The Battle on the Heath On 24 January 1597, the ?Tielenheide? - a stretch of moorland near the Belgian village of Tielen, south of Turnhout-was the scene of a great battle. Prince Maurice of Nassau, commander of the Dutch army, crushingly defeated Count Varax, a Burgundian general of the Spanish army. In military circles, the Battle of Turnhout caused quite a stir: a Spanish army of five thousand …

for Wind Orchestra, World Set (no ESS). Par CESARINI FRANCO. Fascinated by the beauty of Chicago, Franco Cesarini has translated his emotions into music: this is how Symphony No. 3 “Urban Landscapes” Op. 55, was born, a musical portrait of this metropolis overlooking Lake Michigan. The composition is divided into three movements: The Wrigley Building from Dawn to Noon, Blue Silhouette and Cloud G…

The first movement is a fantasia on a popular Ukrainian carol melody the style is impressionistic by turns melancholy and vigorous. The second movement is a setting of the Irish Wexford Carol the third a rhythmic theme and variations on Tomorrow shall be my dancing day.

Volume 3. Par THEVET. In three books, Lucien Thevet (1914-2007), a virtuoso Horn player of his day, provides detailed and progressive studies and exercises for the Horn. The third volume of Complete Method of Horn is essential to all Horn players seeking to improve their technique on the instrument. Thevet 's book focuses on elements including transposition, accidentals, adapting to a Horn with fo…

Michael Nyman is a composer pianist librettist writer musicologist photographer and film-maker whose work encompasses opera concert music and film soundtracks of which The Draughtsman's Contract and The Piano arethe best-known. Since founding the Michael Nyman Band in 1977 which tours the world he has worked with leading film directors and has collaborated with artists such as Mary Kelly …

For Violone-Very little is known about the two sonatas which appear here in their original keys. They were placed in the library of the Music School in Oxford at the end of the seventeenth century in a form convenient for playing (i.e. unbound). The library was catalogued by Hake between 1850 and 1855 and the sonatas were eventually bound in 1855 with other instrumental and vocal manuscripts of …

A powerful emotional text and rich harmonies express the passion of Christ's sacrifice. Using “The Third Melody” by sixteenth-century composer Thomas Tallis arranger Lee Dengler expresses the inexpressible with vocalcolors and textures that give tremendous depth of feeling to the awesome significance of Good Friday. The Creator has been crucified. “With awe we glimpse its true …

Cross Staff Cantata (Kreuzstabkantate). Par BACH JOHANN SEBASTIAN. Ich Will Den Kreuzstab Gerne Tragen 'Kreuzstabkantate' (I will my cross-staff gladly carry) 'Cross Staff Cantata (Kreuzstabkantate)') BWV 56 Cantata for the 19th Sunday after Trinity Bach ’s solo cantata Ich Will Den Kreuzstab Gerne Tragen is taken from his third cantata cycle for Leipzig. To judge from its position in the liturgy,…

Kali-Yuga is a short symbolic piece for choirs representing in a simple almost child-like way the last days of the Kali-Yuga the Dark Age of Hinduism. We live in these days. The ?ugliness? of the modern world is portrayedin the first two sections as the singers from Choir II are given a free rein to represent ?triviality? in the first song and ?ugliness? in the second while the singing cho…

Par RICH BUDDY. There are very few people in the world, past or present, who have ever been given the title 'The World's Greatest'. In 1939, Buddy Rich was billed as such and for many accomplished drummers, Buddy Rich still holds that title today. In 1942, Buddy Rich collaborated with Henry Adler, publishing Buddy Rich's Modern Interpretation of Snare Drum Rudiments . It is known today as 'the dru…