Impromptu

SKU: HL.48180013

UPC: 888680787660. 9.0x12.0x0.061 inches.

Gabriel Pierné (1863-1937) was a French composer, conductor and organist. Despite being predominantly remembered as a conductor, his Impromptu-Caprice remains a popular performance piece in the advanced harpists' repertoire. Pierné studied at the Paris Conservatoire before taking up the position of chief conductor for the concert series, Concerts Colonne in 1910. He remained in the post until 1933, and during this time, he notably conducted the world premiere of Igor Stravinsky's The Firebird. Pierné composed for a variety of instruments, Impromptu-Caprice being one of four solo works by the composer. This Pierné piece for harp contains many characteristics typical of the French style, such as significant tempo changes, flourishes of semiquavers and many alterations in dynamics. Impromptu-Caprice is a varied piece essential to the repertoire of aspiring harpists.

SKU: HL.48181654

UPC: 888680848361. 9.0x12.0x0.044 inches.

Eugene Bozza: Impromptu et Danse (Saxophone-Alto & Piano).

SKU: BT.WHKP01508

Danish.

Tango Impromptu is a 2004 work for Solo Piano, composed by Antonio Bibalo.

SKU: HL.48181105

UPC: 888680861940. 9.0x12.0x0.081 inches.

Composed by M. Dautremer for the Paris Conservatoire contest, Story and Impromptu is a piece for Bb clarinet and piano accompaniment. Dedicated to Auguste Perier, Professor at the Conservatoire, and inspired from Page d?Exil, this piece requires advanced skills to be executed perfectly. Starting as a recitation and lasting approximately 6 minutes, the melodious piece features a cadenza and is divided as per below: 1. Recitative 2. Moderato 3. Cadenza 4. Largo. Mastering breathing technique and the accidentals is quite important for this work, which will demonstrate all your abilities during a contest. The book feature score and parts. M. Dautremer (1906-1978) was a French musician and pedagogue. He was director of the Conservatoire in Nancy and conductor for the Symphonic Orchestra of the city.

SKU: HL.14004339

8.0x11.75x0.09 inches. Danish.

Tango Impromptu is a 2004 work for Solo Piano, composed by Antonio Bibalo.

SKU: ET.PNO48

ISBN 9790207024046.

In her Impromptu, Helena Winkelman conjures an atmosphere of timelessness, employing musical elements variously meditative and percussive, punctuated by shadowy accents in the contrabass register and delicate flourishes in the soprano. This masterful composition, engrossing and adventurous, is a rewarding challenge for the performer.

Performing notes
Attentive pedaling is key to producing the spectral resonances in this Impromptu.
The impressionistic atmosphere of the piece requires a carefully gauged use of all three pedals, even where not expressly noted in the score.
Especially with the right pedal many small ad lib. changes are necessary to create this impressionistic atmosphere. The central pedal only holds the bass notes.
Care must be taken that the pedals are not changed at the same time to avoid the third pedal affecting notes that should not be.
The composer wrote Impromptu with Schubert’s Hungarian Melody (D817) playing in her mind’s ear, and suggests that her Impromptu be programmed to follow it attacca in performance.

SKU: P2.80059

Impromptu for Trombone and Piano was written, as the title suggests, rather spontaneously. Classical improvisation has always been a favorite technique of mine; I very much enjoy simply sitting down at the piano and composing freely through improvisation, sometimes for up to forty-five minutes or more without a pause. These sessions for me are both personal and musical, but in a seemingly incompatible way, and with different affects. As a personal endeavor, I have always found improvisation to be essentially a meditative exercise for me; after a substantial bout of spontaneous music-making, playing the final note feels like emerging from a blurry and dream-like state. I've always enjoyed the markedly improved clarity and focus that I am granted in all my non-musical activities immediately following such an event. However in hindsight of my musical mind, these long sessions of improvisation have always been extremely unsatisfying...I'm not really able to retain any of the musical information which I created. The music that I made, with some choice moments of dictation-worthy value, is not only through-composed but essentially un-replicable. It has, of course, been suggested to me that I record these moments so that I might transcribe them later, however as with most creative things in this world, a true impromptu work requires complete spontaneity; I simply can't improvise anything of real value on my own command. This is the reasons that I feel lucky to have wrote this piece. I suppose it was luck of the draw to have a brief stint of enough patience to combine composition with short bursts of improvisation. As both a trombonist and a pianist, I am thankful to have the luxury of improvisational facility on both instruments. The result is that the work is truly a duet, in that both the trombone and piano parts contain original motives. It is not the case that the piano part serves to accompany a melody in the trombone, because some music which you hear from the piano came as improvisational ideas before a trombone part was superimposed on top of it. And, of course, the opposite is true as well. Essentially, Impromptu was written like a jigsaw puzzle made of oddly shaped pieces; two jagged and asymmetrical chunks become balanced only when they find each other. I hope you enjoy pulling the pieces apart as much as I enjoyed putting them together.

SKU: DB.MM-00004

ISBN 9790012173588.

Aus dem Inhalt: Zwei Landler - Die Forelle - Thema aus dem Impromptu, Op. 142/3 - Der Lindenbaum - Heidenroslein - Hauptthemen der Symphonie Nr. 8 - Aus der Ouverture zu Rosamunde - Moment musical Op. 94/3 - Aus dem Impromptu Op. 142/2 - Ave Maria - u.

SKU: BT.MUSM570203048

English.

Five inventions for Piano. Published in 1988-97. (1) 'Impromptu' (2)'All systems go' (3)'For Miles' (4)'Sung without words' (5)'In accord' First performance of 'Impromptu': George Nicholson, Morley College, London, 17th June 1988, First performance of 'All Systems Go': George Nicholson, Darlington Arts Centre, 25th November 1989, First performance of 'For Miles': George Nicholson, Keele University, 27th February 1992, First performance of 'In accord': Peter Lawson, Firth Hall, Sheffield, 20th March 2001. Score.

SKU: BT.EMBZ3868

English-German.

The earliest surviving version of the popular Valse-Impromptu was written by Liszt into the diary of Tsaritsa Aleksandra Feodorovna on his visit to St Petersburg in 1842. This version appeared in print the following year as Petit valse favorite. On his next visit to Russia, in 1843, Liszt wrote a musically and technically more demanding version for Countess Marie Kalergis, a pupil of Chopin, but this was never published in the composer's lifetime. A final version, similar in shaping to the second, appeared in 1853 with the title Valse-Impromptu. The present edition contains the score of all three versions as published in the New Liszt Edition, with the critical notes to them andprefaces in English and German covering all the main issues of the work's origin and interpretation.

SKU: KN.KEN10352

UPC: 822795103526.

This exciting new collection contains 8 grade 3-4 pieces for instrumental solo with piano accompaniment. Free MP3 downloads of the piano accompaniment are available at kendormusic.com. Many of the titles have been published as single pieces and are listed on several state contest lists.

Contents:Gavotte (Lemoine); British Isle Sketches (Halferty); Lavender Variations (Balent); Impromptu-Finale (Gee); Habanera (Bizet); Seaside Images (Niehaus); Aria Grazioso (Mozart); Polovetzian Dances (Borodin).