SKU: CY.CC2922

The Five Pieces in Folk Style by Schumann were originally written for Cello and Piano. They have been expertly transcribed for Euphonium by Ralph Sauer, retired Principal Trombonist of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. The five movements are in contrasting styles and work very well for Euphonium. Schumann was considered the Poet of the Romantics. This music is expressive and full of robust and elegant phrases. For moderately advanced performers. The complete work is almost 17 minutes in length and can be a major work on your concert. Parts are supplied for bass and treble clef readers.

SKU: CY.CC2545

Granados was a Spanish composer whose music had the unique style of his homeland burned into his soul. He was also a very talented painter in the style of Goya.

The Two Dances, 1. Oriental and 2. Fandango are taken from the 12 danzas espanolas, volume I from 1890, for Piano.

Mr. Sauer has brilliantly taken the solo Piano part and divided it between solo Euphnium and Piano.

Euphonium performers will enjoy working on this style of Spanish Nationalist music of which there is none in the solo repertoire.

The Two Dances (in tenor clef) are about 6 1/2 minutes in length and can be performed by advanced musicians.

The mp3 sample is an excerpt of the Bass Trombone version taken from a live performance at the 2012 Academy of the West Festival performed by David Hagee and Luis Ortiz, Pianist.

SKU: CY.CC2588

The Quelques Dances (Some Dances) Opus 26, arranged by Ralph Sauer for Euphonium and Piano were originally composed for Piano during the summer of 1896. The four movements are:
Dedicace
Sarabande
Pavane
Forlane

Opus 26 is dedicated to Madame Robert de Bonnieres. Many of Chausson's trademarks are present in this work: lyricism, sensuousness, stateliness and beautiful part-writing combined with constant harmonic progression.
This work of 15 minutes in length is appropriate for advanced performers.

The mp3 sound clip features Ralph Sauer (Trombone) and Miriam Hickman (Piano).

SKU: 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.

SKU: 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.

SKU: 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.

SKU: CY.CC2559

Beethoven's Romance in F Opus 50 has been a staple of Violinists for over 210 years, having been written in 1798. The F-major Romance is a tender, adagio cantabile movement full of beauty, requiring grace, poise and elegance to perform properly. It has been said that it could have been titled Song Without Words, the music being so lyrical of character. 'Romance' may have been written as a slow movement to a Violin Concerto that was never completed. This arrangement by Gordon Cherry is a wonderful addition to the Euphonium repertoire.

Almost 10 minutes in length, this work for advanced performers will be a great addition to any recital.

SKU: CY.CC3024

ISBN 9781774310656. 8.5 x 11 in inches.

Ralph Sauer has artfully arranged Three French Vocalises for Euphonium and Piano by three well-known composers from the 20th Century: Darius Milhaud, Arthur Honegger and Joseph Canteloube. Each has a unique style and total about 5-6 minutes in length. Written in bass clef, their modest ranges make them appropriate for moderately advanced performers.

SKU: 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.

SKU: CY.CC2763

The Four Pieces, Op. 70 were written for Cello and Piano in Berlin, 1896. The four movements are titled:

Aria, Finnish, Scottish and Swedish

1. Aria is an Adagio in A minor reminiscent of the Kol Nidre
2. Finnish is a brooding lyrical Andante in G Minor
3. Scottish is a proud song in B major with dotted rhythms
4. Swedish, an unruly Allegro dance in A-B-A form in A minor

For advanced performers, this work of about 12 minutes in length has been superbly arranged by Ralph Sauer.

SKU: CY.CC2745

Impromptu is a piano work which Dvorak wrote in 1883 at the behest his friend Vaclav Juda Novotny to be inserted as a supplement into his music magazine. It has an A-B-A form containing some very beautiful melodies and much expression.

The piece was forgotten and considered lost but then showed up decades later in a private collection.

The music is about 6 minutes in duration and is appropriate for advanced performers.