SKU: HL.645631

ISBN 9781495081576. UPC: 008148006052. 9.0x12.0x0.127 inches.

John W. Schaum presents 12 original compositions by famous Americans for the advanced pianist including: Samuel Barber: Love Song; Cecil Burleigh: Mazurka, Op. 3 #3; Abram Chasins: Prelude in C Minor, Op. 13 #1; James Francis Cooke: Twilight at Carcassonne; Zez Confrey: After Theater Tango; James P. Dunn : Bewitched; Howard Hanson: Impromptu, Op. 19 #1; Edward B. Hill: March of the Mountains, Op. 7 #4; Alan Hovhaness: Fire Dance; Henry Holden Huss: Gipsy Dance; A. Walter Kramer: Silhouette; Nicholas Slonimsky: Dreams and Drums.

SKU: PR.110418490

ISBN 9781491137260. UPC: 680160690022.

Carter Pann writes, the piece might have been titled Three Improvisations, but there is an expressive inertia baked in to these works which makes them truer as rhapsodies. This description tells us much about the work, whose movements are an enterprising tango, a bombastic central movement with virtuosic thrust, and a and a hymn heard from afar without any sense of marked time.
Three Rhapsodies was commissioned by the American Composers Forum with complete support from the Thelma E. Hunter Fund. The premiere performance took place in Kilbourn Hall at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York by pianist Marina Lomazov.As with all of my piano works, this was very much an at-the-piano compositional experience. As a pianist I cannot imagine writing a solo work away from the instrument (though at times that would be quite convenient).The whole work explores a palette of impassioned emotions – sometimes veiled, sometimes emboldened, or even outrageous at times. There are technical freedoms in each movement, allowing the pianist to stretch their interpretive inclinations to great lengths. In this way the piece might have been titled Three Improvisations, but there is an expressive inertia baked in to these works which make them truer as rhapsodies.The first movement is a tango with real wanderlust. The second reminds me of Rachmaninoff’s Polka de W.R. in its bombast, but also Chopin’s sixteenth prelude with its sheer virtuosic thrust. The third is a hymn heard from afar with no rhythmic drive, only sheened sonority.

SKU: MB.626671

ISBN '4018262266719. 5.5X5 inches.

On the audio-CD “Hot Tea Swing“ you will find 16 of the 20 compositions from the book of the same name, “Hot Tea Swing (AMA-No. 610405). The titles reflect the wide range of his compositional creations and invite you on a journey through different musical styles. From the waltz to the polka, swing and blues, you will also find diverse Latin-American inspired pieces such as “Alcodance“ (Cha-Cha-Cha) or “Wooden Doll“ (Tango). The compositions can be labelled as jazz and invite you to relax, while leaving you wanting more.

SKU: PR.RL30130