For 2 Pianos 4 Hands (a set of 2 scores for performance)-George Gershwin's iconic Rhapsody in Blue changed the landscape of American music at its 1924 premiere. Its irresistible fusion of classical and jazz has made it one of the most popular American concert works of all time. For this new edition all available sources at the Library of Congress were consulted including full scores for piano and orchestra as well as two-piano reductions. This edition includes a second copy of the music making it ideal for all concerto settings. Historical background and critical notes on the sources provide a fascinating window into Gershwin's composition process.

Piano duet score. 1st performance Ellesmere College January 1986 by Richard Markham and David Nettle. Duration c.24 minutes. The work is in three movements and the musical thought is symphonic. The first movement (based entirely on the opening motive) goes through a series of paragraphs which eventually culminate in an extended melodic line played entirely by the treble player. The middle movement is a playful Scherzo with a rather sardonic waltz for its Trio. The slow movement (which comes last) is much more relaxed and concentrates on a D major motive with sharpened fourths but the more intense moods of the first movement return in a suddenly impassioned middle section.

Par BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN. / Date parution : 1905-06-24/ Répertoire / Piano 4 Mains

Par ORBAN MARCEL. / Niveau : Facile / Date parution : 1905-06-24/ Répertoire / Piano 4 Mains

Per Pianoforte A Quattro Mani (O Due Pianoforti). Par CALLIGARIS SERGIO. Sergio Calligaris was born in Rosario (1941), Argentina. He is one of the last musicians to incarnate the traditional 19th century figure of pianist, teacher and composer, inaugurated at the beginning of the 19th century by Muzio Clementi and carriedon after that by a sequence of famous names that the history of music has handed down to us. As a pianist, he began to give public performances at the age of 13, making his debut in his home town Rosario. Following this success, he embarked upon an extremely busy career as a soloist, giving numerous recitals in Buenos Aires and other citiesin Argentina. He continued to take advanced lessons with eminent exponents of the most prestigious international piano schools. In 1974 he became an Italian citizen and settled in Rome, teaching piano as principal instrument at the S. Pietro a Majella StateConservatory in Naples, the Luisa DAnnunzio Conservatory in Pescara and the Alfredo Casella Conservatory in Aquila. As a composer, he began - at just 9 years of age - to study in the rigorous school of Paul Hindemith, under the guidance of Father Luis Machado, from whom he inherited a love of counterpoint and a strong taste for harmony. He took a diploma incomposition, counterpoint and fugue at the age of 16 at the Amigos del Arte Society in Rosario, going on in 1964 to do an advanced course in 12-tone counterpoint at the Cleveland Institute of Music. The catalogue of his compositions, which has nowreached Op. 55, encompasses a huge range of instrumental/vocal chamber music and symphonic works: a vast and articulated catalogue, in which Sergio Calligaris’s composition expresses its inspiration through the dramatic development of a dialecticalcontrast between the two natures of the composer’s personality - the elegiac and the dithyrambic - which confront and interact with each other giving rise to artistic outcomes of a deeply moving nature. / Niveau : Intermédiaire à Avancé / Répertoire / Piano 4 Mains

Early to Mid-Intermediate Level-Ikeda spent 3 years composing Duets in Color a set of 24 vibrant elegant piano duets in major and minor keys. The duets are divided into two volumes (Book 1 duets are all in major keys; Book 2 in minor) and pianists are encouraged to play them in pairs as well as separately. The parts are balanced beautifully; both inner and outer voices sing with clarity and unexpected rhythmic and tonal surprises abound. Both volumes are a joy to play!

12 Original Duets in Minor Keys-Ikeda spent 3 years composing Duets in Color a set of 24 vibrant elegant piano duets in major and minor keys. The duets are divided into two volumes (Book 1 are all in major keys: Book 2 in minor) and pianists are encouraged to play them in pairs as well as separately. The parts are balanced beautifully both inner and outer voices sing with clarity and unexpected rhythmic and tonal surprises abound. Both volumes are a joy to play!

La musique de petites formes devrait être au centre du compositeur français Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924). Le professeur de Camille Saint-Saëns a pris après des années dans la 'province' en 1874, un poste d'organiste à Paris, et plus tard comme une caractéristique de musicien d'église ou par des activités éducatives. À l'été de 1887, Fauré écrivit sa Pavane Opus 50, à l'origine destiné à un concert avec le divertissement léger. Ils ont gagné rapidement en popularité comme une version orchestrale avec et sans la valeur ajoutée par Fauré choeur ajouté. Le romantique, la mélodie un peu mélancolique est une mélodie accrocheuse, qui peut maintenant également jouer de la musique à quatre mains au piano à l'arrangement actuel. / Piano 4 Mains

The Big Book Of Piano Duets. 24 great piano duet arrangements! Includes: 'Beauty and the Beast', 'Clocks', 'Edelweiss', 'Georgia on My Mind', 'He's a Pirate', 'Let It Go', 'Linus and Lucy', 'Moon River', 'Yellow Submarine', 'You are the Sunshine of My Life' and more! Format: Primo and Secondo on opposing pages.