Offenbach vs. Liszt

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UPC: 680160682119.

Barcarolles for a Sinking City was inspired by the city of Venice, a place that has long held the fascination of artists, writers and composers, and which I have been lucky enough to visit on several occasions. Sadly it seems that future generations may not be so lucky: in addition to the city's slow sinking and recently discovered tilting, studies predict that if global warming and the resultant rise of ocean levels is unabated, the entire city (as well as many other coastal cities around the globe) will be under water by 2100.   I. Funeral Gondola The late, cryptic piano works of Franz Liszt made a profound impression on me as a young composer, among them two works he entitled La Lugubre Gondola (usually translated as The Funeral Gondola ) which were said to be a premonition of Wagner's death in Venice, his coffin transported through the canals in a black gondola. These late pieces of Liszt acquired even greater significance to me after I spent two summers in Bayreuth under the patronage of Friedelind Wagner, the granddaughter of Wagner and great-granddaughter of Liszt. This movement is a meditation on Wagner, Liszt, Venice and its own evanescence. II. Barcarolle/Quodlibet The Quodlibet (Latin for what pleases) is a musical form dating back to the 15th century where many disparate melodies are juxtaposed. Popular in the Renaissance, sacred and secular melodies were combined, often to comical effect due to the resultant incongruity of the words. The form was considered the ultimate test of a composer's mastery of counterpoint. The most famous Quodlibet is without doubt the final Variation of Bach's Goldberg Variations. As a form the Quodlibet is less common in more recent music, although examples can be found in the works of Kurt Weill and David Del Tredici.   My own Barcarolle/Quodlibet was inspired by the (perhaps apocryphal) story of the funeral where musicians were asked to play a Bach Choral, but due to miscommunication played instead the Bacarolle from The Tales of Hoffmann. Here, the Bach Choral Allen Menschen mussen sterben (All Men Must Die) is heard in the strings pizzicato, with a tempo indication In slow motion. The alto line of the Bach suggests a phrase from Beethoven's Ninth Symphony (Alle Menchen werden Bruder) heard in the muted trombone. Before long, the famous tune from Offenbach's opera is heard, followed by quotations from iconic Barcarolles by Chopin, Mendelssohn and Faure, as well as two Venetian popular songs and more Beethoven.   III. Barcarola/Ostinato/Carillon An ostinato is a repeated musical figure, and carillon is Italian for music box. This movement references the obsolete genre of salon pieces that imitated music boxes: such works by composers like Liadov and Gretchaninov used to be a mainstay of pianists' encore repertoire. This movement is however much darker in conception than those pleasant trifles. Utilizing the full battery of percussion, the carefully notated temporal slowing of the ostinato becomes overwhelmed by a poignant chorale melody before this box is snapped shut.   IV. Barcarolle Oubliee (Forgotten Barcarolle) Marked limpido (still) the final movement begins with the sound of rain produced by a percussion instrument called (appropriately) a rain stick. Halting phrases in the harp coalesce into the accompaniment for a plangent melody heard in the clarinet. The central Adagio of this movement leads to a shattering climax, before the opening phrases return and dissipate into nothingness.

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The complete Violin I & II parts [CD-ROM] for the 74 orchestral works included in The Orchestra Musician's CD-ROM Library™, Volume 3: Brahms, Schumann 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: BRAHMS 4 Symphonies, 4 Concertos, 18 Hungarian Dances, 2 Serenades, Overtures, Variations on a Theme by Haydn, German Requiem, more (36 works); LALO Symphonie Espagnole; LISZT Faust and Dante Symphonies, Les Préludes, 3 Piano Concertos, Hungarian Rhapsodies, Mephisto Waltzes 15 works); OFFENBACH Orpheus in the Underworld Overture; SARASATE Carmen Fantasy; SCHUMANN 4 Symphonies, 2 Concertos, 3 Overtures; CHABRIER España; CHOPIN 2 Piano Concertos; FRANCK Symphony in D Minor, Symphonic Variations, Psyche; SUPPÉ Poet and Peasant Overture, Light Cavalry Overture. Visit for more information

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SKU: YM.GTP01100590

ISBN 9784636104059. 8.5 x 12 inches.

Both parts 1 and 2 can be enjoyed at a beginner to intermediate level, about the level of Burgmuller. The book contains carefully selected pieces from the famous Classical pieces that are especially popular among children. Recommended for students using score notation for the first time, as it is easy to read. The arrangements are designed to be easy to play even for small hands, while respecting the image of the original. It is also useful for teaching students to listen to the overall balance of the piece. In addition, in songs where the melody appears in both parts 1 and 2, you can enjoy the creative ways of aligning the playing style and playing over each other. The book is not too long, yet it is arranged in a satisfying size, making it a useful book for review sessions and recitals.

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In Mainstream Mallets, Jason Hammond-Wood has compiled over 20 short, 2-mallet solos with optional piano accompaniment to challenge more experienced middle school students while offering high school percussionists more performance opportunities.

All selections are familiar tunes, including classical favorites such as The Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, Anitra's Dance (from Peer Gynt), and The Barber of Seville. Also included are nonclassical melodies like The Stars and Stripes Forever, The Entertainer, and On Wisconsin (the university's fight song).

All pieces are playable on xylophone, vibraphone, or marimba, and two of the solos are adapted to be performed as duets! The optional piano accompaniment may be performed with a pianist, or by using the provided audio accompaniment tracks.

