Description Ernest Bloch (1880-1959) was a Swiss-born Jewish composer. Schelomo: Rhapsodie Hébraïque was the last and best known works of his Jewish Cycle, in which he attempted to find some sort of musical identity - the Jewish state having not yet come into existence when he was writing. The solo Cello is intended to represent the voice of King Solomon, while the orchestral accompaniment is oft…

Par KRUISBRINK ANNETTE. William Shakespeare (1564–1616) is regarded as the greatest writer England has ever produced. He wrote 154 sonnets. For her ‘Three Shakespeare Sonnets’, Annette Kruisbrink selected numbers 17, 40, and 66, setting them to music for voice and guitar. The original structure of Shakespeare’s sonnets, a fourteen-line poem made up of three quatrains, or sets of four lines, and on…

Description Intermediate Piano solos in various jazz styles ? part of the Hal Leonard Student Piano Library Composer Showcase series. Elegant, clever, authentically-styled original compositions characterise this excellent collection of Jazz Piano solos by Bill Boyd. Bill's suave ease in writing original jazz for the advancing student performer is evident in each of these captivating solos. Th…

Par CURNOW JAMES. An exciting adventure for bands of a moderate standard. From a brooding, fog-shrouded sand castle along the seashore in England to another on the sunny coast of France (including rainstick and spoken “wave” effects) to an exotic triple-meter “Flamenco-esque” impression of one in Spain, SANDCASTLES is a noteworthy addition to the CMP Passport Plus Series. Referring to varying loca…

Having been considered as a 'fashionable' and 'cliché' composer of his day, Hahn was best known for his contributions to the French Melody, however his other works have never gone amiss. His Quintet represents the engaging diversity of the composer's music. Venezuelan born Reynaldo Hahn (1875-1947) entered the Paris Conservatoire at 10 years old. He received a high standard of musical education f…

Passionskantate. Par HOMILIUS GOTTFRIED AUGUST. He was without argument our greatest church composer, wrote the lexicographer E. L. Gerber a few years after Homilius's death in 1785. As a result of the destruction of the Kreuzkirche during the Seven Years War, the longtime Kreuzkantor, a pupil of Bach, performed his professional musical duties primarily at the Frauenkirche in Dresden. The Passions…

Symphony for Winds, Percussion and Pre-recorded Soundscape. Par SHAPIRO ALEX. IMMERSION brings listeners on a sonic journey into a private, aquatic realm. Beneath the surface of the ocean is a world of liquid beauty and grace hidden from our eyes and from our imagination. Follow your ears and your heart to the deepest unseen places we often neglect to consider. Shapiro's electroacoustic wind symph…

For Viola, Double Bass and Piano. Double Bass Part: Orchestral AND/OR Solo Tuning (includes parts for both). Shadows (3'20) 'Shadows' is a nostalgic, atmospheric waltz written in response to a poem by Ursula Vaughan Williams 'Ainsi le bon temps regrettons'. John Hawkins Studied with Master of the Queen's Music Malcolm Williamson and composer and teacher Elisabeth Lutyens. He has written many cha…

In Nativitate Domini'. Par RHEINBERGER JOSEF GABRIEL. Rheinberger's 'Mass in A Major' is a work that ist easy to perform. Making no use of polyphonic developments, it remains within a harmonic style that is lightened by brief imitative phases. The organ accompaniment serves as a tonal support and expands the three-part writing into four parts. / Messe / Répertoire / Orchestre: Choeur SSA, Flûte T…

Compiled from the works of practically all the recognized masters of etude writing. Edited and fingered by John Thompson and designed to hold the pupil's interest and develop the various points of pianism encountered in the second grade (or later elementary level). / Piano

(For mallet ensemble and two flutes). By George Frideric Handel (1685-1759). Arranged by Brian Slawson. For Two flutes, two glockenspiels, two small marimbas (4-octave), one 4.3 octave marimba (low-A), one 5-octave marimba (low C) (8 or 9 players). This edition: Percussion ensemb…

Three traditional fife and drum tunes arranged for solo snare drum and mallet quintet. Composed by Traditional. Arranged by Jason Baker. Score and parts on CD-ROM. 28 pages. Duration 7 minutes, 25 seconds (total. Published by Tapspace Publications (TA.TSPCE15-018).

(for percussion ensemble). Composed by Stuart P. O'Neil. Percussion Ensembles. For Glockenspiel, xylophone, small 4-octave marimba (shared), 4 timpani, cabasa, tambourine, sleigh bells, snare drum, bass drum, guiro, and triangle. (12 players). Difficulty: Medium-Easy. Folio and C…

(Dance of the Little Swans, Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks, and Danse Boheme arranged for mallet quartet). Composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Modest Mussorgsky, Georges Bizet. Arranged by Brian Slawson. Percussion Ensembles. For Glockenspiel, xylophone, vibraphone, and 4.3-oct…

By Jared Spears. Percussion Octet. Grade 4. Score and parts. Duration 4 minutes 10 seconds. Published by Kendor Music Inc

By Mark Ford. Percussion Ensemble. For 3 players on one marimba