Leos Janacek almost seventy years old characterised the wind sextet he had just finished as 'a kind of memory of youth' in a letter to Kamila Stösslová. The suite Youth was written in the summer of 1924 prompted by the composer's need to take stock on the occasion of his 70th birthday. Janacek also heard the Parisian ensemble Societe moderne des instruments a vent several times in Salzburg and Brno. He expanded the classic quintet scoring by the addition of a bass clarinet.Janacek referred to an earlier part of his life in this work not only by quoting a theme from March of the Blue Boys but particularly through his general freshness ofexpression astute humour and use of form which adhered to the classical style.The piece was enthusiastically received by both critics and the public and appeared in print as early as 1925 issued by the Prague publisher Hudebni matice.Wind sextet in the classical styleUrtext based on the Critical Complete Edition of the Works of Leos JanacekNew foreword by Jiri Zahradka (Cz/Eng/Ger)

Henry Mayer's classic Summer Wind has been wonderfully arranged here for voice and jazz ensemble by Dave Wolpe. This chart is an easy tempo swing arranged in two keys to feature vocal soloist with jazz ensemble with a brief tenor sax solo.

These arrangements are suitable for almost any combination of brass and/or woodwind instruments. Each straightforward arrangement has been carefully made with the less experienced players needs in mind and include very easy optional treble and bass parts so that even the very inexperienced player can take part in ensemble playing. These are sure-fire hits for the beginner ensemble to practice enjoy and perform. ... 'Eastenders' 'Lily The Pink' 'Can Can' 'Last of the Summer Wine' 'Teddy Bears Picnic' 'Muppet Show Opening'.'...Book 1 ... The arrangements are well worked with interest in all the parts. Two easy parts arealso provided along with optional percussion. Set at around grades 3 to 5 this is a very useful group of ensemble training pieces. Book 2 ... again well prepared and set at the same standard.' - Reviewed 'Music Teacher'

The Novello Book Of British Folksongs For Mixed-Voice Choirs is an enjoyable collection of diverse tunes that have descended from the folksongs across the British Isles. A variety of arrangements are included, both old and new, of well-loved tunes as well as some lesser-known pieces. All 34 tunes are arranged for SATB Chorus with Piano accompaniment, making this a brilliant way to enhance your choir's repertoire.This Book Of British Folksongs offers a grand selection of favourite folk tunes arranged by composers such as Ralph Vaughan Williams, Gustav Holst, Paul Mealor and George Dyson. Tunes like A-Hunting We Will Go, Auld Lang Syne, Bonny At Morn, Come Lasses And Lads and Scarborough Fair suggest the sheer diversity on offer here. From sad tunes to happy songs, the arrangements here are at once beautiful and touching, coming truly to life when sung by a Mixed-Voice Choir. These thirty four folk songs will enrich a performance programme, whether as one part or the entirety. Choirs of all types and abilities will be able to discover their favourite arrangements, either the most beautiful, the funniest, or the most enjoyable to sing. With the country experiencing a revival in singing traditional folksongs, this collection is a great way to experience the unabashed joy that performing these British tunes can bring. With a great number of favourite tunes as well as some lesser-known songs, this collection includes songs like There Were Three Ravens, Yarmouth Town, My Love Is Like A Red, Red Rose, Dance To Your Daddy and The Rio Grande, as well as an extensive and fascinating introduction by Jeremy Summerly.The wonderful thing about singing folksongs is they are like a window into our country's history. They are occasionally funny, often dramatic, but always enjoyable to sing, and their diversity reflects the different people, landscapes and cultural history of the British Isles. These folk tunes can be traced back through British history, evolving through the oral tradition, continually changing lyrics and melody, being amended and sculpted according to the people who sung them. These timeless tunes have been recorded in this innovative Novello Book Of British Folksongs For Mixed-Voice Choir, however, the joy of these songs is you can put your own spin on them, adapting them to how you want them sung and continuing their legacy. This wonderful collection is a fantastic addition to any choir's performance repertoire, and is sure to lead to success for the choir and audience for many years to come. / Choeur Mixte (SATB) Et Piano

8 Poetic Piano Solos in ABA Form-Eight brief lyrical solos each with a short poem to assist with interpretation. All the pieces are written in easy-to-memorize ternary (ABA) form which make them ideal for a first recital! Titles: Changing Leaves · Full of Grace · Gondola Ride · Shamrock Glow · Southern Breeze · Sparkling Sunbeams · Summer Winds · Wind in My Hair.