Mainstream Mallets includes these 24 pieces:

On Wisconsin | J.S. Hubbard and Charles D. Rosa | (Med-Easy, :35)
The Happy Farmer | Robert Schumann | (Med-Easy, :51)
Bourree | Johann Sebastian Bach | (Med-Easy, 1:51)
Infernal Galop | Jacques Offenbach | (Med-Easy, 1:06)
Sonatina | Muzio Clementi | (Medium, 1:07)
Hungarian Dance No. 5 | Johannes Brahms | (Medium, 1:47)
Pizzicati | Leo Delibes | (Med-Easy, 2:07)
Sleeping Beauty | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | (Medium, 1:33)
The Barber of Seville | Gioachino Rossini | (Medium, 1:22)
The Royal Fireworks | George Frideric Handel | (Medium, 1:19)
Anitra's Dance | Edvard Grieg | (Medium, 1:40)
The Entertainer | Scott Joplin | (Medium, 2:10)
Spring Season | Antonio Vivaldi | (Medium, 1:47)
The Stars and Stripes Forever | John Phillip Sousa | (Medium, 2:12)
Badinerie | Johann Sebastian Bach | (Med-Advanced, :57)
The Chromatic Galop | Franz Liszt | (Medium, 1:19)
The Sorcerer's Apprentice | Paul Dukas | (Med-Advanced, 1:43)
Trepak [Russian Dance] | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | (Med-Advanced, 1:10)
Turkish March | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | (Med-Advanced, 1:52)
Csardas | Vittorio Monti | (Med-Advanced, 1:44)
Back Home Again | James F. Hanley | (Medium, 1:18)
Raindrop | Frederic Chopin | (Medium, 1:45)
Bourree [Duet Version] | Johann Sebastian Bach | (Med-Easy, 1:53)
Sleeping Beauty [Duet Version] | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | (Medium, 1:35)

Mainstream Mallets ships as a fully-bound book with a sleek cover design by Bob Beck of Montreal's Design Society. Also included are reference recordings of each solo, PDF parts for duets, PDF parts for the piano accompaniment, and audio tracks with piano only, so that players can perform with just the piano accompaniment.

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The complete Clarinet (including Eb and Bass Clarinet) parts [CD-ROM] for the 74 orchestral works included in The Orchestra Musician's CD-ROM Library™, Volume 3: Brahms, Schumann 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: BRAHMS 4 Symphonies, 4 Concertos, 18 Hungarian Dances, 2 Serenades, Overtures, Variations on a Theme by Haydn, German Requiem, more (36 works); LALO Symphonie Espagnole; LISZT Faust and Dante Symphonies, Les Préludes, 3 Piano Concertos, Hungarian Rhapsodies, Mephisto Waltzes 15 works); OFFENBACH Orpheus in the Underworld Overture; SARASATE Carmen Fantasy; SCHUMANN 4 Symphonies, 2 Concertos, 3 Overtures; CHABRIER España; CHOPIN 2 Piano Concertos; FRANCK Symphony in D Minor, Symphonic Variations, Psyche; SUPPÉ Poet and Peasant Overture, Light Cavalry Overture. Visit for more information

Please note, customers using Macintosh computers running macOS Catalina (version 10.5) have reported hardware compatibility issues with this product. If you encounter these issues, we recommend copying the entire contents of the disk to a contained folder on a thumb drive or other storage device for use on your Mac.

SKU: HF.FH-7021

ISBN 9790203470212. 9 x 12 inches.

1. Anakreon, Oper (Cherubini, Luigi), 2. Die weisse Dame, Oper (Boieldieu, Francois A.), 3. Das Nachtlager von Granada, Oper (Kreutzer, Konradin), 4. Frau Diavolo, Oper (Auber, Daniel Francois E.), 5. Jessonda, Oper (Spohr, Ludwig), 6. Der Barbier von Sevilla, Oper (Rossini, Gioacchino), 7. Die diebische Elster, Oper (Rossini, Gioacchino), 8. Wilhelm Tell, Oper (Rossini, Gioacchino), 9. Semiramis, Oper (Rossini, Gioacchino), 10. Der Vampyr, Oper (Marschner, Heinrich), 11. Hans Heiling, Oper (Marschner, Heinrich), 12. Don Pasquale, Oper (Donizetti, Gaetano), 13. Die Regimentstochter, Oper (Donizetti, Gaetano), 14. Zar und Zimmermann, Oper (Lortzing, Albert), 15. Der Wildschutz, Oper (Lortzing, Albert), 16. Undine, Oper (Lortzing, Albert), 17. Der Waffenschmied, Oper (Lortzing, Albert), 18. Klavierkonzert Nr.1 (f-Moll) (Chopin, Frederic), 19. Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor, Oper (Nicolai, Otto), 20. Mignon, Oper (Thomas, Ambroise), 21. Les Preludes, Sinfonische Dichtung (Liszt, Franz), 22. Alessandro Stradella, Oper (von Flotow, Friedrich), 23. Martha, Oper (von Flotow, Friedrich), 24. Margarethe, Oper (Gounod, Charles), 25. Hoffmanns Erzahlungen, Oper (Offenbach, Jacques), 26. Halka, Oper (Moniuszko, Stanislaw), 27. Sinfonie (d-Moll) (Franck, Cesar), 28. Carmen, Oper (Bizet, Georges), 29. Violinkonzert (g-Moll) (Bruch, Max), 30. Capriccio italien (Tschaikowski, Peter), 31. Nussknacker-Suite (Tschaikowski, Peter), 32. Klavierkonzert (a-Moll) (Grieg, Edvard), 33. Capriccio espagnol (Rimski-Korsakow, Nikolai), 34. Scheherazade (Rimski-Korsakow, Nikolai), 35. Tiefland, Oper (d'Albert, Eugen), 36. Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg, Oper (Wagner, Richard).