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£69.99Hippo Hop - Kevin Houben
Hippo Hop is a fun piece for young and old alike. Hippo the hippopotamus is in the mood for a dance, but can he actually do it? "The proof of the pudding is in the eating!" he says to himself as he strides over the African plains.The other animals look on admiringly as Hippo tries a little jump: hip, hop... It's going so well! A stirring melody line is played throughout the entire concert band, with every part playable yet challenging.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£79.99Rockin' Trumpets - Philip Sparke
The history of rock and roll can be traced back as far as the musical influence of the first African slaves to arrive in North America. The style borrows heavily from rhythm and blues and early rock stars such as Ike Turner, Bill Haley, Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly and Elvis Presley had a huge influence through the newly-invented juke box and liberated the youth of the day by giving them a music of their own. Rockin? Tumpets gives the young band a chance to rock and roll with the trumpets taking the lead. Treat your trumpets to this lively solosection feature.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£118.99Medusa - Robert Finn
Medusa is the name of the North African snake queen who was worshipped around 1400 BC and became the symbol of female wisdom and mystery. As the legend goes, nobody was allowed to lift her veil because if you looked into her eyes you would be able to see your own death...This composition, which includes elements from movie scores and light music, is the musical translation of this mysterious and fatalistic tale.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£76.99Zeit, dass sich was dreht - Herbert Grönemeyer
This magnificent song was the official anthem for the 2006 World Cupwhich took place in Germany. It is full of African influence which links itto the next tournament which takes place in South Africa in 2010. A trulyoriginal football anthem that will bring the house down at any concert.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£149.99Aladdin Suite - Carl Nielsen
The large creative output of the Danish composer Carl Nielsen (1865 - 1931) contains six symphonies, chamber music, vocal works and music for the theatre: two operas (Saul & David and Maskerade) and stage music for sixteen different plays. The stage music for Aladdin was written at the request of Johannes Nielsen, the director of the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen. This production was based on the drama Aladdin (1805) by the Danish author Adam Oehlenschlger. Already before the premiere at the Royal Theatre, Carl Nielsen had adapted some of the music for the concert hall: he conducted the first performance of six of the seven movements of the concert suite on February6th, 1919. Johan de Meij's transcription for symphonic band contains the following movements: I Oriental Festival March II Aladdin's Dream / Dance of the Morning Mist III African Negro Dance
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£53.50Jerusalema - Nomcebo Zikode
Recorded by South African DJ and record producer Master KG and featuring Nomcebo Zikode this song has become an internet sensation along with the many dance challenges from around the globe. The uplifting melody and infectious rhythmic groove help make this one immediately appealing.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£59.80Maisha ni Zawadi (Flexible Ensemble - Score and Parts) - Utbult, Jan
An original piece based on the African musical tradition. Maisha ni Zawadi is Swahili and means life is a gift. The arrangement of the chorus is based on how an East African choir would have performed the song. The song is based a lot on the percussion groove, and is particularly suitable for bands and ensembles that want to show off the percussion section. Here it is possible to let many people play African rhythms on various percussion instruments.Duration: 2.00
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£195.00Johannesburg Festival Overture (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Walton, William - Noble, Paul
Johannesburg Festival Overture was composed for orchestra by William Walton for the 70th anniversary of Johannesburg, South Africa in 1956. Walton received the commission from Ernest Fleischmann, musical director of the Johannesburg Festival Committee, to celebrate the seventieth anniversary of the city. Fleischmann included in his request to include some African themes. For inspiration he requested recordings of African music from the African Music Society. The effect of these recordings can be heard with percussionists performing on eleven instruments. The composer also incorporated the main theme from Jean Bosco Mwenda's Masanga (which had been released on record in 1954). Walton described the piece to his publisher as a non-stop gallop...slightly crazy, hilarious and vulgar. This arrangement for Concert Band captures the original colour, excitement, and energy of the original orchestra work, and should become a staple in the repertoire of excellent bands.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£49.95Tu Ungane (Let's Join Together) (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Watson, Scott
Tu Ungane (Swahili, pronounced TOO une-GAH-nay) means "Let's join together" and refers both to musicians coming together to play as well as African and Western styles merging musically. Western musical styles such as Gospel, Blues, and Jazz owe much to African influence. African music has been influenced by the West as well, fusing British military and brass band music, along with the hymns and songs of missionaries from Europe and the United States, with tribal folk elements. Tu Ungane explores his musical cross-pollination incorporating the Tanzanian folk song "Asali Ya Nyuki" ("Honey of Bees") and original musical material in the style of the British-African fusion.Duration: 2.00
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£32.95Time Lines (Concert Band - Score only) - Turnbull, Kit
The time line is a western musicological device that allows us to define many of the rhythms used in sub-Saharan music. It is essentially a 12-beat pattern that can be subdivided as 6x2, 2x6, 4x3, or 3x4, which generates many of the polyrhythms that are common in African music. Time Lines is a single continuous work made up of four contrasting sections which are based on various aspects of African dance and choral music. The slow introduction introduces many of the rhythms that the piece is based on and is followed by a fast section which quotes a South African hymn. Abasundu Nabamhlope (the first line of which translates as 'Black and whites, let them give thanks together'. The chorale section which follows makes use of phrases from the hymn Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika (Lord Bless Africa) which was written in 1897 and has since been adopted as the national anthem of several countries in southern Africa. The final allegro section sees the drawing together of the various dance and choral elements used in the piece with the percussion section playing rhythmic patterns generated by the time line.Duration: 13:30Recorded on QPRM151D TIME LINES: Great British Music for Wind Band Vol.12 (Royal Northern College of Music)
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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