Tetra

SKU: KU.GM-1945B

ISBN 9790206208140.

I wrote the composition The Iron Tetrapod for the Graham Ashton Brass Ensemble. Originally scored for four brass instruments, I rearranged the work - at the suggestion of Ingo Goritzki - for 2 oboes, bassoon and piano, which eventually led to the new version for piano quartet.

The piece combines the world of chamber music and jazz. When it comes to phrasing and rhythm the vernacular is clearly derived from jazz. At the same time the structural development of the piece roots in chamber music traditions. With a duration of somewhat more than 4 minutes, it is a relatively compact composition, sounding well in all sorts of instrumental combinations and offers new challenges in phrasing and rhythm. Hence this makes it a very suitable study piece.

SKU: HL.35032202

UPC: 888680740283. 5.0x5.0x0.15 inches.

Stretch your music budget with these exceptional quality accompaniment tracks for 14 anthems from Hal Leonard and Shawnee Press on one convenient CD. Songs include: A Celtic Song of Thanks; Christmas Joy (The Savior Christ Is Born); Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus; Creation Calls Me to My Knees; Dakota Hymn; God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen; In the Great Triumphant Morning; People of Praise, Rejoice!; Prepare, Make Room; Promise Song; So Be It (If You Never); We Will Live to Serve Our Savior; Wonderful Words of Life; You Are.

SKU: HL.35032404

UPC: 888680797423. 5.0x5.0x0.195 inches.

Stretch your music budget with these exceptional quality accompaniment tracks for 14 anthems from Hal Leonard and Shawnee Press on one convenient CD. Songs include: Ain't-a That Good News; Baby in Bethlehem; A Celtic Blessing; Daugthers of Promise, Women of Faith; From Jars of Clay; A Harvest of Thanksgiving; Jesus Is the Way; The Kingdom of Peace; Lord, I Worship You; Masterpiece; New Born Again; A Promise, A Hope; Teach Me; Wade in the Living Water.

SKU: HL.48189058

UPC: 888680887247. 9.0x12.0x0.114 inches.

Reverdy Tetramorphie Viola & Percussion Book.

SKU: SS.50600320

SKU: RM.SL10273

ISBN 9790231092738.

SKU: BO.B.3260

ISBN 9788480207584.

English comments:
Empuries is the result of the interest Ruera showed throughout his life for the culture and music of ancient Greece. As he himself writes in the introduction to the composition: The motives behind this work were inspired by contemplating and analysing the melos of ancient Greece. The few melodies that have been discovered from those far-off times inspired the composer of Empuries to create this work, conceived with the Greek modal system in mind, and adapted to modern instruments and tastes. The tetrachord and pentachords of these forms are the very bases of this work. The descending drift of the cadence, the harmonic priority of the upper and lower notes of the tetrachords and the displacement of these chords to different acoustic levels, make it impossible to specify the classic concept of a set tonality which, within the improvised musical working of the piece, leads to a naturally intertonal or atonal piece of music. Empuries came to light in 1971, when it won group A of the Ciutat de Barcelona prize. But one must, in fact, go back to the 1930s to find its true origins. Ruera made his first foray into the theme of ancient Greece with the sardana, Empuries, la grega, with which he won first prize in the Jocs Florals in Girona, in 1931. Shortly afterwards, he wrote a piece of organ music entitled Bucolics, in the Greek modal style, which was destroyed during the Spanish civil war. Ruera continued to work on the theme and in 1936 he presented his work Tres moviments simfonics, for a big band, inspired by the ancient Greek modes, at the XIV International Festival of the ISCM held in Barcelona. The work was chosen to debut in the festival's opening concert on 19 April 1936 at Palacio de Bellas Artes in Barcelona. In 1959, Ruera won the Pau Casals Prize at the Jocs Florals de la Llengua Catalana, held at the Sorbonne in Paris, for his work, Empuries: poema per a cobla i orquestra, which would later become the fourth movement of Empuries. Nine years later, in 1968, Barcelona City Orchestra, conducted by Antoni Ros Marba, gave the first ever performance of the symphonic poem Pastoral, written to be the first movement of Empuries, in Granollers. The final step was when he finally completed the work, won the Ciutat de Barcelona prize, opened in Granollers on 2 May 1976 and recorded it for the Columbia de Barcelona label in 1977. Anna Maria Piera

