SKU: PR.114423630
ISBN 9781491136447. UPC: 680160689187. Walt Whitman, Song of the Open Road.
Whitman†s epic “Song of the Open Road†is an inspiring metaphor encouraging us to find and explore our own paths, free of anchors or artificial boundaries. Dorff uses 5 brief passages from the poem as movement titles, setting the stage for a suite of sometimes-edgy soliloquies in which the music (and the flutist) explores these open roads.
SKU: CF.O3826B
ISBN 9780825894473. UPC: 798408094478. Text: Walt Whitman. Walt Whitman.
Newly engraved trumpet solo part for Norman Dello Joio’s well loved mixed voice choral work, Song of the Open Road (O3826). Using text from Walt Whitman’s poem of the same name, Dello Joio’s version concentrates Whitman’s words down and adds music that exemplifies friendship and travel on the open road. Also available for Trumpet in B-flat (O3826A). For advanced players.
SKU: CF.O3826A
ISBN 9780825894466. UPC: 798408094461. Text: Walt Whitman. Walt Whitman.
Newly engraved trumpet solo part for Norman Dello Joio’s well loved mixed voice choral work, Song of the Open Road (O3826). Using text from Walt Whitman’s poem of the same name, Dello Joio’s version concentrates Whitman’s words down and adds music that exemplifies friendship and travel on the open road. Also available for Trumpet in C (O3826B). For advanced players.
SKU: PR.114419810
ISBN 9781491136638. UPC: 680160681921.
Stacy Garrop’s ROAD WARRIOR is music of real-life tragedy, expressed through the power of a trumpet/organ duo. Drawing inspiration from Neil Peart’s autobiographical book, “Ghost Rider: Travels on the Healing Road,†Garrop’s work grieves the loss of a friend’s young son and the journey to healing. ROAD WARRIOR’s evocative movement titles are drawn from passages in Peart’s book:1. I Am the Ghost Rider2. My Little Baby Soul3. Are You With Me Here?.When Clarion members Keith Benjamin (trumpet), Melody Steed (organ), and I initially discussed possible topics for a new piece, Keith brought up his son Cameron, who had passed away at the age of seven from leukemia. While Cameron’s life ended too soon, he left an indelible and lasting mark on his those surrounding him. Keith asked if I could commemorate Cameron musically.In talking over possible ways to do this, Keith mentioned the book Ghost Rider: Travels on the Healing Road. The book was written by Neil Peart, who is well-known as the longtime drummer and lyricist of the band Rush. Peart suffered the heartbreaking loss of his daughter in 1997, followed by his wife 10 months later. In an effort to work through the grieving process, Peart did what his wife suggested before she passed: he got onto his motorcycle and hit the open road. Ghost Rider chronicles a year of Peart’s life in which he drove for 55,000 miles, zigzagging his way across Canada, the western portion of the United States, Mexico, and Belize. Peart’s powerful story illustrates how he coped with immense loss and eventually emerged on the other side to once again embrace life. Keith had found Peart’s book helpful in dealing with Cameron’s death; moreover, Mr. Peart sent Cameron a signed cymbal while he was in the hospital undergoing treatment. This unexpected gesture of compassion and generosity meant the world to both Cameron and Keith.I chose three phrases from Peart’s book to serve as the inspiration for the movements in Road Warrior. In the first movement, I am the ghost rider, I imagined the performers to be howling phantoms that are haunting drivers on a nearly deserted highway. Peart often mentioned that he felt haunted by ghosts from the past while on his journey, and sometimes felt like a ghost himself, moving through an immaterial world as he rode from town to town. The second movement, My little baby soul, references Peart’s wording to define his own inner essence that he was trying to protect and nurture while on his journey. In this gentle movement, I capture the innocence and simplicity of a newborn soul. The piece concludes with Are you with me here? In this movement, I depict the performers as they search to find connections to those they have lost, and to those still living.Over the course of his travels, Peart kept up a steady letter correspondence with his close friend Brutus. In one of his first letters, he repeatedly asks Brutus if he is with him in spirit. I found it to be very poignant that while in his self-imposed exile, Peart discovered that he still needed connections to humanity.I wish to thank Mr. Peart for granting me permission to use his phrases as the movement titles, and for serving as the inspiration for Road Warrior. Rarely do any of us make it through our lives without being touched by the loss of someone dear to us. I found Peart’s insights into his grieving and recovery process to be insightful, eloquent, and surprisingly comforting. His journey is a touching reminder that with enough fortitude and time, we can work through what fate deals us and continue down our own road of life.
SKU: CF.CAS80
ISBN 9780825894817. UPC: 798408094812. 9 x 12 inches. Key: D major.
Composer Deborah Baker Monday provides us with an exciting new composition that contains all of the grandeur of the American West. With wide open spaces, reminiscent of pieces from the Americana composers of the last century, this will be a perfect choice to highlight your group at contest and festival performances.Canyonla nd Skies is a programmatic work which was composed for the 2013 Utah/American String Teachers Association (ASTA) composition competition. The required element for the contest was that the entry should have a theme based on something native to the state of Utah.This original work attempts to represent the brilliance of the Utah sky; the clearest blue by day, with its blinding bright sun and the deepest dark blue of night, with a palette of stars which are breathtaking. The sunrise and sunset scenarios are uniquely remarkable from wherever one may be observing. At any one moment or another, these magnificent visions of color are always fresh and different.Canyonland Skies uses the bright key of D major to maximize the sonority of the string instruments. Excellent opportunities for drone-like intonation practices abound. Scalewise passages build and build for the strong harmonic changes which drive the piece to a contrasting section.G major dominates the jaunty middle section, which suggests a smooth ride on an open road. Melodic opportunities abound while the piece soars to a satisfying reflection of the opening material.Canyonland Skies is the winning Composition of the 2013 Composition Contest sponsored by the Utah Chapter of the American String Teachers Association.Sit back and begin a road trip with your students. With your navigation they will create a soundtrack for this beautiful journey.
