anice L McAllister Roert S rost Arrangers Kos String Orchestra Grade ½ ull Conductor Score SO08 $800 on Voyage Destination Russia Russian olk Songs SAMLE Neil A Kos Music Comany ulisher
The Arrangers Roert S rost earned his A and MA degrees in Music Education rom Utah State University and his hd in Music Education rom the University o Northern Colorado He has held the ositions o secretary and vice resident o Orchestra or the Utah Music Educators Association (UMEA) resident o the National School Orchestra Association (NSOA) (986-88) and resident o the Utah State Chater o the American String Teachers Association (ASTA)(000-00) Dr rost has also served as guest lecturer and clinician and has conducted honor and clinic orchestras at many state national and international music educator s conerences Dr rost is currently retired rom the Cache County School District (Utah) ater dedicating 0 years as a string secialist having taught strings and orchestras at all levels He directs the Cache Symhony Orchestra has a rivate lesson studio and is active as a comoser arranger author clinician and adudicator He holds memer shi in the Utah Education Association National Education Association American String Teachers Association (ASTA) Euroean String Teachers Association (ESTA) National Association or Music Education (MENC) and the American Society or Comosers Authors and ulishers (ASCA) Dr rost is the co-author o All or Strings Comrehensive String Method and curriculum Artistry in Strings Comrehensive String Method and curriculum and Viva Virato Additionally he has over 00 ulished orks to his credit including String Techniques or Suerior Musical erormance and Rhythm Techniques or Suerior Musical erormance Dr rost and his ie Dona reside in Smithield Utah and are the arents o ive children anice L McAllister graduate o the University o Utah is the co-author o Strings Extraordinaire Holidays Extraordinaire and More Strings Extraordinaire She is art o the aard-inning orchestra teaching team in the Logan City School District as ell as a rivate teacher o violin and viola She has erormed ith the Utah estival Oera Orchestra Camerata Werdenels (Garmisch Germany) Classical Music estival Orchestra (Eisenstadt Austria) Cache Chamer and Symhony Orchestras and the American estival Orchestra Ms McAllister has served as a requent aculty memer o the Utah State University Summer Music Clinic resenter at music educator s conerences string adudicator and clinician She as named the Secondary Teacher o the Year in 998 y the Utah Chater o the ASTA and honored y the Utah Music Educators Association ith their Suerior Accomlishment Aard or the 00-00 school year In 006 she as selected to e a articiant in the aan ulright Memorial und Teacher rogram She is a ast resident o the Utah Chater o the ASTA SAMLE Ms McAllister and her husand yron reside in Logan Utah and are the arents o our children all string musicians SO08
The Arrangements A highlight o my time in Eisenstadt Austria as the aternoon I shared ith my Russian riend usya and an elderly Czech coule ho had lived in Russia I asked them to teach me music rom their native lands Koroushka is one o those songs olk music is like the lood o lie to the older generation o eole rom Russia ohemia and the rest o Eastern Euroe Asking them to sing these songs is like an invitation to oen u a treasure chest Eyes sarkle and aces light u ith smiles as much-loved music rings ack loods o memories They lay sing and dance around the room ith increasing energy and enoyment one song leading to another then another Could this incredile sharing o eloved music (oten