Knoxville: Summer Of 1915 - Full Score

Knoxville: Summer Of 1915 Op.24

Samuel Barber: Knoxville: Summer Of 1915 Op.24 (Voice/Piano)

A reduction for Voice (Soprano) and Piano of Samuel Barber's Knoxville: Summer Of 1915 Op.24.

Robert Kapilow: Translate (From Summer Sun, Winter Moon)

From the larger work Summer Sun, Winter Moon , this movement seeks to give voice to the series of words that the early American explorers had to translate: numbers, seasons, days. Full of musical imagery, recurring motifs and a fresh textural treatment. Recorded by the Young People's Chorus of New York, Francisco Nuñez, Conductor. Available for SATB, SAB or SSA.

Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons - Summer Op.8 No.2 (Flute/Piano)

Vivaldi's depiction of Summer is here arranged by for James Galway for Flute and Piano. It begins with begins with everyone wilting in the burning sun. The cuckoo, dove, turtledove and goldfinch sing loudly as the gentle breezes sigh. The North Wind suddenly appears and a storm begins, with fierce lightening and terrible thunder, making a frightened shepherd weep in fear. Grain and fruit are destroyed.

Knoxville: Summer of 1915

(concert band with vocal solo). G. Schirmer Concert Band - Grade 3-5 Samuel Barber's landmark 1948 piece for soprano and orchestra, a setting of poetic, nostalgic prose by James Agee, has been transcribed for soprano and concert band in this new edition, making it accessible to many more performers. This lyrical, warm music is Samuel Barber at his best, evoking the highest aspects of Americana. The soprano part is for an accomplished performer. (Grade 5) (15:00)

Samuel Barber: Summer Music For Woodwind Quintet

This was commissioned by the Chamber Music Society of Detroit and first performed in 1956.

Robert Kapilow: Translate (From Summer Sun, Winter Moon)

Robert Kapilow: Translate (From Summer Sun, Winter Moon)

Antonio Vivaldi: Summer From 'Four Seasons' Op.8

For violin and piano. Piano reduction by Alojz Srebothjok. Violin part edited by Rok Klopcic.

Samuel Barber: Knoxville Summer Of 1915 Op.24

This work was first performed by Eleanor Steber with the Boston Symphony Orchestra on April 9th, 1948. This is the study score edition.

John Corigliano: As Summer Brings A Wistful Breeze

Duet for Two Sopranos (Or Soprano and Mezzo-Soprano) and Piano. From John Corigliano's stunning opera, The Ghost of Versailles, with a libretto by William M. Hoffman.

Michael Valenti: Ghosts From 'Clothes For A Summer Hotel'

Work for Solo Piano based on a play by Tennessee Williams.

W.A. Mozart: De Profundis (Psalm 130) K.93

For SATB Choir edited by Don Smithers. Composed in Salzburg in the Summer of 1771. Instruction in English, Psalm in latin.

Samuel Barber: Music For Soprano And Orchestra (Soprano/Piano)

Reduction for Voice and Piano. Operatic and concert scenes. Includes 'Knoxville: Summer Of 1915', 'Three Scenes From 'Vanessa'', 'Andromache's Farewell' and 'Two Scenes From Anthony And Cleopatra'.

Joseph Haydn: Creation Mass (Schopfungsmesse)

This was Haydn's penultimate Mass, composed in the summer of 1801 as a central part of the name-day celebrations for Princess Marie Hermenegild Esterhazy. Written for SATB chorus and accompaniment.This version is edited by H.C. Robbins Landon and contains a piano/organ accompaniment.

Felix Mendelssohn: Six Kinderstucke Op.72

Originally titled 'Six Christmas Pieces' in the original English edition. The more generic name 'Kinderstucke' or 'Children's Pieces' was later considered more suitable, firstly as the works were composed for his wife's relatives in Britain with whom he stayed in Summer 1842, and secondly because they exude no real yuletide characteristics.

Phillip Ramey: Canzona For Piano

Canzona was composed during the summer of 1982 for Benner Lerner, who gave the premiere in New York. The composer's intention was to write a piece that would be lyrical and expressive from beginning to end. Ternary form is employed: a chordal, muted middle part contrasts with simple, two-part writing in the outer sections.

Richard Danielpour: Quintet For Piano And Strings (Score/Parts)

This Piano Quintet, written over the summer of 1988, is in three movements - a fast, desperate 'Anunciation', a lyrical and conversational 'Atonement' (the heart of the work) and the quick, rhythmic and resultant 'Apothesis'. These are not programmatic but imply the general character of each movement. This edition contains the score and parts of this work.

Robert Muczynski: Collected Piano Pieces

Robert Muczynski's superbly crafted piano works possess an irresistible rhythmic drive, created by use of irregular meters and strongly accented patterns. Evocative and challenging, this set of works range from Fables, written with intermediate students in mind, to the programmatic A Summer Journal with its Morning Promenade, Park Scene, Night Rain and Jubilee; to the raging wirlwind of Toccata.

Cary Ratcliff: Night Songs (No. 1 Nightdance; No. 2 Blow Out The Sun)

Dancing rhythms and sparkling melodies abound in this imaginative new suite for Treble Chorus that celebrates the sounds of children laughing and playing on a summer night. Includes Night Dance and Blow Out the Sun. I Dance to the Stars and the Moon (No. 3 from Night Songs) is available separately. Performance Time: Approx. 3:20

Hector Berlioz: Les Nuits D'Ete (High Voice)

Hector Berlioz's Song Cycle (The Summer Nights) is based on poems by Theophile Gautier. Though their subjects have little direct connection, each song possesses the sultry, scented charm implied by Berlioz's title. The tenderly expressive qualities of these settings makes one wish that Berlioz had continued his dedication to French poetry. The English version of the text is given by Bernard Taylor.

Hector Berlioz: Les Nuits D'Ete- Low Voice

Hector Berlioz's Song Cycle (The Summer Nights) is based on poems by Theophile Gautier. Though their subjects have little direct connection, each song possesses the sultry, scented charm implied by Berlioz's title. The tenderly expressive qualities of these settings makes one wish that Berlioz had continued his dedication to French poetry. The English version of the text is given by Bernard Taylor.

John Corigliano: Gazebo Dances for Orchestra (Full Score)

The title Gazebo Dances was suggested by the pavilions (often seen on village greens in towns throughout the countryside) where public band concerts are given on summer evenings.The delights of that sort of entertainment are portrayed in this set of dances, which begins with a Rossini-like Overture, is followed by a rather peg-legged Waltz, a long-lined Adagio, and finishes with a bouncy Tarantella.

John Harbison: Quintet For Winds (Score And Parts)

Quintet For Winds was composed in the summer of 1978 for the Aulos Quintet, on commission for the Naumburg Foundation. The piece has been performed by many groups, most notably the Emmanuel Wind Quintet, who have performed it over 40 times and gave the first New York performance in 1980. The piece especially emphasises mixtures and doublings and maintains a classically simple surface. Scored for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon and Horn.

Elaine Hagenberg: Oh, Think Of Me

Elaine Hagenberg 's Oh, Think Of Me for SSA choir with Piano accompaniment. The simple beauty of a sunrise, a summer breeze, or evening stars can evoke memories of a loved one. This setting of a poem by Frances Anne Kemble honours the life of a young man who died too young. In Oh, Think Of Me, Elaine Hagenberg finds heartache but also resolution and peace in the text and her music.