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The Lark Ascending (Book, Set of parts for string sextet arrangement): Ralph Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending (Book, Set of parts for string sextet arrangement)
Ralph Vaughan Williams; Arranged by Martin Gerigk
R1,345 Discovery Miles 13 450 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Vaughan Williams's famous romance for solo violin and orchestra is given new life in this beautiful arrangement, which features the original solo line as part of a string sextet. Perfect as a rehearsal tool in preparation for a larger-scale orchestral concert, the arrangement is also ideal for performance in a chamber recital.

The Lark Ascending (Book, Score for string sextet arrangement): Ralph Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending (Book, Score for string sextet arrangement)
Ralph Vaughan Williams; Arranged by Martin Gerigk
R706 Discovery Miles 7 060 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Vaughan Williams's famous romance for solo violin and orchestra is given new life in this beautiful arrangement, which features the original solo line as part of a string sextet. Perfect as a rehearsal tool in preparation for a larger-scale orchestral concert, the arrangement is also ideal for performance in a chamber recital.

Lament for the holy city (Sheet music, Flute and piano): John Rutter Lament for the holy city (Sheet music, Flute and piano)
John Rutter
R282 Discovery Miles 2 820 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This hauntingly beautiful piece, arranged for flute and piano by the composer, is extracted from Rutter's large-scale work Visions. The expressive solo line features long phrases and a quasi-improvised section, making it an ideal concert work for intermediate to advanced flautists.

The Lark Ascending (Book, Set of parts for string quartet arrangement): Ralph Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending (Book, Set of parts for string quartet arrangement)
Ralph Vaughan Williams; Arranged by Martin Gerigk
R1,140 Discovery Miles 11 400 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Vaughan Williams's famous romance for solo violin and orchestra is given new life in this beautiful arrangement. For the first time, violinists can perform the original solo line as part of a string quartet, while also joining the other players for the longer tutti sections. Perfect as a rehearsal tool in preparation a larger-scale orchestral concert, the arrangement is also ideal for performance in a chamber recital.

The Routledge Research Companion to Modernism in Music (Paperback): Bjoern Heile, Charles Wilson The Routledge Research Companion to Modernism in Music (Paperback)
Bjoern Heile, Charles Wilson
R1,489 Discovery Miles 14 890 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Modernism in music still arouses passions and is riven by controversies. Taking root in the early decades of the twentieth century, it achieved ideological dominance for almost three decades following the Second World War, before becoming the object of widespread critique in the last two decades of the century, both from critics and composers of a postmodern persuasion and from prominent scholars associated with the 'new musicology'. Yet these critiques have failed to dampen its ongoing resilience. The picture of modernism has considerably broadened and diversified, and has remained a pivotal focus of debate well into the twenty-first century. This Research Companion does not seek to limit what musical modernism might be. At the same time, it resists any dilution of the term that would see its indiscriminate application to practically any and all music of a certain period. In addition to addressing issues already well established in modernist studies such as aesthetics, history, institutions, place, diaspora, cosmopolitanism, production and performance, communication technologies and the interface with postmodernism, this volume also explores topics that are less established; among them: modernism and affect, modernism and comedy, modernism versus the 'contemporary', and the crucial distinction between modernism in popular culture and a 'popular modernism', a modernism of the people. In doing so, this text seeks to define modernism in music by probing its margins as much as by restating its supposed essence.

Arvo Part's Tabula Rasa (Hardcover): Kevin C. Karnes Arvo Part's Tabula Rasa (Hardcover)
Kevin C. Karnes
R2,754 Discovery Miles 27 540 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

One of today's most widely acclaimed composers, Arvo Part broke into the soundscape of the Cold War West with Tabula Rasa in 1977, a work that introduced his signature tintinnabuli style to listeners throughout the world. In the first book dedicated to this pathbreaking composition, author Kevin C. Karnes tells the story of Tabula Rasa as one of Part and of Europe itself, traced over the course of a quarter-century that saw momentous transitions in European culture and politics, history and memory. Beginning at the site of the work's creation in the Estonian SSR, and drawing extensively upon a range of previously unexamined archival materials, Karnes recounts Part's discovery of tintinnabuli amidst his experiments with the music of the Western and Soviet avant-gardes. He examines Tabula Rasa in relation to modernist conceptions of musical structure, the ascetic practice of Orthodox Christianity, postwar experiences of electronic music, and the polystylistic approaches to composition that have become emblematic of the Soviet 1970s. Tracing the export of Tabula Rasa to the West and Part's emigration in 1980, the book reveals intersections of critical commentary with visions of the "end of history" that attended the collapse of European communism to suggest that it was in this confluence of listening, discovery, and geopolitical reordering that enduring lines of conversation about Part and his music took shape.

