Sinfonia. Georg Philipp Telemann Bob Mathews, Arranger. In A Minor. Kjos String Orchestra Grade 2 Full Conductor Score SO337F $6.

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1 Kjos String Orchestra Grade ull Conductor Score $6.00 Georg Philipp Telemann ob Mathews, Arranger Sinonia SA M PL E In A Minor Neil A. Kjos Music Company Publisher

2 The Arranger ob Mathews has served as the orchestra teacher at East High School and Carey Junior High School in Cheyenne, WY or over 35 years. The program has continually grown under his guidance, and his ensembles have t ital. In 00, The Strolling Strings were selected to represent the state o Wyoming at the MENC All-Northwest Convention in Spokane, WA. ob enjoys writing original compositions and arrangements or his students, including A Celtic Christmas, anare or a Hero, Small Overture, and Sinonia, all o which are published by the Neil A. Kjos Music Company. In 0, he was the winner o the Texas Orchestra Directors Association (TODA) composition contest. ob loves all kinds o music, but has a special passion or old-time iddle music. As a iddler, he has won the Wyoming All-State Old-Time Championship ive times and anciest iddling prize at the National Old-Time Contest twice, in addition to serving as adjudicator at numerous local, state, and regional contests. He plays iddle in his amily band, iddles on the Range (a quartet with son obby, daughter Lori, and wie Debbie), and plays in the country-western band Country Club with his children as well. The band is popular at private unctions around the area and plays or the Cheyenne rontier Days Pancake reakasts. E In his ree time, ob enjoys lying airplanes, operating ham radio, and spending time with his amily. The Arrangement SA M PL Sinonia is a dramatic and harmonically daring piece, and the opening should set a mood o excitement and theatricality. Students really enjoy the musical tension o the chromatic passages (or example, mm. 3-4); be sure to stress these important moments in order to build anticipation or the inevitable release that ollows. In m. 3, another tension-building device is introduced: crescendos and decrescendos. This rising and alling dynamic gesture is the main event o this passage (through m. 6). Have students explore a wide dynamic range here, beginning each phrase very quietly, building quickly to a climax, then receding back to a whisper again, like the movement o ocean waves. The gesture will have the most powerul eect i the contrast between sot and loud is really maximized: it won t be nearly as exciting i students stick to a sae, medium dynamic throughout the passage, so encourage them to really explore the extremes while always keeping a round, consistent, and controlled tone. Also work to make the crescendos and decrescendos as smooth and luid as possible. In m. 7 (and m ), an extended crescendo in accompanied by gradual, contrasting chromatic motion, with st violins getting higher as the cellos and basses get lower. These an igures are the moments o greatest tension in the piece really milk them or the best eect! Instrumentation List (Set C) 8 st Violin 8 nd Violin 5 3rd Violin (Viola T.C.) 5 Viola 5 5 String ass ull Conductor Score Additional scores and parts are available. To hear a recording o this piece or any other Kjos publication, please visit

3 3 Learning ank: Georg Philipp Telemann (68 767) The music o Georg Philipp Telemann, a leading German composer in the irst hal o the 8th century, marked a transition between the baroque style o J.S. ach and the early classical style o Haydn and Mozart. Telemann was a largely sel-taught musician who began composing and perorming at an early age. He entered the University o Leipzig as a student o law, but a roommate s discovery o his compositions launched his musical career, and by the age o he was the musical director in Leipzig. He served as Kapellmeister ( music director ) in a series o appointments in Sorau, Eisenbach, and rankurt until 7, when he settled in Hamburg as the town music director. SA M PL E Telemann was an inspiration to musicians throughout German because his compositions ocused not on technical diiculty but on accessibility to all musicians and music lovers. He composed operas, passions, cantatas, oratorios, songs, and instrumental music, and his popularity was ostered by the widespread publication o his music. His career was characterized by innovative compositional styles and, unlike his predecessors, a creativity unettered by the appointments he held.

4 4 ull Conductor Score Approx. time :00 Sinonia In A Minor Georg Philipp Telemann Arranged by ob Mathews Violins Viola String ass 7 c c c c c Adagio (q = 6) # 8 3 # # 4 H3 # U U # U H3 U U 5 Allegro (h = 84-9) 0 SAMPLE 6 # 04 Neil A. Kjos Music Company, 438 Jutland Drive, San Diego, Caliornia 97. International copyright secured. All rights reserved. Printed in U.S.A. WARNING! The contents o this publication are protected by copyright law. To copy or reproduce them by any method is an inringement o the copyright law. Anyone who reproduces copyrighted matter is subject to substantial penalties and assessments or each inringement.

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