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Waltz of the Roses, for Orchestra, Pas de Deux / Theme from The Snow Queen, A Ballet
Waltz of the Roses, for Orchestra, Pas de Deux / Theme from The Snow Queen, A Ballet
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Full Orchestra - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.730411 Composed by James Nathaniel Holland. Contemporary,Holiday,Love,Wedding. Score and parts. 35 pa...
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Full Orchestra - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.730411 Composed by James Nathaniel Holland. Contemporary,Holiday,Love,Wedding. Score and parts. 35 pages. James Nathaniel Holland #3367719. Published by James Nathaniel Holland (A0.730411). A beautiful, sentimental slow waltz from the Pas de Deux of the ballet, The Snow Queen by American Costa Rican composer James Nathaniel Holland. Here arranged in the original orchestral format. Intermediate level. Full score in concert pitch. Individual parts included. Instr: 1 picc, 12fl, 12 ob, eh, 12clb, bcl, 12bsn, 1234hrn, 123trp, 12trm, btrm,tba, chimes/tim, hrp (or pno) stringsPerfect for Valentine's Day, Wedding Father Daughter Waltz, or anytime of the year!With Optional Lyrics (Reduced piano for solo voice or SATB choir sold separately):Beautiful and bright as the Red Rose;With only one hope: 'You'll remember me.'Know that I'll always love you,And that this love will not fade.Fresh, so sweet, the fragrance,Of those happy times, wonderful, sublime, we once shared.If I should dare, say you still care!Think of my love as a Rose.(Brief music interlude)I wish you nothing but gladness,And a life filled with Joy!Seasons may come;Years, they may go,Love can survive,Through Winter's snow.And so this love will for you,Think of my love as a Rose.As Seasons fly; Years, as they go,Think of my love as a Rose!J.N. Holland (Duration: 6 minutes)YouTube Video Presentation: https://youtu.be/9dgnKajSsE8 Composer website: http://lacoronadelossantos.net/jamesnathanielholland.htmlFacebook page: https://www.facebook.com/jamesnathanielholland/
$12.95 ≈
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Waltz of the Roses, for Orchestra (High, Key of C), Pas de Deux / Theme from The Snow Queen, A Balle
Waltz of the Roses, for Orchestra (High, Key of C), Pas de Deux / Theme from The Snow Queen, A Balle
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Full Orchestra - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.730417 Composed by James Nathaniel Holland. Holiday,Wedding. 35 pages. James Nathaniel Holland #33698...
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Full Orchestra - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.730417 Composed by James Nathaniel Holland. Holiday,Wedding. 35 pages. James Nathaniel Holland #3369855. Published by James Nathaniel Holland (A0.730417). A beautiful, sentimental slow waltz from the Pas de Deux of the ballet, The Snow Queen by American composer James Nathaniel Holland. Â Here arranged in the key of C (HIGH) orchestral format. Intermediate level. Full score in concert pitch. Individual parts included. Â Can be used with any piano vocal arrangement in the same key.Instr: 1 picc, 12fl, 12 ob, eh, 12clb, bcl, 12bsn, 1234hrn, 123trp, 12trm, btrm,tba, chimes/tim, hrp (or pno) stringsPerfect for Valentine's Day, Wedding Father Daughter Waltz, or anytime of the year!With Optional Lyrics (Reduced piano for solo voice or SATB choir sold separately):Beautiful and bright as the Red Rose;With only one hope: 'You'll remember me.'Know that I'll always love you,And that this love will not fade.Fresh, so sweet, the fragrance,Of those happy times, wonderful, sublime, we once shared.If I should dare, say you still care!Think of my love as a Rose.(Brief music interlude)I wish you nothing but gladness,And a life filled with Joy!Seasons may come;Years, they may go,Love can survive,Through Winter's snow.And so this love will for you,Think of my love as a Rose.As Seasons fly; Years, as they go,Think of my love as a Rose!J.N. Holland (Duration: 6 minutes)YouTube Video Presentation: Â https://youtu.be/9dgnKajSsE8Facebook page: Â https://www.facebook.com/jamesnathanielholland/.
