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£56.50
Phantasm - Sean O'Loughlin
Sean O'Loughlin shows his mastery of making music that sounds great for any level in this mature and exciting piece. Offering a polished and sophisticated sound, you may be surprised to find that this piece?contains only whole, half, and quarter notes and uses only the first six notes of the Bb scale plus an Ab.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£49.50Intuition - Larry Clark
Intuition is a march for the youngest of students that uses only the first six notes of the Bb scale and the most difficult rhythm is two repeated eighth-notes. Even with limited technical demands, you won't believe how much this sounds like a more involved march. It has all of the hallmarks of an American march in form with three strains with different melodic material. The only difference is there is no modulation at the trio. It is a perfect vehicle to introduce this important form to beginning students, and its exceptionally tuneful as well!
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£137.99Odyssee - Jan Bosveld
The Odyssee tells the story of Odysseus, the undaunted hero. In times long ago the blind poet Homer wrote this famous epic. The "Odyssey" follows the "Iliad", the story of the bloody war between the Greek and the Trojans. This battle endsafter ten years thanks to the Odysseys famous trick. the Trojan Horse. The Odyssey is not a war epic, but a story about perseverance, loyalty, adventure, and the survival instinct of its ingenious hero. In The Odyssey, Homer describes howOdysseus, the king of Ithaca, had to endure another ten years of affliction after the ten years of war in Troy before he could finally return to his home land. During those years, his wife, Penelope, had to try and keep her many admirers away.These men not only wanted het hand but also the kingship. To prove her husbands worth, she played a trick: "As soon as I have finished weaving this shroud for my father-in-law, Laertes, I will choose one of you to become my husband", she promisedthem. But during the night, she secretly loosened what she had woven during the day, prolonging the time until Odysseus would finally return. After twenty long years, when he finally stood at the door, she wondered: Is this really my husband? Ishe an imposter? Cunningly, she asked him to move the bed, because only she and her husband know that the bed was immovable and was build around an old three trunk! Odysseus was deeply moved: this really was his wife, his Penelope! Nearly threethousands years later, the loyalty and strength of this character, and all the dangerous adventures that Odysseus survived thanks to courage and intelligence, still moves us today. Odyssee by Jan Bosveld is not just an adventure story, butrather a characteristic piece in which memories of Homers story can be heard. The composition opens with a firm, stirring theme describing our hero, Odysseus, in detail: This man is not to be taken lightly. The further development of thisshort introduction completes this character sketch: trustworthy, perseverant, and a genius. After that we can picture Odysseus on the lonely beach of Ogygia. Do the trumpets depict his memories of the war of Troy? Does he think of his wife, as werecognise the weaving loom of Penelope in the murmuring eighth? In the solemn, plaintive part that follows, we can imagine Penelope feeling lonely, sitting in the womens room with her servants.One of the girls plays the harp, but that does notclear the sombre atmosphere. Then we can imagine seeing the sorceress Circe, who changed Odysseus men into swine. After she gives a simple magic sign something follows that reminds us of the sound of pigs grunting. Then the Odysseus theme resounds:the hero comes to savi his comrades. Assisted by Hermes, he forces Circe to lift the spell. The piece ends the same way as it began, with an animated theme: Odysseus is still the same, undefeated and not to be taken lighty!
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£64.50Wizards in Winter (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Kinkel & O'Neill - Megaw & Phillips
As seen in the mind-boggling Trans-Siberian Orchestra stage show! Highlight your young band and even crank up your rhythm section if you like, whatever you do, play it large! With only a few repetitive scale-wise sixteenths, it's suitable for young bands and concert bands alike! A real crowd pleaser guaranteed to energize your holiday program. Fingers will fly!Duration: 3:30
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£53.95Mystic Legacy (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Clark, Larry
Listen to this work before you look at the score, and you won't believe it contains only the first six notes that are taught in most beginning method books! The crowning achievement is the harmonic and rhythmic content that 'stretches' the young player, drives the enthusiasm in your rehearsals and ultimately thrills the audience. Your musicians will beg to play this piece every day! Duration: 2.30
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£40.95Stonegate Overture (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - O'Reilly, John
When you see a young band overture by John O'Reilly, you can always feel confident that it's not only going to be good, its going to be a hit with your students too! This new offering provides a positive introduction of the overture form to your beginners. Its lyrical melodies are beautifully connected and all sections of the band will feel important. Duration: 2.45
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£59.99
My First Solo Wind Band Set (Score & Parts)
You only have had a couple of months of lessons and already you are to play a solo at your band's annual gala concert. in a big concerthall, on a huge platform and in front of people from your own town or village. Now there's something ! This circumstance inspired Jerry Bensman into writing your very first solo piece with band accompaniment. The solo part may be played by various instruments and was kept very simple indeed. Parts are available in various transpositions and keys. 02:45
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£39.60Rhythm X (Concert Band - Score and Parts)
As the title suggest, "Rhythm X" is a percussive composition featuring a duet between the winds and the percussion section. Written at the grade .5 level, this quality composition will give you the opportunity to teach and reinforce elements of balance, independent musical lines, and dynamic construction not only between the percussion and the winds, but also between the individual voices of the percussion section. With the solid writing you have come to expect from David Shaffer, "Rhythm X" is perfect to introduce your young musicians to their first real band piece and let them show their stuff!
