Euphonium & piano - advanced

SKU: CY.CC2604

Composed by Gabriel Faure. Arranged by Ralph Sauer. French 20th Century. Solo part and piano accompaniment. Published by Cherry Classics (CY.CC2604).

Faure is well known for his lyricism and haunting harmonies. In a way, he was the father of French Impressionist music.

The Serenade, Opus 98 was originally written for the great 20th century Cellist, Pablo Casals.

Mr. Ralph Sauer has kept the arrangement in the same key as the Cello. The work is playable by advanced performers.

This arrangement is another example of Mr. Sauer's excellent feel for the subtleties of the composer's style.

Composed by Alexander Borodin (1833-1887). Arranged by Ralph Sauer. Romantic Russian. Solo part and piano score. Published by Cherry Classics (CY.CC2520).

Euphonium and Piano - advanced

SKU: CY.CC2496

Composed by Alexander Scriabin. Arranged by Ralph Sauer. Romantic Russian. Solo part and piano score. Published by Cherry Classics (CY.CC2496).

* Alexander Scriabin's music has been described as mystical, lyrical and idiosyncratic. * He was a most innovative and controversial early modern Russian composer. * Scriabin's works were ignored for many years until recently and are now seen as sincere expression(s) of genius. * The Three Etudes for Euphonium and Piano are early works of Scriabin, originally written for solo Piano. * They show lyricism, passion, moodiness, chromatic harmonies and great expression. * Mr. Sauer has once again arranged three wonderful new works for advanced performers who wish to explore Scriabin's music, largely unknown to the Euphonium world. * Those who do will be richly rewarded with the great depth of musicianship found in these works. * The three movements are about 9-10 in length and suitable for advanced performers.

Euphonium & piano - advanced

SKU: CY.CC2613

Composed by Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn. Arranged by Ralph Sauer. Romantic. Solo part & piano accompaniment. Published by Cherry Classics (CY.CC2613).

Ralph Sauer has transcribed six of Mendelssohn's many Songs Without Words for Euphonium. Mendelssohn wrote eight volumes of songs for the Piano throughout his life. These pieces became popular immediately because of their beauty and accessibility technically . The Songs are mostly lyrical and of utmost beauty. Mr. Sauer has found a previously unmined resource and added immeasurably to the Euphonium repertoire.

For advanced performers in Bass Clef.

Euphonium and Piano - advanced

SKU: CY.CC2545

Composed by Enrique Granados. Arranged by Ralph Sauer. Spanish National. Solo part and piano score. Published by Cherry Classics (CY.CC2545).

Granados was a Spanish composer whose music had the unique style of his homeland burned into his soul. He was also a very talented painter in the style of Goya.

The Two Dances, 1. Oriental and 2. Fandango are taken from the 12 danzas espanolas, volume I from 1890, for Piano.

Mr. Sauer has brilliantly taken the solo Piano part and divided it between solo Euphnium and Piano.

Euphonium performers will enjoy working on this style of Spanish Nationalist music of which there is none in the solo repertoire.

The Two Dances (in tenor clef) are about 6 1/2 minutes in length and can be performed by advanced musicians.

The mp3 sample is an excerpt of the Bass Trombone version taken from a live performance at the 2012 Academy of the West Festival performed by David Hagee and Luis Ortiz, Pianist.

Composed by Johannes Brahms (1833-1897). Arranged by Ralph Sauer. Romantic German Solo. Solo part and piano accompaniment. Published by Cherry Classics (CY.CC2757).

Euphonium & piano - intermediate

SKU: CY.CC2602

Composed by Leos Janacek. Arranged by Ralph Sauer. 20th Century Czech. Solo part and piano accompaniment. Published by Cherry Classics (CY.CC2602).

These are fifteen short, but intense works by Leos Janacek. This music is indeed a great gift to the Euphonium solo literature by Mr. Sauer.

These pieces can be performed by intermediate to advanced performers and are about 9 minutes total in length.

Below are a few notes from the arrangement by Ralph Sauer.