Per Nørgård's 2 Nocturnes - for 12 voices (2003) 1. Summer's Sleep (text: Ole Sarvig) 2. Michael's Night (text: Ib Michael) English version. Programme note:These two choral pieces for 12 voices consists of radical recompositions on of earlier themes: in Summer's Sleep we hear new combinations of two 'Sarvig melodies' from the 1970s (one of which is now in the Danish Hymnbook under the title 'Året' The Year); Michael's Night is based on an earlier simple choral song (Star Mirror 1987) now for 12 voices and composed such that an originalidea of 'simultaneously displaced opposite motions' cf. the poem) comes out as desired. Of the Nocturnes Nørgård writes: 'Summer's Sleep was composed to stanzas of Ole Sarvig's poem The Year (from the collection Forstadsdigte ('Suburban Poems')) and forms the picture of 'the summer of life' which is asleep - while the 'heaven seed' waits for the summer wind ('invisible to every mind'). The many layers of text are expressed musically in a multilayered choral texture with 'looks' up and down through the various tempo and time-worlds: summer sleep summer dream. 'The second nocturne Michael's Night takes its name from the author Ib Michael whose poem Star Mirror (from the collection Himmelbegravelse ('Sky Funeral') (1986) I pushed/coaxed him to expand from one to nine stanzas. The four selected stanzas set in the nocturne focus on the pan-erotic elements of the moonlit starlit night. With the titles I have chosen I have stressed the mythic layer of the text the summer night not as a dream but as sensual reality. 'The two nocturnes are dedicated to Ivan Hansen on the occasion of his fiftieth birthday on 25th February 2003 out of gratitude for over a quarter of a century of inspiring collaboration'. Danish version available: KP01444

