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£37.50
Canto and Caprice - James Curnow
What an excellent way to lift your beginning band up to a higher level of musicianship! This outstanding new work for the beginning band is perfect for that first festival experience or for any concert venue. With accents, staccato, and lots of dynamic and stylistic contrasts there is much to teach in this piece, and yet it remains accessible to the last exciting note. Be sure to pay close attention to this significant new beginning band composition. An important addition to the repertoire
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£57.50Album for the Young - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Tchaikovsky's excursion into music for young people carries the indelible stamp of masterful composition. James Curnow has carefully maintained the intent of this work while making it accessible to the concert band. Contrasting movements and colorful orchestration mean your band can experience this composer's work in much the way he intended. There are many possibilities for cross-curricular teaching in this piece, especially in music history. Tchaikovsky composed many of music's most memorable melodies. Explore a few with your band as you prepare and perform Album for the Young this season.Excellent!
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£114.99Syncopations Builders for Developing Bands - Timothy Johnson
Composer Timothy Johnson spent many years as a school band director. His teaching experience qualifies him to approach the development of this new entry into the CMP Essentials of Musicianship Series with reality-based confidence. Ever so gradually this product takes the band from the simplest forms of syncopation to more and more complex notation. Your students can build their reading skills at a pace they can handle. The astute teacher will also notice that there is plenty of concept reinforcement as the group steps from easy to more challenging rhythms.A great teaching tool!
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£84.99So nimm denn meine Hnde - Friedrich Silcher
This celebrated song is based on a poem by Julie Hausmann (1826-1901), a Latvian teacher who was probably blind. The text draws on her personal experience and unshakeable faith in God, death and eternal life. The melody by Friedrich Silcher is written in a simple and delicate style but also draws on the grand romantic tradition of Wagner and Bruckner. This arrangement can also be performed with a mixed choir. The choir parts are in German.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£109.99That's the Way I Like 'Em
For many years Peter Kleine Schaars' jazz quartet provided sparkle and energy for various festivities and other occasions. If required the ensemble could alternate jazz repertoire with pop and latin music too. Their wide experience taught the musicians that an hour of unbeatable repertoire is the perfect end to every swinging party. Based on this practical knowledge Kleine Schaars has chosen his favourite pop pieces and arranged them in this animated medley entitled That's the Way (I like Them).
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£94.99The Mayor's Blues - John Blanken
Why should rock musicians have all the fun? Now your band can experience the thrill of playing a piece in a classic 12-bar blues style. Many players are given the chance to show off their skills as a soloist before the work builds to a grand fortissimo finale with the whole band playin' the blues!
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£76.99Ayers Rock - Henk Hogestein
The famous monolith Ayers Rock (also called Uluru) is the only true attraction in the Northern Territory of Australia. This colossal red rock lies in the middle of a desert plain. At dusk, a beautiful spectacle develops as the setting sun envelops the rock in rose-red hues. There are tourists who climb the rock, while this is a taboo according to the indigenous religion of the Aboriginals. Besides, the climb is very strenuous. A walk around the rock is also an unforgettable experience.During a journey through Australia, Henk Hogestein was inspired by this rock; he composed this robust rock number to cherish the memory of it.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£45.95The Song of the Blacksmith - Gustav Holst
Celebrate the 100th anniversary of Gustav Holst's with this incredibly authentic yet amazingly approachable arrangement of the third movement. Your students can now experience the rhythmic vitality and novel anvil sound of one of the most significant works ever composed for wind band. Two endings allow directors to either follow the form of the original work or have a slightly more definitive ending if desired. An arrangement of uncompromising quality that lives up to the artistry of the original!
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£53.95Laniakea - Jack Wilds
Laniakea, Hawaiian for "immeasurable heaven," is the name of our local supercluster, the massive structure of 100,000 galaxies in which the Milky Way is located. This lyrical work portrays a lone astronaut floating in a space suit at the edge of Laniakea and the emotions that might accompany such an experience. While the writing is very accessible, a sense of awe runs through the entire work that will leave your audience breathless.
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£89.99A Spanish Christmas Carol - Patrick Millstone
Rondeau of the Shepherds," so ran the official title of the famous Dutch Christmas carol 'Midden in de winternacht'. In 1948 wrote Dutch poet and writer Harry Prenen this text. The melody is known by the 17th/18th- century organ composers of suites Daquin, Balbastre and Dandrieu. "Rondeau of the Shepherds" was subtitled "Catalan Christmas Carol". The song itself is because its origins in a Spanish (Catalan probably) Christmas song from the late Middle Ages, "El Desembre congelat. The motives of this song (shepherds, flutes, drums) demonstrate knowledge of the Bible and give a picture of the late medieval Christmas experience. . Perfect as an uptempo intermezzoin a church service.
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