Originall y for solo piano, the Fifteen Moravian Folksongs are remarkable for their musicality as well as their brevity - the only notated, repeated passage in the entire work is in Number 5. Because Janacek included the text in his piano score (with no indication that it should be sung), and the fact that there are, in many cases, indications that the text is only a first verse, I have included some additional repeats.

The mp3 sound sample is from a recital at the 2012 Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara. Performance by Ralph Sauer, trombone and Natasha Kislenko, piano.

Euphonium & Piano - advanced

SKU: CY.CC2974

Composed by Jules Massenet. Arranged by Ralph Sauer. French Romantic. Solo part and Piano accompaniment. 12 pages. Cherry Classics #2974. Published by Cherry Classics (CY.CC2974).

ISBN 9790530057933.

Mass enet's Three Pieces for Piano, Four Hands Opus 11 was published in 1867. Two of the pieces were adapted for Cello in 1877. Mr. Sauer has arranged these two pieces for Euphonium bass clef and Piano:
1. Andante sostenuto
2. Allegretto vivo scherzando
The Andante is flowing and lyrical with the Allegretto being a lively 6/8 dance in A-B-A form.
The two movements total about 5 minutes and are appropriate for advanced performers.

Euphonium & piano - moderate

SKU: CY.CC2625

Composed by Franz Schubert. Arranged by Ralph Sauer. Romantic Solo. Solo part and piano accompaniment. Published by Cherry Classics (CY.CC2625).

* Impromptu No. 3 originally for Piano is a beautiful example of Schubert's genius for long melodic line.

* Mr. Sauer has done a beautiful job of editing this arrangement for Euphonium and Piano of about 5 3/4 minutes in length.

* In bass clef, this work can be performed by intermediate performers.

Composed by S. Coleridge-Taylor. Arranged by Ralph Sauer. For euphonium and piano. British 19th century. Advanced. Solo part and piano accompaniment. Published by Cherry Classics

Euphonium & Piano - advanced

SKU: CY.CC2457

Composed by Arnold Bax. Arranged by Ralph Sauer. Romantic/Impressionist. Solo part & score. Published by Cherry Classics (CY.CC2457).

Sir Arnold Bax composed in a style that blended Romantic, Impressionist and Celtic flavors together in a brilliant way. Mr. Sauer has taken these two works originally for Piano and brilliantly transcribed them for Euphonium & Piano. The Country Tune begins with a beautiful melody which turns into a jaunty dance. The Burlesque is also dance-like, but mixes 3/4 and 4/4 time in a most inovative way. These works are light, airy & very pleasant to perform and listen to.

Euphonium & Piano - advanced

SKU: CY.CC2652

Composed by Frank Bridge. Arranged by Ralph Sauer. 20th Century British. Solo and Piano. Published by Cherry Classics (CY.CC2652).

British composer Frank Bridge is mainly remembered for his beautiful chamber music. The Four Pieces from 1912 are originally for Violin and Piano and are titled:
1. Meditation
2. Spring Song
3. Lullaby
4. Country Dance
Mr. Sauer has done a beautiful job scoring these works for Euphonium. There is a wonderful simplicity to Bridge's music, a simplicity that was lost forever just two years later at the beginning of the Great War, WW I. Bridge's most famous composition student was Benjamin Britten, who wrote one of his greatest works as an homage to Bridge.

By Edward Elgar (1857-1934). Arranged by Ralph Sauer. For Euphonium and Piano. Romantic, British. Advanced. Solo part and piano accompaniment. Published by Cherry Classics

Euphonium & Piano - moderately advanced

SKU: CY.CC2477

Composed by S. Prokofiev. Arranged by Ralph Sauer. 20th Century Russian. Solo part & accompaniment. Published by Cherry Classics (CY.CC2477).

* Also known as Four Grandmother Songs and Old Granny Tales, this work was composed in New York in 1918 at the beginning of the composer's self-imposed exile from Russia after its Revolution. * These short pieces were immediately successful and were performed worldwide. * In the epigraph to this work Prokofiev wrote, Some recollections had become half erased from her memory; others will never be erased. * Mr. Sauer once again, has produced a magnificent work for Euphonium & Piano. * This work with its great character is a joy to perform, about 8 - 9 minutes in length for moderately advanced performers. .

