Piano SKU: HL.14001903 Composed by Per Norgard. Music Sales America. Clas...(+)
Piano
SKU:
HL.14001903
Composed
by Per Norgard. Music
Sales America. Classical.
Book [Softcover]. Music
Sales #KP00981. Published
by Music Sales
(HL.14001903).
ISBN
9788759859605.
Danish.
Animals In
Concert - Three pieces
for Piano solo by Per
Norgard. Programme Note
1. A Tortoise's
Tango (1984) - dur.: 4'
2. Light of a Night
- Paul meets bird (1989)
- dur.: 6' 3.
Hermit Crab Tango -
Esperanza (1997) - dur.:
5' The pieces can
be performed together or
one by one. In the1980s,
quite a few finds turned
up in Per Norgard's
music. The material could
be, say, a number of song
birds' equilibrist
melodic lines, the
overtones of the ocean
surf, or waltzing themes
by the schizophrenic
artist Adolf Wolfli
(1864-1930). Or again, as
heard here, it can be the
rhythms and motifs of the
tango and a Beatles song
(with bird), explored in
three independent piano
pieces that form the
Animals in Concert suite,
about which the composer
writes: A
Tortoise's Tango: The
tortoise as tango dancer
must presumably possess
certain rhythmic
peculiarities, which I
have chosen to express by
letting the tune of the
tortoise shuffle broadly,
tripartite through the
strict four partite time
of tango. Tortoise
Tango was the original
title of this piece,
written for Achilles (the
pianist Yvar Mikhashoff),
for his so called tango
project, including new
tangos for piano by
composers from all over
the world. Light of
a Night (Paul meets bird)
was commissioned by
pianist Aki Takahashi. It
is a reworked arrangement
for piano of the Beatles
song Blackbird. As some
of us will recall, the
Beatles on The White
Album let the beautiful
song to the blackbird be
accompanied by an
(apparently) live
blackbird song. It is
this authentic bird-motif
world that in Light of a
Night weaves itself into
the Beatles melody and in
turn is gradually
infected by it, so that a
completely new third
entity ensues: a kind of
Bird-rock ballad (or
maybe it is a
Beatle-bird?).
Hermit Crab Tango
(Esperanza): The tango
situation is quite
special for a Hermit
Crab. It is a well-known
fact that the hermit crab
- this soft animal - must
run the gauntlet among
the many perils at the
bottom of the sea when it
must move hose. I have
chosen to express the
angers by a tango pattern
- sharp as a cactus -
through which the tune,
optimistic, slips to its
new shelter. I have
borrowed the tune from
songwriter Hanne
Methling's Introduction:
'I want to get through
this time!' she sings in
a ecstatically ascending
melody line - and I
believe that these words
must correspond very well
to the mood of the hermit
crab: 'Esperanza'- the
green runners of hope
wind among the
latticework formed by the
tango rows.
(22 Full Band Arrangements Correlated to Accent on Achievement (Piano)). By John...(+)
(22 Full Band
Arrangements Correlated
to Accent on Achievement
(Piano)). By John
O'Reilly and Mark
Williams. Concert Band.
For Piano. Band
Supplement; Book. Accent
on Performance. 48 pages.
Published by Alfred Music
Concert Gallop Piano seul [Conducteur et Parties séparées] Winwood Music
By Philip Wilby. For E-flat or B-flat Soloist & Piano. Bright and breezy solo. L...(+)
By Philip Wilby. For
E-flat or B-flat Soloist
& Piano. Bright and
breezy solo. Light
Concert. Level: Advanced.
Piano score and parts.
Standard Notation.
Duration 3:00. Published
by Winwood Music (U.K.
Import).
Piano SKU: SU.80101244 Composed by Keith Barnard. Score. Zimbel Press #80...(+)
Piano
SKU:
SU.80101244
Composed
by Keith Barnard. Score.
Zimbel Press #80101244.
Published by Zimbel Press
(SU.80101244).
This is an
extended concert work (55
minutes) for solo piano.
