The definitive text used for the time-honored Chord Scales course at Berklee College of Music, this book concentrates on scoring for every possible ensemble combination and teaches performers and arrangers how to add color, character and sophistication to chord voicings. Topics covered include: selecting appropriate harmonic tensions, understanding jazz harmony, overcoming harmonic ambiguity, experimenting with unusual combinations and non-traditional alignments, and many more. The accompanying online audio includes performance examples of several different arranging techniques. The audio tracks feature PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.
“A no-nonsense, meat and potatoes source of basic and not-so-basic information about everything relating to jazz writing – covers several courses worth of information.”
– Kenny Werner
Pianist, Composer and Author of Effortless Mastery
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This suite in seven parts is composed for a “classic” flute and a “jazz” piano. It was the first jazz recording of world-renowned flutist Jean-Pierre Rampal and Claude Bolling. It is possible to play the whole piece with only flute and piano, but bass and drum parts are included for the complete Suite. The CD includes full recordings and flute play-along tracks for seven songs: Baroque and Blue • Fugace • Irlandaise • Javanaise • Sentimentale • Veloce • Versatile.
Also available: Complete Set of Parts/CD (00672558, $59.95); CD Only (HL00672559, $16.95).
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Easy to medium level flute trios in score form. Suitable for contest, concert or church performance, these pieces appear on several state contest lists. Includes works by Bach, Corelli, Faber, Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Quantz, Schubert and others.
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“Appalachian Spring” was composed in 1943-44 as a ballet for Miss Martha Graham on a commission from the Elisabeth Sprague Coolidge Foundation. It was first performed by Miss Graham and her company at the Coolidge Festival in the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., on October 30, 1944.
The present version is scored for the original chamber ensemble of thirteen instruments. It is a condensed version of the ballet (identical with the original suite derived from the ballet for symphony orchestra), which retains all essential features but omits those sections in which the interest is primarily choreographic.
In 1945 “Appalachian Spring” received the Pulitzer Prize for music as well as the award of the Music Critics Circle of New York for the outstanding theatrical work of the season.
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This suite was recorded by Bolling, along with flutist Jean-Pierre Rampal. Best suited for college-level musicians and above, this includes parts for piano, bass, drums and flute.
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“Appalachian Spring” was composed in 1943-44 as a ballet for Miss Martha Graham on a commission from the Elisabeth Sprague Coolidge Foundation. It was first performed by Miss Graham and her company at the Coolidge Festival in the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., on October 30, 1944.
The present version is scored for the original chamber ensemble of thirteen instruments. It is a condensed version of the ballet (identical with the original suite derived from the ballet for symphony orchestra), which retains all essential features but omits those sections in which the interest is primarily choreographic.
In 1945 “Appalachian Spring” received the Pulitzer Prize for music as well as the award of the Music Critics Circle of New York for the outstanding theatrical work of the season.
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For Flute, Viola, Clarinet and String Orchestra (Piano Reduction).
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For oboe, violin or clarinet and piano.
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Scored for 1st and 2nd cornet/trumpet, F horn, trombone, baritone and tuba (optional parts also available: 3rd/4th cornet/trumpet, 2nd/3rd F horn and 2nd/3rd trombone)
This great collection of grade 3 music for brass choirs appears on many state contest lists and includes pieces of varying lengths and styles to suit any performance opportunity. The seventeen works in this series include classics as well as contemporary pieces by the original Rubank composers. A must for your school or church library.
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This uniquely flexible collection works great for solos, duets, trios, quartets, quintets, sextets and more! Each arrangement can be performed unaccompanied, or accompanied using the fully orchestrated StudioTrax CD or piano accompaniment book. Mix and match instrumentation according to your needs in any given situation, all year long in a variety of settings: worship services, Sunday School or at home. Stan Pethel's signature style of accessible, fresh arrangements shines through in each hymn making Winds of Worship an essential addition to your library for the advanced or beginning player alike.
Contents: Immortal, Invisible • Take My Life and Let It Be • Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee • Near to the Heart of God • Praise the Lord Who Reigns Above • Love Lifted Me • Like a River Glorious • I Will Sing of the Mercies • Savior, Like a Shepherd Lead Us • Higher Ground • My Jesus, I Love Thee • and He's Got the Whole World in His Hands.
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A contemporary reflection on 16th century French wind music, this Consort starts with a lively dance movement, then continues to a heartfelt Aubade and a capricious Sautureau. Scored for pairs of flutes, oboes, clarinets, horns and bassoons. (duration – 10:40)
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A setting of passages from the Book of Revelation, with particular reference to the angels who appear with seven trumpet blasts, heralding a series of apocalyptic scenes. Commissioned by Jeffrey Skidmore, director of Ex Cathedra, and first performed by them at Birmingham Town Hall in 2015. The composer states, “There is a vividness and strangeness in these dramatic texts, which are endlessly fascinating and disturbing. The instruments used here are based on the various instrumental types mentioned throughout scripture - trumpets, harp, bells, cymbals, tabor, rebec.” These are scored for mostly in their modern forms, but shofars (Jewish ritual temple trumpets) and early trumpets are also used. The choral writing shows a similar contrast between traditional and contemporary scoring, with polyphony and homophony alongside extended vocal techniques, including Sprechstimme. Leading choral director Paul Spicer comments, “This is an extremely dramatic work which draws the listener into the apocalyptic story line...The ending is cataclysmic.”
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This uniquely flexible collection works great for solos, duets, trios, quartets, quintets, sextets and more! Each arrangement can be performed unaccompanied, or accompanied using the fully orchestrated StudioTrax CD or piano accompaniment book. Mix and match instrumentation according to your needs in any given situation, all year long in a variety of settings: worship services, Sunday School or at home. Stan Pethel's signature style of accessible, fresh arrangements shines through in each hymn making Winds of Worship an essential addition to your library for the advanced or beginning player alike.
Contents: Immortal, Invisible • Take My Life and Let It Be • Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee • Near to the Heart of God • Praise the Lord Who Reigns Above • Love Lifted Me • Like a River Glorious • I Will Sing of the Mercies • Savior, Like a Shepherd Lead Us • Higher Ground • My Jesus, I Love Thee • and He's Got the Whole World in His Hands.
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