Composed by Franz Liszt (1811-1886). Arranged by Ralph Sauer. Romantic. Solo part and Piano accompaniment. Published by Cherry Classics (CY.CC2870).

Composed by S. Prokofiev. Arranged by Ralph Sauer. Russian 20th century. Solo part and piano accompaniment. Published by Cherry Classics (CY.CC2607).

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.

Euphonium and Piano - Advanced

SKU: CY.CC3133

Composed by Claude Debussy. Arranged by Ralph Sauer. Classical. Score and Parts. Cherry Classics #CC3133. Published by Cherry Classics (CY.CC3133).

ISBN 9790530111024. 8.5 x 11 in inches.

Debussy's beautiful work Reverie, originally for Piano was written in the late 19th Century and is ripe with his Impressionist style. One can hear the water lapping against the shore as the glorious melody soars above. Mr. Sauer brings this all to life with his arrangement for moderately advanced performers. About four minutes in length.

Euphonium and Piano - advanced

SKU: CY.CC2619

Composed by Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov. Arranged by Ralph Sauer. Romantic. Solo part and accompaniment. Published by Cherry Classics (CY.CC2619).

The Serenade, Op. 37 was conceived for Cello with Piano accompaniment, but later in life the composer scored the work for the solo instrument with orchestra. The Low Brass world knows Rimsky-Korsakov for his Trombone Concerto for Band. The Serenade has a very similar mood to the slow movement of the Concerto. It's beautiful lilting rhythm combined with a wonderful melody makes this work very worthwhile.
Mr. Sauer's arrangement brings a beautiful feel to this 4 minute work, which is appropriate for advanced performers.

Part s for Bass and Treble readers are supplied.

By Charles Ives (1874-1954). Arranged by Ralph Sauer. For Euphonium and Piano. American 20th Century. Moderately advanced. Solo part and piano accompaniment. Published by Cherry Classics

Euphonium and Piano - advanced

SKU: CY.CC2516

Composed by Camille Saint-Saens. Arranged by Ralph Sauer. French 20th Century. Solo part and piano score. Published by Cherry Classics (CY.CC2516).

Le Rossignol or the Nightingale is originally a vocalise for Soprano solo from Saint-Saen's incidental orchestral music for the play, Parysatis written in 1902. This 4 minute work is all about mood. For this arrangement, Mr. Sauer transposes into the key of C, which lays perfectly for all of the bird-like calls that are in phrases which are slurred. The music has a lot of ad lib. tempo sections which gives the performer plenty of time to create that magic call of the Nightingale. Early writers thought it was the female that sang, but in fact it is the male. The Nightingale usually sings at night or just before dawn when other birds are silent and has a strong spontaneous song with an impressive range of trills and whistles.

Euphonium and Piano - intermediate

SKU: CY.CC2530

Composed by Francis Poulenc. Arranged by Ralph Sauer. 20th Century French. Solo part and piano score. Published by Cherry Classics (CY.CC2530).

The Bestiary or The Procession of Orpheus was written by Poulenc in 1919. Mr. Sauer's adaptation of six short movements of about 5 minutes in length, originally for voice are poems from 1911 by Guillaume Apollinaire about animals: Camel, Goat, Grasshopper, Dolphin, Crayfish and Carp.

This music is very suitable for young performers at the intermediate level and is a great way to introduce them to a major 20th century composer who's only other music for brass is the famous Trio.

Composed by Reinhold Moritzovich Gliere (1874- 1956). Arranged by Ralph Sauer. Russian Romantic. Solo part and Piano accompaniment. 28 pages. Cherry Classics #3012. Published by Cherry Classics

Euphonium and Piano - advanced

SKU: CY.CC2703

Composed by Gabriel Faure. Arranged by Ralph Sauer. French 20th Century. Solo part (Bass and Treble clef) and Piano. Published by Cherry Classics (CY.CC2703).

--Gabriel Faure's Opus 7 is a grouping of three songs written between 1870 and 1878 and then published together almost 20 years later.