assed don through many centuries) haen ith the younger generation Sadly the anser is roaly not Many ear that the orld-ide sread o Western oular music is relacing the love o native music among the young in ar too many countries We need to kee this traditional music alive or generations that ollo Koroushka Koroushka (ka-roh-oosh-ka) is the Russian tale o a young eddler traveling rom village to village dislaying his eautiul ares o calicos rints and rocades He aits or the girl ith the dark eyes She argains ith him; he kisses her red lis then ids her to add to the rice or he aid dearly or his goods Sloly and methodically the tune is introduced Variations ollo momentum increases driving toard the inal vivace Strong accents roel the energy and excitement so tyical o Russian music ayushki ayu ayushki ayu (a-yoosh-ki a-yoo) is a Cossack lullay sung y Russians to their children at night (and adated y the Germans) One common translation egins as ollos: Slee my child I ll rock you gently ayushki ayu / While I sing this Cossack lullay ayushki ayu eauty in simlicity est descries this haunting and somehat melancholy tune Under the rameork o minor tonality an eight-measure hrase is enlarged y key meter and melodic variations Tremolo is used on occasion to add authenticity as an accomaniment eature Since the melody is scored in various instruments throughout the comosition its rominence alays needs to e considered and emhasized Various accomaniment styles and igures are used to add additional interest throughout the variations ut should enhance not detract rom the melody Legato is the oing o choice The ells and iano rovide additional color hen desired Although temo changes are essential to each variation it is ell to rememer that the essence o the comosition lies in its title: Cossack Lullay Instrumentation List (Set C) SAMLE 8 st Violin 8 nd Violin 5 Viola 5 5 String ass iano (otional) ercussion (otional): Tamourine Mark Tree ells ull Conductor Score Additional scores and arts are availale To hear a recording o this iece or any other Kos ulication lease visit koscom SO08
Learning ank: Russian olk Music U K GERMANY ROMANIA lack Sea TURKEY North Sea Kaliningrad OLAND altic Sea LITHUANIA YELARUS Tver' Vologda Smolensk Yaroslavl' MOSCOW Kaluga Kostroma ryansk Vladimir Ivanovo Tula UKRAINE Orel Kursk Ryazan Nizhniy Novgorod Kirov elgorod Lietsk Voronezh Tamov enza Ulyanovsk GEORGIA ARMENIA NORWAY LATVIA Rostov Stavrool St etersurg skov Novgorod Astrakhan Casian Sea Noregian Sea ESTONIA AZERAIAN SWEDEN Volgograd INLAND etrozavodsk Saratov Kazan' Murmansk Arkhangelsk Orenurg Salekhard Syktyvkara Russia erm Khanty-Mansi Ekaterinurg Chelyainsk Kurgan KAZAKHSTAN Tyumen Omsk Novosiirsk arnaul Arctic Ocean Tomsk Dudinka Kemerovo Russia s history may ell date ack to the irst millennium AD hen Slavic tries irst settled in the Euroean art o hat is no Russia Greek ritings rom 59 AD reer to their musical instruments and e can e sure the early roots o Russian olk music stretch ack much earlier than this These tries ere amous or their love and mastery o music singing and dancing according to yzantine and German manuscrits Modern Russia has a landmass o vast size making it the largest country in the orld It extends across the hole o northern Asia and 0% o Euroe Its oulation comrises ell over 00 ethnic grous each ringing traditions relecting their on unique ackground This great cultural diversity results in a richness o literature art architecture and a ealth o music in a variety o styles Early examles o Russian string instruments include the gusli dating ack to the th century and the gudok a three-string iddle used since th century Today the instruments symolizing Russian olk music are oten the alalaika domra and ayan (Students: Try to imitate a shimmery alalaika-like sound ith the tremolos in oth ieces) Krasnoyarsk Aakan Kyzyl Irkutsk Ulan Ude Yakutsk S I E R I A MONGOLIA Chita lagoveshchensk CHINA Magadan Khaarovsk Vladivostok Anadyr alana Sea o Okhotsk NORTH KOREA ering Sea Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Sea o aan SAMLE Gusli ayan Gudok Domra AAN alalaika SO08
