - Beethoven goes Polka - Clarinet Quintet
Ich liebe dich - Beethoven goes Polka - Clarinet Quintet
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Woodwind Ensemble Bass Clarinet,E-Flat Clarinet - Level 3 - SKU: A0.568560 Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven. Arranged by Thomas Graf. Classical,Romantic...
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Woodwind Ensemble Bass Clarinet,E-Flat Clarinet - Level 3 - SKU: A0.568560 Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven. Arranged by Thomas Graf. Classical,Romantic Period. 16 pages. Thomas Graf - the-hit-factory.com #2966899. Published by Thomas Graf - the-hit-factory.com (A0.568560). Tender Love / Zärtliche Liebe, WoO 123, or - Ich liebe dich -, is a love song by Ludwig van Beethoven that was written in 1795 and first published in 1803. Beethoven was 25 years old when it was composed. Beethoven goes Polka - the arrangement begins with the romantic song and ends surprisingly in a vibrant and fun polka. Beethoven goes Polka - das Arrangement beginnt mit dem romantischen Lied und endet überraschend in einer lebendigen und lustigen Polka. Instrumentation: Clarinet 1/2/3 in Bb, Basset Horn/Clarinet 4 in Bb, Bass Clarinet in Bb Listen to the recording - a challenge for your ensemble. Check out our latest uploads: http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/publishers/thomas-graf-the-hit-factory-com/smp-press/3001412+1303131?N... Any individual arrangement and substitute parts are available on request. Call +49 (0) 172 2515987 E-Mail: info@the-hit-factory.com. www.the-hit-factory.com facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hitfactorymusic Video: https://www.youtu.be/z2yfywaHpAg
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Still Still Still - Christmas song - Clarinet Quintet
Still Still Still - Christmas song - Clarinet Quintet
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Still Still Still - Christmas
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Clarinet Quintet,Woodwind Ensemble Bass Clarinet - Level 3 - SKU: A0.568259 Composed by Traditional. Arranged by Thomas Graf. Baroque,Christmas,Classica...
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Clarinet Quintet,Woodwind Ensemble Bass Clarinet - Level 3 - SKU: A0.568259 Composed by Traditional. Arranged by Thomas Graf. Baroque,Christmas,Classical,Holiday. 25 pages. Thomas Graf - the-hit-factory.com #2893741. Published by Thomas Graf - the-hit-factory.com (A0.568259). Polyphonic arrangement of the famous Austrian Christmas Carol and lullaby. The melody is a folk tune (authorship unknown) from the State of Salzburg. The tune appeared for the first time in 1865 in a folksong collection of Maria Vinzenz Suess (1802-1868); founder of the Salzburg Museum; it has changed slightly over the years but remains attributed to G. Goetsch. As played by the ORIGINAL DRACHENFELSERMUSIKANTEN. Big fun to play! Not difficult.About this arrangement: Composed by: traditionalArranged by: Thomas H. Graf for Clarinet QuintetInstrumentation: Full ScoreClarinet 1 in BbClarinet 2 in BbClarinet 3 in BbClarinet 4 in BbBasset Horn Clarinet 4 in BbBass ClarinetAny individual arrangement and substitute parts are available on request.Call +49 (0) 172 2515987  E-Mail: info@the-hit-factory.com.  www.the-hit-factory.comfacebook: https://www.facebook.com/hitfactorymusic
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I Was Made For Lovin' You
I Was Made For Lovin' You
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I Was Made For Lovin' You
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Clarinet Quintet,Woodwind Ensemble Bass Clarinet,E-Flat Clarinet - Level 3 - SKU: A0.1231351 By Kiss. By Desmond Child, Paul Stanley, and Vini Poncia. A...
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Clarinet Quintet,Woodwind Ensemble Bass Clarinet,E-Flat Clarinet - Level 3 - SKU: A0.1231351 By Kiss. By Desmond Child, Paul Stanley, and Vini Poncia. Arranged by Thomas Graf. Pop,Rock. 28 pages. Thomas Graf - the-hit-factory.com #827037. Published by Thomas Graf - the-hit-factory.com (A0.1231351). I Was Made for Lovin' You is a song by American hard rock band Kiss, originally released on their 1979 album, Dynasty. It was released as the A-side of their first single from the album, with Hard Times as the B-side.About this arrangement:Â Composed by: By Paul Stanley, Vini Poncia, Desmond ChildArranged by: Thomas H. GrafInstrumentation:Â Full Score and Parts as listed below:Flute (opt.)Clarinet 1 in BbClarinet 2 in BbClarinet 3 in BbAlto Clarinet 3 in EbClarinet 4 in BbAlto Clarinet 4 in EbBass Clarinet in BbDrum SetAny individual arrangement and substitute parts are available on request.Call +49 (0) 172 2515987 Â E-Mail: info@the-hit-factory.com. Â www.the-hit-factory.comfacebook: https://www.facebook.com/hitfactorymusic
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Watermelon Man for Clarinet Quintet & Opt. Drumset
Watermelon Man for Clarinet Quintet & Opt. Drumset
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By Herbie Hancock. Arranged by Keith Terrett. Score, Set of Parts. 22 pages. Published by Music for all Occasions ...
