Clarinet and Piano SKU: ST.C129 Composed by Mark Tanner. Wind & brass mus...(+)
Clarinet and Piano
SKU: ST.C129
Composed by Mark Tanner.
Wind & brass music.
Clifton Edition #C129.
Published by Clifton
Edition (ST.C129).
ISBN
9790570811298.
As I
sit myself down to write
this brief foreword, I
ask myself can there be
music more stirring than
these old Cornish folk
melodies? Though not
Cornish myself (I confess
to being born a little
further up the road, in
Bristol), I feel I have
spent sufficient time in
these 'ere parts to
resonate with the sturdy
brass band tradition that
continues to permeate
this incomparably
beautiful, rugged county.
One can almost detect a
French 'accent' when
listening to the piano
music of Debussy, and
likewise, speaking as a
lapsed brass player,
there is undoubtedly
something of the Cornish
twang about Trelawny when
played on a cornet or
euphonium. Then again,
one gets a different, yet
entirely convincing
effect upon hearing these
melodies rendered on
woodwind instruments;
hence, with a little
gamesmanship on my part,
I am pleased to see my
collection of these
fifteen delectable
ditties come to fruition
in the form of
arrangements for treble
clef brass instruments
(in B flat and E flat),
trombone and tuba (bass
clef), horn in F, flute,
clarinet and bassoon.
While many will find
themselves humming the
likes of Going up
Camborne Hill, Lamorna or
The Helston Furry Dance
even before they have
turned to the first page
- for these are indelibly
intertwined with Cornish
culture – I wonder if I
might draw your attention
to The Cornish Squire,
The Pool of Pilate and
Cold Blows the Wind Today
Sweetheart, which are
quite simply sublime
melodies, perhaps needing
that extra bit of help in
bringing them to mind
nowadays. In the best
tradition of musical
hand-me-downs, Cornish
folk music works equally
ideally sung and played,
and only by doing so on a
regular basis can such
traditions hope to
continue forward with
vigour and authority. A
legitimate way of
achieving this is to
revitalise the harmonic
scheme of these ancient
tunes and bring them up
to date for a modern
audience; after all, it
was such an approach that
fuelled the imagination
of Benjamin Britten and
Ralph Vaughan Williams in
decades past, while
skilfully paying homage
to the underlying charm
and, for want of a better
word, simplicity, of the
original music. But this
is only a start – for
without an energetic
response from younger
generations, Cornish folk
music is destined to
wither on the vine in
much the same way as is
happening with the
Cornish dialect. So, put
your instrument to your
lips and proceed, not
with caution, but with
enthusiasm and a smile,
for your great
grandparents (and perhaps
even their grandparents)
would surely raise a
glass if they could hear
you doing your bit to
ensure the survival of
this splendid
heritage. Timeless
Cornish melodies, cooked
up for hungry clarinet
players Grades
1–4 Former Spartan
Press Cat. No.:
SP1218.
Clarinet and piano SKU: P2.30094 Composed by James Grant. Solo music, 20t...(+)
Clarinet and piano
SKU: P2.30094
Composed by James Grant.
Solo music, 20th century.
Published by Potenza
Music (P2.30094).
Mark My Words,
originally for tuba (but
just as fun to play on
clarinet), was composed
by James Grant in
February of 2007 as a
heartfelt gift to his
great friend and staunch
musical ally, tubist Mark
Nelson, in celebration of
their first collaboration
fourteen years earlier
(Three Furies for solo
tuba). Grant writes, When
I began composing Mark My
Words, I told Mark to be
prepared for something
fun that sounded like
Charlie Brown doing a
funky bossa nova (think
jazz pianist/composer
Vince Guaraldi's Linus
and Lucy). I did not tell
him that the middle
section of Mark My Words
would make overt
references to all of the
principal shapes, motives
and themes from the Three
Furies - my way of
thanking Mark Nelson,
specifically, for opening
wide the door of
composing for tuba and
euphonium those many
years ago and for so
enthusiastically
escorting me over that
threshold. I am but one
of many grateful
composers whom Mark has
supported over the years
by commissioning, then
recording their music.
Mark My Words is my
humble attempts at giving
back to this devoted
educator, consummate
musician, fervent
promoter of new music for
tuba, and - yes - kickass
player..
Clarinet; Piano Accompaniment SKU: HL.50566025 Clarinet and Piano Revi...(+)
Clarinet; Piano
Accompaniment
SKU:
HL.50566025
Clarinet and Piano
Revised Edition.
Composed by Claude
Debussy. Editions Durand.
Classical, French,
Impressionist. Softcover.
28 pages. Editions Durand
#DD01681800. Published by
Editions Durand
(HL.50566025).
ISBN
9781705192658. UPC:
196288132332.
9.0x12.0x0.105
inches.
