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60 Warm-Up Chorales (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Cesarini, Franco
During his experience as a band conductor and teacher of wind orchestra conducting at university, Franco Cesarini has dealt with the topic of warm-ups very frequently. Throughout these long years of conducting he has had the opportunity to try many existing methods, evaluating their advantages and disadvantages. After a long time, he has decided to compile a collection of chorales for warm-ups, which are organised according to the criteria that he considers most effective. While working on his60 Warm-up Chorales for Concert Band, Franco Cesarini has always borne in mind that amateur musicians play for pleasure. He feels that it is extremely important that they have satisfaction at every moment of the rehearsal and not to start the rehearsal with needless "punishing" exercises. Nobody is really motivated to start playing with scales, long notes, or tricky rhythmical exercises. There is often a distinguished absentee in band rehearsals, namely music itself! Although this publication does not foresee a specific tempo for the chorales, they should often be performed rather slowly but without dragging. Dynamics are not indicated, so that the conductor has the opportunity to draw the attention of the musicians to his gestures and to make them react according to his indications. Timpani and bell parts have been added with the aim of not leaving the percussionists completely inactive during the warm-up phase, but can also be omitted. The chorales are written in four parts (SATB) and are also playable in smaller groups. The four voices can be played in different combinations of woodwinds or brass quartets or in mixed combinations. The collection includes ten chorales for the following keys: D flat major, A flat major, E flat major, B flat major, F major and C major. With his 60 Warm-up Chorales Franco Cesarini would like to convey the message to play the chorales in a musical way, thus raising the musicians' awareness of phrasing, the right interpretation of cadences, rubato and agogic. Above all, never do anything without putting the musical aspect in the foreground. 60 Warm-up Chorales for Concert Band: A perfect collection to warm-up and improve tuning of a concert band!
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£74.95
Songs of the Great War (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Wiffin, Rob
A Medley of Popular Songs, 1914-1918Music of the Great War is a five year project to use music of the period to educate and engage schools, colleges, town bands, and the wider public across the UK and the world to learn in a positive way about the events, the experience of the troops involved from all sides, and how music played its part.To commemorate the centenary of the Great War a specially arranged medley Songs of the Great War has been created. The medley has been arranged for bands to rehearse and was first performed on the 11 November 2015. It brings together some of the most popular tunes played, sung and performed by the men and women of the time - in the trenches and on the various home fronts.The medley includes:It's a Long Way to TipperaryYour King and Country Want YouGood Bye-eeOh! It's a Lovely WarHello! Hello! Who's Your Lady FriendTake Me Back to Dear Old BlightyMademoiselle from ArmentieresThere's a Long, Long Trail A-windingIf You Were the Only Girl in the WorldPack Up Your Troubles (In Your Old Kit Bag)Old Soldiers Never Die/Last Post
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£50.00
Song for Terra
Representing the hope that we can all live with peaceful thoughts, this expressive ballad lets younger ensembles work on the essential skills of legato-style playing, listening across the ensemble, and developing long phrases. Only two and a half minutes long, this composition will present a beautiful musical moment in your concert without tiring younger performers.
Estimated dispatch 12-14 working days
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£50.00
The Gift To Be Simple
This traditional Shaker song is presented with modern harmonies, rhythms, and instrumentation. Using ostinato patterns, long legato lines, and interesting percussion parts, this arrangement offers many interdisciplinary possibilities as well. Folk songs have long been an essential part of the concert band repertoire and this modern approach to a well-known melody can help teach this important style to performers in a new way.
Estimated dispatch 12-14 working days
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£50.00
The Raider's Last Crusade
This fast-paced concert and contest opener features dynamic wind lines, long melodic phrases and interesting harmonic and melodic twists. The development of dotted quarter note and eighth note patterns and the ability to play long crescendos, essential for musicians, is an inherent part of this composition's structure. In one tempo throughout, this composition will entertain both performers and audiences.
Estimated dispatch 12-14 working days
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£43.00
Renaissance Dance - Tielman Susato
The music of Susato has long been a staple in band music, as it is some of the first examples of music for consorts of instruments. Band directors have long embraced his music to teach the Renaissance style. With Renaissance Dance, Bill Calhoun has delivered the easiest possible arrangement of this famous Susato piece taking care to retain the original style and teachability.
Estimated dispatch 12-14 working days
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£62.00
Scenes from the Peconic
The natural beauty and historical significance of the Peconic River, a tranquil and majestic waterway originating in the pine barrens of eastern Long Island, are depicted in this colorful, flowing and tuneful new piece by Long Island resident Carl Strommen. The luminous scoring is designed to show the band to its best advantage. The 6/8 meter of most of the piece is ideal for representing the flow of the river's steady progress to the sea.
Estimated dispatch 12-14 working days
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£118.99
Goodnight Moon - Eric Whitacre
Over the past few years I must have read Goodnight Moon to my son a thousand times - maybe more. Somewhere around reading number 500, I began hearing little musical fragments as I read, and over time those fragments began toblossom into a simple, sweet lullaby. I knew it was a long shot, but I asked my manager, Claire Long, to contact HarperCollins and see if they would allow the text to be set to music. To my surprise and delight they agreed - thefirst time they had ever allowed Goodnight Moon to be used in such a way. I composed the piece relatively quickly, originally setting the text for harp, string orchestra, and my son's mother, soprano Hila Plitmann. I laterarranged Goodnight Moon for SATB choir and piano. More recently, my dear friend Verena Msenbichler-Bryant arranged the piece for wind ensemble and soloist. The melody of Goodnight Moon will forever make me think of those quietnights, reading my son to sleep. -Eric Whitacre
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£61.95
Renaissance Dance - Tielman Susato
The music of Susato has long been a staple in band music, as it is some of the first examples of music for consorts of instruments. Band directors have long embraced his music to teach the Renaissance style. With Renaissance Dance, Bill Calhoun has delivered the easiest possible arrangement of this famous Susato piece taking care to retain the original style and teachability.
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£52.95
Hanukkah Is Here - Scott Watson
For children, Hanukkah brings thoughts of a miracle from long, long ago and excitement each holiday season about what awaits. This new work musically conveys both reflection and joy with colorful scoring and expressive writing. Add wonder to your holiday performance this year with Hanukah Is Here. (2:35)
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days