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Missa Solemnis, op. 27 - Score Only
Missa Solemnis, op. 27 - Score Only
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Adrian Gagiu
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Full Orchestra - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1277133 Composed by Adrian Gagiu. 21st Century,Christian,Classical,Latin. 128 pages. Adrian Gagiu #86...
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Full Orchestra - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1277133 Composed by Adrian Gagiu. 21st Century,Christian,Classical,Latin. 128 pages. Adrian Gagiu #868819. Published by Adrian Gagiu (A0.1277133). Missa Solemnis in B major, op. 27 (conductor's score). Based on its Neo-classical style, this setting of the Roman Catholic mass text could possibly work as a festive mass (missa solemnis) with trumpets and timpani, and its duration would fit such a solemn service. However, its intense and sometimes dramatic treatment and universal addressability due to its well-known and rather concentrated text, yet also due to eliminating the „Filioque†(which would still fit the rhythm of the repeated „qui ex Patreâ€, should any Catholics ever wish to perform this as a mass) make it rather a „liturgical oratorio for all nationsâ€, more appropriate in the concert hall. The work has had a long gestation: imagined in 1984 after the composer’s first contact with Beethoven’s masterpiece, then sketched first in 1987-1989, and many of its themes date back from those years. Its working out is quite polyphonic, discretely modal and cyclical, and also full of centuries-old musical symbols traditionally associated with the setting of the mass text: e.g. unisons for the more dogmatical parts, Baroque dotted rhythms at the Nativity (the first coming of the  King of Kings), „rex caelestis†and also at his Passion (whose setting is discretely inspired by folkloric Romanian laments), the „anabasis†gesture at „Gloria in excelsis Deoâ€, „et ascendit in caelisâ€, „in remissionem peccatorum†and the resurrection, a flute trill standing for the Holy Spirit who has come ’like a dove’ at „et incarnatus estâ€, a cross-shaped texture at „crucifixusâ€, and some word-painting (hushed sonorities at „et invisibiliumâ€, anticipations between orchestra and chorus at „et exspecto†etc.). Moreover, certain symbolic roles are assigned to the instrumental groups when alone (the organ represents God the Father and transcendence, the winds and/or solo voices represent God the Son and humanity, and the strings represent the Holy Spirit). „Kyrie†is restrained and soft, besides the powerful chords opening the respective sections of its tripartite, simple structure, and it leans towards Palestrina’s serene modality and counterpoint. „Gloria†begins with a colorful orchestral introduction depicting discretely the shepherds who kept watch over their flocks right before the Nativity, and then gradually the bright revelation. „Credo†has an orchestral introduction as well, but powerful, recurring and based on the beginning of the plainchant hymn „Pange linguaâ€, made famous by Mozart’s last symphony and by other Classical composers. Both „Gloria†and „Credo†end with extended, powerful and elaborate fugues („in gloria Dei Patris†and „et vitam venturi saeculiâ€, respectively) with dramatic modulations and sometimes with enthusiastic syncopations at odds with the words’ accents, a la Stravinsky. The same sections plus „Agnus Dei†end with soft quartal harmonies suggesting transcendent appeasement (similar harmonies appear powerfully at the beginning of „Sanctusâ€). „Judicare†quotes the beginning of the well-known „Dies irae†plainchant tune, and the Consecration between the „Sanctus†and „Benedictus†sections is represented by a contemplative prelude for solo organ, quoting Lutheran chorales, too. Another long orchestral introduction, suggesting the Last Judgment and based on traditional Byzantine hymns, opens „Agnus Deiâ€, which includes another quotation (the famous ’Dresden Amen’ at „qui tollis peccata mundi†and „dona nobis pacemâ€). In the final section, with its refined simplicity, the choral voices enter in descending order, and the „Kyrie eleison†theme is briefly remembered, then it ends softly and peacefully. Total duration: 50 min. Performing Rights Organization: SOCAN. The mp3 audio clip is Kyrie.
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Mozartina
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Full Orchestra - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1302257 Composed by Otoniel Rojas. 20th Century,Classical,Historic,Latin,Traditional. Score and Parts...
