SKU: PR.140401340
ISBN 9781491134450. UPC: 680160684953.
Best known for his settings of spirituals and influence on Dvorák, Henry T. Burleigh was a celebrated baritone, and a prolific composer of original works. FROM THE SOUTHLAND is a suite of six atmospheric scenes of the American south, inspired by Black musical and cultural traditions. FROM THE SOUTHLAND is within reach of intermediate pianists and artistically suited for professional recitals.In 1835, Henry T. Burleigh’s maternal grandfather purchased his own release from slavery for the sum of $50, and traveled north out of Maryland to begin a new life as a free man. He established his family in Ithaca, NY, and then moved to the bustling lakefront city of Erie, PA, where three decades later his grandson Henry would be born and raised.For Burleigh, the “Southland†that inspired this collection of piano sketches was a distant place that could not have been more different from the physical world he knew, up there in the northern snowbelt. And yet these southern landscapes and vignettes must have been intensely present in his consciousness, absorbed through the stories and songs he first learned at his grandfather’s knee.The music of the South – the spirituals and work songs he heard as a child –would travel with Burleigh throughout his long and illustrious musical life. Even as he progressed through his early classical training, his career as a baritone soloist in Erie’s churches and synagogue, his move to New York to study at the National Conservatory of Music, and his rise to national prominence as a concert soloist, these ancestral melodies stayed firmly centered in his musical identity.When he wrote From the Southland, his only composition for solo piano, Burleigh was just beginning his career as a composer. The art songs that would establish him as one of America’s best known composers in the genre were still to come. And so were his iconic arrangements of spirituals that would bring the songs of slavery onto concert stages around the world, transformed into timeless and uniquely American music.These little piano sketches bring together all the things that made Burleigh the musician he was – the lush, late-romantic style of his time; a broad vision for American music; and a profound respect for his heritage, a memory of the world his grandfather left behind, and a love of the music he brought with him.
SKU: HL.354834
ISBN 9781839920059. UPC: 840126937725. 9.0x12.0x0.2 inches.
This songbook series features a wealth of material from ABRSM's Singing for Musical Theatre syllabus. The Grade 5 songbook contains 12 songs. Including classics such as “No One Is Alone†from Into the Woods to favorites “Just Around the Riverbend†from Pocahonatas, and “You're Welcome†from Moana, this collection has also been carefully selected to encourage safe singing and to provide a route for changing voices. With four songs from each of Lists A, B and C, this unique choice of repertoire is an essential collection for those preparing for ABRSM exams, including for the new Performance Grades, and will inspire everyone who loves to sing.
SKU: PR.114423500
ISBN 9781491137758. UPC: 680160691531.
Commissioned by The Juilliard School’s Music Advancement Program, IMPRESSIONS FROM THE CHINESE ZODIAC is a suite of three characteristic pieces within reach of advanced pre-college saxophonists, and introducing advanced techniques. The work is equally satisfying and impressive for top-level performers. The movements are titled:1. Rooster Singing Out in the Morning2. Monkey Jumping Around in the Forest3. Tiger Walking Down from the Mountain.Commissioned by The Juilliard School for Juilliard’s Music Advancement Program, Impressions from the Chinese Zodiac was composed for any size saxophone in 2022. It consists of three independent movements featuring different musical characteristics with various performing techniques. The inspiration for the music came from impressions of three animal signs (rooster, monkey, and tiger), from the twelve in the Chinese Zodiac.The first piece begins with a repeated phrase imitating a rooster’s loud singing in the morning; the pitch with fluttertongue sounds like the noise from the rooster’s throat), followed by phrases of a pentatonic melody drawn from The Sun Is Rising With Our Joy, a Chinese folk song from Sichuan province. There are descending passages, simulating the dropping-down sound of the singing. Each passage is different from others, each of which should be played accurately and smoothly. The melody is moved up a step with variation, followed by an echo of the rooster singing at the end of the piece. Now the sky is bright, so the rooster call returns up four scale steps!The second piece includes two Chinese folk songs: Thinking of My Darling (from Shanxi province) and Guessing (from Yunnan province). Both songs have large interval skips spanning different registers, as well as microtonal intervals in their original singing, which show the characteristics of the regional musical languages respectively. The tone colors should be matched when registers are changed. The microtonal pitches (quarter-tone flat or three-quarter-tone flat) may be done by bending the tone with one’s lips. The image is the monkey jumping around lively, and the music is played humorously. The high and long pitch with a yelling-down effect at the end of the piece brings the music to an exciting peak.The third piece features the strong and brave tiger, with accented tones in the lowest register. The first 3-pitch motive is developed throughout the piece, while peristaltic chromatic material is formed in various shapes and directions, to show the gestures of a mighty and fierce image.Getting accustomed to special fingerings for the chromatic passages and trills, along with precisely notated articulations, and the techniques of tongue slap and key clicks, are the basic goals to achieve in this piece.
SKU: CY.CC3115
ISBN 9790530110935. 8.5 x 11 in inches.
Around the Bend - Duet for Trumpet and Trombone (with F-attachment) is a pithy, funny 3-minute work for advanced performers by Elizabeth Raum. She knows her way around brass technique and this work fits both instruments perfectly. The work is in A-B-A form. Both parts play with each other and against each other at various times creating a bit of a battle of wills with a sense of humor. This work was dedicated to and commissioned by David Brubeck.
SKU: GI.G-1090
UPC: 785147009023.
Click here to download the 2020 Supplement to First Steps in Music. Over the past year, a committee formed by the Feierabend Association for Music Education (FAME) developed a set of standards for evaluating repertoire associated with the curriculum. With their guidance, we have removed several songs that were deemed to be harmful, derogatory, or disrespectful in regard to their histories or context. We have also added a number of new songs and rhymes from a variety of world cultures. The above link details these revisions for the curriculum book and the supplemental folk song collections.  The great American folk songs and rhymes on this CD have enthralled young people for generations. This recording embodies the true spirit of these songs, delightfully sung by Jill Trinka and accompanied by a wide variety of acoustic instruments, including guitar, dulcimer, autoharp, piano, percussion, string bass, and violin. The enclosed illustrated booklet includes complete lyrics and song directions. And all of the performances are in step with John M. Feierabend’s philosophy of providing a nurturing environment for musical growth. Children and their families are sure to enjoy this and the other imaginative and engaging CDs drawn from John’s eight collections of folk songs for kids ages three and up. Contents: There's a Hole in the Bucket - The Airplane Ride - In the Woods - In the Woods (sing-a-long) - Peep Squirrel - Wake Up You Lazy Bones - William He Had Seven Sons - The Old Woman and the Pig - Kitty Alone - There Was a Little Turtle - Johnny Works with One Hammer - I Met a Bear - I Met a Bear (sing-a-long) - Au Clair de la Lune/Pierrot (In the Evening Moonlight) - A Pumpkin for the Pie - Do, Do, Pity My Case - Momma, Buy Me a China Doll - Sea Lion - Sea Lion (sing-a-long) - A Tisket, a Tasket - All 'Round the Brickyard - Big Pig - Charlie Over the Ocean - Charlie Over the Ocean (sing-a-long) - I Have Lost My Closet Key - Two Tall Telephone Poles - Did You Ever See a Lassie? - The Crabfish - These Are Mother's Knives and Forks - The Minister's Cat - Tongo (Polynesian) - Tongo (sing-a-long) - Grandma Grunts - The Wise Man - AserrÃn - John the Rabbit - John the Rabbit (sing-a-long) - Old Bald Eagle - Circle 'Round the Zoo - Risseldy Rosseldy.
