SU LIAN TAN

Orfeo in AsiaIn this mythology, Orfeo is spirited away to South-east Asia. Fascinated by the modality, he imme-diately tunes his lyre to the pentatonic scales. He encounters Muslim chant, a woman reminiscent of Eurydice, young dancers, and gamelan, all the while exploring how the counterpoint and chorales of Europe compare to these new-found melodies.

Difficult

7664 $16.95

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Revelations (CD Recording), CD181 $16.00

EDWARD THOMAS

RondoSet in 12/8 in the classic Rondo form, this piece has sixteenth note passages and arpeggios, quite a few accidentals, and some tricky passages which put it in the mod-erately difficult to difficult range.

Moderately Difficult

7447 $8.75

EDWARD THOMAS

Piano Sonata No. 1Piano Sonata No.1 was composed in the early 1960’s. My teacher, Tibor Serly, with whom I studeid for eight years, one day suggested it was time for me to write a sonata. The suggestion was a little intimidating at the time, but somehow I forged ahead until finally it was completed. Fortunately, Tibor’s wife, first class pianist Miriam Molin, recorded the piece and can be found at the Naxos Music Library. —Edward Thomas

Medium

7448 $7.75

PAUL WESTERMEYER

A High and Holy CallingEssays of Encouragement for the Church and its MusiciansThe latest book from revered church musician Paul Westermeyer offers insight and perspective applica-ble to anyone working in a church or church music setting. This volume contains collected reflections, essays, and articles previously published in journals such as The Hymn and CrossAccent, along with entirely new chapters. To quote the foreword by Zebulon Highben: “This is Westermeyer at his most pastoral, offering a word of solace, support, and inspiration.” Paperback. 116 pages.

90-65 $16.00

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January 2018 New Music from

BOOK

PIANO SOLOS

FRANK FERKO

The HillA Symbolist Opera in One ActThis one-act opera is in part a consolatory work for an era when youth is cut off in its prime, taking place in a mythological setting. Young people wait on a hill distinguished by a somewhat incromprhensible Musician and a Manor, into which their leader has vanished. Cast: Youth: high, lyric baritone; Mistress: dramatic soprano, or mezzo-soprano; Apprentice: lyric soprano; Musician: boy soprano; Chorus: SATB; Orchestra: 2[1/pic.2] 3[1.2.Eh] 3[1.2.bcl] 2 — 4 2 2 0 — tmp+1 — pf, cel, hp — str

5234 Complete Piano/Vocal Score $25.005234A Choral Part $6.155234B Additional Full Score $70.008374 Libretto $8.75

OPERA

J. S. BACH / JAMES RICHARDS, ed. and arr.

Air in D Majorfrom Orchestral Suite No. 3, BWV 1068J. S. Bach’s hauntingly beautiful “Air” is an expressive masterpiece of the Baroque era. This edition focuses on opportunities for melodic embellishment, incorporating ornamentation, melodic and rhythmic elaboration, and variants of orchestration. By comparing each elaborated line to Bach’s original nota-tion, students will pursue NAfME national standards relating to composition, improvisation, notation, and analysis. Strings: 8-8-6-6-4

Band/Orchestra Grade 3

1.3521 Complete Set $45.001.3521A Additional Orchestra Score $11.001.3521B Individual Replacement Parts $4.00

FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN / KEVIN UPPERCUE, ed. and arr.

Four Chopin PreludesThis collection features four of the best known of Chopin’s Preludes, op. 28, nos. 4, 6, 7, and 22. This set provides dynamic concert programming, including features for cello and bass, as well as ideal pedagogical opportunities to address dramatic contrasts of texture and dynamics, and varied orchestral bowings techniques and styles. A terrific closing work for a concert. Grade 4.

