Against the backdrop of increasingly strict guidelines for the creation of art and music from the beginning of the 1930s, Shostakovich presented with his Symphony No.3 a work that satisfied a number of the required characteristics: alongside the clear, tonal writing and insistent rhythms, the choral finale triumphantly sings of the revolutionary celebration of May Day. The composer spoke in a letter of the “spirit of peaceful reconstruction” which he wanted to express in his new work. Despite its initial success, Shostakovich's Third was categorised as “formalistic” and disappeared from the repertoire for the next 30 years.
This volume is part of the revised and corrected new edition of all 15 symphonies by Dmitri Shostakovich published by Boosey & Hawkes and Sikorski as large format study scores for optimal legibility. All scores and the related orchestral parts have been newly computer typeset, and the orchestral parts are also compatible for performance use with scores in “The New Collected Works of Dmitri Shostakovich”.
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This classic and iconic theme from the cantina scene from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope is available here with this wonderful and accessible arrangement for flex band.
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Give your star female vocalist the opportunity to sing this American classic made famous by the great Nat “King” Cole. Scored in Bb for jazz combo.
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Written in 1916, THE AMERICAN COLORS is a patriotic and vivacious splash of Americana. It is highly original and, as was often done during the composer's time, quotes COLUMBIA, GEM OF THE OCEAN in the Trio.
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The Grade by Grade series draws on the rich and varied Boosey & Hawkes catalogue of classical, contemporary and educational repertoire, highlighting composers including Serge Prokofieff, Dmitri Shostakovich, Karl Jenkins, Carol Barratt and Christopher Norton, alongside arrangements of traditional music from around the world by Peter Wastall, Edward Huws Jones and others.
Carefully selected by Miriam Lowbury, this practical anthology provides the complete repertoire resource for the aspiring Grade 1 cellist and creates the perfect package for teaching, exam preparation and performance.
Each volume contains:
–a diverse collection of pieces, each complemented by a useful practice and performance tip
–grade-appropriate scales and arpeggios linked to the repertoire through bespoke text and exercises
–brand new sight-reading, music-theory and improvisation activities
–newly-commissioned aural awareness tasks
–a piano accompaniment booklet
Full performance demonstrations, piano accompaniment tracks and grade-appropriate aural awareness resources available online.
Miriam Lowbury is an experienced performer and teacher. She performs regularly with the BBC Concert Orchestra, ENO, City of London Sinfonia and the Bath Philharmonia, as well as in trios, quartets and jazz groups. She has appeared on stage, radio and television with artist from across the musical spectrum, including Renée Fleming, Peter Donohoe, Nicola Benedetti, Quincy Jones, Tom Jones, Ed Sheeran, Donny Osmond and Burt Bacharach. As a teacher, Miriam works with cellists of all ages and abilities. She is a tutor at the Royal College of Music Junior department and loves passing on her knowledge and enjoyment of playing to her students.
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Shostakovich's Symphony No.2 was written in 1927 to fulfil a state commission to mark the tenth anniversary of the October Revolution. The composer opens the compact 20-minute work with a purely instrumental first section followed by a musical setting of Alexander Bezymensky's poem To October, a hymn of praise to Lenin and the revolution. While avant-garde and modernist traits prevail in the first section, the choral finale features a conventional, almost placating tonal language that emphasises the histrionic gestures of the text, so that the composition communicates as a piece of programmatic propaganda. Shostakovich himself was rather dissatisfied with his Symphony No. 2 but it was awarded first prize in a composition competition for the best pieces relating to therevolutions jubilee.
This volume is part of the revised and corrected new edition of all 15 symphonies by Dmitri Shostakovich published by Boosey & Hawkes and Sikorski as large format study scores for optimal legibility. All scores and the related orchestral parts have been newly computer typeset, and the orchestral parts are also compatible for performance use with scores in “The New Collected Works of Dmitri Shostakovich”.
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Go on an emotional and thrilling adventure. The exotic sounds of the harmonic and double harmonic minor scales along with syncopated and 16th note rhythms, great percussion scoring and dramatic melodies will make this the highlight of your next concert program.
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Introduce 6/8 to your jazz ensemble with this excellent arrangement of Metallica's hit ballad from their historic Black album.
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for percussion quartet, trumpet/flugle horn and piano/Rhodes
Performance Score
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Experience the sounds of the rainforest. This fun and creative work for beginning band opens and closes with an aleatoric section that features rainsticks, finger snaps and random notes. The gentle melody uses only the first 6 notes of the Bb scale and it teaches legato playing and dotted quarter note rhythms. An excellent choice for your band's first concert.
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Enrich your jazz musicians with the music of Horace Silver with this arrangement of one of his most soulful blues tunes. Tenor Sax 1 and Trumpet 2 play the first statement of the head creating the original sound before the Alto 1 joins in. Expertscoring wraps the melody in hip figures and great ensemble hits. Solo changes for Trumpet 2.
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Experience the sounds of the rainforest. This fun and creative work for beginning band opens and closes with an aleatoric section that features rainsticks, finger snaps and random notes. The gentle melody uses only the first 6 notes of the Bb scale and it teaches legato playing and dotted quarter note rhythms. An excellent choice for your band's first concert.
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Driving tempos, harmonic tensions, intense melodies and dramatic shifts in dynamics and articulations will have both audience and musicians on the edge of their seats. Expert scoring and very reasonable ranges and technical demands will have your young concert band sounding full and mature. Perfect for teaching a wide range of musical concepts including ensemble playing.
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