The work is set in a very
long and freely-expressed
rondo form. Throughout
the duration of the piece
there are four of five
main ideas that are
continually repeated and
developed. There is much
use of fast, cascading
passages and tone
clusters, but these are
firmly contrasted with
soft melody passages. The
great white cosmic light
is expressed by continual
tremolando passages which
reach their culmination
at the very end of this
long and expansive
work.
Piano (Piano) SKU: HL.50601940 For Piano and Pre-Recorded Sounds. ...(+)
Piano (Piano)
SKU:
HL.50601940
For
Piano and Pre-Recorded
Sounds. Composed by
Chris Malloy.
Instrumental. Concert,
Recital. Softcover.
Composed 2019. Cadenza
Music #CAZCMCL01.
Published by Cadenza
Music (HL.50601940).
Solo Piano - Moderately Advanced SKU: LP.9780834176508 Yuletide Classi...(+)
Solo Piano - Moderately
Advanced
SKU:
LP.9780834176508
Yuletide Classics for
the Piano Soloist.
Composed by Lavawan
Riley. This edition:
Paperback. Piano Music.
Preludes, offertories,
concerts, recitals,
talent contests, personal
worship, and instruction.
Multicultural and Sacred.
Keyboard Book. Published
by Lillenas Publishing
Company
(LP.9780834176508).
Piano SKU: HL.14010480 Piano Solo. Composed by Per Norgard. Music ...(+)
Piano
SKU:
HL.14010480
Piano
Solo. Composed by Per
Norgard. Music Sales
America. Classical. Book
[Softcover]. 7 pages.
Music Sales #KP00717.
Published by Music Sales
(HL.14010480).
ISBN
9788759870082.
Danish.
Esperanza -
Eremitkrebs-Tango (1997)
Hermit Crab Tango,
Esperanza is part of
Norgard's Animals in
Concert, a suite of piano
pieces, so far comprised
of: 1. A Tortoise's
Tango (1984) - dur.:
4' 2. Light of a
Night - Paul meets bird
(1989) - dur.: 6'
3. Hermit Crab Tango -
Esperanza (1997) - dur.:
5' The pieces can
be performed together or
one by one. In
the1980s, quite a few
“finds”
turned up in Per
Norgard's music. The
material could be, say, a
number of song birds'
equilibrist melodic
lines, the overtones of
the ocean surf, or
waltzing themes by the
schizophrenic artist
Adolf Wolfli (1864-1930).
Or again, as heard here,
it can be the rhythms and
motifs of the tango and a
Beatles song (with bird),
explored in three
independent piano pieces
that form the Animals in
Concert suite, about
which the composer
writes: Programme
note for Animals in
Concert: 1. A
Tortoise's Tango (1984) -
dur.: 4' 2. Light
of a Night - Paul meets
bird (1989) - dur.:
6' 3. Hermit Crab
Tango - Esperanza (1997)
- dur.: 5' The
pieces can be performed
together or one by
one. In the1980s,
quite a few
“finds”
turned up in Per
Norgard's music. The
material could be, say, a
number of song birds'
equilibrist melodic
lines, the overtones of
the ocean surf, or
waltzing themes by the
schizophrenic artist
Adolf Wolfli (1864-1930).
Or again, as heard here,
it can be the rhythms and
motifs of the tango and a
Beatles song (with bird),
explored in three
independent piano pieces
that form the Animals in
Concert suite, about
which the composer
writes: “A
Tortoise's Tango”:
The tortoise as tango
dancer must presumably
possess certain rhythmic
peculiarities, which I
have chosen to express by
letting the tune of the
tortoise shuffle broadly,
tripartite through the
strict four partite time
of tango. Tortoise
Tango was the original
title of this piece,
“written for
Achilles” (the
pianist Yvar Mikhashoff),
for his so called tango
project”, including
new tangos for piano by
composers from all over
the world.
“Light of a Night
(Paul meets bird)”
was commissioned by
pianist Aki Takahashi. It
is a
“reworked”
arrangement for piano of
the Beatles song
”Blackbird”.
