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ISBN 9781491138144. UPC: 680160640218. Second April, by Edna St. Vincent Millay.

Second April for S.A.T.B. Chorus and Piano is a four-movement set, based on the poetry of Edna St. Vincent Millay. Ewazen has long been enamored with her poetry's wonderfully vivid and descriptive imagery of nature and emotions, and its powerful and profound meaning. The third movement, ALMS is a fast rondo, intense, bold, and always dance-like. It is about both tragedy and resilience. This music is primarily minor, yet with moments of playfulness, the recollection of happy times takes over. This seesaw between emotions is heard throughout the movement, and with Millay’s summing up of “reality being what it is,” the piece ends with strength, boldness, and finality. .
Program Notes by Eric EwazenSECOND APRIL for S.A.T.B. Chorus and Piano is a four-movement set, based on the poetry of Edna St. Vincent Millay. I have long been enamored with the poetry of Millay for its wonderfully vivid and descriptive imagery, and its often powerful and profound meaning. Millay’s descriptions of nature, and of feelings and emotions, have always spoken to me. SECOND APRIL consists of four of her poems, each with a distinctive mood, message, and emotional feel. They are vivid, powerful, and beautiful, inspiring me to capture these descriptions of the various scenes she portrays.  Song of a Second April uses music to underlie strong feelings, passions, and the tragedies of life. The poem itself is dramatic, detailing a time of personal strife and tragedy, perhaps the end of a relationship or even the end of a life. The music is intense, fast, in a minor key, and with rapid, spinning notes creating a feeling of powerful, relentless emotions. Melodies, motives, and gestures are tossed between the voices, increasing the feelings of intensity and even desperation. Little by little, the music almost dies away, getting quieter and quieter, creating a feeling of resignation, but with a Picardy Third in the final chord – maybe a bit of hope!  Mariposa is a celebration of nature, wandering through a field with white and blue butterflies appearing almost wondrously. But there’s also a profound feeling of poignancy, noting that as one relishes such a beautiful, magical sight, they should embrace the experience – the fleeting, transient nature of such a perfect vision and of life itself. The music portrays the flying of the butterflies: gentle, beautiful, with rich chords and arpeggios, but stepping back, as the fleeting nature of life is the reality, with gentle, but sombre chords interspersed with the magical flight of the Mariposa.Alms is a fast rondo, intense, bold, and always dance-like. It is about both tragedy and resilience. This music is also in minor, yet with moments of playfulness, as a recollection of happy times or moments takes over. This seesaw between emotions is heard throughout the movement, as the music continues to “dance.”  And with Millay’s summing up of “reality being what it is,” the piece ends with strength, boldness, and finality. Into the Golden Vessel of Great Song is an appassionato call to overcome! The poem exhorts us to “sing out” with hope, determination, and strength. The music is full of bright and lilting energy; but as the turmoil and times of strife people can sometimes feel or experience, the music becomes intense, dramatic, in a minor key, and with changing rhythms. BUT, there is a return to championing the idea of simply overcoming, going forward with hope and determination, and the music is in major, resonant and strong.  .

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While this book is not exhaustive, it provides a basic training, on which you can improve with practice. The pieces include a number of standards and several original works especially written to help the student. If you obtain a few pieces of sheet music of jazz or standards, you will be able to adapt them to your level of playing and your personality, and if you join a group you will be able to improvise using chord symbols which give the chords to be used. Above all, remember that a successful accompaniment depends on knowing the theme perfectly.

Ohne auf Vollstandigkeit Anspruch erheben zu wollen, vermittelt lhnen diese Buch die erforderlichen Grundkenntnisse. Durch die Praxis konnen Sie diese dann erweitern. Neben den eigentlichen Ubungsstucken finden Sie indem Band mehrere Hits, die die Jahre uberdauert haben. Wenn Sie sich zu Ihrem Vergnugen einige Jazz- oder U-Musikstucke anschaffen, konnen Sie diese Ihren pianistischen Fahigkeiten und Ihrer Personlichkeit anpassen. Daruber hinaus konnen Sie einem Jazzensemble geschickter als bisher uber vorgegebene Gitter improvisieren. Vor allem vergessen Sie nicht, dass Sie eine Begleitung nur fur ein Thema ausarbeiten konnen, das Sie sorgfaltig eingeubt haben.

Sans pretendre etre complet, ce livre vous donnera une formation de base que vous pourrez ameliorer par la pratique. Vous y trouverez quelques succes ayant traverse les annees et des morceaux originaux prevus pour votre apprentissage. En vous procurant, pour votre detente, des partitions de variete ou de jazz, vous pourrez les adapter a votre niveau pianistique et a votre personnalite. Vous pourrez egalement vous integrer a une ensemble de jazz et improviser plus aisement sur des grilles. N'oubliez surtout pas qu'un accompagnement ne peut se pratiquer que sur un theme que vous avez soigneusement etudie.