New Scores for Summer

Many, many new scores for your perusal! Check them out on the new stuff cart. Links coming as soon as the library catalog switches over in a few weeks.

Yann Tiersen, Piano Works (solo piano, includes music from the film Amelie) M22 .T53 P52 2011
Samuel Adler, Four Choreographies (solo piano) M24 .A25 C4 2017
Howard Hanson, Symphonic Rhapsody, Op. 14 (solo piano, ed. Scott Watkins) M25 .H251 S989 2017

Emmanuel Sejourne, Attraction Solo (solo percussion and tape) M146 .S456 A88 2017
Keiko Abe, Works for Solo Marimba (marimba) M175 .X6 A232 1997

William Bolcom, Primer and Other Duets for One Piano/Four Hands (piano four-hands) M204 .B65 P75 2017
Stephen Sondheim, Concertino for Two Pianos (two pianos, four hands) M214 .S694 C6 2017
Fritz Kreisler, Tambourin Chinois (arr. George Hamilton Green, xylophone and piano) M285 .X9 K67 2014
J.S. Bach, Fifteen Two-Part Inventions (saxophone duet, arr. Larry Teal) M289 .B21 I52 1969
Astor Piazzolla, Tango Suite para duo guitarras (marimba duet, arr. Kevin Super) M298 .P53 T36 1998
Ivan Trevino, 2+1 (marimba duet) M298 .T74 T96 2013

Bedrich Smetana, Trio in G minor (piano, violin, ‘cello) M312 .S637 op.15 2008
Carlos Jobim, Music of Antonio Carlos Jobim (piano trio, arr. Bert Ligon) M313 .J612 M87 2016
Peter Schickele, Dances for Three (two clarinets, bassoon) M357.2 .S27 D3 1986

Emma Lou Diemer, Movement (flute, oboe, clarinet, piano) M417 .D558 M6 2017
Philip Glass, Company No. 2 (string quartet, or string orchestra) M452 .G53 C66 2000z
Anton Webern, Langsamer Satz (string quartet) M452 .W37 L41 1965
Flor Peeters, Suite (trombone quartet) M457 .P46 op.82 1959
Paul Lansky, Springs (percussion quartet) M485 .L298 S67 2017

Eric Ewazen, Roaring Fork (wind quintet: flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon) M557 .E93 R63 1997

Shulamit Ran, Violin Concerto (piano reduction and violin part) M1013 .R175 C6 2017
Anders Koppel, Concerto No. 1 (marimba and orchestra/piano reduction) M1039.4 .X9 K66 2015
Chen Yi, The Ancient Chinese Beauty (recorders and string orchestra, score) M1134 .R4 C54 2008
Kiu-Kwong Chung, Concerto for Marimba and Wind Ensemble (solo marimba w/piano reduction) M1206 .C48 C6 2011

Alan Menken, Beauty and the Beast (vocal selections, 2017 film) M1508 .M35 B43 2017
Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, Dear Evan Hansen (vocal selections) M1508 .P369 D43 2017
Iris Rainer Dart, The People in the Picture (vocal selections) M1508 .S755 P41 2011
Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, The Greatest Showman (vocal selections) M1527 .P47 G73 2017

American Art Songs For the Progressing Soprano (piano/vocal) M1619 .A492 2017
American Art Songs For the Progressing Mezzo-soprano (piano/vocal) M1619 .A483 2017
American Art Songs For the Progressing Tenor (piano/vocal) M1619 .A493 2017
American Art Songs For the Progressing Baritone/Bass (piano/vocal) M1619 .A48 2017

Bob Dylan, Bob Dylan’s Greatest Hits Complete (piano/vocal/guitar) M1630.18 .D98 B63 1997
Joni Mitchell, Hits (piano/vocal/guitar) M1630.18 .M59 J6 2009
Joni Mitchell, Anthology (piano/vocal/guitar) M1630.18 .M69 J66 1983
Songs of the 2010s (piano/vocal/guitar) M1630.18 .S6586 2015

Corinne Bailey Rae, Corinne Bailey Rae (piano/vocal/guitar) M1741.18 .B35 C67 2006

Richard Danielpour, Toward a Season of Peace (soprano, chorus, orchestra; piano/vocal score) M2023 .D36 T6 2017

 

 

AU Musical Events: Bicentenary of Adolphe Sax

Are you a fan of this guy? This guy? How about this guy? If so, think about this: None of them would be able to make the impression they made on music without THIS GUY: Adolphe Sax, the inventor of the saxophone (get it?).

