Guitar - Intermediate
SKU: MB.31076M
Chamber, Saddle-stitched.
Classical.
Book/insert/online audio.
Mel Bay Publications, Inc
#31076M. Published by Mel
Bay Publications, Inc
(MB.31076M).
ISBN
9781513477695. 8.75x11.75
inches.
Following the
model established by Bach
and Chopin, George
Gershwin (1898 â?? 1937)
originally planned to
write 24 modern preludes
for piano, one in each
major and relative minor
key. The collection was
to be called The
Melting Pot as it
combined cross-cultural
elements of classical,
popular, jazz, and blues
styles. Already
established as a composer
of popular songs,
Broadway musicals, and
masterpieces like
Rhapsody in Blue and
Concerto in F,
Gershwinâ??s frenetic
musical activities and an
early death intervened,
and for various
reasonsâ??only three of
the completed 5-7
preludes were published
in 1927. By omission and
circumstance, these three
compositions have endured
the test of time as
Gershwinâ??s Three
Preludes.
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This book presents
idiomatic flute/guitar
arrangements of
Gershwinâ??s iconic
Three Preludes.
The original keys of the
preludes were altered to
accommodate drop-D guitar
tuning and highlight the
strengths and tessituras
of the two instruments.
The music is written in
standard notation only
and presented in guitar
and flute scores, guitar
accompaniment with
extensive suggested
fingering, and a pull-out
flute solo part with
guitar cues. Includes
access to an outstanding
online audio recording by
The Cypress Duo,
featuring flutist Amanda
Hoke and author/guitarist
Justin
Hoke.
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Audience
s are going to love
hearing these preludes
rendered by the flute and
guitar, particularly
â??Prelude IIâ?, in
Gershwinâ??s words,
â??a sort of blues
lullabyâ? that is
familiar to many
musicians and listeners
alike.
