By Leos Janacek (1854-1928). Arranged by Ralph Sauer. For Trombone and Piano. 20th Century Czech. Intermediate. Solo part and piano score. Published by Cherry Classics

Composed by Reinhold Moritzovich Gliere (1874-1956). Arranged by Ralph Sauer. For trombone and piano. Russian 19th Century. Advanced. Solo part and accompaniment. Published by Cherry Classics

By Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). Arranged by Ralph Sauer. For trombone and piano. Baroque. Advanced. Solo and piano accompaniment. Published by Cherry Classics

By Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn (1809-1847). Arranged by Ralph Sauer. For Trombone solo and Piano. Romantic. Advanced. Solo part with piano. Published by Cherry Classics

By Various. Arranged by Ralph Sauer. For Trombone and Piano. Italian vocalise. Intermediate. Solo part and piano score. Published by Cherry Classics

By George Gershwin (1898-1937). Arranged by Ralph Sauer. For tuba or bass trombone and piano. Jazzy style. Advanced. Full score and set of parts

Composed by Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (1839-1881). Arranged by Ralph Sauer. For trombone and piano. Russian National. Advanced. Solo part and piano accompaniment. Published by Cherry Classics

Composed by Richard Wagner (1813-1883). Arranged by Ralph Sauer. German Romantic. Solo part and piano accompaniment. Published by Cherry Classics (CY.CC2627).

By Robert Schumann. Arranged by Ralph Sauer. For trombone and piano. Romantic. Advanced. Solo part and piano accompaniment. Published by Cherry Classics

By Robert Schumann. Arranged by Ralph Sauer. For trombone and piano. Romantic. Advanced. Solo part and piano accompaniment. Published by Cherry Classics

Composed by Gustav Mahler (1860-1911). Arranged by Ralph Sauer. Late Romantic. Solo part and Piano accompaniment. Published by Cherry Classics (CY.CC2878).

Composed by Max Bruch (1838-1920). Arranged by Ralph Sauer. German Romantic. Solo part and Piano accompaniment. Published by Cherry Classics (CY.CC2637).

Trombone and piano - advanced

SKU: CY.CC2587

Composed by Ernest Chausson. Arranged by Ralph Sauer. French Romantic. Solo part and piano accompaniment. Published by Cherry Classics (CY.CC2587).

The Quelques Dances (Some Dances) Opus 26, arranged by Ralph Sauer for Trombone 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.

Thi s work of 15 minutes in length is appropriate for advanced performers.

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

Trombone and Piano - advanced

SKU: CY.CC2938

Composed by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi. Arranged by Ralph Sauer. Italian Baroque. Solo part and Piano accompaniment. 24 pages. Cherry Classics #2938. Published by Cherry Classics (CY.CC2938).

ISBN 9790530057575.

Orig inally written for Cello, Ralph Sauer's brilliant arrangement of the Pergolesi Sinfonia (Sonata) for Trombone and Piano (or Harpsichord) has become a standard work in the solo repertoire. This new edition which replaces the previous one comes with some notable changes. Below is Mr. Sauer's description.
This new edition of the Pergolesi Sinfonia in F is an update of the original version which was first published 40 years ago (!) and is now permanently out of print. Movements one, two, and three are essentially the same. I have corrected a few errors in the keyboard part and also revised some of the notation� �notably, grace notes are now placed correctly. (The original publisher insisted that they should be placed after barlines, causing confusion as to whether they were to be played on the beat or before the beat.)
In the last movement, there are now two places where the keyboard takes over the solo line. In addition to providing much needed rest for the trombonist, it gives a change of color and a chance for the keyboard player to be the soloist for a few measures.
The original version of the last movement is also included as an appendix for those who would rather perform the original.
Ralph Sauer
Los Angeles, 2017

Trombone and Piano accompaniment - moderately advanced

SKU: CY.CC2953

Composed by Germaine Tailleferre. Arranged by Ralph Sauer. French 20th Century. Solo part and Piano accompaniment. 10 pages. Cherry Classics #2953. Published by Cherry Classics (CY.CC2953).

ISBN 9790530057728.