Band/Orchestra Grade 4

1.3522 Complete Set $50.001.3522A Additional Full Score $12.001.3522B Individual Replacement Parts $4.00

GEORGE FREDERICK MCKAY

From Outdoor LifeTwo Pieces for String Orchestra“From Outdoor Life” is in two stylistically contrasting movements, which provide pedagogical opportunities to explore a variety of articulations. The music is highly tuneful, based on a chromatic tonal palate. The movements are not overtly programmatic, but are clearly inspired by the western American landscape. The thematically and technically interesting content is well-distrib-uted among each of the string parts. The technical demands lie at or below the Grade 4 level.

Band/Orchestra Grade 4

1.2278 Complete Set $50.001.2278A Additional Orchestra Score $12.001.2278B Individual Replacement Parts $4.00

GWYNETH WALKER

Shady Groveand Other Songs from the Appalachian MountainsAmerican composer Gwyneth Walker’s “Shady Grove” is a set of short pieces for string orchestra based on folksongs from the Appalachian Mountain region. Each movement is both a musical and narrative character piece, colorfully orchestrated, and highly engaging for the performers and audience. Grade 4.

Band/Orchestra Grade 4

1.3530 Complete Set $60.001.3530A Additional Full Score $14.001.3530B Individual Replacement Parts $5.00

The Spirit of the MesaA Musical Portait of Mesa Verde National Park (Colorado)This composition is a musical portrait of the Mesa Verde Cliff Dwellings of Colorado and an homage to the mysterious Cliff Dwellers who inhabited the region from approximately 450–1300 AD, only to vanish without explanation. Each section employs highly descriptive musical language to capture several narrative affects.

Band/Orchestra Grade 4

1.3531 Complete Set $50.001.3531A Additional Full Score $12.001.3531B Individual Replacement Parts $4.00

RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / JAMES BROWN, adapt.

Charterhouse SuiteRalph Vaughan Williams’ charming suite of dances in the English style is a mainstay of the string orchestra concert repertoire. Adapted in collaboration with the composer from the 1921 Suite of Six Short Pieces. The scoring is colorful and lighthearted, providing artistic and pedagogical opportunities for moderately advanced students. New edition and engraving.

Difficult

1.5208 Complete Set $90.001.5208A Additional Full Score $27.001.5208B Individual Replacement Parts $6.00

GALAXY STRING ORCHESTRA LIBRARY

MORNINGSTAR ORCHESTRA SERIESCHARLES CALLAHAN

Celtic PreludeString Orchestra, Quintet, or Quartet

Charles Callahan’s “Celtic Prelude” is the composer’s setting for string orchestra of the first movement of his well-known “Celtic Suite for Organ.” This setting is a welcome addition to the literature for middle school or high school string orchestra (Grade 3) and is also suitable repertoire for church ensembles.

25-700 Complete Set $32.0025-700A Additional Full Score $10.0025-700B Individual Replacement Parts $4.00

KEVIN UPPERCUE

Let All Mortal Flesh Keep SilenceString Orchestra or Quintet

This fantasia explores the harmonic and contrapuntal potential of the famous French tune (PICARDY), and is suitable for high school string orchestra (Grade 3–4) or above. It is particularly appropriate for performance by church ensembles, especially for Advent or Christmas celebrations, and can be played by quintet alone.

25-160 Complete Set $32.0025-160A Additional Full Score $10.0025-160B Individual Replacement Parts $4.00

BYRON ADAMS

Serenade in A MajorI have sought to honor the great Czech-American composer Karel Husa, my composition teacher at Cornell University, by paying an affectionate tribute to his music in particular and Czech music in general. To make my aim explicit, I have quoted two traditional Czech songs that Husa has used in his own music, as well as the opening bars of Smetana’s Má vlast. Finally, I sought to craft a score filled with lyricism, charm, and gen-tle wit, but leavened by an occasional touch of melancholy. —Byron Adams Instrumentation: Small Orchestra (Flute, Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, Strings 6-6-4-4-2) Duration: 22:00

Medium

8653 Complete Orchestral Set $75.008653A Additional Full Score $27.008653B Individual Replacement Parts $6.00

HENRY MOLLICONEConcerto for Violin and Orchestra

Two fast bravura movements and and two con-templative and melodic slow movements make up this concerto. The solo violin is spotlighted, though there is a good deal of give and take between the soloist and the orchestra. I. Tarantella. II. Meditation. III. Toccata. IV. In Paradiso. Commissioned by The Redwood Symphony, Eric Kujawsky, Music Director. Duration: 16 minutes

Moderately Difficult

8305 Piano/Violin Rehearsal Score & Part $24.008303 Additional Orchestra Score $70.00Orchestra score and parts available for rental.

