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£267.99Five Elizabethan Dances from 'Romeo & Juliet' - Don Freund
Five Elizabethan Dances is drawn from the music that sets the scene and provides the accompaniment for the Ballroom Scene from Don Freund's Romeo and Juliet: A Shakespearean Music Drama for singing actors and piano. The style of the dances is freely drawn from dances found in the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book (music from ca. 1562 to 1612), spiced up with changing meters and chromatic twists of melody and harmony reflecting a more recent musical language. Each of the dances represents a pivotal scene-within-a-scene. Excludes part doubling: 2+1.2+EH(opt).3+EbCl+BCl+CltoCl(opt).2+Cbsn(opt): AATB Saxes: 3.4.3.2Euph.2 Tuba: Perc(5)
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£60.99Bashana Haba 'ah - Ehud Manor
This beloved contemporary Jewish song, whick translates as 'Next Year', is most appropriate for holiday concerts or throughout the year. The melody is simple and elegant and Lloyd Conley's arrangement depicts the feeling of hope that comes from the inspirational lyrics.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£54.99Highland Fling - Robert Jager
This very playable and appealing overture by Robert Jager is sure to be enjoyable by younger players. Bold and dignified characterize the opening segment which is followed by an energetic faster theme reminiscent of a Scottish Highland dance. A tender hymn-like melody is then developed before returning to the faster theme and powerful closing coda. Very well scored to sound full.
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£57.50Millennium: A Reflection - John Higgins
Here is an accessible contemporary band work which reflects upon the 1,000 years of western musical culture, and explores the mysterious emotions of the changing Millennium. Recurring throughout the work is a plainsong melody written near the dawn of music notation deep in the middle ages. Sure to be an intriguing work to concert audiences and students, it also represents a refreshing choice for festival use.
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£53.50Variants on an American Hymn - Michael Sweeney
Based on the familiar hymn Abide With Me, this unique composition develops variations based on fragments of the original melody. Elements of the hymn are skillfully incorporated into a variety of styles, from slow flowing phrases to lively and rhythmic themes, before the hymn is gloriously presented near the end of the piece.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£57.50Voyage Through the Night - Douglas Akey
Hal Leonard is proud to welcome the talents of Douglas Akey with this wonderful contribution to the concert band repertoire. Commissioned by the Indiana Bandmasters Association, this descriptive work is built around two contrasting themes. The first is a haunting slow melody which reoccurs later in a more developed and expanded form. The fast section uses a strong theme with a creative harmonic structure along with occasional mixed meters. With Doug's skillful orchestration and colorful percussion writing this piece is an excellent choice for festivals or contests.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£69.99Swedish Folk Rhapsody
Here's a marvelous arrangement featuring the engaging sounds of folk music from Sweden. It opens with a brief fanfare followed by In The Summer The Sun Shines So Clearly. After the lovely 3/4 melody Flowers Of Joy, Eric alternateswoodwind and brass choirs on the dignified O Varmland. The lively song My Love Like A Dainty Shepherdess is written in 3/4 for ease of reading, and the medley concludes with a majestic setting of The King. Well scored with plentyof variety.
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£76.99Salute to Richard Rodgers
Best-known for his innovations in musical theatre, celebrated American composer Richard Rodgers would have been 100 years old in the year 2002. To celebrate his centennial, this adventurous work includes a varied cross-section ofhis compositions from the collaborations with Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein II to his Emmy award-winning film score Victory At Sea. Includes: Song of the High Seas, Oklahoma, The Sound of Music, Bewitched, The Carousel Waltzand Climb Ev'ry Mountain. A marvelous tribute to one of the masters of melody.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£60.99Out Of The Shadows - Michael Sweeney
Commissioned for the Wisconsin Lutheran High School's centennial year, this expansive work incorporates the Welsh folk song The Ash Grove in a lush and varied treatment. The main melody, played first by horns and baritone, returns near the end in a glorious, fully orchestrated chorale. In between is a beautiful secondary theme played by oboe and flute soloists followed by a dramatic fugal section. A musically rewarding and effective piece. (6:00)
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£233.99Suite Dreams - Steven Bryant
For the second year in a row, composer Steven Bryant took home top prize in the prestigious NBA/Revelli Composition Contest. The winner for 2008, Suite Dreams, draws primarily from the inverted chaconne melody in Holst's First Suite in E-Flat, recasting it in a dreamlike atmosphere, almost as if (sometimes warped) memories of the original are drifting across the stage. Dur: 8:45 (Grade 5)
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days