Ralp h Sauer has arranged two lovely and contrasting short works by Germaine Tailleferre for Trombone and Piano. Tailleferre was the only female member of the famous French Les Six.

1. Berceuse, originally for Violin and Piano lilts and floats in a calm and lyrical stream of dreamy phrases.

2. Pastorale originally for solo Piano is a playful movement in mixed meter alternating between legato and articulated phrases.

Togethe r they are total about 5 minutes in length and are appropriate for advanced performers.

Trombone and piano - advanced

SKU: CY.CC2566

Composed by Bela Bartok. Arranged by Ralph Sauer. Hungarian National 20th century. Solo part and piano accompaniment. Published by Cherry Classics (CY.CC2566).

Bartok's Allegro Barbaro, composed in 1911 is one of his most famous solo piano works, written in his typical style using folk elements based on Hungarian Pentatonic and Romanian chromatic scales. The music has even been used on a composition by the Progressive rock group Emerson, Lake and Palmer from their 1970 debut album.

Ralph Sauer's brilliant arrangement for Trombone and Piano is reminiscent of the famous Trombone passage from the Miraculous Mandarin ballet suite.

This 3 minute work is suitable for advanced performers.

The sound clip is performed by Mr. Sauer with Mac Booke on piano.

Trombone and Piano - advanced

SKU: CY.CC2534

Composed by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Arranged by Ralph Sauer. Russian Romantic. Solo part and piano score. Published by Cherry Classics (CY.CC2534).

Ralph Sauer has beautifully arranged four movements from Opus 40 for Trombone and Piano:

1. Chanson Triste
2. Valse
3. Reverie interrompue
4. Danse russe

These four movements totalling 14 minutes of music offer the artist a great deal of musical contrasts, ranging from lyrical, dramatic, dance-like, etc.

An excellent collection of the Russian master's music for the Trombone.

Trombone and piano - moderately advanced

SKU: CY.CC2885

Composed by Ruggiero Leoncavallo. Arranged by Ralph Sauer. Romantic Italian. Solo part and Piano accompaniment. Published by Cherry Classics (CY.CC2885).

The Serenade and Impromptu by Leoncavallo have been artfully arranged for Trombone and Piano by Ralph Sauer. They are both originally written for Cello and Piano.
These two obscure, yet charming and beautiful Neapolitan songs without words together are about 6-minutes in length.
With the use of bass clef and ossia passages, they are playable by even moderately advanced performers.

Trombone and Piano - advanced

SKU: CY.CC2709

Composed by Zoltan Kodaly. Arranged by Ralph Sauer. Hungarian 20th Century. Solo part and Piano accompaniment. Published by Cherry Classics (CY.CC2709).

--Four Pieces from Opus 11 arranged for Trombone 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.

--About 12 minutes in length, these four movements are appropriate for advanced performers.

Trombone & Piano - Moderately Advanced

SKU: CY.CC2397

Composed by Richard Wagner. Arranged by Ralph Sauer. Romantic solo with Piano. Solo part & Piano. Published by Cherry Classics (CY.CC2397).

Ralph Sauer has arranged a marvelous song by Wagner called the Arrival of the Black Swans or Ankunft be den schwarzen Schwanen for Trombone and Piano.

Arrival of the Black Swans by Richard Wagner was originally written for solo piano in 1861 and first published in 1897. A somber opening is followed by a moving middle section, reminiscent of passages from Lohengrin.

This song is in Wagner's romantic style and is for moderately advanced performers. Length of the song is about 4.5 minutes & includes Tenor Clef for the Trombone part.

Tenor trombone & piano - Advanced

SKU: CY.CC2256

Composed by Robert Schumann. Arranged by Ralph Sauer. Romantic. Solo and piano accompaniment. Published by Cherry Classics (CY.CC2256).

Scenes From Childhood (Kinderscenen), Opus 15 is a set of 13 pieces of music that Schumann wrote for Piano in 1838. They are his reminiscences of childhood and have been beautifully scored for Tenor Trombone & Piano by Ralph Sauer. The most well known.