The songs are:
--Apres une reve (After a Dream) - Faure's most famous song, text by Romain Bussine
--Hymne - also an ethereal love song, text by Charles Baudelaire
--Barcarol le - a flowing song in 6/8 time from a poem by Marc Monnier

--Mr. Sauer has beautifully arranged these songs for advanced performers and provided English translations of the lyrics for better understanding of the spirit of each song.

--Length of the three song set is about 7 minutes.

Euphonium and Piano - advanced

SKU: CY.CC2443

Composed by Erik Satie. Arranged by Ralph Sauer. Impressionist. Solo part and piano accompaniment. Published by Cherry Classics (CY.CC2443).

Satie's strange but beautiful pieces were composed in the 1890's and were notated without barlines or time signatures. They consist of mysterious, hypnotic melodies supported by simple chord structures and are full of cryptic comments such as counsel yourself carefully and be clairvoyant. There are few restictions on interpretation. Mr. Sauer's beautiful arrangements of these six short works total about 15 minutes in length and are suitable for advanced performers.

Euphonium and Piano - advanced

SKU: CY.CC2803

Composed by Arnold Schoenberg. Arranged by Ralph Sauer. 20th Century. Solo part and accompaniment. Published by Cherry Classics (CY.CC2803).

Arnold Schoenberg's Six Little Pieces, Opus 19, originally for Piano, were published in 1913 at a time when the composer was reacting to his feelings of the excesses of the Romantic Period. They were composed concurrently with his gigantic work Gurre-Lieder. The first five pieces were written in one day and the last one shortly after the death of Gustav Mahler as a rumored tombeau or memorial. Mr. Sauer has deftly arranged these six short pieces of around 5 minutes in length for advanced performers.
Parts are supplied for bass and treble readers.

Euphonium & piano - Advanced

SKU: CY.CC2633

Composed by Gabriel Pierne. Arranged by Ralph Sauer. French. Solo part and piano accompanimenet. Published by Cherry Classics (CY.CC2633).

Gabriel Pierne was a composer and conductor who studied with Franck and Massenet. His music is typically in the French style, exhibiting charm, clear technique and beauty of melodic line.

The Three Pieces are titled:
1. Serenade, Opus 7; 2. Piece in F minor; 3. March of the Tin Soldiers.

This suite is suitable for advanced performers and will add a lovely charm to your recital or concert.

Mr. Sauer has produced a very fine suite made up of exquisite gems from Monsieur Piernes pen.

Euphonium & piano - advanced

SKU: CY.CC2608

Composed by Edouard Lalo. Arranged by Ralph Sauer. French 20th century. Solo part and piano accompaniment. Published by Cherry Classics (CY.CC2608).

Lalo was born in Lille (Nord), in northernmost France. He attended that city's music conservatory in his youth. Then, beginning at age 16, Lalo studied at the Paris Conservatoire under Berlioz's old enemy François Antoine Habeneck. For several years, he worked as a string player and teacher in Paris. In 1848, he joined with friends to found the Armingaud Quartet, playing viola and second violin. Lalo's earliest surviving compositions are songs and chamber works. He dedicated most of his career to the composition of chamber music, which was in vogue, and to writing works for orchestra.
These two works beautifully arranged by Mr. Sauder show the core of Lalo's chamber music; personal, subtle at times and filled with a French lyricism.
For advanced performers.

Composed by Jean Sibelius (1865-1957). Arranged by Ralph Sauer. Finnish National. Solo part and piano accompaniment. Published by Cherry Classics (CY.CC2907).

Euphonium and Piano - advanced

SKU: CY.CC2822

Composed by Camille Saint-Saens. Arranged by Ralph Sauer. French Romantic. Solo part and accompaniment. Published by Cherry Classics (CY.CC2822).

The Romance, Opus 36 composed in 1874 originally for Horn, is elegant with rich, romantic textures. It is a short Song Without Words. Mr. Sauer has masterfully transcribed this 3-minute work for advanced performers.

Part s for Bass & Treble clef readers are provided.