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£49.95Big Sky Round-Up (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Sheldon, Robert
Visions of the Old West come to mind as cowboys bring in the herd with this rollicking, rhythmic round- up inspired by the film music of Hollywood's classic Westerns. Players and audiences alike will enjoy the musical personality and the tuneful character of the Big Sky Round-Up.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£49.95Crazy for Cartoons (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Sheldon, Robert
Not so long ago, a visit to any motion picture show always started with a classic cartoon that preceded the main event. These wonderful, wacky animated short features were accompanied by some of the most creative music of its time. Crazy for Cartoons reminds us of those simpler days, and the humour, drama, and action that were musically represented in those incredible soundtracks.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£49.95African Adventure (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Sheldon, Robert
Take your young musicians and the audience on a trip to a mysterious continent with this tuneful and rhythmic offering. The tribal Swahili beat and authentic-sounding harmonies will provide a colourful and vibrant moment on your next concert.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£50.50As Twilight Falls (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Sheldon, Robert
The sense of peace and tranquillity of twilight on a summer's evening inspires this lovely lyrical offering. An excellent teaching opportunity for phrasing and expression, As Twilight Falls provides a moment of contrast on any young band's concert performance.Duration: 2.10
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£66.95Spontaneous Combustion (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Sheldon, Robert
A fast-paced tour-de-force for developing bands, Spontaneous Combustion explodes out of the starting blocks and keeps moving relentlessly to the last note. Presented in a minor key with shifting tonalities and tuneful melodies, this musical juggernaut eventually yields to a major key, which only amplifies its inherent energy. Mixed meters and bombastic percussion help to drive the piece to the very end.Duration: 3.15
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£64.99Three Scenes from Penn's Woods (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Jager, Robert
Referring to the founder of Pennsylvania, William Penn, this suite of three appealing settings reflects on the origins and character of this state. The suite opens with the lighthearted 6/8 setting "Punxsutawny Phil." Next is "Moravian Hymn Variants" which is solemn and rich-sounding, but with a brief spirited middle variation. "Independence Hall" concludes this well-written work in a stately and majestic style.Duration: 7:30
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£56.50Metrix (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Sheldon, Robert
Metrix is a multi-meter, jazz inspired composition. The infectious rhythms and tuneful melodies are highlighted by the driving percussion riffs that propel the music through a variety of styles, moods, and textures. The title is a play on words combining the word "matrix" that refers to a mathematical array of numbers, and "metric" that relates to the variety of meters used in the piece.Duration: 3.15
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£98.50Rhapsodic Celebration (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Sheldon, Robert
This multi-faceted work includes three brief connected and musical tableau's that each present their own distinct mood and style. The opening Intrada explores 6/8 time using an uplifting fanfare and rhythmical motifs. The slower Serenade provides contrast that begins with an alto saxophone solo, then utilises the full ensemble to create warm, rich timbres in this gentle and lyrical movement. The closing Galop is as tuneful as it is technical, providing the ensemble with an energetic and fast-paced romp to conclude this delightful piece.Duration: 6.00
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£77.50River Trail Expedition (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Sheldon, Robert
Written for the Streator High School Band in Illinois, River Trail Expedition is named for the Hopalong Cassidy River Trail that winds along the banks of the Vermilion River. The trail borrows its name from the Hopalong Cassidy series of books, written by Streator native Clarence E. Mulford. This concert overture has an energetic drive which is enhanced by punctuated rhythms and edgy dissonances that contrast with the lyrical and tuneful melodies found throughout the piece. Duration: 4.45
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£375.00Facade - An Entertainment, Suite from (Concert Band with Optional Narrator - Score and Parts) - Walton, William - Noble, Paul
This Suite from Facade - An Entertainment, composed by William Walton, with poems by Dame Edith Sitwell, presents for the first time a grouping of movements selected and arranged by Paul Noble for Concert Band and optional Reciter. The original composition was written between 1921 and 1928, containing forty-three numbers. They had their origin in a new style of poetry that Edith Sitwell evolved in the early 1920s, poems that her brother Osbert later described as 'experiments in obtaining through the medium of words the rhythm and dance measures such as waltzes, polkas, foxtrots... Some of the resulting poems were sad and serious... Others were mocking and gay... All possessed a quite extraordinary and haunting fascination.' Possibly influenced by the dance references in some of the numbers, Osbert declared that the poems might be further enhanced if spoken to a musical accompaniment. The obvious choice of composer was the young man who lived and worked in an attic room of the Sitwell brothers' house in Carlyle Square W[illiam] T[urner] Walton, as he then styled himself. The now historic first performance of the Facade Entertainment took place in an L-shaped first-floor drawing-room on January 24, 1922. Accompaniments to sixteen poems and two short musical numbers were performed by an ensemble of five players. The performers were obscured from the audience by a decorated front curtain, through which a megaphone protruded for Edith to declaim her poems. This was, as she put it, 'to deprive the work of any personal quality'. The first public performance of Facade was given at the Aeolian Hall on June 12, 1923. By now, fourteen poems had been set, others revised or rejected, and an alto saxophone added to the ensemble. The occasion gave rise to widespread publicity, both pro and contra, and the name of the twenty-one year old W. T. Walton was truly launched. In the ensuing years the Facade has gone through revisions and additions, with full orchestral arrangements of selected movements being made without the Reciter. Former Band Director Robert O'Brien arranged some movements for band, again without Reciter, which are now out of print. So this 'history making' addition is the first opportunity for Concert Bands to present some movements of Facade with poems as originally intended. The luxury of electronic amplification allows the full ensemble to perform without necessarily overshadowing the Reciter. And the arrangements are written with considerable doubling so that the ensemble may play in full, or reduced in size as may be desired for proper balance. And, though not encouraged, the arrangements are written so that the band can perform the music without the Reciter. Program notes are adapted in part from those written by David Lloyd-Jones and published by Oxford University Press in the Study Score of William Walton's Facade Entertainments.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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