Trombone and Piano - advanced

SKU: CY.CC2716

Composed by Heitor Villa-Lobos. Arranged by Ralph Sauer. 20th Century Brazilian. Solo part and Piano accompaniment. Published by Cherry Classics (CY.CC2716).

Villa-Lobos' Pequena Suite is an early work written in 1913 originally composed for Cello and has been arranged for Trombone 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.

Trombone with piano accompaniment - moderately advanced

SKU: CY.CC2903

Composed by Various. Arranged by Ralph Sauer. French 20th Century. Solo part and Piano. Published by Cherry Classics (CY.CC2903).

Ralph Sauer has artfully arranged Three French Vocalises for Trombone 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. Their modest ranges make them appropriate for moderately advanced performers.

Trombone & Piano - advanced

SKU: CY.CC2687

Composed by Richard Strauss. Arranged by Ralph Sauer. Romantic German. Solo part and Piano accompaniment. Published by Cherry Classics (CY.CC2687).

Strauss's most well-known opera, Der Rosenkavalier has a most convoluted plot. However, knowing all its ins and outs are not necessary with Ralph Sauer's gorgeous arrangement of the suite of Waltzes for Trombone with Piano accompaniment. Written at the very end of the Romantic era in the early 20th century, the melodies are beautiful, the harmonies lush and the rhythms intoxicating. For advanced performers this 12 minute work will be a great addition to any recital.

Trombone and Piano - advanced

SKU: CY.CC2827

Composed by Alexander Glazunov. Arranged by Ralph Sauer. Russian 20th Century. Solo part and accompaniment. Published by Cherry Classics (CY.CC2827).

Young Glazunov had the special opportunity to meet Franz Liszt in 1884 while on a tour of Europe arranged by his publisher. Liszt was very impressed with the young Glazunov and arranged to have his 1st Symphony performed in Weimar. Upon hearing of Liszt's death in 1886, Glazunov wrote this Elegie in his memory with the subtitile Une Pensee a Francois Liszt.
The music embodies emotions of nostalgia, sweet remembrance and grief. This 8-minute jewel, originally for Cello and Piano has been beautifully arranged for Trombone by Ralph Sauer. For advanced performers.

Trombone and piano - intermediate

SKU: CY.CC2591

Composed by Charles Francois Gounod. Arranged by Ralph Sauer. French Romantic. Solo part and piano accompaniment. Published by Cherry Classics (CY.CC2591).

Gounod's Three Romances Without Words arranged by Ralph Sauer are taken from a group of five similarly named Romances Without Words originally composed for Piano solo between 1861 and 1866. Four of them were later arranged for Violin and Piano.

The three movements are titled:

1. The Periwinkle (La Pervenche)
2. The Brook (Le Ruisseau)
3. The Evening (Le Soir)

The three movements (all in bass clef) are very lyrical, about 8 minutes in length, and are perfect for intermediate and higher level performers to begin to learn the finer points of phrasing. The highest note is G above middle C.

Trombone and Piano accompaniment - advanced

SKU: CY.CC2958

Composed by Claude Debussy. Arranged by Ralph Sauer. French Impressionist. Solo part and Piano accompaniment. 10 pages. Cherry Classics #2958. Published by Cherry Classics (CY.CC2958).

ISBN 9790530057773.

En Bateau (Sailing) is the first movement from Debussy's four movement Petite Suite written around 1886 for four-hand piano duet. Debussy was inspired to write this movement from the poem Fetes galantes by Paul Verlaine. The Suite has been transcribed for every imaginable instrumentation and is one of the composer's most playable works from a technical standpoint.
This lovely 3-minute arrangement in tenor clef by Ralph Sauer is appropriate for moderately advanced performers.

Trombone & piano - Advanced

SKU: CY.CC2333

Composed by Claude Debussy. Arranged by Ralph Sauer. French Impressionist. Solo and piano accompaniment. Published by Cherry Classics (CY.CC2333).

Debussy's famous, ethereal & magical piano work has been beautifully transcribed by Ralph Sauer for Tenor Trombone and Piano. This music is one of the greatest of all French Impressionist solos. For advanced performers in Tenor Clef and about 3-4 minutes in length.