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£256.0014 Motetten - Anton Bruckner
Anton Bruckner (b. 4.9.1824, Ansfelden, d. 11.10.1896, Vienna) didn't have it easy. Throughout his life, the Austrian composer was plagued by self-doubt. Anton Bruckner came from a simple, rural background. After the death of his father, he was accepted as a choirboy at the monastery of Sankt Florian in 1837. After several years as a school assistant and his own organ and piano studies, he first worked as organist in St. Florian, then from 1855 as cathedral organist in Linz. Introduced to music theory and instrumentation by Simon Sechter and Otto Kitzler, he discovered Richard Wagner as an artistic role model, whom he admired throughout his life and also visited several times in Bayreuth.In 1868 Anton Bruckner became professor of basso continuo, counterpoint and organ at the Vienna Conservatory; ten years later court organist; and in 1891 finally honorary doctor of the University of Vienna. He was considered an important organ virtuoso of his era, but had to wait a long time for recognition as a composer. It was not until Symphony No.7 in E major, composed between 1881 and 1883, with the famous Adagio written under the effects of Wagner's death, that he achieved the recognition he had hoped for, even if he was reluctant to accept it given his inclination towards scepticism and self-criticism.Anton Bruckner was a loner who did not want to follow a particular school or doctrine. He composed numerous sacred vocal works, such as his three masses, the Missa Solemnis in B flat minor (1854), the Te Deum (1881-84) and numerous motets. As a symphonic composer, he wrote a total of nine symphonies and many symphonic studies from 1863 onwards, tending to revise completed versions several times over. Bruckner's orchestral works were long considered unplayable, but in fact were merely exceptionally bold for the tonal language of their time, uniting traditions from Beethoven through Wagner to folk music, on the threshold between late Romanticism and Modernism.Anton Bruckner composed about 40 motets during his lifetime, the earliest a setting of Pange lingua around 1835, and the last, Vexilla regis, in 1892.Thomas Doss has compiled some of these motets in this volume for symphonic wind orchestra.These motets show many characteristics of personal expression, especially Bruckner's colourful harmony in the earlier works, which is in places aligned with Franz Schubert (changes between major and minor; and movements in thirds). Later works are characterised by many components which, in addition to the expanded stature of the movements, include above all a sense of the instrumentation as an outward phenomenon and the harmony as a compositional feature that works more internally. Some aspects of Bruckner's work are the result of his long period of study, which familiarised him not only with the tradition of his craft, but also gave him insights into the "modernity" of his time in such composers as Wagner, Liszt and Berlioz.From this developed his personal standpoint, which always pursues the connection between the old and the new.
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£75.00Sonata - Derek Bourgeois
This work, composed in 1998, was commissioned by the American trombonist Don Lucas as a work for trombone and piano and first performed by him in Birmingham on 19th May 2000. Subsequently, I arranged the music for both solo trombone and brass band and solo trombone and wind band so that it now exists in three formats. The first movement, in B flat major, is brisk and energetic, and is cast in sonata form. The second subject is gentler and more lyrical. The second movement, a scherzo in C major, is the most complex of the four. Basically the structure is a rond. For a long time the music remains in the opening 5/8 time until a new theme introduces more broken rhythms in a more jazzy idiom. After a return of the opening theme the following episode is more tonally ambiguous. Finally, the main theme returns to round off the movement. The third movement, a lyrical adagio, is really one long extended melodic flow. The harmonies are lush and the textures simple and direct. The tonal center is A minor, but the music meanders through so many keys, that this key centre is heavily disguised. The finale is a fiery affair. G minor is really its home key, but throughout the movement the music moves about a lot and the second subject is first heard in A flat minor. The movement's underlying sonata structure is masked not only by its loose tonality but also by its frequently changing time signatures. Like the first movement the second subject is more lyrical in nature and for a while it seems that the music will end peacefully, but a final flurry heralds a triple forte unison on the home note of the first movement - B flat. Derek Bourgeois
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£50.50Glacier Bay (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Hodges, Steve
Inspired by the majestic Alaskan landscape, Glacier Bay provides plenty of opportunities for dynamic and expressive playing by the young musicians. Following a brief introduction, the main theme is presented first by the trumpets and then by the low brass and trumpets in a lively and flowing manner. The active syncopated accompaniment patterns in the low brass and woodwinds provide an effective contrast to the melody. The B section of the piece moves smoothly into a stately, alla breve tempo with a clarinet choir making the first presentation of the melody. Following a very peaceful conclusion to the B section, an abbreviated restatement of the A section melody leads to the dynamic ending. Duration: 3.30
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£64.95Evensong (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Harbinson, William G.