As some of us will
recall, the Beatles on
“The White
Album” let the
beautiful song to the
blackbird be accompanied
by an (apparently) live
blackbird song. It is
this authentic bird-motif
world that in
“Light of a
Night” weaves
itself into the Beatles
melody and in turn is
gradually infected by it,
so that a completely new
third entity ensues: a
kind of Bird-rock ballad
(or maybe it is a
Beatle-bird?).
“Hermit Crab Tango
(Esperanza)”: The
tango situation is quite
special for a Hermit
Crab. It is a well-known
fact that the hermit crab
- this soft animal - must
run the gauntlet among
the many perils at the
bottom of the sea when it
must move hose. I have
chosen to express the
angers by a.
Piano SKU: BT.EMBZ5411 EMB Liszt Works. Studies & Exercises. Book Only. C...(+)
Piano
SKU:
BT.EMBZ5411
EMB Liszt
Works. Studies &
Exercises. Book Only.
Composed 1970. 132 pages.
Editio Musica Budapest
#EMBZ5411. Published by
Editio Musica Budapest
(BT.EMBZ5411).
Piano SKU: BT.EMBZ5411A EMB New Listz Edition. Studies & Exercises. Book ...(+)
Piano
SKU:
BT.EMBZ5411A
EMB New
Listz Edition. Studies &
Exercises. Book
Hardcover. Composed 1970.
140 pages. Editio Musica
Budapest #EMBZ5411A.
Published by Editio
Musica Budapest
(BT.EMBZ5411A).
Composed by Various. For Piano/Keyboard. Hal Leonard Fake Books. Classical. Diff...(+)
Composed by Various. For
Piano/Keyboard. Hal
Leonard Fake Books.
Classical. Difficulty:
medium to
medium-difficult.
Fakebook. Melody line,
chord names and lyrics
(on some songs). 413
pages. Published by Hal
Leonard
Piano - difficult SKU: HL.49016117 For Piano. Composed by Iwar Ars...(+)
Piano - difficult
SKU:
HL.49016117
For
Piano. Composed by
Iwar Arssejew. Sheet
music. Edition Schott.
Classical. 32 pages.
Schott Music #KIN1101.
Published by Schott Music
(HL.49016117).
UPC:
073999229370.
8.25x11.75x0.143
inches.
Iwar
Arssejew, born in 1937 in
Moscow, studies the piano
with G. Ginsburg and
composition with A.
Alexandrow at the
conservatory there. He
has composed orchestral
works, ballets, musical
and chamber music, but
above all he writes light
music for children. In
1994 he was awarded the
Jan Frenkel Prize for his
compositions for
children. The sun smiles,
the morn-ing begins * A
happy day * Stars shine
in the evening * Once
upon a time, there were
three bears * Little Red
Riding Hood and the Wolf
* The elephant and the
little dog * The military
outpost at night *
Brightly sound the
trumpets * The boys'
dance * The girls' dance
* Somewhere people are
marching * Mother and
father are having a
conversation *
Grandfather and
grandchildren are going
for a walk * The trumpet
and the echo * The
cockerel crows and the
cuckoo calls * Spring
buds on the branches *
Balalaika and
concertina.
Piano - Early Intermediate SKU: AP.47851 Book 4. 13 Early Inter...(+)
Piano - Early
Intermediate
SKU:
AP.47851
Book
4. 13 Early
Intermediate Arrangements
of Classical Themes and
Folk Songs. Piano
Collection; Piano
Supplemental. Grand
Favorites for Piano.
Book. 32 pages. Alfred
Music #00-47851.
Published by Alfred Music
(AP.47851).
ISBN
9781470641801. UPC:
038081548685. English.
Arranged by Melody
Bober.
Chamber Music Piano SKU: PR.110418370 Composed by Charles Ives. Arranged ...(+)
Chamber Music Piano
SKU: PR.110418370
Composed by Charles Ives.
Arranged by Danny Holt.
Performance Score. 20
pages. Duration 8
minutes. Theodore Presser
Company #110-41837.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.110418370).
ISBN
9781491135075. UPC:
680160686247.
