SKU: P2.60022

Known throughout the world as a founding member, music programmer and arranger for the Boston Brass, JD Shaw has also performed in the Rochester Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Wichita Symphony Orchestra, Missouri Symphony, Vienna Philharmonic and the Boston Pops. He has also been a featured performer on NPR's Performance Today and the CBS Morning Show. Prof. Shaw received a Bachelor of Music from Wichita State University, where he studied with Dr. Nicholas E. Smith, and a Master of Music from the Eastman School of Music, where he was awarded the Performer's Certificate under the tutelage of horn pedagogue Verne Reynolds. As an active performer and prolific arranger, Shaw has recorded over fifteen albums encompassing diverse musical styles from the classical, jazz and Latin genres. His record labels include Loft Recordings, Mark Records and Summit Records. A notable recent project featured the Boston Brass recording the Stan Kenton Christmas Carols with many well-known brass players, such as Scott Hartman, Jens Lindemann, Scott Thornburg, Jeff Nelsen and Sam Pilafian. Prof. Shaw has presented numerous clinics and workshops for music educators, as well as masterclasses for students of all ages and levels. In addition to his credentials as a horn performer and teacher, he is the Brass Program Director and Music Arranger for the Phantom Regiment, the reigning Drum Corps International World Champion. This is Shaw's arrangement of Camille Saint-Saens' famous Danse Macabre for brass quintet.

SKU: AP.36-A196101

ISBN 9798892702676. UPC: 659359636882. English.

Following the death of his mother in 1888, a depressed Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) decided to take a trip to his favorite destination, North Africa, travelling to Ceylon, then to Alexandria and Cairo over the period of several months. While he was in Egypt, he composed his fantasia for piano and orchestra, AFRICA, Op. 89. Dedicated to pianist Marie-Aimée Roger-Miclos, it premiered on October 25, 1891, with the dedicatee playing the solo, and the work was an immediate success both at the premiere and after, which pleased Saint-Saëns a great deal to the point that he considered AFRICA a signature work. Borrowing themes and techniques from North African music, the fantasy draws on material he heard in Algeria and Egypt, offering an exotic sound to those listening in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This concertante is notable also as one of the first works to be recorded with the composer as soloist, with a surviving 1904 recording with Saint-Saëns at the piano. This colorful piece continues to be performed regularly today. Reprint edition. Instrumentation: 2.2.2.2: 2.0+2.3.0: Timp.Perc(2): Str (9-8-7-6-5 in set): Solo Piano.

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SKU: P2.60023

The beautiful 'seduction' aria from Samson et Dalila by French composer Camille Saint-Saens is wonderfully realized with the flugelhorn performing the role of the sultry seductress. The trombone is also featured, playing the part of Samson in the last chorus. Any group wishing to do justice to this arrangement is strongly encouraged to listed to a few recordings of singers performing it first. Marilyn Horne and Elina Garanca are good places to start.

SKU: CA.231100

ISBN 9790007186203.

The French Choral Collection is a real treasure trove for choirs to explore music from France. The collection contains 45 sacred compositions for mostly four-part mixed choir, all of which were composed in France. In compiling the collection the editor Denis Rouger, Professor of Choral Conducting at the Musikhochschule Stuttgart, has drawn on his extensive experience as Cantor at Notre-Dame and Sainte-Madeleine in Paris, as well as on his work with many professional and amateur ensembles in Germany and France. The result is an extremely varied choral collection with works from the Renaissance to the present day. Separate editions are also available. In addition to well-known works by Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Gabriel Faure, and Camille Saint-Saens, the collection includes first editions of previously largely unknown works by composers such as Adolphe Adam and Charles-Marie Widor. The choral director's volume includes a CD with recordings of selected works, sung by the figure humaine chamber choir conducted by the editor, which will help with learning and rehearsing the repertoire. Most of the pieces have texts from the Latin liturgy which are also familiar in other countries. Added translations into German, English and French help to understand the original singing texts.

SKU: XC.LS1808

UPC: 812598030136. 12 x 9 inches.

The Legacy Solo Series contains masterworks meticulously edited and set beautifully by one of the most popular composers of music for students today, Larry Clark. These solos are routinely found on many state festival lists throughout the United States and are perfect for use at an adjudicated solo festival or recital. Commonly featured on college audition lists, these works are a cornerstone of the solo repertoire. Piano players will enjoy piano reductions that are clean and feature the solo line in concert pitch for easy rehearsal. Each Legacy Solo, compatible with Smartmusic, comes with beautifully set parts and piano accompaniment. Piano recordings for rehearsal or performance of each piece are available for download from the Excelcia Music Publishing website.

