Sounds Good On

SKU: ST.C545

ISBN 9790570815456.

Combines and replaces the two original publications of Sounds of a Rainbow Book 1 from Spartan Press (SP950-1), into this volume that includes both duets and violin and piano versions in one volume.

Whether a student or a great artist, the desire to make a beautiful sound is a constant in the life of any musician. Sound is the musician’s voice, the means of communicating an artistic vision to the audience and it should be the aim for children of any age or standard to be engaged in good tone production.

The inspiration for writing the pieces for this book came to me from the wish to give the young children I teach music which would develop their ear for both good intonation and beautiful tone production. All the pieces have a strongly implied harmonic structure allowing them to be played without accompaniment. The purpose of the second violin part is therefore to enable the teacher to underline the harmony as well as to influence the student’s tone production and intonation through his own sound, as much can be taught by good example. The violin student also has the option to play with piano. The accompaniments included within this book are written by Heidi Rolfe.

The choice of keys in this book covers most of the requirements for scales in the Associated Board syllabus Grade 1.

Finally I think that children enjoy the challenge of expressing different moods and emotions musically, and I hope that the range of ideas implied by the keys and the titles of these pieces will fire their imagination.

Nigel Goldberg

Grade 1
Former Spartan Press Cat. No.: SP950 and SP951.

SKU: GI.G-9192

UPC: 785147919223. English.

As her tune writing journey continues, Sally Ann Morris explores new sounds and forms while still exhibiting the craftsmanship and melodic variety that have made her tunes so widely sung and accessible. This third collection includes settings of texts by Mary Louis Bringle, Carl P. Daw Jr., Delores Dufner, OSB, Shirley Erena Murray, Adam M. L. Tice, Thomas Troeger, and others. Highlights include the delightful “Invited by God to Tango,” a joyous tune easter waltz for “Spread the Good News,” a setting of “Wordless Is the Prayer” that employs the use of resonant sounds in sung prayer, and a moving dialog hymn “You Search and Know Me, O My God.”.

SKU: BT.DHP-0981153-140

De aanstekelijke muziek van Benny Goodman was de drijvende kracht achter het swingtijdperk van de jaren dertig. Met de bekende hits Let’s Dance, Stompin' at the Savoy, Moonglow en Sing, Sing, Sing is deze energieke engoed geschreven medley een gepast eerbetoon aan het honderdste geboortejaar van de ‘King of Swing’.

An Benny Goodman, der vor mehr als 100 Jahren in Chicago gebunden wurde, knüpfen sich viele Erinnerungen. Naohiro Iwai widmete dem großen Jazzklarinettisten und Big-Band-Leader eine musikalische Hommage mit einem stilgerechten Medley für Blasorchester aus Memories of You, Don’t Be that Way, Stompin’ at the Savoy, Flying Home, Bugle Call Rag und Sing, Sing, Sing.

Le 30 mai 1909, naissait Chicago, Benjamin David Goodman, clarinettiste, saxophoniste et leader de Big Band. En 1934, Benny Goodman fonde son premier orchestre et lance l’ère du swing. Il sera sacré « roi du swing » au Carnegie Hall de New York en 1938. Il enchantera de son style et de sa sonorité plus de cinquante ans d’histoire du jazz, jusqu’ la fin de sa vie. Interprétez six des plus grands succès du King of Swing : Memories of You, Don’t Be That Way, Stompin’ at the Savoy, Flying Home, Bugle Call Rag et Sing, Sing, Sing.

SKU: ST.C546

ISBN 9790570815463.

Whether a student or a great artist, the desire to make a beautiful sound is a constant in the life of any musician. Sound is the musician’s voice, the means of communicating an artistic vision to the audience and it should be the aim for children of any age or standard to be engaged in good tone production.

The inspiration for writing the pieces for this book came to me from the wish to give the young children I teach music which would develop their ear for both good intonation and beautiful tone production. All the pieces have a strongly implied harmonic structure allowing them to be played without accompaniment. The purpose of the second violin part is therefore to enable the teacher to underline the harmony as well as to influence the student’s tone production and intonation through his own sound, as much can be taught by good example. The violin student also has the option to play with piano. The accompaniments included within this book are written by Heidi Rolfe.

The choice of keys in this book covers most of the requirements for scales in the Associated Board syllabus Grade 1.

Finally I think that children enjoy the challenge of expressing different moods and emotions musically, and I hope that the range of ideas implied by the keys and the titles of these pieces will fire their imagination.

Nigel Goldberg

Grade 2
Former Spartan Press Cat. No.: SP952 and SP953.

SKU: ST.C547

ISBN 9790570815470.

Whether a student or a great artist, the desire to make a beautiful sound is a constant in the life of any musician. Sound is the musician’s voice, the means of communicating an artistic vision to the audience and it should be the aim for children of any age or standard to be engaged in good tone production.

The inspiration for writing the pieces for this book came to me from the wish to give the young children I teach music which would develop their ear for both good intonation and beautiful tone production. All the pieces have a strongly implied harmonic structure allowing them to be played without accompaniment. The purpose of the second violin part is therefore to enable the teacher to underline the harmony as well as to influence the student’s tone production and intonation through his own sound, as much can be taught by good example. The violin student also has the option to play with piano. The accompaniments included within this book are written by Heidi Rolfe.

The choice of keys in this book covers most of the requirements for scales in the Associated Board syllabus Grade 1.

Finally I think that children enjoy the challenge of expressing different moods and emotions musically, and I hope that the range of ideas implied by the keys and the titles of these pieces will fire their imagination.

Nigel Goldberg

Grades 3–4
Former Spartan Press Cat. No.: SP954 and SP955.

SKU: YM.G790050

New Sounds in Concert Band Series (NSB)
Duration: approx.4'20
Composed by Toshiyuki Honda, Arranged by Toshio Mashima.