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£60.50The Red Sled - Fossa
We invite your band to experience the wistful wonder of a snow day sleigh ride with this delightful music. "The Red Sled" recounts the exhilaration of every child's first ride down a snowy hill, from the plodding climb up to the dashing and dangerous descent. Simple grace notes for the flutes, percussion features, and trombone glisses are just some of the unique features of this very accessible work that will assuredly be a winter favorite.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£64.99Red, White, & Brass
The incredible success of the Canadian Brass continues with the release of their 'Red, White, & Brass' CD, where they have chosen some of America's greatest musical treasures. John Moss has re-scored several of the highlights of this album in a spectacular medley for concert band, including American Patrol, Home On The Range, You're A Grand Old Flag, Yankee Doodle Boy, Simple Gifts, and Stars And Stripes Forever.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£55.00The Red Sled (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Fossa, Salvio
We invite your band to experience the wistful wonder of a snow day sleigh ride with this delightful music. "The Red Sled" recounts the exhilaration of every child's first ride down a snowy hill, from the plodding climb up to the dashing and dangerous descent. Simple grace notes for the flutes, percussion features, and trombone glisses are just some of the unique features of this very accessible work that will assuredly be a winter favorite. Duration: 2.10
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£64.99Red, White and Brass (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Moss, John
The incredible success of the Canadian Brass continued with the release of their Red, White and Brass CD, where they have chosen some of America's greatest musical treasures. John Moss has re-scored several of the highlights of this album in a spectacular medley for concert band, including American Patrol, Home On The Range, You're A Grand Old Flag, Yankee Doodle Boy, Simple Gifts, and Stars And Stripes Forever.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£113.30Moderate Dances - Angelo Sormani
This piece is a tribute to dance music, especially passionate, intense and meditative dance music. "Moderate Dances" is divided into three movements: a "Tango", a "Slow Waltz" and a "Bossa Nova". Each movement and each dance has its own particular characteristics but, when combined, these different rhythmic beats and times give the piece a feeling of completeness and uniformity. The Tango started to flourish in the suburbs of Buenos Aires in around 1880. There is still some doubt as to its origins, which may be Cuban (Habanera) but are probably African. It was most popular in Argentina and Brazil: here the male protagonist was originally the "gaucho" with his inseparable guitar, later to be replaced by the proud, elegant "compadre". By around 1910 the Tango had spread to Italy and France. New clubs opened, where the upper classes could watch and dance the Tango. Here the dance also underwent some rapid transformations. The exaggerated and extravagant gestures and body movements disappeared. Slow, gliding steps replaced the old rotational movements. The women's red ankle-boots and the partners "staring into each other's eyes" accentuated the erotic nature and sensuality of this dance. So much so that, in 1913, the German government banned soldiers from dancing the Tango. Those who broke the law were immediately discharged from the army. From a strictly musical perspective, the basic instruments were a flute, a harp (the diatonic harp typically played by the Indians of Paraguay) and a violin, or flute, guitar and violin or even clarinet, guitar and violin. These instruments were easy to transport, ideal for playing at parties, in the streets and in courtyards. The musicians played by ear, frequently improvising: there were no scores, no records, which is the main reason why it is impossible to trace the Tango back to its exact origins. However, the Tango's evolution (and growing popularity) was once again fostered by its fundamental ability to absorb "other" cultures, languages and sounds. And it was the arrival of the "bandoneon" (an accordion-like instrument that was invented in Germany and brought to Rio de la Plata by some immigrant), which replaced the flute, that marked the beginning of the Tango's huge success outside Argentina. A number of talented composers, above all the great Astor Piazzola (1921-1992), transformed the bandoneon from a simple accompanying instrument to a solo instrument that was to become the distinguishing feature of the 20th century Tango. The Slow Waltz originated from the Waltz, the typical dance of the Bavarian and Tyrolese peasants in the 1700s. It was composers like Johann Strauss, father and son, who carried the Waltz to its zenith in the 1800s, creating the sensual and melancholy yet joyful and charming dance we are all familiar with. When the Waltz first became popular in Germany, the members of respectable