Compo
sed as an organ solo by
the 17-year-old Ives for
his own performance
purposes, the beloved
Variations on America is
a treat for any occasion,
whether a holiday
concert, a serious
recital, or other special
event. Danny
Holt’s
transcription for Piano,
Four Hands adds a
dazzling new option to
play at home or on stage,
taking best advantage of
Ives’ tremendous
contrasts in color,
dynamics, and
texture. Composed when
Charles Ives was a
teenager, Variations on
“America†is
both a convenient
introduction to
Ives’ body of
work, and an early
example of his
iconoclastic musical
voice and creative
genius. Just a few years
after composing this
piece, Ives would leave
home to study music at
Yale. But until then he
had been taught by his
father, George (who had
been a bandmaster in the
Civil War). George
subjected the young Ives
to experiments such as
singing a song in one key
while being accompanied
in another, or arranging
for two marching bands to
converge on a town
center, with the
resulting cacophony that
ensued.The Variations
exemplifies an early
period of experimentation
in Ives’ work,
spurred on by the unusual
pedagogy of his father.
The piece is particularly
notable for its use of
bitonality in the two
interludes, subtly
foreshadowing more
well-known examples by
Stravinsky, Bartók,
and others by
approximately two
decades.The bitonal
interludes were so ahead
of their time, in fact,
they were omitted from
the first copy that was
submitted to a publisher
in 1892. (Alas, the piece
was rejected even despite
these
“shockingâ€
elements having been left
out, and it wasn’t
published until more than
five decades later.)
There is some ambiguity
about when exactly Ives
added the interludes into
his manuscript copy,
though ample evidence
suggests he had performed
the piece with the
interludes around the
time he notated the piece
in 1891-92. In any case,
in light of this piece
and his other polytonal
explorations from the
last decade of the 19th
century, it seems fair to
give Ives credit for
being a pioneer in this
area!This arrangement for
Piano, Four Hands,
closely follows
Ives’ original
version for organ,
setting aside William
Schuman’s popular
adaptation for symphony
orchestra and William
Rhoads’ band
transcription of the
Schuman orchestration.
Pianists will find that
the piece translates well
to the instrument.
Ideally, the choreography
and logistics of
elbow-to-elbow four-hands
playing approximates the
wild joy one gets from
watching an organist play
the piece (e.g., the
elaborate pedal part in
the final variation).In
preparing this
publication, attention
was paid to details in
the dual Critical
Editions (Presser
443-41003) of both
Ives’ manuscript
edition and the 1949
publication edited by
organist E. Power Biggs
(who is credited with
discovering what had been
a long-lost, forgotten
work.) But as with much
of Ives’ output,
attempting to create a
true
‘urtext’
score is a futile
endeavor, and especially
with a piece such as this
one – in which
Ives incorporated
improvisation in live
performance –
seems unnecessary anyhow.
True die-hards are of
course encouraged to
consult the critical
editions and even find
inspiration in the
orchestrated version.
Generally, performers are
advised to be wild, have
fun, and not to be too
rigid in their
interpretive
choices.Dynamics in this
arrangement mostly follow
the organ score closely.
Pianists will use good
judgment about pedaling
throughout, which should
be straightforward and
intuitive. Courtesy
accidentals have been
provided frequently
– without
parentheses –
balancing the need for
extra clarity in the
context of Ives’
murky musical language,
and a desire to avoid
unnecessary clutter.A few
notes that might inform
interpretive
decisions:mm. 15-16:
There are inconsistencies
here between Ives’
original manuscript and
the 1949 Biggs edition,
regarding the top voice
in m. 15, beat 3 (C# vs.
Cn) and m. 16 (D Major
vs. D Minor).mm. 76-84 &
143-146: In both
Interludes, Ives
emphatically notates
extreme dynamic contrast,
in order to highlight the
bitonality. Although it
may seem counterintuitive
(or even a misprint, as
has apparently been
misconstrued by some),
performers are urged to
follow the
composer’s
marking!m. 109: Two-note
slurs have been added
here for clarity and
consistency with other
similar passages, though
they do not appear in
either the original
manuscript or Biggs.m.