Clarinet and piano SKU: P2.30093 Composed by Maurice Saylor. Solo music, ...(+)
Clarinet and piano
SKU: P2.30093
Composed by Maurice
Saylor. Solo music, 20th
century. Published by
Potenza Music (P2.30093).
The titular
confusion of this work
came about in this way:
the tunes first appeared
in a 1991 musical I wrote
based on Moliere's Le
Malade Imaginaire (The
Imaginary Invalid).
Lacking faith in the
musical but liking the
tunes, I fashioned a few
of them into the symphony
- a comic symphony. Yet,
it seemed to lack luster.
When the opportunity came
to write a work for my
friend and fellow Snark
Ensemble performer Ben
Redwine, I decided what
the material lacked was a
solo voice. The tunes are
still there, but now
greatly elaborated and
expanded upon. The final
work is still very much a
symphony - and no other
title seems to suit it -
but symphonies are
generally for orchestra.
Still, the size and the
instrumentation for the
form we call symphony
have varied greatly over
the years, so perhaps
it's the nature of the
music that makes it a
symphony and not the
scoring.
Clarinet; Piano Accompaniment (CLARINET/PNO) SKU: HL.48025290 Clarinet...(+)
Clarinet; Piano
Accompaniment
(CLARINET/PNO)
SKU:
HL.48025290
Clarinet (B-Flat) and
Piano. Composed by
Elena Kats-Chernin.
Boosey & Hawkes Chamber
Music. Classical, Waltz.
Softcover. 16 pages.
Duration 270 seconds.
Bote & Bock #M202537350.
Published by Bote & Bock
(HL.48025290).
UPC:
196288172147.
9.0x12.0x0.074
inches.
'While
composing Joy in a Minor
Key I attempted to
achieve a fleeting,
light, poetic, almost
never “touching the
ground†quality.
The piece is written in
my favourite form of
rondo waltz with a coda,'
says Elena Kats-Chernin.
The composition was
commissioned by an
Australian patroness for
the 50th birthday of her
husband, who had recently
recovered from serious
illness. On first hearing
the atmospherically
ambivalent sounds, she
then felt more reminded
of her mother, a great
lover of music, to whose
memory Joy in a MinorKey
was finally
dedicated.
Valse romantique Clarinette et Piano EMB (Editio Musica Budapest)
Clarinet and Piano SKU: BT.EMBZ15061 Clarinette et piano. Composed...(+)
Clarinet and Piano
SKU: BT.EMBZ15061
Clarinette et
piano. Composed by
Claude Debussy. Book
Only. Composed 2017. 12
pages. Editio Musica
Budapest #EMBZ15061.
Published by Editio
Musica Budapest
(BT.EMBZ15061).
Zoltán
Kocsis (1952 - 2016) was
not just a phenomenal
pianist. He was also
regarded as a musical
'polymath' whose genius
embraced the activities
of a composer, conductor,
editor, instrumentalist,
and arranger. In the last
capacity, he added some
150 works to symphonic,
chamber, song and piano
repertoire. He gladly
adapted music of the turn
of the 20th century, as
appears from his
transcriptions of Richard
Strauss, Ravel,
Rachmaninoff, Enescu, and
above all, Debussy. (Many
of these are distributed
by Editio Musica
Budapest.) 'In Debussy's
case, (...) I was always
interested in works that
offered possibilities
beyond the bounds of the
piano, possibilities for
orchestration.Just as
with Liszt it was often
possible to see that
certain of his works had
been written for piano
for publication purposes,
so with Debussy it is
clear that mainly his
song accompaniments
exceeded the bounds of
possibility for the
piano,' Kocsis stated in
one interview. Perhaps
that recognition also
encouraged him to arrange
the popular piano work
Valse romantique (1890)
for clarinet and piano.
The arrangement superbly
pinpoints the sensitive,
almost ingratiating
tunefulness of the Waltz,
adding a piece that
sounds great and is
rewarding to perform to
the clarinet repertoire.
Mit dem
unlängst verstorbenen
Zoltán Kocsis
betrauert die Nachwelt
nicht nur einen
phänomenalen
Pianisten, sondern auch
einen 'Polyhistor der
Musik': Sein
außergewöhnliches
Talent entfaltete sich
ebenfalls in seiner
Tätigkeit als
Komponist, als Dirigent,
als Herausgeber und nicht
zuletzt auch als
Arrangeur und Bearbeiter
organisch. Durch letztere
Aktivität bereicherte
er die symphonische,
Kammer-, Lied- und
Klavierliteratur um etwa
einhundertfünfzig
Werke. Sehr gern
adaptierte er die Musik
aus der Zeit der Wende
zum 20. Jahrhundert, wie
auch seine
Richard-Strauss-, Ravel-,
Rachmaninov-, Enescu- und
vor allem
Debussy-Transkriptionen
belegen. (Mehrere davon
werden auch von
unseremVerlag
vertrieben.).