SKU: HL.49009272
ISBN 9790001115186. UPC: 840126938975. 9.0x12.0x0.042 inches.
Istvan Szelenyi (1904-1972), a student of Kodaly, taught composition at the Budapest conservatory. Apart from chamber music and piano pieces he composed mainly educational material, e.g.for youth orchestra and violin ensemble. Improvisation, composed 1946, is equally suited for violin, flute or oboe. Simple piano chords provide the background for a rhapsodic, improvisatory solo part with an eastern European folkloristic flavour.
SKU: BT.DHP-0950660-160
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SKU: HL.49002030
ISBN 9790001116985. 9.0x12.0x0.425 inches.
The musical baroque of Eastern Europe is not enough known. In this edition, a number of dances from Hungary have been arranged reflecting clearly the characteristic features of this style. Flutes, oboes and harpsichord are ad libitum, the pieces can also be performed effectively with strings alone.
SKU: HL.49046272
ISBN 9781540064691. UPC: 888680967178.
In his compositions, Xuntian He no shackles of any cultural or academic tradition. He does not feel obliged to either Western or Eastern culture. In Kalavinka Sutra, for example, he explores, in accordance with his individual style, the surprising melodic and rhythmic structures on the piano.
SKU: HL.48025368
UPC: 196288194293.
Simon Laks (1901-1983), who moved from Warsaw to Paris in 1926 at the age of 25, belonged to the large group of composers from Central and Eastern European countries who went down in 20th-century music history as the “École de Parisâ€. Slavic temperament amalgamated in their music with French esprit, the folklore of their native countries combined with the stylistic elements of neoclassicism and jazz typical of the time. As a member of the “Association of Young Polish Musiciansâ€, Laks quickly made his way into French musical life. However, his career was ended with the beginning of World War 2 due to the collaboration of the Vichy government with Nazi Germany. Internment in 1941 was followed by deportation to Auschwitz in 1942. Laks survived the Shoah as a member and later leader of a camp band in Birkenau, which he testified to in his moving book Music in Auschwitz. After the traumatic experiences, Laks did not return to regular compositional activity until the 1960s, producing an opera, songs, and chamber music works, some of which were awarded important composition prizes. At the peak of this optimistic creative phase, he composed incidental music for Peretz Hirschbein's famous Yiddish comedy Dem Schmids Techter (The Blacksmith's Daughters), which premiered in New York in 1918, for a new production of the play at the Théâtre de lÂ’Entrepôt in Paris. Along with Prokofiev's Overture on Hebrew Themes and Shostakovich's cycle From Yiddish (Jewish) Folk Poetry, it is one of the most significant 20th-century explorations of art music with Jewish folklore – homage to a culture irreparably destroyed. From the original score, Holger Groschopp compiled two suites, for violoncello and piano and piano solo, that capture the essence of Lak's enchanting drama music. The premiere recording of the suites with Holger Groschopp and Adele Bitter was awarded the Opus Klassik 2023 in the category Editorial Achievement of the Year.
SKU: AP.40459S
UPC: 038081454191. English.
What happens when we mix Santa, tradition, and old-time fiddling? Of course, we get Fiddler on the Housetop! In this tongue-in-cheek and thoroughly playable arrangement, young string players will play like eastern European fiddlers, then spin into an upbeat and driving American fiddle version of the holiday standard. Whether a member of the orchestra or the audience, here's a humorous, toe-tapping arrangement of Up on the Housetop like you've never heard it before!
SKU: BT.DHP-0910269-020
This colourful and beautiful composition by Tony Jabovsky combines Eastern melodies and Jamaican rhythms in an imaginative and creative manner. Samorim est une œuvre riche en couleurs sonores nées de la combinaison du caractère mélodique de la musique arabe et des motifs rythmiques de la musique jama caine. Une œuvre pleine de fantaisie, orientale et latino-américaine la fois et qui fait appel l’imaginaire de chacun d’entre nous.