This famed instrument designer was born in 1814 in Belgium to a father who was also an instrument designer. From a young age, Adolphe revealed a strong talent for instrument design, creating woodwind instruments in his teens and entering them in contests. He studied flute and clarinet at conservatory in Brussels before entering a career of design, during which he developed several types of horns, some successful and some not so. His most successful developments were a valved bugle called the saxhorn, his first great triumph, and of course, the saxophone itself, his last invention before becoming a teacher at the Paris Conservatoire.

Why the life story, you may ask? Because of this: Another AU Musical Event! 2014 happens to be the bicentenary of Adolphe Sax’s birth year, and AU is hosting an exhibition of his life and innovation in the Katzen Rotunda. The exhibit is being co-sponsored by Sax’s town, Dinant, the Wallonia region of Belgium, the Belgian Embassy, the International Adolphe Sax Association, AND Stella Artois!

The exhibit, fully titled “The Bicentenary of Adolphe Sax; Belgian Illustrious Inventor of the Saxophone”, has already  been going on for a week, but it will continue to live in the Rotunda until September 11. On Saturday, September 6 at 6pm, AU faculty member Noah Getz (saxophone instructor and leader of AU Workshop) will lead a saxophone quartet performance to celebrate further the creator of the saxophone.

Other than that, it’ll be open every day until the 11th from 10am-6pm in the Katzen Rotunda. Come by!

Event page: http://www.american.edu/cas/katzen/calendar/?id=5700029

Staff Picks: Music for 18 Musicians

Well, readers, it’s Wednesday… Not early enough in the week to talk about sweet new arrivals, and too far from the weekend to start getting excited about cool DC events. So what do we talk about?

The answer, readers, is our Staff Picks, a third new column here at the AU Music Library blog. In this column, our staff looks back into our extensive CD library (over 10,000 of ’em!) and picks something that we think is a special enough part of our collection to tell you about it! It may not be a new arrival, and it may not be a weekend activity, but it’s definitely worth coming in and listening to with us (and maybe checking out).

Our inaugural Staff Pick is Steve Reich’s Music For 18 Musicians.

Steve Reich, one of THE names in 20th-Century classical music, took two years to compose this piece. It premiered in 1976 in New York City. This CD is ECM’s recording of the original ensemble (with Reich’s guidance) playing through the piece. One listen and you can understand why 18 Musicians is considered a landmark minimalist piece as well as an essential album in any genre.

The piece, nearly an hour long, is divided up into 14 tracks, each track representing a different section. It moves past you effortlessly and beautifully, following a 16th-note pulse through serene chords, with the 18 musicians switching among different instruments (including wordless vocals at points) and achieving fluid, soothing musical motion. Unless one plays very close attention, it is hard to hear the piece shifting along; the effect on a casual listener is an hourlong reverie. Put this album on and experience a meditative head-clearing. It’s impossible to listen to this without experiencing reduced stress.

So, if you’re experiencing some midterm-related rage, take an hour off in the music library, and come listen to Steve Reich with us. It’ll be on all week!

Robert’s Stäff Picks!!!

Don’t forget, the Music Library is having an LP Bag Sale this Friday, April 26 from 10AM-2PM in front of Bender Library!!!

This set of Staff Picks is dedicated to currently performing string quartets and new music ensembles/composers.

CD 5290 — Six Quartets, Op. 20 — Haydn

The quartets are pretty standard Haydn works but the cool part about this CD is that this recording is played by the Daedalus Quartet.  The Daedalus Quartet is considered a leader among the newest generation of string ensembles.  The members of this string quartet hold degrees from the Julliard School, Curtis Institute, Cleveland Institute, and Harvard University.  Min-Young Kim and Matilda Kaul play violin, Jessica Thompson plays the viola, and Thomas Kraines plays the ‘cello.  This CD was released in 2009.