Evensong is a beautiful ballad in standard song (ABA) form with a brief coda. The lyric nature of the composition offers opportunities to develop the ensemble's expressive playing with concentration on tone, intonation, balance, and phrasing. The contrasting B section features the woodwind voices and moves through several non-traditional key areas (B, D, C major) before returning to the tonic key (E-flat major) for a varied restatement of the A section. The coda provides a quiet and peaceful conclusion.Duration: 4.30
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£64.95LATE TWENTIES, The (Army Journal) - Sharpe, Trevor Lee
Army Journal 861. Includes: Spread a Little Happiness; Softly, as In a Morning Sunrise; Desert Song; Birth of the Blues; My Heart Stood Still; S'Wonderful; Lover Come Back to Me; The Man I Love. A full listing of Chappell Army Journals is available - click the Chappell symbol on the home page. Printed to Order. Each set includes Conductor (Condensed Score); 2 x Solo B flat Clarinet; 2 x 1st B flat Cornet; 2 x Basses and 1 each of all other parts as originally published. We are unable to supply parts not included in the original sets.
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OKLAHOMA (Army Journal) - Hammerstein & Rodgers - Duthoit, W. J.
Army Journal 734. Includes: I Cain't Say No; Out of My Deams; Surrey With the Fringe on Top; Oh What a Beautiful Morning: Many a New Day, Oklahoma, People Will Say We're in Love. A full listing of Chappell Army Journals is available - click the Chappell symbol on the home page. Printed to order. Each set includes Conductor (Condensed Score); 2 x Solo B flat Clarinet; 2 x 1st B flat Cornet; 2 x Basses and 1 each of all other parts as originally published. We are unable to supply parts not included in the original sets.
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£87.95SNOWMAN, The (Themes from) (Programme Concert Band) - Blake, Howard - Barnwell, Stephen
This needs no introduction! Themes from The Snowman includes: Walking in the Air, Music Box Dance, Motor Bike Galop and Dance of the Snowmen. Picc, 2fl, Ob, Bsn, 4 clar, A clar, B clar, 2 A/Sax, T Sax, Bari Sax, 2Cnts, 2Trpts, 4Hns, 2Trb,B/Trb, Euph, Tba, S/Bass, 3Perc
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£65.00Firefly - Simon Dobson
Firefly was composed by award-winning composer Simon Dobson (b.1981) to provide an entertaining up-tempo concert work for community and youth bands. Composed in funk-rock style, and is based on the groove beat with which it opens. Dobson says,"Firefly was written as a break from my more serious music and as a 'hat tip' to the various types of beat orientated music I listen to." It was first performed by Oslofjord Brass in Norway and in its wind version by Harmonie Shostakovich,Switzerland.Duration: 5-6 minutes.INSTRUMENTATION:Pic, fl1 (2), fl.2 (2), ob, bsn, Eflat cl., cl. 1 (2), cl.2 (2), cl. 3(2), bass cl. - alto sax (2), tenor sax, bar. Sax 5 tpts in B flat (5), 4horns in F (2 optional) (4), 3tbns, euph (2), tuba)2) double bass timp and kit
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AMERICAN PATROL (Army Journal) - Gray, Jerry - Duthoit, W. J.
Army Journal 722. Movie Theme. A full listing of Chappell Army Journals is available - click the Chappell symbol on the home page. Printed to Order. Each set includes Conductor (Condensed Score); 2 x Solo B flat Clarinet; 2 x 1st B flat Cornet; 2 x Basses and 1 each of all other parts as originally published. We are unable to supply parts not included in the original sets.
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BIG COUNTRY, The (Army Journal) - Moross, Jerome - Statham, Leslie
Army Journal 853. Movie Theme. A full listing of Chappell Army Journals is available - click the Chappell symbol on the home page. Printed to Order. Each set includes Conductor (Condensed Score); 2 x Solo B flat Clarinet; 2 x 1st B flat Cornet; 2 x Basses and 1 each of all other parts as originally published. We are unable to supply parts not included in the original sets.
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