By Maury Yeston. Piano. Size 9x12 inches. 96 pages. Published by Cherry Lane Music.

By Philip Sparke. (Score). ANGLO MUSIC PRESS. 28 pages. Published by Anglo Music.

Composer's notes: This piece came about in a rather unusual way. I had a dream in which a string quartet were playing some very beautiful music. I was exhorting them to 'play it like late Beethoven' When I woke up, I could not remember any themes or details of what they had been playing, but had an intense memory of the 'feeling' of the music, which was soft, sensual and muted, and I immediately sat down to write a string quartet. What began to emerge was nothing like Beethoven at all, and very early into the writing I had a strong vision of some people dancing a formal and intense series of dances in a village in a very dry and hot landscape - the Australian outback or Africa maybe. The dances were very moving, with an inward, ritualistic quality and they obviously had great meaning for the people performing them. Geoffrey Burgon

Organ

SKU: CA.1817800

Composed by Charles Marie Widor. Edited by Georg Koch. Free organ music. Full score. Op. 13,2. 64 pages. Duration 35 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 18.178/00. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.1817800).

ISBN 9790007187217. Language: all languages.

Widor's early organ symphonies op. 13 have a quite special character because of their suite-like structure. The six-movement Symphony II also combines different types of movement in an unusual way; for example, it includes a Praeludium Circulare, which explores all the twelve keys, a Salve Regina based on the Gregorian antiphon of the same name, and a grand Toccata as the Finale, an interesting precursor of the famous Toccata from the 5th Symphony. The Carus edition is based on the Paris edition of 1928/29, the last one to be published during Widor's lifetime. The corrections which the composer made after the publication of the 1928-29 edition have also been taken into consideration. As well as this, earlier editions have been consulted for comparison to clarify individual variant readings. Editorial suggestions on the performance of individual passages complete the new edition. Great organ works: Series A: - Symphony II op. 13 no. 2 - Symphony IV op. 13 no. 4 - Symphony V op. 42 no. 1 - Symphony VI op. 42 no. 2 - Symphony Romane op. 73 in preparation Subscription offer for Series A:20% discount off the retail price.

(366 More Songs for Better Living). By Various. Arranged by Jim Beloff and Liz Beloff. Fake Book. Softcover. 416 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

(B-flat Edition). Composed by Various. For C Instruments. Fake Book. Softcover. 440 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

Bb Edition. By Various. Fake Book (Includes melody line and chords). Size 8.5x11 inches. 464 pages. Published by Hal Leonard.

E Flat Edition. By Various. Fake Book (Includes melody line and chords). Softcover. Size 9x11 inches. 464 pages. Published by Hal Leonard.