society were shocked at the closeness of the dancing partners, who had always previously danced apart. The main difference between the Waltz and Slow Waltz is that the latter has a slower, more expressive rhythm: the men wear tails and the women wear ball gowns decorated with beads and feathers and couples dance in graceful rotational movements. "Bossa Nova" is the title of the last movement in the piece. Jobim, the great Brazilian musician, described this musical genre as a combination of modern Jazz and Samba. Bossa Nova means "new wave". This was the name of the artistic and musical movement that evolved in Brazil in the late Fifties and was extremely popular throughout the Sixties. The songs are usually about love or social matters, drawing inspiration from the slums of Rio De Janeiro and the lives of their inhabitants. Bossa Nova, with its original compositions and the artistic talent of its musicians, also became hugely popular in the United States and Europe, and top Jazz musicians (Ella Fitzgerald, Stan Getz, Bob Cooper, Charlie Bird, Sonny Rollins, Dexter Gordon, Dizzy Gillespie) started to include Bossa in their repertoires.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£43.50
River Valley Serenade
Three well-known folk songs, Shenandoah, Red River Valley and The Water Is Wide are featured in this simple yet heart-warming arrangement that your audience will certainly enjoy. A stirring conclusion interweaves portions of all three tunes, creating a melody that gently swells from a soft, flowing introduction into a swiftly churning cascade of full-band sound which gracefully fades into peaceful tranquility. (Grade 2) This title is available in SmartMusic.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£74.95Marcia A Montecelio (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Naumann, Siegfried
Monticello is the name of a little place northeast of Rome where my wife and I have rented a simple home for more than 20 years. We participated intensively in the cultural life of the community where there was also a little band, the Banda Municipale Cornicolana, which consisted of about 55 wind players, mostly youngsters. One day, the "Il Direttore" came to me and asked if I would like to write a march for them, which I naturally did. It became the Marcia a Montecelio. After 14 rehearsals, with everyone tired, perspiring and red in the face, we were forced to give up. The march was too difficult for them. I then wrote another, easier march for them to perform at the forthcoming feast of San Michaeli. The Montecelio march was composed on pure inspiration in just two days. It is written in the Italian style - with a pinch of Sousa.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£14.95
Marcia A Montecelio (Concert Band - Score Only) - Naumann, Siegfried
Monticello is the name of a little place northeast of Rome where my wife and I have rented a simple home for more than 20 years. We participated intensively in the cultural life of the community where there was also a little band, the Banda Municipale Cornicolana, which consisted of about 55 wind players, mostly youngsters. One day, the "Il Direttore" came to me and asked if I would like to write a march for them, which I naturally did. It became the Marcia a Montecelio. After 14 rehearsals, with everyone tired, perspiring and red in the face, we were forced to give up. The march was too difficult for them. I then wrote another, easier march for them to perform at the forthcoming feast of San Michaeli. The Montecelio march was composed on pure inspiration in just two days. It is written in the Italian style - with a pinch of Sousa.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£127.95SOLILOQUY FOR SOLFERINO (Prestige Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Ellerby, Martin
The Battle of Solferino was fought in northern Italy in 1859 between Austria and the alliance of France and Sardinia. After 15 hours of fighting, the Austrians retreated leaving some 40,000 killed or injured. The medical forces that existed were unable to cope and many died from simple wounds. Swiss businessman and social activist, Henry Dunant, witnessed this suffering and set about a process that led to the Geneva Conventions and the foundation of the International Red Cross movement. Duration: 7'30". Recorded on Polyphonic CD Legacy of Dreams.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£32.95
SOLILOQUY FOR SOLFERINO (Prestige Concert Band - Score only) - Ellerby, Martin
The Battle of Solferino was fought in northern Italy in 1859 between Austria and the alliance of France and Sardinia. After 15 hours of fighting, the Austrians retreated leaving some 40,000 killed or injured. The medical forces that existed were unable to cope and many died from simple wounds. Swiss businessman and social activist, Henry Dunant, witnessed this suffering and set about a process that led to the Geneva Conventions and the foundation of the International Red Cross movement. Duration: 7'30". Recorded on Polyphonic CD Legacy of Dreams.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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