About Carl Fischer Concert String Orchestra Series
Thi s series of pieces (Grade 3 and higher) is designed for advancing ensembles. The pieces in this series are characterized by:
SKU: M7.GRG-106102100
ISBN 9783872523532. German.
Über 50 Rock- & Popsongs fu?r Akustikgitarre - vom kultigen Klassiker bis zum aktuellen Hit Das breite Spektrum des Repertoires vom 3-Akkorde-Stu?ck bis zum anspruchsvollen Chord-Melody-Arrangement ist Motivation fu?r den Anfänger und stellt dem Fortgeschrittenen Songmaterial zur Verfu?gung, mit dem er sich stilistisch und spieltechnisch weiterentwickeln kann. Viele Fotos und Informationen zu den Bands, Teilweise mit Noten & Texten, teilweise nur mit Chord Charts.
SKU: HL.49045996
ISBN 9781540033901. UPC: 888680786991. 9.25x12.0x0.314 inches.
Light, Line, Shadow is a response to Edward Hopper's iconic painting Road and Trees, a painting donated to the Philadelphia Museum of Art by Daniel Dietrich II, and the first Hopper painting acquired by the museum. My piece is in three contrasting movements, each referring to and inspired by an aspect of Hopper's painting.The first movement, Landscape in Motion, refers to the dynamic movement of the landscape when traveling in a car and looking at the landscape passing by in the window. Hopper loved to take road trips, experiencing America by car, and in one of his initial sketches for Road and Trees, there was a car in the painting. The first movement tries to capture that moving landscape as experienced in a car in motion. The second movement, Brush Strokes, focuses on the darker forest in the painting, as the trees become denser and the technique of brush strokes creates deep layers. There is a spiritual aspect to Hopper's paintings, a kind of isolation and emptied out space, and the third movement, Open Road, dwells on that aspect of the painting before reprising material from the dynamic first movement.- Pierre Jalbert.
SKU: AP.30824
UPC: 038081351186. English.
This piece for symphonic band by Jerry Brubaker is a musical excursion into the American driving experience. From majestic mountain vistas and wide open spaces to the hustle and bustle of rush hour traffic. There is even a section about the beloved covered bridge. Find one and there's bound to be an interesting little two lane country road leading up to it. The piece is designed around just two themes which are tied together in the final section which the composer calls Our Favorite Road. This can be the road to the beach, to the mountains or just simply cruisin' with the top down on a summer afternoon! Enjoy this delightful taste of Americana. (7:11) This title is available in MakeMusic Cloud.
SKU: CF.FAS65F
ISBN 9780825883910. UPC: 798408083915. 8.5 x 11 inches.
Take a musical journey down an old country road with Road to the Rock Hole, a breath of fresh air from up-and-coming composer George Sweet. The Americana feel of this piece is at once comforting and inspiring, featuring lush, open harmonies and soaring melodies.
SKU: DB.01-00697
ISBN 9790012204824.
Die Komposition besteht aus sechs miteinander verbundenen Segmenten (...) Die Segmente 1 und 3 beziehen sich deutlich auf den Road Trip, wahrend Segment 6 ein Hybrid ist. Beginnend in einer Halbtraumwelt greift das Stuck hier allmahlich auf die Klarheit des am Anfang der Komposition verwendeten musikalischen Materials zuruck. (Gernot Wolfgang)1. Smooth Sailing - 2. Dream 1: Disjointed - 3. Open Road - 4. Dream 2: Gentle - 5. Dream 3: Storm - 6. Awaking Slowly.
SKU: AP.49501
ISBN 9781470649821. UPC: 038081570600. English.
Take a journey on the Silk Road, the ancient trade route that linked the Far East with the Western world in this imaginative piece by Robert Sheldon. Exotic harmonies combine with driving rhythms and colorful percussion to create a soundscape of shifting sands and faraway lands. A solo alto saxophone references the sound of a Turkish sorna to open the piece, leading to the persistent rhythm and modal melodies. Finger cymbals, shakers, and hand drums help to represent the culture of this remote part of the world. (2:19) Correlated to Sound Innovations, Book 2, Level 3.
SKU: FJ.ST6537
UPC: 241444438824. English.
Depicting a scenic drive up the historic first road in Rocky Mountain National Park, this highly accessible work is based on a D major scale with stepwise motion in all parts and string crossings on open strings. Musical motifs are shared throughout the ensemble as the beauty of nature takes center stage in this peaceful, yet joyful work.
About FJH Beginning Strings
Ap propriate for first year string students. All instruments stay in first position, and optional third violin (viola) parts and piano are included to aid in rehearsal and performance situations. Grade 1 - 1.5
SKU: AP.42074S
UPC: 038081472072. English.
This upbeat party-time piece could open or close a concert perfectly. Every section gets a soli and there is an optional section for improvisation. Everyone will be singing the melody on the road trip home from the concert.
SKU: AP.49501S
ISBN 9781470649838. UPC: 038081570617. English.
SKU: FJ.ST6537S
English.
Depicti ng a scenic drive up the historic first road in Rocky Mountain National Park, this highly accessible work is based on a D major scale with stepwise motion in all parts and string crossings on open strings. Musical motifs are shared throughout the ensemble as the beauty of nature takes center stage in this peaceful, yet joyful work.
