SKU: HL.49003817
ISBN 9790001038225. UPC: 888680974251. 12.0x8.75x0.25 inches. German.
SKU: CA.5600300
ISBN 9790007188047.
The organ is the instrument on which the young Giacomo Puccini began his career as a musician. Through the rediscovery of a considerable number of hand-written pieces, which he composed after 1870 as part of his duties as organist in the churches of Lucca, several primary sources are now available. These give an insight into the beginnings of his musical activities which have only been known about from anecdotes from his first biographers until now. Puccini's organ repertoire includes works which were typical for liturgical organ music at that time: sonatas for the main sections of the mass, versets which were substituted for Gregorian chant, marches, which were played after the mass (exceptionally even waltzes), and even a pastorale for Christmas time. This music was written with the sound of instruments made in Tuscany in mind. These have just one manual, a 8 foot Principale register and a small pedalboard always coupled to the manual. In addition there were several solo stops divided into bass and soprano.Puccini contributed with originality to the renewal of Italian organ practice, which began in his day to discard its operatic style in favor of a style more suited to the liturgy.
SKU: LO.70-2155S
ISBN 9780787763558.
Richard J. Clark has chosen some of his favorite plainchant melodies and created approachable organ settings of varied character. These melodies are among the most well-known plainchants, and they appear in hymnals of many denominations. These pieces will provide service-playing material for several seasons of the church year and Communion or a suite for recital use.
SKU: CA.1817800
ISBN 9790007187217. Language: all languages.
Widor's early organ symphonies op. 13 have a quite special character because of their suite-like structure. The six-movement Symphony II also combines different types of movement in an unusual way; for example, it includes a Praeludium Circulare, which explores all the twelve keys, a Salve Regina based on the Gregorian antiphon of the same name, and a grand Toccata as the Finale, an interesting precursor of the famous Toccata from the 5th Symphony. The Carus edition is based on the Paris edition of 1928/29, the last one to be published during Widor's lifetime. The corrections which the composer made after the publication of the 1928-29 edition have also been taken into consideration. As well as this, earlier editions have been consulted for comparison to clarify individual variant readings. Editorial suggestions on the performance of individual passages complete the new edition. Great organ works: Series A: - Symphony II op. 13 no. 2 - Symphony IV op. 13 no. 4 - Symphony V op. 42 no. 1 - Symphony VI op. 42 no. 2 - Symphony Romane op. 73 in preparation Subscription offer for Series A:20% discount off the retail price.
SKU: SU.00220208
AVAILABLE FOR SALE TO U.S. CUSTOMERS ONLY The complete Harp, Keyboard (Piano, Organ, etc.) and auxiliary parts [CD-ROM] for the 48 orchestral works included in The Orchestra Musician's CD-ROM Libraryâ„¢, Volume 8: Stravinsky, Bartók 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: BARTÓK Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra, Suite No. 1, Suite No. 2, 2 Portraits, 2 Images, 4 Pieces, Romanian Folk Dances; CARPENTER Adventures in a Perambulator (Fantastic Suite); DOHNÃNYI Variations on a Nursery Song; ENESCO Romanian Rhapsody No. 1, Romanian Rhapsody No. 2; FALLA Nights in the Gardens of Spain, La Vida Breve Dance, The Three-Cornered Hat Dances; GLAZUNOV Violin Concerto; JANÃCEK Lachian Dances 1-6; MILHAUDSuite No. 2 Symphonique, Saudades do Brasil; PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 1, Piano Concerto No. 3, Violin Concerto No. 1, Symphony No. 1 (Classical); RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 1, Symphony No. 2, Isle of the Dead, Piano Concerto No. 1, Piano Concerto No. 2, Piano Concerto No. 3; RESPIGHI Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 1, Fountains of Rome, Concerto Gregoriano; STRAVINSKY Petrushka Suite, The Rite of Spring (1911 version), Chant du Rossignol (original version), Pulcinella Suite, Suite No. 1 for Small Orchestra, Fireworks, L'Histoire du Soldat, Scherzo Fantastique, Four Studies for Orchestra, Symphony No. 1; VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Symphony No. 1 (Sea), Symphony No. 2 (London), Symphony No. 3 (Pastoral), Wasps Overture (Suite), Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis, Fantasia on Christmas Carols, Five Mystical Songs Visit for more information
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SKU: PR.466411770
UPC: 680160640850. 9 x 12 inches.
Mississippi I. Father of Waters: born of the Highlands and the Lakes; the Glaciers, the Mountains, and the Prairies. The picture of your birth is clounded in the ice and mists of ancient ages but your spirit remains our life stream. II. The Red Man knew your bountiful gifts and gave thanks to the Great Spirit on your banks. -- The Spanish and French Fathers brought the glory of Christianity to America on Mississippi. But all men, white and dark; -- Indian, Spaniard, and Negro; Bourbon and Yankee, combined to make Mississippi the heart of America. Saga of the Mississippi Harl McDonald Born near Boulder, Colorado, July 27, 1899 Now living in Philadelphia The original suggestion for a symphonic work on the subject of the Mississippi came indirectly from the late Booth Tarkington who saw in it color and movement and atmosphere translatable into the terms of music. In the course of time, by the mysterious processes of composers' chemistry, it took shape as a tone-poem of two sections, one representing the rise of the great stream from its primeval geologic sources, the other the human history of the river. Mr. McDonald devised the following verbal outline of the general scheme of his diptych: I. Father of Waters: born of the Highlands and the Lakes; the Glaciers, the Mountains, and the Prairies. The picture of your birth is clounded in the ice and mists of ancient ages but your spirit remains our life stream. II. The Red Man knew your bountiful gifts and gave thanks to the Great Spirit on your banks. -- The Spanish and French Fathers brought the glory of Christianity to America on Mississippi. But all men, white and dark; -- Indian, Spaniard, and Negro; Bourbon and Yankee, combined to make Mississippi the heart of America. The first of the two movements, beginning molto andante, is vaguel modal to hint at antiquity. It is built upon the conventional two themes, with an episode, poco piu mosso, misterioso, for prehistoric murk and muck. There are various changes of pace and mood. The second, Allegro ma vigorosamente, prefigures an Indian ceremony. A theme presented by flute, clarinet and bassoon is a Canadian Indian fishing call collected by the late J.B. Beck. A later passage of quasi-Gregorian chant identifies the French and Spanish priests who made the great river their highway. The fishing-call is altered in rhythm and harmony to represent Negro field hands and roustabous. A turbulent close brings all these elemts together in the muddy swirling currents of the Mississippi. The work was begun in the summer of 1945, and was revised and completed in the summer of 1947. Harl McDonald, who is the manager of The Philadelphia Orchestra, has concerned himself with music as an art, as a science and as a business in course of his career. He was born on a cattle ranch in the Rockies, but since his was a musical family, his up-bringing combined piano lessons with ranch life. Years of study and professional experience followed in Los Angeles and in Germany. In 1927 he was appointed lecuter in composition at the University of Pennsylvania and he has since then made is home in Philadelphia. In 1933 under a grant of the Rockefeller FOundation he collaborated with physicists in research dealing with the measurement of instrumental and vocal tone, new scale divisions and the resultant harmonies. In that same year he was named head of the University's music faculty and conductor of its choral organizations. In 1939, having been a member of the Board of Directors for five years, he was appointed manager of The Philadelphia Orchestra. He continus to write, but otherwise his entire attention is now devoted to managerial duties. Chief items in the catalogue of his compositions are four symphonies, three orchestra suites, a half-dozen tone-poems, three concertos and considerable quantity of choral music.
