Transposed Version. Composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958). Instrumental Solo. 20th Century and British. Score and solo parts. With standard notation and piano accompaniment. 17 pages. Galaxy Music Corporation #1.5246. Published by Galaxy Music Corporation

Trombone or euphonium and piano - moderately advanced

SKU: CY.CC2879

Composed by Gardell Simons. Arranged by Gregory Cox. Early 20th Century. Solo part and Piano accompaniment. Published by Cherry Classics (CY.CC2879).

The Trombone/Euphonium solos of Gardell Simons have been sadly forgotten over the years. Atlantic Zephyrs is the only one known to most. Gregory Cox has compiled five of them in a new collection:
Atlantic Zephyrs
The Gondolier
Polka Caprice
The Volunteer
The Weldon Polka
The solos are about 5 minutes in length each and are appropriate for Intermediate level and above (range goes up to high C). They are light and delightful, harking back to the turn-of-the last century in style.
Cherry Classics is pleased to have brought them back to life, set in their original format in the Vintage Brass Collection.

Euphonium & piano - advanced

SKU: CY.CC2604

Composed by Gabriel Faure. Arranged by Ralph Sauer. French 20th Century. Solo part and piano accompaniment. Published by Cherry Classics (CY.CC2604).

Faure is well known for his lyricism and haunting harmonies. In a way, he was the father of French Impressionist music.

The Serenade, Opus 98 was originally written for the great 20th century Cellist, Pablo Casals.

Mr. Ralph Sauer has kept the arrangement in the same key as the Cello. The work is playable by advanced performers.

This arrangement is another example of Mr. Sauer's excellent feel for the subtleties of the composer's style.

Euphonium and piano accompaniment - moderately advanced

SKU: CY.CC2892

Composed by Germaine Tailleferre. Arranged by Ralph Sauer. French 20th century. Solo part and Piano accompaniment. Published by Cherry Classics (CY.CC2892).

Ralph Sauer has arranged two lovely and contrasting short works by Germaine Tailleferre for Euphonium and Piano. Tailleferre was the only female composer of the famous French Les Six.

1. Berceuse, originally for Violin and Piano lilts and floats in a calm and lyrical stream of dreamy phrases.

2. Pastorale originally for solo Piano is a playful movement in mixed meter alternating between legato and articulated phrases.

Together they are total about 5 minutes in length and are appropriate for advanced performers.

Euphonium & Piano - advanced

SKU: CY.CC2697

Composed by Reinhold Moritzovich Gliere. Arranged by Ralph Sauer. Russian 19th Century. Solo part and Piano accompaniment. Published by Cherry Classics (CY.CC2697).

Gliere's Two Pieces, Op. 9 is an early work, originally written for double bass with the two movements having been beautifully arranged for Euphonium and Piano by Ralph Sauer.

The Intermezzo is lyrical, sensual and Eastern sounding.

The Tarantella is a sprightly folk dance of southern Italy. The curious name comes from the wolf spider or Tarantula whose bite is highly poisonous and in earlier times was believed to cause the victims to engage in a frenzied dance.

The two movements are about 9.5 minutes in length and are
appropriate for advanced performers.

The mp3 clip is of Ralph Sauer on Trombone and Mac Booke on Piano.

Euphonium and Piano - advanced

SKU: CY.CC2711

Composed by Zoltan Kodaly. Arranged by Ralph Sauer. Hungarian 20th Century. Solo part and Piano accompaniment. Published by Cherry Classics (CY.CC2711).

Four Pieces from Opus 11 arranged for Euphonium and Piano by Ralph Sauer are originally from a group of seven pieces for solo Piano written between 1917 and 1918, except for movement 3, Il pleure dans mon coeur comme il pleut sur la ville (It rains in my heart like it rains in the city) from 1910.

The writing is very expressive and dark, possibly evoking the mood of Europe in the throes of great upheavals and the Great War.

This item is now available with parts in bass and treble clef.

About 12 minutes in length, these four movements are appropriate for advanced performers.

Euphonium and Piano - advanced

SKU: CY.CC2761

Composed by Heitor Villa-Lobos. Arranged by Ralph Sauer. 20th Century Brazilian. Solo part and Piano accompaniment. Published by Cherry Classics (CY.CC2761).