Comentarios del Espanol:
La obra Empuries es fruto del interes que el maestro Ruera demostro a lo largo de su vida por la cultura y la musica de la antigua Grecia. Como el mismo escribe en la cabecera de la composicion: Los motivos generadores de esta obra estan inspirados en la contemplacion y en el analisis del melos de la antigua Grecia. Las pocas melodias que hasta el momento se han podido descubrir de aquellos tiempos remotos sugieren al autor de Empuries la realizacion de esta obra, concebida pensando en el sistema modal griego, adaptado a los instrumentos y gustos modernos. Los tetracordes y pentacordes de dichas modalidades son las celulas en las que se basa la obra. El sentido descendiente de la cadencia, la prioridad armonica de la notas extremas de los tetracordes y el desplazamiento de estos acordes a varias alturas acusticas, hacen que no sea posible precisar el clasico concepto de una tonalidad determinada y que lleven, dentro del funcionamiento contrapuntistico, a una musica naturalmente intertonal o atonal. Empuries vio la luz en el ano 1971, ganando el Premio Ciutat de Barcelona, grupo A, pero en realidad tenemos que retroceder hasta los anos 30 para encontrar sus verdaderos origenes. La primera incursion en el tema de la antigua Gracia la hizo con la sardana Empuries, la grega, con la que gano el primer premio en los Jocs Florals de Gerona del ano 1931. Poco despues escribio una pieza para organo titulada Bucolics, en el estilo modal griego, que fue destruida durante la Guerra Civil espanola. Ruera continuo trabajando en el tema y en el ano 1936 presento su obra Tres moviments simfonics, en version para gran banda, inspirada en las antiguas modalidades griegas, en el XIV Festival Internacional de la SIMC que se celebro en Barcelona. La obra fue escogida para ser estrenada en el concierto inaugural de dicho festival, el 19 de abril de 1936, en el Palacio de Bellas Artes de Barcelona. En el 1959, Ruera gano el Premio Pau Casals en los Jocs Florals de la Llengua Catalana celebrados en la Sorbona de Paris con la obra Empuries: poema per a cobla i orquestra, que sera con el paso del tiempo el cuarto movimiento de Empuries. Nueve anos mas tarde, en 1968, la Orquestra Ciutat de Barcelona, bajo la direccion de Antoni Ros Marba, interpreto en Granollers la primera audicion del poema sinfonico Pastoral, pensado como primer movimiento de Empuries. El ultimo eslabon fue terminar definitivamente la obra, ganar el Premio Ciutat de Barcelona, estrenarla en Granollers el 2 de mayo de 1976 y grabarla para la casa discografica Columbia de Barcelona, en 1977.

SKU: FG.55009-481-9

ISBN 9790550094819.

ColourStrings Cello ABC: Book E continues the Cello ABC series. Book E teaches the new material, the 5 di erent pentachords, using numerous folk songs and chamber music works. Teachers should choose the music that best suits their pedagogical aims and needs.
The new element, the minor 2nd interval was introduced by adding the FA and TI notes. Later on these are
expanded into the four types of tetrachrods (Major, Minor, Phrygian, Lydian). Melodies based on these tone sets (including
folk song arrangements) help develop the students' taste and sense of musical character (which is the foundation for
understanding the music of the 20th century). The precise and interesting ngerings aid their sense of pitch.
The four types of tetrachords are:
DO-RE-MI-FA = SO-LA-TI-DO (major)
RE-MI-FA-SO = LA-TI-DO-RE (minor)
MI-FA-SO-LA = TI-DO-RE-MI (Phrygian)
FA-SO-LA-TI (Lydian) with three major 2nd intervals.

SKU: HL.14029581

ISBN 9780711952287.

Salvador Segui Perez (1939-2004) was a Spanish musician, academic and composer, who studied in Spain, Italy and France. For many years he was the professor of music theory, and later director, at the Valencia conservatory. Teoria Musical - Volume 2 is suitable for any musician of grade 4 or 5 standard, and covers all aspects of musical theory, including the following: musical syntax, acoustic theory, sound production, instrumental families and ensembles, keys and scales (including tetrachords and modulations), intervals, enharmonics, and more! There are also sections on various eras of musical history, from ancient Greece and the Gregorian chants of the Middle Ages, to modernatonal music and electronic music. A comprehensive volume, this book is ideal for any inquisitive music student.