We just got Eighth Blackbird’s GRAMMY NOMINATED “Meanwhile” (and other scores, CDs, DVD)

Get excited about our newest acquisition, Eighth Blackbird’s recent release “Meanwhile”: CD 10048.

“Is there an ensemble anywhere that conveys the sheer exuberance and joy of contemporary music like Eighth Blackbird? To listen to this brilliant young American sextet is to be constantly reminded of just how exciting, funny and ingratiating new work can be – especially when it’s delivered with these players’ characteristic blend of breakneck virtuosity and charm.”

- Joshua Kosman for the San Fransisco Chronicle

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The Kashmere Stage Band: Texas Thunder Soul, 1968-1974 - CD 10047

Paul Winter Sextet: Jazz Meets the Bossa Nova/Folk Song – CD 10046

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DVD

Chops – Music Library DVD 55

Follows a group of high school students from Douglas Anderson School of the Arts, a public school in Jacksonville, FL, as they try to win a competition where the prize is being able to play at the prestigious Essentially Ellington Festival at New York’s Lincoln Center and an opportunity to work with famed jazz musician Wynton Marsalis.

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JOHN CAGE

Bird Cage  -  M1473.C34.B57 1972

Chess Pieces for Piano  -  M25.C34 C54 2005

 Nocturne for Violin and Piano  -  M221.C34 N63 1972

Radio Music  -  M1473.C34 R33 1961

Sonata for Clarinet  -  M72.C34 S66 1963

Sonata for Two Voices  -  M298.5.C34 S66 1979

String Quartet in four parts  -  M452.C32 S77 1960

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MORE NEW SCORES!

David Amram  -  Cancion de Verano: A Piano Quartet for Young Musicians  -  M412 A47.C36 2012

J.S. Bach  -  Sechs Partiten for Klavier, 1-3  -  M24.B115 S8 1958 v. 1

Ludwig van Beethoven  -  Three Equali for four Trombones WoO 30  – M457.4.B44 D74 2012

Luigi Carvelli  -  Serenata Napolitana for Violoncello and Piano  -  M233.C37 S47 2012

Richard Danielpour  -  Spirits in the Well for Soprano and Piano  -  M1621.4.D36 S65 2012

Michael Daugherty  -  Elvis Everywhere for String Quartet and Tape  -  M585.D38 E48 2010

Jacob Druckman  -  Dance with Shadows for Brass Quintet  – M557.4.D78 D36 2012

Beat Furrer (yes that is a name)  -  Phasma for Piano  -  M25.F87 P53 2005

David Friedman  -  Mirror from Another: A collection of solo pieces for vibraphone  -  M175.X6 F75 1987

Osvaldo Golijob  -  Tenebrae (Version III) for String Quartet  -  M454.G65 T46 2011

Aram Khachaturian  -  Double Fugue for string quartet  -  M452.K53 D68 2011

Lowell Lieberman  -  Six Songs on Poems of Nelly Sachs, Op. 14 for Soprano and Piano  -  M1621.L54 op.14 2012

Steve Mackey  -  Fusion Tone for Electric Guitar and Violoncello  -  M295.M33 F87 2012

Steve Reich  -  Know what is above you for Three Soprano Singers, One Alto Singer, and 2 Small Tuned Drums – M2019.5.R45 K66 2012

Igor Stravinsky  -  Circus Polka composed for a Young Elephant, for saxophone quartet  -  M459.S77 C57 2011

A few more new things (including Trombones!!!)

CDs

Mathew Rosemblum ~ Circadian Rythms ~ CD 9947

Joshua Bell ~ The Red Violin Concerto ~ CD 9948

Lo, in the time appointed ~ CD 9949

Ryan Scott Oliver ~ 35MM ~ CD 9955

Harold Brown ~ Music For Strings ~ CD 9952

Bernard Hoffer ~ CD 9953

Animal Songs ~ Bestiaries in English, French & German ~ CD 9954

Washington Trombone Ensemble ~ The Road Not Taken ~ CD 9951

DVDs

Seven Brides For Seven Brothers ~ DVD 319

Ivory  ~ DVD 329

JUST IN! New Music Scores! Cage, Bach, and More!

Hello and Happy Monday everyone!

Here are music scores that have just  arrived at the Music Library – come visit and check them out!

1. Elliott Carter – 8 Etudes and a Fantasy for for Woodwind Quartet
2. Janacek – Mladi, Youth, Die Jugend
3. J.S. Bach / F. Bruggen – 11 Movements from the Sonatas and Partias
4. John Cage – Music for Amplified Toy Piano
5. Luening – Fantasia
6. Malcolm Arnold – Quintet for 2 Trumpets, Horn, Trombone, and Tuba
7. Vincent Persichetti – Parable for Solo Trombone
8. Walter Piston – Three Pieces for Flute, Clarinet, and Bassoon

Enjoy!

