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SKU: PR.466411770
UPC: 680160640850. 9 x 12 inches.
Mississippi I. Father of Waters: born of the Highlands and the Lakes; the Glaciers, the Mountains, and the Prairies. The picture of your birth is clounded in the ice and mists of ancient ages but your spirit remains our life stream. II. The Red Man knew your bountiful gifts and gave thanks to the Great Spirit on your banks. -- The Spanish and French Fathers brought the glory of Christianity to America on Mississippi. But all men, white and dark; -- Indian, Spaniard, and Negro; Bourbon and Yankee, combined to make Mississippi the heart of America. Saga of the Mississippi Harl McDonald Born near Boulder, Colorado, July 27, 1899 Now living in Philadelphia The original suggestion for a symphonic work on the subject of the Mississippi came indirectly from the late Booth Tarkington who saw in it color and movement and atmosphere translatable into the terms of music. In the course of time, by the mysterious processes of composers' chemistry, it took shape as a tone-poem of two sections, one representing the rise of the great stream from its primeval geologic sources, the other the human history of the river. Mr. McDonald devised the following verbal outline of the general scheme of his diptych: I. Father of Waters: born of the Highlands and the Lakes; the Glaciers, the Mountains, and the Prairies. The picture of your birth is clounded in the ice and mists of ancient ages but your spirit remains our life stream. II. The Red Man knew your bountiful gifts and gave thanks to the Great Spirit on your banks. -- The Spanish and French Fathers brought the glory of Christianity to America on Mississippi. But all men, white and dark; -- Indian, Spaniard, and Negro; Bourbon and Yankee, combined to make Mississippi the heart of America. The first of the two movements, beginning molto andante, is vaguel modal to hint at antiquity. It is built upon the conventional two themes, with an episode, poco piu mosso, misterioso, for prehistoric murk and muck. There are various changes of pace and mood. The second, Allegro ma vigorosamente, prefigures an Indian ceremony. A theme presented by flute, clarinet and bassoon is a Canadian Indian fishing call collected by the late J.B. Beck. A later passage of quasi-Gregorian chant identifies the French and Spanish priests who made the great river their highway. The fishing-call is altered in rhythm and harmony to represent Negro field hands and roustabous. A turbulent close brings all these elemts together in the muddy swirling currents of the Mississippi. The work was begun in the summer of 1945, and was revised and completed in the summer of 1947. Harl McDonald, who is the manager of The Philadelphia Orchestra, has concerned himself with music as an art, as a science and as a business in course of his career. He was born on a cattle ranch in the Rockies, but since his was a musical family, his up-bringing combined piano lessons with ranch life. Years of study and professional experience followed in Los Angeles and in Germany. In 1927 he was appointed lecuter in composition at the University of Pennsylvania and he has since then made is home in Philadelphia. In 1933 under a grant of the Rockefeller FOundation he collaborated with physicists in research dealing with the measurement of instrumental and vocal tone, new scale divisions and the resultant harmonies. In that same year he was named head of the University's music faculty and conductor of its choral organizations. In 1939, having been a member of the Board of Directors for five years, he was appointed manager of The Philadelphia Orchestra. He continus to write, but otherwise his entire attention is now devoted to managerial duties. Chief items in the catalogue of his compositions are four symphonies, three orchestra suites, a half-dozen tone-poems, three concertos and considerable quantity of choral music.
SKU: CL.012-2021-01
The two pieces which comprise Cameo Suite’’ come from diverse backgrounds, one American and the other English. The Nightingale’â€⠄¢ is a traditional English folksong about unrequited love. The Glendy Burk’’ was composed by Stephen Foster and is a riverboat song depicting the life and times of the riverboat Glendy Burk’’ on the Mississippi.
About Heritage of the March
Full -sized concert band editions of the greatest marches of all time. Each has been faithfully re-scored to accommodate modern instrumentation and incorporate performance practices of classic march style
SKU: CL.012-2021-00
SKU: TM.06090SC
Father of Waters, Huckleberry Finn, Old Creole Days, Mardi Gras.
SKU: TM.06090SET
SKU: M2.MOS-41250-01
ISBN 9790203732501.
SKU: TM.05699SET
P/C in set. Theatre Orch Arr. (No Arr. Name indicated) Leo Feist Edition.
SKU: M2.MOS-41250-02
ISBN 9790203734017.
SKU: SU.25100070
Inspired by the composer's imagination of space exploration. Commissioned by the Mississippi Music Teachers Associatoin.Piano Duration: 7’30 Composed: 2004 Published by: Gusthold Music Publisher.
SKU: SU.12800066
BachScholar Editions Vol. 66: ZEZ CONFREY: 12 Novelty Piano Solos (1921-1924) (editor's preface, 49 pages of music) presents Zez Confrey's twelve most popular novelty piano solos from the exciting era of the 1920s. (The novelty style evolved from classic ragtime, of which Confrey was its first pioneer.) These beautiful and meticulous engravings are reproduced from the original editions, making this an historically accurate Urtext of the highest quality (no fingerings provided). Pianists, students, teachers, and ragtime aficionados will marvel at the clarity and legibility of this fine authoritative edition of exciting and entertaining solos from the pioneer of the novelty ragtime style. Contents include: 1. My Pet (1921) 2. Kitten on the Keys (1921) 3. You Tell 'Em, Ivories (1921) 4. Greenwich Witch (1921) 5. Poor Buttermilk (1921) 6. Stumbling (Paraphrase) (1922) 7. Coaxing the Piano (1922) 8. Dizzy Fingers (1923) 9. Nickel in the Slot (1923) 10. High Hattin' (1924) (from African Suite) 11. Kinda Careless (1924) (from African Suite) 12. Mississippi Shivers (1924) (from African Suite) Composed: 1921-1924 Published by: BachScholar.