Villa-Lobos' Pequena Suite is an early work written in 1913 originally composed for Cello and has been arranged for Euphonium and Piano by Ralph Sauer. The Suite of six movements are titled:
1. Romancette
2. Legendaria
3. Harmonias soltas
4. Fugato (all'antica)
5. Melodia
6. Gavotte-Scherzo
The movements alternate slow-fast-slow-fast, etc., the slow movements are serious and contemplative and the fast ones are playful and bouncy.

The complete work is about 13 minutes in length and suitable for advanced performers.

Euphonium & Piano - moderately advanced

SKU: CY.CC2477

Composed by S. Prokofiev. Arranged by Ralph Sauer. 20th Century Russian. Solo part & accompaniment. Published by Cherry Classics (CY.CC2477).

* Also known as Four Grandmother Songs and Old Granny Tales, this work was composed in New York in 1918 at the beginning of the composer's self-imposed exile from Russia after its Revolution. * These short pieces were immediately successful and were performed worldwide. * In the epigraph to this work Prokofiev wrote, Some recollections had become half erased from her memory; others will never be erased. * Mr. Sauer once again, has produced a magnificent work for Euphonium & Piano. * This work with its great character is a joy to perform, about 8 - 9 minutes in length for moderately advanced performers. .

By Antonio Capuzzi. Arranged by Wilby/Childs. Solo. For Euphonium & Piano. Famous showpiece for euphonium. Classical. Level: Advanced. Piano score and parts. Standard Notation. Duration 8:00. Published by Winwood Music (U.K. Import).

Euphonium and Piano - advanced

SKU: CY.CC2731

Composed by Bela Bartok. Arranged by Ralph Sauer. Hungarian 20th century. Solo part and Piano accompaniment. Published by Cherry Classics (CY.CC2731).

Romanian Folk Dances is a short six-movement suite originally composed for piano in 1915 and later arranged for violin and piano by Zoltan Szekely. The six movements are:

1. Stick Dance
2. Sash Dance
3. Standing Still
4. Horn Dance
5. Romanian Polka
6. Fast Dance

The movements are in the following modes (Dorian, Aeolian, Mixolydian and Lydian), which along with unique harmonies give them a very exotic sound.

The Suite takes about 5 minutes to perform and is suitable for advanced performers.

Euphonium and Piano - advanced

SKU: CY.CC2948

Composed by Paul Dukas. Arranged by Ralph Sauer. 20th Century. Solo part and Piano accompaniment. 10 pages. Cherry Classics #2948. Published by Cherry Classics (CY.CC2948).

ISBN 9790530057674.

Vocalise-etude alla gitana (in a Gypsy style) by Paul Dukas is a seductive and lyrical work of about 4 minutes in length written in 1909 for Voice and Piano. It has been beautifully arranged by Ralph Sauer for advanced performers.

Euphonium and Piano - moderately advanced

SKU: CY.CC2550

Composed by Amy Marcy Beach. Arranged by Ralph Sauer. 20th Century American. Solo part and piano score. Published by Cherry Classics (CY.CC2550).

Amy Beach's Eskimos, Opus 64 composed in 1907 was written originally for Piano solo and is set in four descriptive vignettes:
1. Arctic Night
2. The Returning Hunter
3. Exiles
4. With Dog-Teams

Beach used melodies from eleven Inuit songs she discovered from an early recording and set them to European harmonies.

Mr. Sauer's arrangement of this unique music is playable by moderately advanced performers. The four movements total about 10 minutes of music in length.

The mp3 sample is a clip taken from a live masterclass recital at the 2012 Academy of the West Festival performed by Trombonist Kensey Chellis and Pianist Chorong Park.

By Charles Ives (1874-1954). Arranged by Ralph Sauer. For Euphonium and Piano. American 20th Century. Moderately advanced. Solo part and piano accompaniment. Published by Cherry Classics

Euphonium and Piano - advanced

SKU: CY.CC2516

Composed by Camille Saint-Saens. Arranged by Ralph Sauer. French 20th Century. Solo part and piano score. Published by Cherry Classics (CY.CC2516).

Le Rossignol or the Nightingale is originally a vocalise for Soprano solo from Saint-Saen's incidental orchestral music for the play, Parysatis written in 1902. This 4 minute work is all about mood. For this arrangement, Mr. Sauer transposes into the key of C, which lays perfectly for all of the bird-like calls that are in phrases which are slurred. The music has a lot of ad lib. tempo sections which gives the performer plenty of time to create that magic call of the Nightingale. Early writers thought it was the female that sang, but in fact it is the male. The Nightingale usually sings at night or just before dawn when other birds are silent and has a strong spontaneous song with an impressive range of trills and whistles.