SKU: TM.02344SET
Choral Cantata, Ed by Eggebrecht, What God Ordains is Always Good. Cem in sc.
SKU: HL.14016278
ISBN 9788759853351. 10.25x14.5x0.42 inches. Danish.
A wonderful composition for Cimbalon, a traditional Eastern European instrument, by Per Norgard. Completed in 1979, Isternia is a terrific 12 minute work featuring warm and rich changing tones and textures. Isternia is a beautiful, traditional hillside village in the north of Greece and this piece reflects this character of this sun kissed locale. Though this piece is specifically intended for Cimbalon, it can be adapted for Marimba.
SKU: LP.OR-9088
UPC: 765762128705.
26 arrangements for SSA voices useful for ladies' trios choirs or ensembles. Mosie Lister's arrangements are full and interesting yet practical and in reasonable ranges. A variety of gospel styles are included featuring selections such as: I Go to the Rock; The King of Who I Am; How Long Has It Been?; Holy Spirit Thou Art Welcome; I'd Rather Have Jesus; The Eastern Gate; Jesus Is Coming Soon; 'Til the Storm Passes By; A New Name in Glory; Dwelling in Beulah Land; All Because of God's Amazing Grace; I Won't Turn Back.
SKU: PR.701185010
UPC: 888680101275.
“Th e idea of writing the Danzón No.2 originated in 1993 during a trip to Malinalco with the painter Andrés Fonseca and the dancer Irene Martínez, both of whom are experts in salon dances with a special passion for the danzón, which they were able to transmit to me from the beginning, and also during later trips to Veracruz and visits to the Colonia Salon in Mexico City. From these experiences onward, I started to learn the danzón’s rhythms, its form, its melodic outline, and to listen to the old recordings by Acerina and his Danzonera Orchestra. I was fascinated and I started to understand that the apparent lightness of the danzón is only like a visiting card for a type of music full of sensuality and qualitative seriousness, a genre which old Mexican people continue to dance with a touch of nostalgia and a jubilant escape towards their own emotional world; we can fortunately still see this in the embrace between music and dance that occurs in the State of Veracruz and in the dance parlors of Mexico City. The Danzón No.2 is a tribute to the environment that nourishes the genre. It endeavors to get as close as possible to the dance, to its nostalgic melodies, to its wild rhythms, and although it violates its intimacy, its form and its harmonic language, it is a very personal way of paying my respects and expressing my emotions towards truly popular music. Danzón No.2 was written on a commission by the Department of Musical Activities at Mexico’s National Autonomous University and is dedicated to my daughter Lily.” -- Arturo Marquez About the danzon genre, Lidice Valenzuela writes in Cubanow: The history of the danzon goes back to the arrival in Cuba of the European contradance. It came in three different ways: directly from Spain, the colonial metropolis; with the British, who occupied Havana in 1762; and the French colonizers and their slaves who landed in Cuba's Eastern shores after fleeing from the Haitian Revolution. From all of that trans-cultural process the Danzon was born. This new Cuban dance, naturalized by the Creoles, had much more expressive freedom: the couple danced in each other's arms, and the dancing time was extended. People began calling it Danzon and it was in Matanzas, in the 1870s that figure dancing also began to be called Danzon. Thus, Failde, an outstanding musician, named his composition with the generic name of Danzon..
SKU: AP.43268
UPC: 038081488103. English.
Here's a bright wintertime feature in the spirit of an eastern European snow song. With lively syncopated entrances, tuneful melodies, and independent voice parts, it's just so easy to sing. And with no mention of the holidays, just as easy to program.
About Alfred Choral Designs
Th e Alfred Choral Designs Series provides student and adult choirs with a variety of secular choral music that is useful, practical, educationally appropriate, and a pleasure to sing. To that end, the Choral Designs series features original works, folk song settings, spiritual arrangements, choral masterworks, and holiday selections suitable for use in concerts, festivals, and contests.