TITLE COMPOSER - A Friend Has Gone Away Michel Legrand (contributor); Sheldon Harnick (contributor) - A Piece of the Sky Michel Legrand (contributor); Alan Bergman (contributor); Marilyn Bergman (contributor) - After the Rain Alan Bergman (contributor); Marilyn Bergman (contributor); Michel Legrand (contributor) - Between Yesterday and Tomorrow Alan Bergman (contributor); Marilyn Bergman (contributor) - Can You Tell the Moment? Alan Bergman (contributor); Marilyn Bergman (contributor) - Faded Roses (from The Other Side of Midnight) Michel Legrand (contributor); Carol Connors (contributor) - Happy Michel Legrand (contributor); William Smokey Brown (contributor) - His Eyes, Her Eyes Michel Legrand (contributor); Alan Bergman (contributor); Marilyn Bergman (contributor) - How Do You Keep the Music Playing? (from Best Friends) Michel Legrand (composer); Alan Bergman (lyricist); Marilyn Bergman (lyricist) - I Was Born in Love with You Alan Bergman (contributor); Marilyn Bergman (contributor); Michel Legrand (contributor) - I Will Say Goodbye Michel Legrand (contributor); Alan Bergman (contributor); Marilyn Bergman (contributor) - I Will Wait for You Michel Legrand (contributor); Norman Gimbel (contributor) - If There Were No Dreams Michel Legrand (contributor); Neil Diamond (contributor) - Love Makes the Changes Michel Legrand (contributor); Alan Bergman (contributor); Marilyn Bergman (contributor) Magic Alan Bergman (contributor); Marilyn Bergman (contributor) Martina contributor: Legrand, Michel (C); Shaper, Hal (A) Maybe Someone Dreamed Us Michel Legrand (contributor); Alan Bergman (contributor); Marilyn Bergman (contributor) - Nobody Knows Michel Legrand (contributor); Alan Bergman (contributor); Marilyn Bergman (contributor) - On My Way to You Michel Legrand (composer); Alan Bergman (composer); Marilyn Bergman (composer) - No Matter What Happens - Once Upon a Summertime contributor: E Marnay; J Mercer; M Legrand; E Barclay - Once You've Been in Love Michel Legrand (composer); Alan Bergman (lyricist); Marilyn Bergman (lyricist) - One at a Time Michel Legrand (contributor); Alan Bergman (contributor); Marilyn Bergman (contributor) - Papa Can You Hear Me (from Yentl) Michel Legrand (composer); Alan Bergman (composer); Marilyn Bergman (composer) Pieces of Dreams (Little Boy Lost) Michel Legrand (composer); Alan Bergman (lyricist); Marilyn Bergman (lyricist) - Secret Places Alan Jay Lerner (contributor); Michel Legrand (contributor) - Something New in My Life Michel Legrand (contributor); Alan Bergman (contributor); Marilyn Bergman (contributor) Such Sweet Sorrow Michel Legrand (contributor); Marshall Barer (contributor) - Summer Me, Winter Me Michel Legrand (contributor); Alan Bergman (contributor); Marilyn Bergman (contributor) - Tell a Lie Michel Legrand (contributor); Marshall Barer (contributor) - That's Show Biz Michel Legrand (contributor); Alan Bergman (contributor); Marilyn Bergman (contributor) - The Easy Way Michel Legrand (contributor); Alan Bergman (contributor); Marilyn Bergman (contributor) - The Hands of Time Michel Legrand (contributor); Alan Bergman (contributor); Marilyn Bergman (contributor) - The Moon and I Alan Bergman (contributor); Marilyn Bergman (contributor) - The Summer Knows (Theme from The Summer of '42) Michel Legrand (composer); Alan Bergman (lyricist); Marilyn Bergman (lyricist) - The Way He Makes Me Feel (from Yentl) Michel Legrand (composer); Alan Bergman (lyricist); Marilyn Bergman (lyricist) - The Windmills of Your Mind (from The Thomas Crown Affair) Michel Legrand (composer); Alan Bergman (lyricist); Marilyn Bergman (lyricist) - The Years of My Youth Hal Shaper (contributor); Michel Legrand (contributor) - This Quiet Room Alan Bergman (contributor); Marilyn Bergman (contributor) - Watch What Happens Michel Legrand (contributor) - What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life? Michel Legrand (composer); Alan Bergman (lyricist); Marilyn Bergman (lyricist) - Where Is It Written? Michel Legrand (contributor); Alan Bergman (contributor); Marilyn Bergman (contributor) - Will Someone Ever Look at Me That Way (from Yentl) Michel Legrand (composer); Alan Bergman (lyricist); Marilyn Bergman (lyricist) - You Must Believe in Spring Alan Bergman (contributor); Marilyn Bergman (contributor); Michel Legrand (contributor)

June Armstrong's Ireland's Most Beautiful Ancient Airs contains original arrangements of 15 traditional pieces from Ireland, suitable for pianists at an intermediate level (grade 4-7).Ireland's Most Beautiful Ancient Airs includes the tunes The Londonderry Air, The Last Rose Of Summer, The South Wind, Molly St. George, Treasure Of My Heart and more. / Piano

Responding to popular demand, Dan Coates has compiled a complete collection of 77 great songs for all occasions, to be played by the advanced piano player. Titles include love and wedding favorites, Broadway standards, pop and country ballads, movie and TV hits, and many more. Two selections Colors of the Wind and Star Wars are included on the Royal Conservatory of Music Popular Selection List (2009 Ed.) (These arrangements were originally published in item #AF9842.)