SKU: HL.48180031

French composer, Charles Gounod (1818-1893) was a prominent in his day, best remembered for his Ave Maria and his opera, Faust. 1854 saw the premiere of his Solemn Mass, also known as the St. Cecilia Mass. This work fully established Gounod as a noteworthy composer. Despite being a minor composer to us today, Gounod was famed in his day, so much so that at his funeral, Camille Saint-Saens played the organ and Gabriel Faure conducted. Gounod's Solemn Mass proves the composer's extraordinary talent and caught the attention of much of Paris when it was first performed. Famous recordings include that of the Chorus of Radio France with the New Philharmonia Orchestra. For all aspiring choirs, Gounod's St. Cecilia Mass is an imperative, sublime addition to the repertoire.

SKU: CF.CFD8

ISBN 9780825853531. UPC: 798408053536.

Andrew Balent has delighted listeners for decades with superb arrangements for concert band. Enjoy this wonderful collection of his works. Includes: Mars, Themes from Jupiter, Carmen Suite, Dance of the Tumblers, Washington Post, American Patrol, Bacchanale, El Capitan, Bombasto, Hungaria Dance No. 5, Billboard March and Silver Eagle March.

SKU: CA.926000

ISBN 9790007249229. Key: F major. Language: French. Text: Barbier, Jules.

The three verses of Aimons-nous, separated by piano interludes, are cheerful and amorous, an invitation to everlasting mutual love. The text portrays this almost as a law of nature: rivers and streams combine, the sun embraces the earth, and the birds snuggle close to each other in their nest. Light, rippling syncopations in the piano accompany Gounod's typical catchy melodic writing in the vocal parts. The writer Jules Barbier was Gounod's favored opera librettist (Faust, Romeo et Juliette), but many other 19th century opera composers also set his texts, including Camille Saint-Saens, Giacomo Meyerbeer, and Jacques Offenbach. This art song was originally composed not for chamber choir, but for solo voice and piano. Denis Rouger has carefully adapted it to suit the requirements and expressive possibilities offered by a larger ensemble, without losing the any of the qualities of the original in the process. Each part in the choir has a melodic line drawn from the harmonic and rhythmic framework. In the process, the variety and refinement of the choral language combines with an enormous flexibility in form and expression, as French melodies or German art song demand from a soloist and pianist. The songs have been recorded by the figure humaine chamber choir on the CD Kennst du das Land ... (Carus 83.495).

SKU: FH.VC3

ISBN 978-1-55440-539-8.

This inaugural edition of the Cello Series offers a sound and progressive collection of Repertoire, Recordings, Etudes, Technique, and Orchestral Excerpts for the aspiring cellist. With an expansive representation of musical styles from all eras, this series addresses the need for a single collection of quality educational materials to foster musical development and instill appreciation of the richness and diversity of music written for cello. Supporting a balanced course of study, this series organizes repertoire into nine volumes from the Preparatory Level through Level 8. Each level offers music from a range of styles and compositional eras, including standard literature, new arrangements of familiar tunes, and music written for cellists, by cellists. These selections provide the flexibility to choose pedagogically appropriate material suited to each individual, and to motivate students to fully develop their musicianship and technique.
Baroque and Classical Repertoire:
Trio Sonata in D Minor (La Follia), RV 63 - Vivaldi, Antonio arr. arpad Pejtsik
Sonata in F Major, TWV 41:F2 - Telemann, Georg Philipp arr. Kathleen Wood
- First Movement
Sonata in D Major, HWV 371 - Handel, George Frideric
- Third Movement
Suite No. 3 - Caix d'Hervelois, Louis de arr. L.-R. Feuillard
- Eleventh Movement: Musette (La Brantes)
Ave Verum Corpus (Hail, True Body), K 618 - Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus arr. Jason Gray
Concertino No. 5 in D Major - Breval, Jean-Baptiste arr. Pierre Ruyssen
- First Movement
Traditional and Romantic Repertoire:
Norweigian Dance, op. 35, no. 2 - Grieg, Edvard arr. Christine Donkin
Prelude in B Minor, op. 28, no. 6 - Chopin, Frederic arr. Jason Noble
El cant dels ocells (Song of the Birds) - Catalan Christmas carol arr. Jason Gray
On Wings of Song, op. 34, no. 2 - Mendelssohn, Felix
L'elephant (The Elephant) - Saint-Saens, Camille
Standchen (Serenade), D 957, no. 4 - Schubert, Franz
Repertoire Composed After ca 1930
My Blue 'Cello - Gout, Alan
Rondo - Matz, Rudolf
Just Passing By - Wedgwood, Pam
Fuego Espanol! (Spanish Fire!) - Birston, Harold
Minuet, op. 19, no. 3 - Squire, William Henry
Langsam (Slowly) - Hindemith, Paul.