German/English. Translated by Baker. 'Fidelio' Ludwig van Beethoven's only opera takes as its subject a theme close to the composer's heart: the defeat of tyranny through man's innate desire for liberty. The libretto was fashioned by Joseph Sonnleithner after Jean Bouilly's Leonore (1798) and revised by Leipzig-born playwright and poet Georg Friedrich Treitschke with Beethoven in 1814. It concerns Leonore's attempts to free her political-prisoner husband Florestan from the prison of the evil Pizarro by disguising herself as a man Fidelio and working in the prison. The music in 'Fidelio' is unassailably great and blazes with Beethoven's steadfast commitment to liberty and humanity. This is the Schirmeredition of the Vocal Score and contains an English translation by Theodore Baker and an essay by H.E. Krehbiel.

Work for Guitar Solo composed in 1977.

10 ragtime pieces for solo Piano by Robert Waldman with cover illustrations by Isadore Seltzer .

Score and Parts-Grades 4-5.

Score-Ballet Suite in Six Movements for Orchestra from the original version for Piano Duet.

Score- Paul Creston 's Concertino Op.21B for Marimba and Band.

Transcribed by Mayhew Lake these arrangements follow carefully the original Bach harmonizations and include valuable tips for ensemble balance when performing with SATB chorus (HL50299350). Available parts allow for performanceby by concert band woodwind ensemble brass ensemble string ensemble saxophone ensemble and groups with flexible/limited instrumentation. Contents: 1. Wie schon leuchtet der Morgenstern 2. Gieb dass ich tumit Fleiss 3. Ach wie fluchtig 4. Ach Gott wie manches Herzeleid 5. Jesu nimm dich deiner Glieder 6. All' solch dein Gut' wir preisen 7. Es ist genug; so nimm Herr meinenGeist 8. Es ist das Heil uns kommen her 9. Auf meinen lieben Gott 10. Mache dich mein Geist bereit 11. Jesu der du meine Seele 12. Du Lebensfurst Herr Jesu Christ 13. Alleluia dess soll'n wir Alle froh sein 14. Erhalt uns in der Wahrheit 15. Ei nun mein Gott so fall' ich dir 16. Wachet auf ruft uns die Stimme

Score-Parts available GS34503.

For clarinet choir. Krenek moved with ease through the various aesthetic and stylistic changes that marked the Twentieth century taking what he considered the best features of each and fusing them into a new language all his own. These pieces aretaken from 'Twelve Short Pieces in the Twelve-Tone Technique for Piano' (catalogue number GS32750) and transcribed for an 8-part Clarinet Choir by Frank Erickson. They evoke respectively 'Dancing Toys' a 'Peaceful Mood' and'Walking on a Stormy Day'.

For Brass Quintet. Music for Brass Quintet from the Empire Brass Series. Three Ayres by English Renaissance composer and instrumentalist John Adson who held various posts as recorder and cornett player and as music teacher at the English court.

Salomone Rossi was born in approximately 1570. This is his setting of Psalm 92 arranged for Brass Ensemble by Samuel Adler requiring 3 Trumpets 5 Horns 3 Trombones and 1 Tuba although the fifth Horn part can alternatively beplayed by a Trombone.

English Only. Chorus parts (SATB) for Gilbert & Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance.

The music of American composer Robert Muczynski is characterised by a tonal and warmly expressive form of neo-Classicism. Other distinguishing features are his clear concise abstract forms simple transparent textures and avoidance of pretence or grandiosity of any kind. These 'Diversions' are nine short pieces for students who are at an intermediate (Grade 4-5 plus) level.

For viola and orchestra (piano reduction). Score and Parts. For viola and orchestra (piano reduction).

Italian/English. Translated by Ducloux. Giuseppe Verdi was born into a period when Italian comic opera after more than a century of world-wide triumph was losing its appeal and the musical tragedy had become the preferred form. Hence Verdi directed himself towards the musical tragedy and it was here that he achieved his towering stature - Othello will stand for a long time as an unsurpassed masterpiece. However Verdi remained convinced that opera needed laughter as well as tears and receiving the draft of a libretto in 1889 from Arrigo Boito he set to work on the monumental Falstaff the central character of which is an amalgam of two Shakespearean characters - the finely drawn figure from KingHenry IV and the caricature of knightliness gone to seed from The Merry Wives Of Windsor . The plot is taken from the latter comedy. This is the Schirmer Edition of the Vocal Score and is in Italian with an English translation by Walter Ducloux.

For 2 unaccompanied violins. An impelling and moving Sonata for Two Violins by Ukrainian composer Sergei Prokofiev. The four short movements are lyrical playful fantastic and violent all striking themes. The warmer style and highly effective sequence mirrors Prokofiev's condition at the time of composition: after his travels to the West away from Russia his work became increasingly more embracing rather than the confrontational and biting scores of his youth. This piece is one of the Great Performer's Editions and has been faithfully edited by David Oistrakh.

To see other NFMC selections click here . First Performance: Fifth Van Cliburn International Quadrennial Piano Competition September 1977.

Transcribed by Mayhew Lake these arrangements follow carefully the original Bach harmonizations and include valuable tips for ensemble balance when performing with SATB chorus (HL50299350). Available parts allow for performanceby by concert band woodwind ensemble brass ensemble string ensemble saxophone ensemble and groups with flexible/limited instrumentation. Contents: 1. Wie schon leuchtet der Morgenstern 2. Gieb dass ich tumit Fleiss 3. Ach wie fluchtig 4. Ach Gott wie manches Herzeleid 5. Jesu nimm dich deiner Glieder 6. All' solch dein Gut' wir preisen 7. Es ist genug; so nimm Herr meinenGeist 8. Es ist das Heil uns kommen her 9. Auf meinen lieben Gott 10. Mache dich mein Geist bereit 11. Jesu der du meine Seele 12. Du Lebensfurst Herr Jesu Christ 13. Alleluia dess soll'n wir Alle froh sein 14. Erhalt uns in der Wahrheit 15. Ei nun mein Gott so fall' ich dir 16. Wachet auf ruft uns die Stimme

James Galway Flute Series. Edited by James Galway. Piano reduction by Phillip Moll.

Study Score No. 89-For organ and orchestra. Work for Organ and Orchestra premiered in 1960.