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.

Composed by Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943). Arranged by Ralph Sauer. Russian 20th century. Solo part and piano accompaniment. Published by Cherry Classics (CY.CC2617).

Euphonium and Piano - moderately advanced

SKU: CY.CC2656

Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven. Arranged by Ralph Sauer. German Romantic. Solo and Piano. Published by Cherry Classics (CY.CC2656).

--This work is the third from a collection of five short pieces Beethoven wrote for Flotenuhr or mechanical clock, discovered a number of years after his death.

--Their true origin was uncovered by Professor Albert Kopfermann, a German musician/librarian, who solved the mystery about their instrumentation.

--This delightful Allegro movement has been transposed into the key of D from G and arranged for moderately advanced performers by Ralph Sauer.

--Your audience will love this little gem as the clock slows down and stops before the final cadence. It will make a great encore piece.

Euphonium, Piano - Grade 1

SKU: FL.FX072349

Composed by Pascal Proust. Classical, Educational. Score and Set of Parts. FLEX Editions #FX072349. Published by FLEX Editions (FL.FX072349).

A short piece where the young player will find what he must have acquired during the first months of learning, while being in a legendary setting...

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. .

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.

By Erik Satie (1866-1925). Arranged by Ralph Sauer. For euphonium and piano. French Impressionist. Advanced. Solo part and piano accompaniment. Published by Cherry Classics

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.