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£53.50Green Bushes (MusicWorks Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Grainger, Percy Aldridge - Vinson, Johnnie
Through the years this well-known English folk song has been a favourite with composers including Ralph Vaughan Williams (English Folk Song Suite) and George Butterworth (The Bank of Green Willow). One of the best-known versions of Percy Grainger's 1921 setting for two pianos, and this delightful arrangement for young bands is based in part on Grainger's version.Duration: 2:45
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£140.00Capriccio (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Holst, Gustav - Noble, Paul
The following notes have been excerpted by the arranger from those presented in the Introduction by Imogen Holst, daughter of Gustav Holst: Holst wrote this work in the spring of 1932, while he was guest Lecturer in Composition at Harvard University. He had been asked by Nathaniel Shilkret to write 'a short radio piece, not longer than five or six minutes.' for a composers' series on folk music themes. Holst wrote to me on 13 May 1932, saying: 'On May 1 I started sketching a piece for Shilkret's Radio jazz band in New York. I finished the sketch on the 4th and the full score on the 8th... Shilkret wanted something on American airs but I've left them out because I prefer my own so he may reject the thing.' Shilkret was enthusiastic about the piece, but he was unable to use it for his series. 'I hate to give it up,' he told the composer, 'but I cannot play it because it is not based on a definite English or American folk theme.' Holst never revised his hurriedly-written work, probably because he had too many other things to write during the remaining two years of his life, when he was having to spend a good deal of his time in hospital. The autograph manuscript of his original full score is in the British Library, MS Add.47833. The work had no name: Holst referred to it either as his 'Jazz band piece' or as 'Mr. Shilkret's Maggot.' The score needed editing. There were gaps and patches, with incomplete dynamics and phrase marks. I made the version for orchestra and named it 'Capriccio' in spite of the viola's (now saxophone's) expressive opening, because from the moment of the marimba's first animated remark there can be no doubt about the mood of the music. - Imogen Holst (1968)
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£110.00Celtic Classics (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - De Meij, Johan
Irish Folk Song Suite. Another exciting folk song suite based on traditional Irish songs, from the sequel of Johan de Meij's successful At Kitty O'Shea's and Songs from the Catskills. Duration: 6.45
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£72.99For Heaven and the Future (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Hazo, Samuel R.
The title of this expansive work from Samuel Hazo draws inspiration from a Robert Frost poem, and the thematic material is a creative interpretation of the English folk song Seventeen Come Sunday. Differing from Vaughan Williams' treatment of the same tune in English Folk Song Suite, this setting remains at a slow tempo throughout and undergoes a myriad of changes through use of harmonic and textural variations. Beautifully and effectively paced with key impact points at just the right moments.Duration: 5:00
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£49.95The Water is Wide (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Gassi, Vince
Although the lyrics for this folk song date back to the 1600s, it wasn't until 1906 that the song was published in Folk Songs from Somerset. The simple melody and placid harmony provide a great opportunity for your young musicians to explore expressiveness in their performance. This poignant arrangement will lift your audience emotionally.Duration: 2:30
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£84.99Kein Schoner Land (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Oswald, Gerald
Kein schner Land is surely one of the best-known of all German folk songs. The song recounts the story of a group of friends who spend a happy evening singing.The arrangement by Gerald Oswald begins with an evening mood, followed then by the theme in various instruments and in different forms. After a grandioso, the composition returns to the evening mood. Kein schoner Land is a timeless folk song that we still take to our hearts even today.Duration: 6:00
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£87.50Scarborough Fair (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Boysen Jr, Andrew
The final movement of Three Folk Song Settings for Band, "Scarborough Fair," concludes the suite with a rousing setting of this well-known folk song, and includes references to the previous two movements.Duration: 4:15
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£77.50Poor Wayfaring Stranger (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Boysen Jr, Andrew
Three Folk Song Settings for Band is comprised of three folk songs, each opening with a similar motive of a rising fifth followed by a descending second. This unifying motive sets the foundation for the entire suite and is used both harmonically and melodically in each of the three movements. The opening movement, "Poor Wayfaring Stranger," is a dramatic and dark presentation of the well known song. Duration: 3:45
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£66.95Dream Variants (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Barrett, Roland
Exploring the traditional Welsh folk melody, "The Milking Song," this diverse setting opens with a tranquil statement of the melody, and vividly transports the listener through a progression of different interpretations of elements derived from the original folk tune to a wild and boisterous conclusion. A dramatic addition to the serious concert band repertoire.Duration: 5:30
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£49.95An Austrian Carol (Still, Still, Still) (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Sheldon, Robert
"Still, Still, Still" is an Austrian Christmas carol and lullaby. In German, its first line translates to "Hush, hush, hush, for the little child wants to sleep!" The melody is a folk tune from the region around Salzburg, and appeared for the first time in 1865 in a folk song collection of the founder of the Salzburg Museum. This lovely setting for young band provides opportunities for expression and lyricism on any holiday concert.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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