 

 

[In] CAGE

[In] CAGE
September 2,  2:00 pm [Studio Theater]
September 7,  4:00 pm – 9:30 pm [Recital Hall]
September 8, 9:00 am [Recital Hall]

Join the AU Music Department in a centennial celebration of John Cage’s birthday!  In partnership with the John Cage Centennial Festival of Washington, DC, American University will be hosting three Cage-ian events!

On September 2nd at 2 pm, come to the Katzen Center Studio Theater to get a taste of Cage’s repertoire with [In] CAGE.  Bonnie Whiting Smith, Dustin Donahue and AU Music Faculty Dr. William Brent, the members of red fish blue fish will be performing.

On September 7th at 4 pm, Tom Delio will give a lecture about John Cage’s percussion work “Amores” [1941].  Following Mr. Delio’s lecture, a series of concerts will cover every decade of Cage’s work from the 1930s to the 1990s.  Steven Schick and the Percussion Group Cincinnati will give rare performances of Cage’s music.  This performance will be located in the Studio Theater at 5:30 pm [free], the Katzen Museum at 6:30 pm [free], and there will  be a feature performance in the Recital Hall at 7:30 pm [$5 with a student ID]. There will be another performance of Cage’s work at 9:30 pm in the Museum [free].

On Saturday September 8th at 9:00 am [Recital Hall], Steven Schick and Percussion group Cincinnati will lead a free masterclass on interpreting Cage and other experimental music that will be performed in the September 7th concert.

For more information about the rest of the John Cage Centennial Festival Washington, DC, visit http://www.johncage2012.com/index.html.

Euro Zone

And we’re back with the European scores. Before we get to the scores themselves, I thought I would highlight my favorite. Ligeti’s Requiem. Take a listen:

YEAH!

Here we go:

Stockhausen: Kontra-Punkte ~ M 942 .S76 K6 2008

Olivier Messiaen: Turingalila Symphonie ~ M 1010 .M608 T8 1992

Giacinto Scelsi: Four Illustrations (Piano) ~ M 25 .S28 I45 1979

Giacinto Scelsi: Three Pieces for Trombone Solo ~ M 92 .S28 P4 1990

György Ligeti: Apparitions ~ M 1045 .L73 A6 1971

György Ligeti: Requiem ~ M 2010 .L543 R427 2005

György Ligeti: Ramifications ~ M 1145 .L53 R3 2000

György Ligeti: Nouvelles Aventures ~ M 1528 .L53 N7 1966

György Ligeti: Monument, Selbstportrait Bewegung ~ M 214 .L5 S8 2008

György Ligeti: Poeme Symphonique (for 100 Metronomes) ~ M 985 .L54 P6 2011

 

What could be better…

than 372 trombones all playing at the same time?

372 trombones playing on field at Nationals Park of course!

Take a listen while you are serenaded by the sweet sounds of “76 Trombones” organized by FAME and the upcoming ARENA production of “The Music Man”.

Brassy.

New Scores and DVDs for the weekend!

Very cool Musical DVDs:

Medea – a film by Pier Paolo Pasolini with  Maria Callas (DVD 194)

Burn to Shine - various performances – Washington DC 1/14/2004 (DVD 195)

New Scores

Sonata St. Marc – for Trumpet and Keyboard – by Tomaso Albioni (M261 .A43 T73 op.6 no.11 2011)

Ganjin Way – for Trombone and Marimba – by Noriko Nakamura (M298 .N35 G36 2009)

Kurt Weill - Sechs Songs Aus Der Dreigroschenoper (M468 .W45 D74 2009)

Divertimento – for Marimba and Alto Saxophone – by Akira Yuyama (M298 .Y89 D5 1976)

Six Cello Suites – for Viola solo – by J.S. Bach (M48 .B15 S8 1982)

The Rite of Spring – for Piano Four hands – by Igor Stravinsky (M1523 .S92 V47 2005)

Stratosphere – Altissimo Etudes for Saxophone – by Noah Getz (MT505 .G38 S77 2011)

Concerto for Trombone & Orchestra – by Melinda Wagner (M1032 .W346 2007b)

Cuatro Madrigales Amatorios – for High Voice and Piano – by Joaquin Rodrigo (M1614 .R74 M3 1990)

Duo Sonata No. 2 - for Violin and Viola – by Robert Baksa (M287 .B296 D86 2011)

Musica ricercata – for Piano – by György Ligeti (M25 .L54 M87 1995)

The Beatitudes – Arvo Pärt (M2079 .E168 P32 2005)

Trombone, Trombone, Trombone…

If you are a trombonist, an aspiring trombonist, a beginning trombonist, a trombone virtuouso, or just really like the trombone….you should come by the music library, because we have a bunch of:

NEW TROMBONE SCORES!!!