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By Herbie Hancock. Arranged by Keith Terrett. Score, Set of Parts. 22 pages. Published by Music for all Occasions
Arranged for Clarinet Quintet & optional drumset, "Watermelon Man" is a jazz standard written by Herbie Hancock, first released on his debut album, Takin' Off (1962), in a grooving hard bop version that featured improvisations by Freddie Hubbard and Dexter Gordon.
A single of the tune reached the Top 100 of the pop charts. Cuban percussionist Mongo Santamaría released the tune as a latin pop single the next year on Battle Records, where it became a surprise hit, reaching #10 on the pop charts. Santamaría's recording was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998. Hancock radically re-worked the tune, combining elements of funk, for the album Head Hunters (1973).
Hancock's first version was released as a grooving hard bop record, and featured improvisations by Freddie Hubbard and Dexter Gordon. A single reached the Top 100 of the pop chart. Cuban percussionist Mongo Santamaría released the tune as a Latin pop single and it became a surprise hit, reaching No. 10 on the pop chart.[2] Santamaría's recording was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998. Hancock radically re-worked the tune, combining elements of funk, for the album Head Hunters (1973).
Hancock wrote the piece to help sell his debut album as a leader, Takin' Off (1962), on Blue Note Records; it was the first piece of music he had ever composed with a commercial goal in mind. The popularity of the piece, due primarily to Mongo Santamaría, paid Hancock's bills for five or six years. Hancock did not feel the composition was a sellout however, describing that structurally, it was one of his strongest pieces due to its almost mathematical balance.
The form is a sixteen bar blues. Recalling the piece, Hancock said, "I remember the cry of the watermelon man making the rounds through the back streets and alleys of Chicago. The wheels of his wagon beat out the rhythm on the cobblestones." The tune, based on a bluesy piano riff, drew on elements of R&B, soul jazz and bebop, all combined into a pop hook. Hancock joined bassist Butch Warren and drummer Billy Higgins in the rhythm section, with Freddie Hubbard on trumpet and Dexter Gordon on tenor saxophone. Hancock's chordal work draws from the gospel tradition, while he builds his solo on repeated riffs and trilled figures.
Hancock filled in for pianist Chick Corea in Mongo Santamaría's band one weekend at a nightclub in The Bronx when Corea gave notice that he was leaving. Hancock played the tune for Santamaría at friend Donald Byrd's urging. Santamaría started accompanying him on his congas, then his band joined in, and the small audience slowly got up from their tables and started dancing, laughing and having a great time. Santamaría later asked Hancock if he could record the tune. On December 17, 1962, Mongo Santamaría recorded a three-minute version, suitable for radio, where he joined timbalero Francisco "Kako" Baster in a cha-cha beat, while drummer Ray Lucas performed a backbeat. Santamaría included the track on his album Watermelon Man (1962). Santamaría's recording is sometimes considered the beginning of Latin boogaloo, a fusion of Afro-Cuban rhythms with those of R&B
Hancock re-recorded the tune for Head Hunters (1973), combining synthesizers with a Sly Stone and James Brown funk influence, adding an eight-bar section. Hancock described his composition "Chameleon", also from Head Hunters, to Down Beat magazine in 1979: "In the popular forms of funk, which I've been trying to get into, the attention is on the rhythmic interplay between different instruments. The part the Clavinet plays has to fit with the part the drums play and the line the bass plays and the line that the guitar plays. It's almost like African drummers where seven drummers play different parts"; "Watermelon Man" shares a similar construction. A live version was released on the double LP Flood (1975), recorded in Japan.
On the intro and outro of the tune, percussionist Bill Summers blows into beer bottles imitating hindewhu, a style of singing/whistle-playing found in Pygmy music of Central Africa. Hancock and Summers were struck by the sound, which they heard on the ethnomusicology LP, The Music of the Ba-Benzélé Pygmies (1966), by Simha Arom and Geneviève Taurelle.
This version was often featured on The Weather Channel's Local on the 8s segments.
The tune is a jazz standard and has been recorded over two hundred times. Hancock's recording has been sampled in "1-900-LL-Cool-J" from Walking with a Panther (1989) by LL Cool J, "Open Your Eyes" from Organized Konfusion (1991) by Organized Konfusion, "Smoke Some Kill" from Smoke Some Kill (1988) by Schoolly D, and "Pocket Full of Furl" from Uptown 4 Life (1996) by U.N.L.V. In 2003, pianist David Benoit covered the song from his album Right Here, Right Now.
A live and funky performance at the 1999 Montreux Jazz Festival Casino Lights '99 featured Fourplay, George Duke, Boney James and Kirk Whalum trading choruses, and Rick Braun.
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