Two String Quartets (Book, Study score): William Walton Two String Quartets (Book, Study score)
William Walton; Edited by Hugh MacDonald
R883 Discovery Miles 8 830 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Frank Martin - A Bio-Bibliography (Hardcover, New): Charles King Frank Martin - A Bio-Bibliography (Hardcover, New)
Charles King
R1,974 Discovery Miles 19 740 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Appropriately, this work written on the year of the 100th birthday of Frank Martin, is the first English language resource dealing with work by and about the Swiss composer. Charles King provides access to a great deal of critical substantive writing about Martin's work and to the considerable body of writing by the composer himself. Many of the most important writings, derived from articles, lectures, letters, program notes and interviews, are now collected into several monographs in French with some parts in English and German, all of which have been indexed here. Comprehensive coverage is given to articles in English, and excellent work written in German, French, Dutch, and Italian has been highlighted also. The volume consists of a biography of Martin, a cataloging of the composer's works and performances, and a 229-item discography followed by two separate bibliographies that list writings by and about Martin. Two appendixes and an index complete the work. As the only comprehensive introduction in English to Frank Martin and his work, this reference will assist future researchers and stimulate the interest and curiosity of others to learn more of this composer's life and work.

Accenting the Classics: Editing European Music in France, 1915-1925 (Hardcover): Deborah Mawer, Barbara L. Kelly, Rachel Moore,... Accenting the Classics: Editing European Music in France, 1915-1925 (Hardcover)
Deborah Mawer, Barbara L. Kelly, Rachel Moore, Graham Sadler
R3,137 Discovery Miles 31 370 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Brings new insights to the music of well-known European composers by telling a fascinating, little-known story about French music publishing, specifically through the lens of Jacques Durand's Édition Classique. French composers, performers and musicologists acted as editors of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century European 'classics', primarily for piano. Among these editors were Fauré, Saint-Saëns, Debussy, Ravel and Dukas; the objects of their enquiries included core works by Rameau, Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Schumann and Chopin. Presenting six composer-editor case studies, the volume shows that the French 'accent', both musical and cultural, upon this predominantly Austro-German music was highly varied. Editorial responses range from scholarly approaches to those directed by performance or compositional agendas, and from pan-European to strongly patriotic stances. Intriguing intersections are revealed between old and new, and between French and cross-European canons. Beyond editing, the book explores the Édition's role in pedagogy and performance, including by pianists Robert Casadesus and Yvonne Loriod, and in the reassertion of contemporary French composition, especially regarding innovation around neoclassicism. It will interest a wide readership, including musicologists, performers and concert-goers, cultural historians and other humanities scholars.

Musical Form and Transformation - Four Analytic Essays (Hardcover): David Lewin Musical Form and Transformation - Four Analytic Essays (Hardcover)
David Lewin
R1,582 Discovery Miles 15 820 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Distinguished music theorist and composer David Lewin (1933-2003) applies the conceptual framework he developed in his earlier, innovative Generalized Musical Intervals and Transformations to the varied repertoire of the twentieth century in this stimulating and illustrative book. Analyzing the diverse compositions of four canonical composers--Simbolo from Dallapiccola's Quaderno musicale di Annalibera; Stockhausen's Klavierstuck III; Webern's Op. 10, No. 4; and Debussy's Feux d'articifice --Lewin brings forth structures which he calls "transformational networks" to reveal interesting and suggestive aspects of the music. In this complementary work, Lewin stimulates thought about the general methodology of musical analysis and issues of large-scale form as they relate to transformational analytic structuring. Musical Form and Transformation, first published in 1993 by Yale University Press, was the recipient of an ASCAP Deems Taylor Award.

