Written to celebrate the 110th Anniversary of the Joliet Township High School Orchestras of Illinois, 'Stone and Steel' is a modern concert overture by Richard Meyer that treats the listener and performer to a myriad of styles and moods. The piece begins with a heavy, ponderous theme marked 'Molto pesante,' which depicts the limestone quarries that first earned Joliet the nickname 'City of Stone' …

The Gallipoli Campaign took place between April 1915 and January 1916 and marked the first significant military engagement for Australia as an independent dominion. The Gallipoli Songbook commemorates this crucial event of the Great War with a collection of contemporary songs relating to the soldiers, the public at home, and the sheer poignancy of such a tragic event, all arranged for Piano, Vocal…

Kantate Zum 2. Pfingsttag. Par TELEMANN GEORG PHILIPP. This early work, probably composed during the period 1701–1705, is in a style and form customary during the 17th century, combining biblical words with paraphrased verses. The words depict “gentle breezes” giving place to the rushing wind at thecoming of the Holy Spirit. Suitable for Whitsun./ Répertoire / Solistes SATB, Choeur SATB, 2 Flûtes …

Ed. Critica A Cura Di Matteo Giuggioli. Par RICCI FRANCESCO PASQUALE. Francesco Pasquale Ricci straddled two worlds: Italy, his homeland, where he received his education and where he had his first professional experiences, and Europe, which would be the stage of his bold artistic affirmation and the consolidation of a vast and complex network of personal relationships. Ricci’s European excursion, …

Pour vibraphone et Cd.'Soleil Noir veut essayer de rendre l'atmosphère qui se dégage des romans de l'immense écrivain des Etats Unis du Sud, William Faulkner : le comté fictif de Yoknapatawpha et ses vastes étendues de coton, la ville de Jefferson, son palais de justice et sa prison, ses maisons à galeries et colonnes blanches, ses chants d'esclaves, et ses personnages obscurs tels que la famille …

Clair de lune est considéré comme la composition la plus connue et la plus jouée de la Suite bergamasque de Claude Debussy. Le troisième mouvement de cette célèbre suite pour piano est plein d'inspiration picturale et paraît ici dans une édition individuelle révisée par l'éditeur. / Piano / Schott

In Greek mythology, Helios is a Titan who faithfully drove the Sun's chariot across the sky each day, disappearing in the west into Oceanus (the ocean, which the Greeks believed encircled the Earth), and rising out of it again in the east the next morning. Helios' journey at sunrise is referenced musically by the ascending leap in the main theme and the strong driving rhythms of the low winds and …

Par WAESPI OLIVER. Cette pièce contient une série de variations sur la mélodie de « Ami, dans cette vie », un chant français du XVIIIe siècle. A l?instar du fameux poème« Canzona di Bacco » de Lorenzo de? Medici, ce chant invite l?auditeur à jouir de la vie, de l?amitié, de l?amour et du vin tant qu?il est encore temps. Ce texte à caractère épicurien contraste avec une mélodie profondément mélanco…

A Tribute to the Bill of Rights. Par HOSAY JAMES L.. A modern but patriotic setting with optional narration makes FREEDOM'S PROMISE a moving and versatile Grade 3 piece you will want to add to your band library. It's an ideal patriotic feature for school or community performance. A musical tribute to The Bill of Rights of the United States Constitution, the optional narration can be read by one, o…

Igor Stravinsky liked to use different stylistic devices or embedded them in his personal musical language: Be it that he took a Gallop by Jacques Offenbach or composed Circus Polka for a Young Elephant or a ragtime. After the outbreak of the Second World War and his final move to the USA in 1939, he was in particular influenced by jazz music. In 1940 the composer wrote a Tango for piano which he …