CD 10048 — Meanwhile — eighth blackbird

eighth blackbird “combines the finesse of a string quartet, the energy of a rock band and the audacity of a storefront theater company.” The members of the ensemble  “hail from America’s Great Lakes, Keystone, Golden and Bay States, and Australia’s Sunshine State.  There are four foodies, three beer snobs and one exercise junkie.”  It seems like it would be fun to hang with these folks. Tim Munro plays the flutes, Michael J. Maccaferri the clarinets, Yvonne Lam the violin & viola, Nicholas Photinos the ‘cello, Matthew Dunvall percussion, and Lisa Kaplan the piano.  This CD was released in 2012.

John Adams

I often reference works by John Adams in my Staff Picks, and I honestly don’t think I could ever forget to mention him.  Adams is a North American based new music composer.  Once again, the symphonic version of my favorite opera, CD 9695 — Doctor Atomic / Guide to Strange Places.  This CD was released in 2009.

CD 10053 – Adam’s Lament — Arvo Pärt

Do you like Arvo Pärt as much as Ethan Hicks? I doubt it, but you should still take a listen to this fantastic Pärt CD that explores many of his works including, but not limited to: Adam’s Lament, Beaatus Petronius, Salve Regina, and Estonian lullaby.  This CD was released in 2012.

 

Wowza – New CDs!

The East meets the West in our newest batch of CDs. And who knew that the clarinet would be the binding force?

Come check ’em out.

Rainbow: Music of Central Asia vol. 8/Kronos Quartet with Alim & Fargana Qasimov and Homayun Sakhi * CD 10058

This wonderful collaboration is part of a ten part series produced by Smithsonian Folkways Records titled “Music of Central Asia”. The Grammy-nominated series is another in a long line of remarkable projects from Folkways. Come check it out and then go online and download the free program notes!

East Meets West: Clarinet Music by Chinese Composers * CD 10059

Surrealistic Soundscapes/Man Ching and Donald Yu * CD 10062

Revelry/Lowell Liebermann * CD 10061

A Musical Celebration: New Works for Clarinet Viola and Piano * CD 10060

Cold Fact/Sixto Rodriguez * CD 9974

Coming from Realitiy/Sixto Rodriguez * CD 9971

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

New Arrivals!

Hey everyone, happy Monday and happy Fall! We’ve got some awesome new scores for you to check out!

Arvo Pärt, Magnificat. (M 2099.L6 P273 1989)

Count Basie, Count Basie’s Piano Styles (M 35 .B37 C67 1943)

Robert Baksa, Sonata for Flute and Harp (M 297 .B35 S76 2012)

Marshall Bialosky, Suite; for Flute, Oboe, and Clarinet (M 357.2 .B53 S9 1969)

John Williams, Concerto for Oboe (M 1023 .W55 C66 2011)

Rolf Schweizer, Canticum (M 298 .S34 C36 1996)

Sol Schoenbach; editor, Solos for the Bassoon (M 253 .S36 S6 1964)

New DVDs and CDs!

Follow the Fleet – Irving Berlin – DVD 287

On the Avenue – Irving Berlin – DVD 292

Call Me Madam – Irving Berlin – DVD 293

Alexander’s Ragtime Band – Irving Berlin – DVD 295

Flying Down to Rio – Vincent Youmans – DVD 285

Roberta – Jerome Kern – DVD 286

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle – DVD 288

Take Me Out to the Ball Game – DVD 294

Ray – Academy Award Winner 2004 (Best Actor, Jamie Foxx) – DVD 296

Autobahn – Kraftwerk – CD 9927

Trans-Europe Express – Kraftwerk – CD9930

Gold – Sarah Vaughn – CD 9928

Mozart: The Complete Piano Trios, Clarinet Trio “Kegelstatt” – Beaux Arts Trio – CD 9929

C.P.E. Bach: The Complete Keyboard Concertos, Vol. 1 – Miklos Spanyi, harpsichord – CD 9926

 

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.