MIXED ENSEMBLE
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GAVOTTE AND VARIATION
Grade: 3
Duration: 1:45
Price: $4.95
Publisher: Dacker Music
Mixed Woodwind Quartet
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) was one of the most important composers of the late Baroque period. The gavotte is a French dance that was popular during that time. Gavotte and Variation was originally written for keyboard (in Handel's day, it would most likely have been played on the harpsichord).
This is another arrangement that I wrote for my middle school students which I have recently found and decided to make available. This arrangement for mixed woodwind quartet, having been written for a specific group of students, is scored for oboe, 2 Bb clarinets, and Eb alto sax. The oboe part can also be played on flute (with a couple cued notes for young players who don't yet have a strong low C).
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SHENANDOAH
Grade: 3
Duration: 3:00
Price: $16.00
Publisher: C.L. Barnhouse
Standard Woodwind Quintet
A setting of the popular sea chanty, this might be called my biggest “hit” because it is still in print after nearly 40 years. The promo blurb at the Pepper website calls it “an exceptionally nice arrangement of the well-known folk song; shows the ensemble to great advantage.”
SIMPLE GIFTS
Grade: 3
Duration: 3:00
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Grand Mesa Music
Mixed Wind Trio
Copland-inspired polyphonic variations on the popular Shaker song. The melody rotates between the instruments
so everyone gets to play it. Scored for oboe (alt: flute), Bb clarinet, and F horn (alt: Eb alto sax).
HUMORESKE FOR HORN AND BASSOON
Grade: 4+
Duration: 3:15
Price: $9.95
Publisher: Dacker Music
A fun--but challenging--little duet for advanced-intermediate horn and bassoon players. The title reflects some tongue-in-cheek moments in the music. Outstanding recital or even contest repertoire! Guaranteed to make a big hit wherever you perform it.
The bassoon part can also be played on a trigger-equipped trombone, euphonium, cello, or tuba. This is a version for different voices of the Humoreske for Horn and Bassoon.
Separate parts are included to do away with awkward page turns.
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TRIO No. 1
Koreana
Grade: 5
Duration: 10:00
Price: $12.95
Publisher: Dacker Music
Standard Piano Trio: Violin, Cello, Piano
Based on themes derived from Korean folk music, this composition is in three movements, which are not presented as folk song settings, but use the melodies as the basis for themes to be developed compositionally. The practice of drawing thematic material for composition from folk melodies is practically as old as the art of composition itself.
The individual movements, with locations on the audio track, are listed below.
1. Chaconne 0:00
2. Scherzo 4:38
3. Fugue 7:28
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