ull Conductor Score Arox time :50 Violins Viola String ass iano (ot) ercussion (ot) Tamourine Mark Tree Vlns Vla Str ass no Tam 7 Andante {q = 9} c c c c c c c c izz - - izz Andante {q = 9} Andante {q = 9} - - - - - - - - 8 or usya Koroushka (The eddler s ox) - - - - - - - - - - - Russian olk Song Arranged y anice L McAllister ith Roert S rost 0 Neil A Kos Music Comany 8 utland Drive San Diego Caliornia 97 International coyright secured All rights reserved rinted in USA WARNING The contents o this ulication are rotected y coyright la To coy or reroduce them y any method is an inringement o the coyright la Anyone ho reroduces coyrighted matter is suect to sustantial enalties and assessments or each inringement 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 Rit U " U " U " U div arco " ß U arco " ß Rit " ß u " u Rit Tam U " - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5 esante - - esante - - esante - - unis esante - - - esante - 5 - - 5 esante - - @ @ 5 Slo and delierate {q = 8} 6 sim sim sim Slo and delierate {q = 8} Slo and delierate {q = 8} - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - @ @ sim sim - - - - @ @ - - SAMLE sim sim - - sim sim sim @ @ SO08
6 Vlns Vla Str ass no Tam Vlns Vla Str ass no Tam su 9 9 su su - - - - @ @ Moderato {q = 08} su su Moderato {q = 08} Moderato {q = 08} - - - - - - @ @ 5 5 - - - 5 - - - - - - - - - - - @ @ 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - @ @ 9 0 su div sim su sim sim sim sim 7 (*div) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - @ @ unis 8 Accel Accel Accel SAMLE to Mark Tree * Higher octave availale or more advanced layers SO08
7 Vlns Vla Str ass no Mark Tree Vlns Vla Str ass no Mark Tree 5 6 7 unis 7 7 8 9 5 5 5 0 6 SAMLE SO08
8 7 8 9 0 Vlns Vla Str ass no Mark Tree Vlns Vla Str ass no Mark Tree unis div unis 9 9 5 6 7 n 7 n 7 n n div 8 n SAMLE n SO08
9 Vlns Vla Str ass no Mark Tree Vlns Vla Str ass no Mark Tree 9 55 55 55 ~~ n n 50 n n 56 5 UH UH n n - n n n 5 izz 5 Mark Tree legato legato legato 57 n ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ n n n n 58 5-5 n ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ n n (izz) n n 59 n n n n ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ n n n x arco L - n - 59 n 59 marcato n 60 5 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ n x - SAMLE ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ to Tam SO08
0 Vlns Vla Str ass no Tam Vlns Vla Str ass no Tam 6 67 67 n n n n n n Tam 6 n n 6 div 6 marcato 6 6 n - n 67 div 68 69 n n 70unis n n n n n n 65 unis n 66 n - n n x n n n n 7 div izz 7 Rit izz Rit Rit 7 n n 7 SAMLE SO08
Vlns Vla Str ass no Tam Vlns Vla Str ass no Tam 7 79 A temo unis izz izz izz A temo A temo - x 7 80 75 sim 8 arco div arco unis arco arco 8 8 Accel Accel Accel 76 8 77 arco 77 div arco (izz) - 77 8 marcato marcato 78-8 SAMLE unis SO08
Vlns Vla Str ass no Tam Vlns Vla Str ass no Tam 85 86 87 l l 85 85 9 Allegro {q = 0} Allegro {q = 0} Allegro {q = 0} 9 unis 9 9 9 88 l l 89 90 div 89 89 () 9 (*div) 95 sim sim sim sim 96 SAMLE * Higher octave availale or more advanced layers SO08