Symphony No. 8 - Hardback (Sheet music, Full score): Ralph Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 8 - Hardback (Sheet music, Full score)
Ralph Vaughan Williams; Edited by David Lloyd Jones
R3,136 Discovery Miles 31 360 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Vaughan Williams wrote Symphony No. 8 between 1953 and 1955 while in his eighties. It is his shortest symphony and considered by many to be his least serious. Aside from a few sombre moments, the symphony is optimistic in mood and displays Vaughan Williams's love for exotic and colourful combinations of instruments with a percussion sections that, he said, employs "all the 'phones and 'spiels known to the composer". For this newly engraved edition, editor David Lloyd-Jones has consulted all extant sources and materials to create a score matching the composer's intentions. The full score is completed with Textual Notes and Preface, and accompanying orchestral parts are available on hire.

The White Field (Sheet music, Vocal score): Bob Chilcott The White Field (Sheet music, Vocal score)
Bob Chilcott
R148 Discovery Miles 1 480 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

for SATB double choir, children's choir, and piano Setting a text by Charles Bennett, The White Field presents a dreamlike scene in which blackbirds plant songs in the cold earth and await the growth of their music. Chilcott's melodies echo through the voices, before a climactic tutti central section giving full voice to the idea of renewal and hope in the depth of winter. A wistful coda completes the reverie as the blackbirds settle to await the return of the sun. The piano part provides harmonic support and rhythmic energy to the voice parts with chordal and semiquaver figurations throughout the work. The White Field was commissioned by the Barbican Centre for London Symphony Chorus and BBC Symphony Chorus for Sound Unbound, November 2015.

Ophelia, Caliban, and Miranda (Sheet music, Vocal score): Bob Chilcott Ophelia, Caliban, and Miranda (Sheet music, Vocal score)
Bob Chilcott
R388 Discovery Miles 3 880 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

for SATB, piano, and optional saxophone, bass, and drum kit Ophelia, Caliban, and Miranda puts a jazzy twist on three Shakespearean characters. With newly written texts by Charles Bennett, each of the three movements focuses in on Ophelia from Hamlet and Caliban and Miranda from The Tempest. In the funky opener, 'River Bride', the upper voices take the part of Ophelia, while the tenors and basses play a lover figure. Caliban's song, 'Ariel taught me how to play', is a reflective ballad in which the slave tells Miranda, who has escaped his advances, about the spirit helper Ariel teaching him to play the saxophone. The final movement, 'All good things come to an end', is a sassy yet tender number, where Miranda bids farewell to her beloved husband Ferdinand, declaring: 'I've gone back to the island to remember who I am'. The piano part may be played as written or serve as a guide, and a part for saxophone, bass, and drum kit is available separately for jazz quartet accompaniment.

Gaude et laetare (Sheet music, Vocal score): Cecilia McDOWALL Gaude et laetare (Sheet music, Vocal score)
Cecilia McDOWALL
R147 Discovery Miles 1 470 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Ave Gloriosa Mater Salvatoris (Sheet music, Vocal score): Gabriel Jackson Ave Gloriosa Mater Salvatoris (Sheet music, Vocal score)
Gabriel Jackson
R150 Discovery Miles 1 500 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

for SSAATTBB unaccompanied Ave gloriosa mater salvatoris is a challenging and yet delicate anthem, with subtle key-signature changes, vocal divisions in up to eight parts, and alternating homophonic and polyphonic passages. The text includes excerpts from the synonymous medieval hymn and Wordsworth's poem The Virgin, making the piece suitable for a variety of sacred celebrations and particularly those of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Britten's Gods - Purcell, Bach, Mozart, Schubert, Verdi, Mahler (Hardcover): Sterling Lambert Britten's Gods - Purcell, Bach, Mozart, Schubert, Verdi, Mahler (Hardcover)
Sterling Lambert
R3,984 Discovery Miles 39 840 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Differentiation of Modernism - Postwar German Media Arts (Hardcover, New): Larson Powell The Differentiation of Modernism - Postwar German Media Arts (Hardcover, New)
Larson Powell
R3,286 Discovery Miles 32 860 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

The Differentiation of Modernism analyzes the phenomenon of intermediality in German radio plays, film music, and electronic music of the late modernist period (1945-1980). After 1945, the purist "medium specificity" of high modernism increasingly yielded to the mixed forms of intermediality. Theodor Adorno dubbed this development a "Verfransung," or "fraying of boundaries," between the arts. TheDifferentiation of Modernism analyzes this phenomenon in German electronic media arts of the late modernist period (1945-80): in radio plays, film music, and electronic music. The first part of the book begins with a chapter on Adorno's theory of radio as an instrument of democratization, going on to analyze the relationship of the Hoerspiel or radio play to electronic music. In the second part, on film music, a chapter on Adorno and Eisler's Composing for the Film sets the parameters for chapters on the film Das Madchen Rosemarie (1957) and on the music films of Jean-Marie Straub and Daniele Huillet. The third part examines the music of Karlheinz Stockhausen and its relationship to radio, abstract painting, recording technology, and theatrical happenings. The book's central notion of the "differentiation of culture" suggests that late modernism, unlike high modernism, accepted the contingency of modern mass-media driven society and sought to find new forms for it. Larson Powell is Curator's Professor of Film Studies at University of Missouri, Kansas City. He is the author of The Technological Unconscious in German Modernist Literature (Camden House, 2008).