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£435.40Goldberg 2012 - Svein H. Giske
The first time I heard Bach's Goldberg Variations was in the movie Silence of the lambs, in the early 1990s. I noticed the beautiful background music in one of the scenes, but at that time I didn't know what it was. A few years later, when I was studiying at the Grieg Academy, I got to know the entire piece. For me, this is a piece of music which I can listen to countless times. I think it sounds as fresh today as it did more than 15 years ago and it never ceases to inspire me. Both Bach's composition and Glenn Gould's famous 1955 recording (which was the first one I heard) still makes a great impression on me. Before Gould recorded it at age 22, it wasn't a highly ranked piece amongst pianists and Bach was by many viewed as a bit old-fashioned. The young Canadian turned all this around. He managed to portray Bach in a reformed way, producing fine nuances in phrasing and making the many layers in Bach's music more transparent than anyone before him. Thus he plunged both himself and Bach (back) onto the international music scene. When The Norwegian Band Federation (NMF) asked me to write the test piece for NM in 2012, it was only natural for me to use the Goldberg Variations as a starting point and inspiration for my work. Since I was a teenager at NMF's summer courses in the mid eighties I've always listened to many different styles of music. Growing up in Sunnmre with the Brazz Brothers as teachers and mentors, jazz-, pop/rock- and folk music were early on a natural part of my musical background. I also have my classical education from the Grieg Academy on trumpet. As the title of my piece implies, I've wanted to bring Bach to the present and put his music into various modern musical landscapes. I think you can bring about a special kind of energy when music from different genres are mixed and I've tried to do this by mixing Bach with artists and musical styles from the present. In Goldberg 2012, the music is often constructed by several layers, which in a way are living parallel musical lives. They are seemingly moving or floating freely, almost unaware of each other, but bound together by the same basic pulse. The rythms, however, are often notated on a different rythmic subdivision level than the usual 8th- or 16th note levels. By doing this, I hope to achieve transparent sounds that rythmically are perceived as more free and detached from each other. In large sections of the piece, pop/jazz is fusioned with elements from Bach. I guess you could have this little scene as a synopsis for the piece: picture a group of musicians meeting: some are classical performers, some are jazz. They start to improvise together, each in their own voice or musical dialect and I'm sort of in the middle, trying to write down what they are playing. This is what I feel much of Goldberg 2012 is about. The foundation of the piece, in addition to Bach and references from pop/jazz music, lies also in my own material. This material, basically two chords, is heard in it's purest form in the 1st movement. I use these chords to create scales, new chords and different motifs which contribute to blend together the different moods of the piece. It has not been my intention to copy Bach's form (theme and 30 variations), but rather to use the bits and pieces that I like the most as an inspiration for my own variations. The 1st movement, Aria 2, is for my 3rd son, Olav, who was born on the 21st of April 2011, and the 5th movement, From long ago, is dedicated to the memory of my father, Svein J. Giske, who passed away on the 6th of June 2011. -Svein H. Giske, January 2012-
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£67.95Waltzing Matilda - Randy Navarre
This is the unofficial National Anthem of Australia. You hear it in movies, documentaries, and any time there is a mention of the land Down Under. It is a great song on its own, telling the story of the traveling migrant through the Outback. This is a very easy version that may be played along with the Grade 3 version by Randy Navarre (N300161). If you have an event to combine young musicians with a community or more advanced band, they may play together in this ideal composition. 1st trumpet's highest note is C. Only the 1st clarinets cross the break.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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