Themes from one of America's foremost composers of movie music. Titles include: Theme from Close Encounters of the Third Kind * Duel of the Fates (from Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace) * Theme from E.T. (The Extra Terrestrial) * Flight to Neverland (from Hook) * Hymn to the Fallen (from Saving Private Ryan) * The Imperial March (Darth Vader's Theme from The Empire Strikes Back) * Theme fro…

Windependence – Artist Level (Grade 5)David Del Tredici's In Wartime – the first work for wind band by on of America's masters of orchestral music – matches its emotional depth withimmediate musical appeal. The opening Hymn laces fragments of “Abide With Me” with swirling counterpoint while the following Battlemarch bring an ominous march-theme into a frenzied confli…

Quotes of the beloved spiritual “Hold On” are combined with excerpts from “Freedom's Plow” by Langston Hughes in this powerful and dramatic work commissioned by the St. Louis Symphony. Themes of thestruggle for liberty and justice throughout America and the world make this a magnificent concert closer for festival and community performances with keyboard bass and drums or …

Whether for classroom sing-alongs adult community sings choral concerts or just riding in the car this Step One of the SING WITH US songbooks is an invaluable resource. Composer and song leader Nick Page who has led group sings and workshops at MENC ACDA AOSA and other conferences for many years has assembled this multicultural set of 28 easy and fun sing-along songs for all ages. The coll…

Journey of the Lone Wolf tells the story of the hungarian composer Béla Bartók. It was commissioned by Dr. Nicholas Childs for Black Dyke Band who gave the first performance on Sunday 26 January 2014 at the Bridgewater Hall Manchester as part of the Royal Northern College of Music Festival of Brass. The composer's programme notes for each movement:1. Capturing the Peasants SongAfter the upheaval…

Par GLORIEUX FRANCOIS. François Glorieux was born in Belgium in 1932, and acclaimed throughout Europe, the USA, Latin America, Canada, Japan, China, the Middle East and Africa. He is one of the most widely accomplished and versatile musicians traveling the international circuit today: pianist composer conductor, commentator, entertainer, honorary professor of chamber music at the Royal Music Conse…

A Free Song (Secular Cantata No. 2) for full chorus of Mixed Voices with accompaniment of Orchestra or two Pianos. Music by William Schuman. Text adapted from poems by Walt Whitman. Vocal score. Suitable for Grades 6-8.Schuman won the inaugural Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1943 for A Free Song. It contains granite-like blocks of dissonant harmony and sharp-edged counterpoint and is modelled on Beet…

Originally compiled and edited by Louis Köhler, this edition contains some of the most popular keyboard sonatinas, rondos and other works (including symphonic transcriptions) of Beethoven, Clementi, Haydn, Kuhlau and Mozart, among others. In clarifying this edition, editor Allan Small has removed impractical fingerings and unnecessary accidentals found in other editions. The Alfred Masterwork CD E…

The Ruach Series delivers the hottest Jewish rock music from North America and Israel featuring cutting-edge contemporary artists and their music. Ruach 5765: New Jewish Tunes Israel Songbook makes these tunes accessible to all musicians from the most accomplished to the up-and-coming! Build this music into your repertoire and make it part of your life. This edition features 13 songs by Stacy Bey…

Par COOMBS STEPHEN. This is the first of two volumes of music from the big country. Following the success of 'French Romantic Repertoire' and 'Russian Romantic Repertoire', Stephen Coombs has once again selected music from a diverse range of styles and composers, this time from America. They are presented in this volume designed to stretch pianists and delight audiences the world over. / Niveau : …