Solo piano - Grade 5

SKU: B7.B111

Composed by David Alpher. Edited by Howard J. Buss. TRIBUTE TO KEROUAC, version for solo piano by David Alpher was inspired by the work, life, and times of Jack Kerouac, King of the Beat Generation. Cast in 7 movements, this significant composition is hugely influenced by jazz. 20th Century. Score and parts. Duration 17'. Brixton Publications #B111. Published by Brixton Publications (B7.B111).

8.5x11 inches.

TRIBUTE TO KEROUAC, version for solo piano by David Alpher was inspired by the work, life, and times of Jack Kerouac, King of the Beat Generation. Cast in 7 movements, this significant composition is hugely influenced by jazz. In the preface to the score the composer writes: Kerouac demonstrated the epic contradiction of America: on the one hand its wild energy, joy of life, and expansiveness; on the other, its tendency to self-destruct. Tribute to Kerouac is my musical response to, and commemoration of, this important American writer who liked to describe himself as a 'jazz.poet.'The ensemble version of this work (for clarinet, tenor sax, piano & string bass) is recorded on Ongaku Records #024-112.

Piano - Grade 5

SKU: ET.PNO103

Composed by Richard Lane. Contemporary. Editions BIM #PNO103. Published by Editions BIM (ET.PNO103).

ISBN 9790207009777.

A bold and invigorating first movement, a mysterious and tender second movement and a third movement with several mood shifts from lyrical to highly rhythmical.
In 1971, Lane wrote his Piano Sonata 3 for piano. For whom this piece was intended remains unknown. Karl Tricomi, a student of Lane’s and also a graduate of the Eastman School of Music, performed its world premiere five years later in 1976 at Carnegie Hall (NY), in an all-Lane piano recital. This is the only documented performance of this piece. In 1971, Lane only composed another three pieces which were for tenor saxophone and wind band, soprano voice and piano and a trio for violin, cello and piano, which was dedicated to Paul Van Ness, the dedicatee of Piano Sonata 2.

50 Ways to Improve Your Improvisational Skills. Keyboard Instruction. Improvisation and Play Along. Softcover Audio Online. With introductory text, instructional text, musical examples, standard notation and chord names. 72 pages. Published by Hal Leonard