The Remington Warm-Up Studies prepared and edited by Donald Husberger (MT465 .R445 R4 1980)

Studies in Legato from the works of Concone, Marchesi and Panofka compiled and Edited by Reginald H. Fink (MT465 .RF5 S8 1969)

Concerto by Rimsky-Korsakov (M1206 .R56 C6 1958)

Fantaisie by Sigismond Stojowski (M263 .S873 op.27 1967)

Sonata by Halsey Stevens (M263 .S74 S66 1969)

Sonatina by Kzaimierz Serocki (M263 .S47 S6 2009)

Cavatine, opus 144 by Camille Saint-Saëns (M263 .S3 C3 1915)

Piece Concertante by Samuel Rousseau (M263 .R68 P5 2000)

Piece in B-flat minor by J. Guy Ropartz (M263 .R65 1990)

Sonata by George McKay (M263 .M35 S6 2005)

Sonata in G minor by Benedetto Marcello (M263 .M259 op.1 no.4 1960)

Six Sonatas by John Ernest Galliard Volume 1 (M263 .G37 S6 1963 v.1) and Volume 2 (M263 .G37 S6 1963 v.2)

Ballade by E. Bozza (M263 .B69 op.62 1944)

Andante et Allegro by J. Ed. Barat (M263 .B37 A5 1990)

Fantasy for Trombone by Malcolm Arnold (M92 .A75 op.101 2000)

Haste, Ye Shepherds from the Christmas Oratorio by J.S. Bach (M263 .B118 BWV248F 1961)

SCORES! GALORE!

Musical Theatre

Memphis – M 1508 .B885 M46 2009

Grey Gardens – M 1508 .F69 G7 2007

Voice

The French Song Anthology (High Voice) – M 1619 .F85 2001

Berio – Un Re in Ascolto (Ein Konig Horcht) – M 1503 .B48 R4 1983 v. 1

Berio – Un Re in Ascolto (Ein Konig Horcht) – M 1503 .B48 R4 1983 v. 2

Instrumental

Raph – Solo for Trombone – M 262 .R37 2010

Shostakovich – Symphonies No. 9 & 10 – M 1001 .S554 op. 70 1995

Shapey – For Lucy, for Cello and Piano – M 233 . S527 F67 2011

Shapey – Two Short Pieces, for Flute and Piano – M 242 .S529 T9 2011

Taffanel – 17 big daily finger exercises for the flute – MT 345 .T33 G7 1958

Rutter – Suite Lyrique, suite for harp and strings in six movements – M 1136 .R8 S8 2010

Bach/Bruggen – Suites I-III, for violin solo, arranged for recorder solo – M 110 .R4 B3 BWV 1007-1009 1973

Schlossberg – Daily Drills and Technical Studies for Trombone – MT 465 .S3 D3 1947

Rochut – Melodious Etudes for Trombone – MT 465 .B6 1928 v. 3 <3

Creston – Fantasy, for trombone and Orchestra - M 1033 .C8 op. 42 1951

Martin – Ballade, pour trombone (ou saxophone ténor) et piano (1940) – M 263 .M37 B35 2006

Hindemith – Sonate – M 263 .H585 S8 1942

Sulek – Sonata, for Tombone and Piano – M 263 .S85 S6 1975

Salzédo – Pièce concertante, for Trombone and Piano – M 263 .S32 P5 1958

Casterede – Sonatine, for Trombone and Piano – M 263 .C342 S66 2006

Larsson – Concertino, op. 45 no. 7, for Trombone and String Orchestra – M 1133 .L32 op. 45 no. 7 1957

Corigliano - Chiaroscuro, for two pianos, two playing scores – M 214 .C76 C48 2011

Tomasi – Concerto, for Trombone and Orchestra – M 1033 .T6 C62 2000

Rufus Reid – Evolving Upward, and aid in developing thumb position technique for the double bass – MT 330 .R42 1977

Dempster – The Modern Trombone, and definition of its idioms – ML 965 .D45 1994

Wagner – Concerto, for Trombone and Orchestra – M 1032 .W346 2007

Martín – Mel Bay presents play solo flamenco guitar with Juan Martín – MT 580 .M37 M4 2001

Other

Simplified Arrangements of Popular Jewish Music – M 1850 .M64 S5 1960

New Stuff!!!

DVDs

Ruffles & Flourishes – Fanfares for Presidents and World Events (DVD 189)

CDs

The Piano in China – Development & Expression of the Chinese Spirit – Tianshu Wang, piano (CD 9492)

Scores

The Evolving Bassist – Rufus Reid – a comprehensive method in developing a total musical concept for the aspiring jazz bass player (M330 .R41 2000)

Ross Hunter’s Musical Production of Lost Horizon – Music by Burt Bacharach, Lyrics by Hal David (M1508 .B22 L6 1973)

William Grant Still – Bells – Two pieces for solo piano (M25 .S75 B4 2011)

Also Sprach Arnold Jacobs - A development guide for brass wind musicians (MT418 .A57 2006)

Wolff – Quodlibet - for chamber orchestra (M1045 .W86 Q63 2009)

Wolff – John, David – for orchestra (M1038 .W86 J6 2011)

For a Look or a Touch - for actor, baritone, men’s chorus, flute, clairent, percussion, piano, violin and cello - Music by Jake Heggie, Libretto by Gene Scheer (M1503 .H28 F6 2011)

Vladislav Blazhevich – School for Trombone in clefs, including the all new alto studies (MT465 .B539 2008)