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Full Orchestra - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1302257 Composed by Otoniel Rojas. 20th Century,Classical,Historic,Latin,Traditional. Score and Parts. 119 pages. Otoniel Rojas #891863. Published by Otoniel Rojas (A0.1302257). Based on a traditional Merengue tune from Dominican Republic in a Rondó style a'la Mozart, combining Mozart's Jupiter symphony 35th 4-note theme.Originally commissioned by the 'Fundación Filarmónica del Cibao' in  1997. Mozartina is an effervescent overture that paints us a contemporary Mozart, exposed to the melodic and rhythmic resources of the Caribbean identity, fusing the style and spirit of the famous Austrian with a mixed of the rhythmic and harmonic developments of the last 200 years of musical development. The work is structured as Rondo ,taking as its theme the traditional merengue (a traditional Dominican dance) El jarro 'ta pichao using it as melodic material that integrates into many styles and orchestral techniques. The topic is presented in juxtaposition with the monumental melodic motif of the last movement of the symphony ' Jupiter ' . Sometimes we appreciate it as it is , sometimes in inverted or hidden among contrapuntistic passages in striped and woven into different instrumental colors and harmonic richness coated within countless melodic modulations or put into small pieces. The climax part suddenly surrounds us with the classic merengue, where the 'tambora' (traditional dominican percussion instrument) makes appearance and gives it its soul. Meanwhile, in the background we still can hear the theme of 'Jupiter'. There briefly we can discover a 'perico ripiao' (another traditional Dominican dance)with its typical melisma embodied by the horn, we finally get to a climax that concludes with a short cadenza of 'tambora' and the reitaration of the main merengue theme in unison. The work was commissioned in 1997 for the opening concert of the Philharmonic of Cibao and this time receives his first audition by the National Symphony Orchestra.
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Festival
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Full Orchestra - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1119919 By Mike Lyons. By Mike Lyons. Classical,Contemporary. Score and parts. 111 pages. Lyons Music...
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Full Orchestra - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1119919 By Mike Lyons. By Mike Lyons. Classical,Contemporary. Score and parts. 111 pages. Lyons Music Services #721269. Published by Lyons Music Services (A0.1119919). Festival:(Time 7:05) This is an original, previously unpublished piece, composed specifically for the ICF festival 2022. It is a programmatic piece in 3 sections, with each section being a description of some aspect of the word Festival. I have taken the broadest definition of the word festival to give as much scope for variety as possible. The first section opens with ‘sunrise’ on the day of the festival, shown by long-held open fourth chords, with the snapping of the violin pizzicatos (perhaps) being the rattle of tent lines/guys. The bass clarinet solo then shows people waking up and stretching, yawning and just before Letter A, the descending figures throughout the ensemble bring us all together to start the festival. From Letter A, one sets off at a marching pace through the crowds. We hear a mish-mash of vendors’ calls overlaying each other, repeating variations of the same motif and this little tune develops as it moves around the festival site, sometimes loud and sometimes faint. At some point, of course, arguments break out (e.g. Letter B between the strings and brass), but generally, the mood is business-like. At Letter C, there comes a parade of minstrels through the field which eventually fades off into the distance. At Letter D, we look at a different kind of festival. Not necessarily religious, but certainly spiritual. The harp and bell sounds evoke far-eastern temples while the string harmonics evoke an eerie stillness which is broken only by the melodic fragments (based on the 4ths of the first section) which pass around the orchestra. The theme is first heard on the Cor Anglais (echoed by the harp) which gives it a warmer, less piercing, sound than the oboe. The quartal chords at b.149 denote the vast mysteries of the cosmos. As our gaze widens, we are suddenly brought back to Earth with a rush as yet another kind of festival is evoked. This time we are looking briefly at the Indian subcontinent. Where fakirs charm snakes and young boys climb ropes only to disappear. The third and final section returns us to the British Isles, where the Celts are making merry in a festival. There is dancing, singing, feasting and drinking a-plenty. And, just when you think it’s all over, there’s a final push to get another dance going. The final chords are a reminder of the opening as we finish our revels as the sun descends below the horizon in a beautiful sunset.
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