Vox clara ecce intonat (Sheet music, Vocal score): Gabriel Jackson Vox clara ecce intonat (Sheet music, Vocal score)
Gabriel Jackson
R122 Discovery Miles 1 220 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

for SATB (with divisions) and soprano saxophone Setting the original Latin text of the hymn better known as 'Hark! a thrilling voice is sounding', Jackson creates an Advent piece of beautiful stillness. The largely homophonic choral parts, with a soloist supplying a gentle contrapuntal line, are contrasted with light and graceful interjections from the saxophone. The result is a quietly moving piece ideally suited for a reflective moment during an Advent service.

Night Flight (Sheet music, Vocal score): Cecilia McDOWALL Night Flight (Sheet music, Vocal score)
Cecilia McDOWALL
R209 Discovery Miles 2 090 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

for SSATB and cello Night Flight was written to mark the centenary of Harriet Quimby's pioneering flight across the English channel. Setting texts by Sheila Bryer on the mysterious powers of the sea, earth, and air, McDowall uses vocal clusters and haunting solo cello lines to highlight the sense of fear, awe, and majesty experienced by an individual pitted against the elements. Cecilia McDowall was awarded the 2014 British Composer Award in the Choral category for Night Flight. The solo cello part is available for sale separately.

Two Pentecost Motets (Sheet music, Vocal score): Gabriel Jackson Two Pentecost Motets (Sheet music, Vocal score)
Gabriel Jackson
R122 Discovery Miles 1 220 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Candlemas (Book, Vocal score): Cecilia McDOWALL Candlemas (Book, Vocal score)
Cecilia McDOWALL
R148 Discovery Miles 1 480 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Advent Moon (Sheet music, Vocal score): Cecilia McDOWALL Advent Moon (Sheet music, Vocal score)
Cecilia McDOWALL
R122 Discovery Miles 1 220 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

for SATB, organ, and optional handbells Through luminous choral harmonies, images of a winter night, and echoes of scripture, Advent Moon evokes deep human longing as well as the promise of the coming of light. The delicate organ accompaniment and optional handbells underscore both the haunting opening and the radiant conclusion of this piece.

Yellow Jersey (Book, Saxophone score): Libby Larsen Yellow Jersey (Book, Saxophone score)
Libby Larsen
R538 Discovery Miles 5 380 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Inspired by the legendary cyclists of the Tour de France, Yellow Jersey is a short wind sprint for two saxophones, originally composed for two clarinets. The form of the piece follows how the sprint would go as the cyclists move through the different stages of the race.

This endris night (Staple bound, Vocal score): Malcolm Archer This endris night (Staple bound, Vocal score)
Malcolm Archer
R120 Discovery Miles 1 200 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

for SATB and organ Archer's setting of this well-known Christmas text is lilting and buoyant, with a memorable melody and charming organ interludes. Suitable for liturgical or concert use, the carol features great textual variety, building to a rousing finish that is sure to fill audiences with Christmas cheer!

Regina Caeli (Book, SSAA vocal score): Cecilia McDOWALL Regina Caeli (Book, SSAA vocal score)
Cecilia McDOWALL
R122 Discovery Miles 1 220 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

for SSAA unaccompanied Originally written for SATB, this hymn to the 'Queen of the Heavens' is a glorious work, replete with dramatic changes of mood and texture. The majestic chords of the opening bars quickly give way to a spirited exchange between the voices. This pattern of contrasts is repeated throughout the piece before the final jubilant chords fade away to pianissimo. This is an approachable and rewarding motet, appropriate for any time of the year and in particular, the Feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Eastertide. The original SATB version of Regina Caeli has also been recorded by the renowned American choir, the Phoenix Chorale, and released on a Grammy award-winning CD by Chandos (Spotless Rose CHSA 5066).

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