Par LISZT FRANZ. Franz Liszt dedicated the Grandes Etudes De Paganini to Clara Schumann, whose pianistic genius he revered. Two of the Etudes in the collection deserve particular notice: no. 3 La Campanella (The Bell) enjoyed great celebrity for the extraordinary character of its sonorities. And in the closing a-minor Etude, Liszt took his place next to many other composers with his variations on …

Bring a bit of Mediterranean cheer to your next concert! Bouncy hooked syncopations, peppered with short 16th note runs, set the pace while broad, elegant themes glide through each section and are a great place to try out vibrato and optional shifting. (2:20) / Orchestre A Cordes

Par DE HAAN JACOB. In this composition, Jacob de Haan sees the 'Ross Roy' as a metaphor for the years spent at school (a monument in time), where one's personality is formed. So, the opening theme the artist calls the Ross Roy theme initially has monumental characteristics. The rhythmic motion, which strides along in the lower register and percussion at the beginning of the next section is typical…

Motets is a set of intimate and spiritually uplifting a cappella choral works by Karl Jenkins, featuring new pieces and arrangements of a selection of movements from his most popular works, including The Armed Man, Requiem, Adiemus and The Peacemakers. Although scored for mixed choir a cappella, most pieces include an optional accompaniment for piano or organ. Next to the complete vocal score (BH …

Par ADAMS JOHN LUTHER. John Luther Adams' Everything That Rises for String Quartet. John Luther Adams' Everything That Rises for String Quartet. Composers note: I never imagined I would write a string quartet. Then I heard the JACK Quartet, and I understood how Imight be able to make the medium my own. The result was The Wind in High Places - a twenty-minute work composed entirely on natural harmo…

Oratorium. Par MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY FELIX. Mendelssohn composed his first oratorio Paulus under the impression of his own revival of J. S. Bach’s St. Matthew Passion in 1829. He integrated chorale settings into St. Paul, for which he was accused by his contemporaries of making a stylistic break, using an element unsuitable to church music. In spite of these reservations, during Mendelssohn’s life…

Par MOZART WOLFGANG AMADEUS. Mozart's penultimate opera, The Magic Flute, presents an inextricable mixture of the unspoken and sung word, high principle and low cunning, the refined and the earthy, the sublime and the comic, for which reasons the rendering of the original German text into English has always been a problem. The present complete translation, by the most distinguished translator of o…

Oratorium. Par MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY FELIX. Mendelssohn composed his first oratorio Paulus under the impression of his own revival of J. S. Bach’s St. Matthew Passion in 1829. He integrated chorale settings into St. Paul, for which he was accused by his contemporaries of making a stylistic break, using an element unsuitable to church music. In spite of these reservations, during Mendelssohn’s life…

Oratorium. Par MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY FELIX. Mendelssohn composed his first oratorio Paulus under the impression of his own revival of J. S. Bach’s St. Matthew Passion in 1829. He integrated chorale settings into St. Paul, for which he was accused by his contemporaries of making a stylistic break, using an element unsuitable to church music. In spite of these reservations, during Mendelssohn’s life…

The Doors are inextricably linked to '60s counterculture. Taking their name from Aldous Huxley's book The Doors of Perception, the group followed Jim Morrison's dark poetic vision to massive commercial success, making The Doors one of the best-selling bands of all time. This folio contains drum transcriptions of 20 of the band's most classic songs, including the vocal melody and lyrics. Also featu…

(for percussion ensemble). Composed by Jim Casella. For Percussion Ensemble (8 players). Percussion Ensembles. Medium-Easy. Folio and Parts on CD-ROM. 16 pages. Duration 4 minutes, 30 seconds. Published by Tapspace Publications

(for percussion octet). By David Reeves. Percussion Ensemble. For glockenspiel, chimes, xylophone, 2 vibraphones, 2 marimbas (low A), 4 timpani, 2 bongos, 2 congas, 4 log drums, 4 cowbells, 4 brake drums, temple blocks, 4 concert toms, 3 double-headed tom

(Marimba Feature). Composed by Jeffrey Nearpass. Percussion Ensemble. For Percussion Ensemble (Solo Marimba (4.3-octave) - As many playing the solo part as possible Bass Congas Bongos Timbales African Cowbell Amadinda Xylophone (2 players) - This instrument is tuned to a pentaton…

(Intermezzo, arranged for percussion ensemble). Composed by G. Gimenez y Bellido. Arranged by Bobby Lopez. For percussion ensemble (10 players: xylophone, bells, 2 vibraphones, 1 shared 5-octave marimba (low C), 1 4.6-octave marimba (low E), 5 timpani, concert snare drum, concert…

((For Percussion Ensemble)). Composed by Carol Bayer Sager and David Foster. Arranged by Kirk J. Gay. For Multi Percussion Ensemble. Percussion - Ensemble. Alfred's Pop Percussion Ensemble Series. Pop. 26 pages. Published by Alfred Music

(arranged for percussion ensemble). By Antonio Carlos Jobim/Vinicius de Moraes. Arranged by Ralph Hicks. For percussion ensemble (7 to 12 players: glockenspiel, vibraphone, xylophone, marimba [1 low-A instrument shared by 3 players], drumset [snare, hi ha

(For a Minimum of Five Steel Drums, Drumset, and Optional Bass Guitar). By Jason Mraz. Arranged by Jeff Moore. For Steel Drum Ensemble. Part(s); Percussion - Steel Drum Ensemble; Score. Alfred's Steel Drum Ensemble Series. 30 pages. Published by Alfred Music Publishing

(for percussion ensemble). By Jeffrey D. Grubbs. Arranged by Jeffrey D. Grubbs. 4. For Xylophone, chimes, snare drum, concert bass drum, four timpani (4 players). This edition: Percussion quartet. Concert Percussion Ensembles. Written for minimal instrumentation and maximum effec…

By Bela Fleck. Arranged by Olin Johannessen. Percussion Ensemble. For Marimba 1 (low F or low A), marimba 2 (low E) , 2 vibraphones, xylophone, glockenspiel, shaker, 3 different-sized triangles, small drumset (snare, kick, hihat, 2 or 3 cymbals), bass guitar, 5-octave marimba (op…