ALLEN SHAWN

Five Orchestral ScenesFive Orchestral Scenes was written to be performable by a community or-chestra with strong wind and brass players. Movements include: Gathering; Nightscape; Quarrel; Evening Shadows; Festival. Duration: 22:00 Instrumentation: 2[1.2/pic]222 —2231 — tmp+2 — pf — strings

Medium

1.3388 $75.00Orchestra score and parts available for rental.

SU LIAN TAN

Legends of KintamaniConcerto for Violoncello Solo and Orchestra

Violoncello and Orchestra or Piano

Legends of Kintamani was inspired by travels to Southeast Asia and specifically Bali. The five-move-ment storytelling form depicts a return to a more innocent time, one where mythology and reality combine in fairy tales. Duration: 31:00 Instrumentation: 1/pic 1 1 1 — 2 0 1 1 — tmp+1 — str — Solo Violoncello

Moderately Difficult

8525 Cello/Piano Score $29.008525A Additional Orchestra Score $55.00Orchestra score and parts available for rental.

DAVID CONTE

In paradisum from Requiem SongsSoprano Solo or Unison Treble Chorus, Violin, Harp, and Organ or String Orchestra

The third song of Requiem Songs introduces the harp. The soprano melody is modeled very closely on the Gregorian chant based on this text. This song is consciously inspired in part by Fauré’s setting of the same text and also the Lux æternam of Nadia Boulanger. The song is in the radiant and serene key of F-sharp major, and almost completely diatonic. A gentle climax occurs on the text “habeas eternam,” and the song slowly winds down to its end, having laid to rest life’s struggles in the eternity of heaven. Duration: 4:00

Medium

8103 Choral Score $2.058103A Instrumental Parts $35.00

HENRY MOLLICONE

Psalm 114Congregation, Cantor, SATB Chorus, Organ, and opt. Handbells

This beautiful psalm is a prayer asking God to guide us and to grant us freedom. It is filled with references to Biblical themes, such as the Israelites being freed from Egypt and God making them a “holy nation” (Exodus). Given the high number of refugees of many backgrounds in our modern world, this psalm speaks to us today, offering hope through prayer.

Medium

7945 Choral Score $2.35

NESTOR TAYLOR

So fades a summer cloud awayMezzo-Soprano Solo, SATB Chorus (divisi), Violoncello Octet and Organ (ad lib.)

In this lush setting of Emily Dickinson’s poem “These are the days when Birds come back,” the text refers to a period of Indian Summer. The composer achieves some remarkable textures and moods. Duration: 15:00

Medium

6489 Keyboard/Vocal Rehearsal Score $6.756487 Full Score $47.006488 Instrumental Parts $45.00

ORCHESTRA BAND

CHORAL

JOHANNES BRAHMSSTANLEY M. HOFFMAN, arr.

Es ist ein Ros’ entsprungenThis band arrangement of No. 8 from the Op. 122 organ pieces by Johannes Brahms is, for all intents and pur-poses, made by the arranger to sound like a big pipe organ plus timpani. Great for band concerts at Christ-mas time, or at anytime of the year. Duration: c. 2:10

Moderately Easy

7.0678 Complete Band Set $45.007.0679 Additional Full Score $12.007.0680 Individual Replacement Parts $3.00

JOSEPH GREGORIO

Five Whitman SongsMezzo-Soprano and Piano

Five sweet and succinct poems by Walt Whitman are set similarly for mezzo-soprano and piano. The texts flirt with the concept of love and human connection. Duration: 14:00

Medium

8520 Piano/Vocal Score $9.75

JULIANA HALL

The Holy Sonnets of John Donne9 Songs for Tenor and Piano on Sonnets by John DonneThis setting of nine sonnets mirrors that of Benjamin Britten in his cycle of the same name, providing an alternative view of Donne’s deeply moving and thought-provoking texts on the nature of our beings, and on our relationships with those in our lives and with God.

