Euphonium and Piano -
moderately advanced
SKU: CY.CC2550
Composed by Amy Marcy
Beach. Arranged by Ralph
Sauer. 20th Century
American. Solo part and
piano score. Published by
Cherry Classics
(CY.CC2550).
Amy Beach's
Eskimos, Opus 64 composed
in 1907 was written
originally for Piano solo
and is set in four
descriptive
vignettes:
1. Arctic
Night
2. The Returning
Hunter
3. Exiles
4.
With Dog-Teams
Beach
used melodies from eleven
Inuit songs she
discovered from an early
recording and set them to
European harmonies.
Mr.
Sauer's arrangement of
this unique music is
playable by moderately
advanced performers. The
four movements total
about 10 minutes of music
in length.
The mp3
sample is a clip taken
from a live masterclass
recital at the 2012
Academy of the West
Festival performed by
Trombonist Kensey Chellis
and Pianist Chorong
Park.