112: The last two eighth
notes of Primo appear as
16ths in the original
manuscript.mm. 183-186:
The original manuscript
has a slightly different
bass line.mm. 184 & 186:
Primo gestures have been
re-written to be slightly
more idiomatic for Piano,
Four Hands.m. 186: The
breath mark at the end of
this bar does not appear
in either the manuscript
or Biggs, but is an
editorial suggestion
– aside from being
appropriately dramatic,
it will indeed be
necessary in a
reverberant hall!I would
like to thank Steven
Vanhauwaert, the other
half of my piano duo,
4handsLA, for his input
on early drafts of this
arrangement.—
Danny Holt, April
2022.
(Standards for Advanced Solo Piano). Arranged by Tony Caramia. For Piano. Book; ...(+)
(Standards for Advanced
Solo Piano). Arranged by
Tony Caramia. For Piano.
Book; Piano Collection;
Piano Supplemental. Jazz
Performer Series. Jazz;
Light Concert. Advanced.
32 pages. Published by
Alfred Music Publishing
(8 Sophisticated Solo Piano Arrangements). Arranged by Craig Curry. For Pian...(+)
(8 Sophisticated Solo
Piano
Arrangements). Arranged
by
Craig Curry. For Piano.
Book;
Piano Collection; Piano
Supplemental. Sacred
Performer
Collections. Easter;
Jazz;
Light Concert; Sacred;
Spring.
Advanced. 56 pages.
Published
by Alfred Music
Publishing
(Standards for Advanced Solo Piano). Arranged by Bill Cunliffe. For Piano. Book;...(+)
(Standards for Advanced
Solo Piano). Arranged by
Bill Cunliffe. For Piano.
Book; Piano Collection;
Piano Supplemental. Jazz
Performer Series.
Christmas; Jazz; Light
Concert; Sacred; Secular;
Winter. Advanced. 48
pages. Published by
Alfred Music Publishing
Arranged by Dan Coates. For Piano. Book; Piano Collection; Piano Supplemental. D...(+)
Arranged by Dan Coates.
For Piano. Book; Piano
Collection; Piano
Supplemental. Dan Coates
Popular Piano Library.
Light Concert; Movie;
Recital; Wedding.
Advanced. 48 pages.
Published by Alfred Music
Publishing
Piano - intermediate SKU: HL.49019351 Composed by Gabriel Faure. Arranged...(+)
Piano - intermediate
SKU: HL.49019351
Composed by Gabriel
Faure. Arranged by Uwe
Korn. This edition:
Saddle stitching. Sheet
music. Piano. Classical.
Softcover. Op. 50. 8
pages. Schott Music
#ED21430. Published by
Schott Music
(HL.49019351).
ISBN
9790001188807. UPC:
884088948603.
9.0x12.0x0.076
inches.
The music
of small forms was to
become the focus of the
French composer Gabriel
Faure (1845-1924). In
1874, after many years
spent in the 'provinces',
the teacher of Camille
Saint-Saens took the
position of organist in
Paris; later he worked
not only as a church
musician but as a teacher
as well. In the summer of
1887 Faure wrote his
Pavane Op. 50, originally
intended for a concert
providing light
entertainment, which soon
gained wide popularity as
an orchestral setting
without and with the
chorus added by Faure.
The romantic, slightly
melancholy melody is a
catchy tune which, thanks
to the present
arrangement, can now also
be played on the
piano.
10 Inspiring Piano Solos for Church Pianists. Arranged by Alex-Zsolt [Ale...(+)
10 Inspiring Piano
Solos for Church
Pianists. Arranged by
Alex-Zsolt [Alex Zsolt].
Book; Piano Collection;
Piano Supplemental.
Sacred Performer
Collections. Christmas;
Contemporary Christian;
Sacred; Winter. 48 pages.
Published by Alfred Music
(AP.41448).
By Frederic Chopin/ed. Willard A. Palmer. For Piano. Piano Collection. Masterwor...(+)
By Frederic Chopin/ed.
Willard A. Palmer. For
Piano. Piano Collection.
Masterwork. Level:
Intermediate (grade 4/5).
Book. 8 pages. Published
by Alfred Publishing.