Medium

8578 Piano/Vocal Score $29.95

MATT BOEHLER

Foursquare CathedralBass-Baritone and Piano

Foursquare Cathedral is a setting of five poems from Todd Boss’ critically lauded debut volume, Yellow-rocket. It was commissioned by Arthur Jacobson and Peninah Petruck for bass-baritone Benjamin de la Fuente and pianist Jocelyn Dueck, and it was pre-miered in 2016 as part of the Hot Air Music Festival in San Francisco, with the composer singing, and Kevin Korth at the piano. The cycle was the winner of the 2017 National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) Art Song Composition Competition.

Moderately Difficult

8555 Piano/Vocal Score $10.50

DAVID CONTE

Requiem SongsSoprano Solo, Violin, Harp, and Organ or String Orchestra

Requiem Songs was commissioned by the American Music Research Center of Boulder, Colorado, Thomas Riis, director, in loving memory of Don Campbell. This work uses three Latin texts from the Requiem Mass, and the entire composition is based on a plaintive, three-note descending motive. The piece echoes life’s struggles before slowly winding down to its end. Duration: 12:30

Moderately Difficult

CHAMBER VERSION

8068 Full/Vocal Score $12.008102 Violin and Harp Parts $13.00

STRING ORCHESTRA VERSION

8556 Full Score $25.008556A Orchestra Parts $50.00

Yeats SongsHigh Voice and String Quartet or Piano

David Conte has set these William Butler Yeats texts for high voice and string quartet or piano. The theme of each of the three pieces is longing, whether for love, country, or the past. Each song is between 3–4 minutes. Includes The Sorrow of Love, The Lake Isle of Innisfree, and When You Are Old.

Medium

8500 Piano/Vocal Score $10.008500A Full Score and Parts $26.00

Love SongsTenor, Violoncello, and Piano

A set of three love poems in three different languag-es; Latin, French, and English. In all three pieces, the violoncello represents the very soul of the speaker of these three texts, as it moves through many emotions, including passion, suffering, vulnerability, and joy. Duration: 6:00

Moderately Difficult

8548 Piano/Vocal Score $13.008548A Violoncello Part $6.00

VOCAL SOLOSTHÉODORE GOUVYMEEAE CECILIA NAM, ed.

Songs of Gouvy, Volume 140 poèmes de Pierre de Ronsard 12 poèmes de La PleïadeVoice and Piano (2 songs with Violoncello; 1 Vocal Duet)

The music of Théodore Gouvy (1819-1898) has been rediscovered in the last 30 years, but his solo vocal music has only just been unveiled. Volume One includes 52 soungs of Gouvy, largely on texts by Pierre de Ronsard and other Renaissance poets of La Pléiade. Gouvy’s treatment of the vocal solo line and development of the piano accompaniment, places him in the upper echelons as a composer of songs.

Medium

8491 Piano/Vocal Score $30.00

Songs of Gouvy, Volume 218 Sonnets et chansons de Desportes18 Poésies de Moritz HartmannVoice and Piano

Gouvy was known for writing some of the most beautiful melodies of the Romantic period. His style is a combination of German forms and an early French romantic harmonic structure. The equal part-nership of the vocal line and piano interact closely to bring the poetry vividly into life with unimaginable artistic heights and unbridled passion. This volume includes Gouvy songs set to 18 poems of Philippe Desportes (1546–1606), and 18 poems of Moritz Hartmann (1821–1872).

Medium

8492 Piano/Vocal Score $27.25