Vlns Vla Str ass no Tam Vlns Vla Str ass no 97 97 97 0 ring out melody marcato n ( - n ) - n 98 0 l l l l 99 div n 0 - - 05 00 l l l l 05 unis 06 0 0 0 unis - - n n n div 07 unis sim SAMLE - * Tam 05 * When ass extension is availale SO08
Vlns Vla Str ass no Tam Vlns Vla Str ass no Tam 08 (*div) iu iu iu iu 09 iu 09 0 ring out melody marcato ring out melody marcato iu 09 o - D str - G str 5-6 n n 0 unis su su su su 0 su 7 su 7 - izz - 7 su - cresc cresc cresc cresc cresc cresc div 8 cresc - SAMLE * Higher octave availale or more advanced layers arco - izz SO08
5 Vlns Vla Str ass no Tam Vlns Vla Str ass no Tam 0 9 5 5 5 Accel arco Accel Accel Vivace {q = +} ring out melody sim Vivace {q = +} Vivace {q = +} 6 7 8 sim @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ unis 9 SAMLE ƒ l ƒ l l ƒ ƒ l ƒ ƒ l ƒ SO08
6 Arox time 5:0 Vlns Violins Viola String ass iano (ot) ells Mark Tree Vla Str ass no 7 Andante {q = 80-8} - - - - - 7 - Andante {q = 80-8} Andante {q = 80-8} ayushki ayu (Cossack Lullay) U U U U U ȯ U U 8 U ells 9 Russian olk Song Arranged y Roert S rost ith anice L McAllister - - - - - - st time only nd time non-tremolo nd time non-tremolo nd time non-tremolo 0 5 - - - 6 @ @ SAMLE - - - ells 7 * ells can e sustituted ith keyoard 0 Neil A Kos Music Comany 8 utland Drive San Diego Caliornia 97 International coyright secured All rights reserved rinted in USA WARNING The contents o this ulication are rotected y coyright la To coy or reroduce them y any method is an inringement o the coyright la Anyone ho reroduces coyrighted matter is suect to sustantial enalties and assessments or each inringement SO08
7 Vlns Vla Str ass no ells Vlns Vla Str ass no 9 nd time only - - { 5 n RH nd time only 0 nd time only n n { 6 7 7 cresc cresc cresc cresc cresc cresc 7 n n n n 8 n n n n n oco rit SAMLE oco rit { ells { cresc n oco rit SO08
8 Vlns Vla Str ass no ells Vlns Vla Str ass no 5 5 5 iu mosso {q = 9-00} izz iu mosso {q = 9-00} iu mosso {q = 9-00} n n 6 dim dim dim dim dim dim - - 7 8 5 n n - - - 9 - - 9 - { 9 st time slurs only nd time add tremolo 0 6 nd time only n n 7 SAMLE - - 7 n { n { 8 ells 7 SO08
9 9 0 5 oco rit Vlns Vla Str ass no ells Vlns Vla Str ass no 6 - arco 7 8 9 9 iu mosso accel 50 dim dim dim dim iu mosso accel dim dim 5 n n n n n n 5 n oco rit oco rit SAMLE n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n ells 9 iu mosso accel n n SO08
0 Vlns Vla Str ass no ells Vlns Vla Str ass no ells 5 5 5 Moderato {q = 76-9} Moderato {q = 76-9} - - - - Moderato {q = 76-9} 5 sim - - - - 57 o 57 - - - - 57 - - - - 55 - - - - 59 56 - - - - oco rit oco rit oco rit - - - - 60 U U U U SAMLE U - - U U U SO08
Vlns Vla Str ass no ells Vlns Vla Str ass no ells 6 izz 6 A temo 6 65 65 65 A temo A temo - arco 6 n n 66 ten ten ten ten ten ten 67 6 - - - Rit Rit Rit 68 6 - - 68 cresc cresc 68 A temo SAMLE cresc cresc cresc A temo A temo cresc SO08
Vlns Vla Str ass no ells Vlns Vla Str ass no 69 7 cresc n n n n 75 70 Molto rit n - - ten ten n - - ten - n - - - Molto rit n - - n - Molto rit ten n { n 75 n { n ten ten ten ten ten ten 7 n ƒ n n ƒ n ƒ n n ƒ n ƒ 7 7 n n n 76 Molto sostenuto {q = 7-80} Molto sostenuto {q = 7-80} n ƒ ƒ Molto sostenuto {q = 7-80} n n n n n n 77 7 n n { n n n n { { n SAMLE { { n 78 7 { { { n n n n n n ells 75 SO08
Vlns Vla Str ass no ells Vlns Vla Str ass no ells Mark Tree 79 n 79 { n 79 8 80 n n n n n n oco a oco ritard e diminuendo 85 oco a oco ritard e diminuendo oco a oco ritard e diminuendo 86 8 n { - - n 87 8 SAMLE 87 87 88 n n n 89 8 8 8 90 Mark Tree ~~~~~~~~~~~~ SO08
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