(A Polyrhythmic Journey in 6/8 Time). By Alan Dworsky. For Keyboard (Piano). Met...(+)
(A Polyrhythmic Journey
in 6/8 Time). By Alan
Dworsky. For Keyboard
(Piano). Methods. Dancing
Hand. World Music.
Intermediate-Advanced.
Book/CD Set. 96 pages.
Published by Dancing
Hands
Piano SKU: SU.12800032 For Piano. Composed by Cory Hall. Keyboard,...(+)
Piano
SKU:
SU.12800032
For
Piano. Composed by
Cory Hall. Keyboard,
Piano/Harpsichord. Music
Theory. Score. Subito
Music Corporation
#12800032. Published by
Subito Music Corporation
(SU.12800032).
BachScholar
Edition Vol. 32 –
Better than Hanon, 2nd
Edition (10 pages)
consists of four- and
five-finger broken chords
and arpeggios (major,
minor, dominant and
diminished 7ths) in all
the keys, which also
includes an introduction
and practice guide.
Practicing these patterns
regularly in a broken and
blocked fashion improves
flexibility, strength,
economy of motion and
instills a solid
understanding of musical
harmony. Indispensable
for all pianists and
teachers from the
intermediate through
concert level. Piano
Composed: 2018 Published
by: BachScholar.
Piano (Piano Solo) SKU: HL.48025032 Six Humoresques for Piano. Com...(+)
Piano (Piano Solo)
SKU: HL.48025032
Six Humoresques for
Piano. Composed by
Ursula Mamlok. BH Piano.
Classical. Softcover. 12
pages. Bote & Bock
#M202536049. Published by
Bote & Bock
(HL.48025032).
ISBN
9783793143017. UPC:
196288019961.
9.0x12.0x0.064
inches.
Grasshopper
s was written in 1956
during MamlokÂ’s
studies at the Manhattan
School. She balances a
variety of moods,
textures and tempi in six
brief movemenm of a
divertimento-like
character that are
thematically unified by
the use of melodic
fourths and scurrying
chromatic figures. The
second movement, Night
Serenade, is a poignant
siciliano, the fourth
movement a bitonal
Minuet, while the fifth
movement, In the Army, is
a humorous march. The
third movement, In the
Rain, is the most
virtuosic of the set.
Grasshoppers concludes
with Hurrying Home, a
rapid, often bitonal
waltz. Marnlok
orchestrared Grasshoppers
in 1957. lts 1958
orchestral premiere, by
Carl Bamberger and the
Süddeutsches
Rundfunkorchester, was
one of the first
important performances of
her music. (Barry
Wiener).
Chamber Music Piano SKU: PR.110418370 Composed by Charles Ives. Arranged ...(+)
Chamber Music Piano
SKU: PR.110418370
Composed by Charles Ives.
Arranged by Danny Holt.
Performance Score. 20
pages. Duration 8
minutes. Theodore Presser
Company #110-41837.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.110418370).
ISBN
9781491135075. UPC:
680160686247.
Compo
sed as an organ solo by
the 17-year-old Ives for
his own performance
purposes, the beloved
Variations on America is
a treat for any occasion,
whether a holiday
concert, a serious
recital, or other special
event. Danny
Holt’s
transcription for Piano,
Four Hands adds a
dazzling new option to
play at home or on stage,
taking best advantage of
Ives’ tremendous
contrasts in color,
dynamics, and
texture. Composed when
Charles Ives was a
teenager, Variations on
“America†is
both a convenient
introduction to
Ives’ body of
work, and an early
example of his
iconoclastic musical
voice and creative
genius. Just a few years
after composing this
piece, Ives would leave
home to study music at
Yale. But until then he
had been taught by his
father, George (who had
been a bandmaster in the
Civil War). George
subjected the young Ives
to experiments such as
singing a song in one key
while being accompanied
in another, or arranging
for two marching bands to
converge on a town
center, with the
resulting cacophony that
ensued.The Variations
exemplifies an early
period of experimentation
in Ives’ work,
spurred on by the unusual
pedagogy of his father.
The piece is particularly
notable for its use of
bitonality in the two
interludes, subtly
foreshadowing more
well-known examples by
Stravinsky, Bartók,
and others by
approximately two
decades.The bitonal
interludes were so ahead
of their time, in fact,
they were omitted from
the first copy that was
submitted to a publisher
in 1892. (Alas, the piece
was rejected even despite
these
“shockingâ€
elements having been left
out, and it wasn’t
published until more than
five decades later.)
There is some ambiguity
about when exactly Ives
added the interludes into
his manuscript copy,
though ample evidence
suggests he had performed
the piece with the
interludes around the
time he notated the piece
in 1891-92. In any case,
in light of this piece
and his other polytonal
explorations from the
last decade of the 19th
century, it seems fair to
give Ives credit for
being a pioneer in this
area!This arrangement for
Piano, Four Hands,
closely follows
Ives’ original
version for organ,
setting aside William
Schuman’s popular
adaptation for symphony
orchestra and William
Rhoads’ band
transcription of the
Schuman orchestration.
Pianists will find that
the piece translates well
to the instrument.
Ideally, the choreography
and logistics of
elbow-to-elbow four-hands
playing approximates the
wild joy one gets from
watching an organist play
the piece (e.g., the
elaborate pedal part in
the final variation).In
preparing this
publication, attention
was paid to details in
the dual Critical
Editions (Presser
443-41003) of both
Ives’ manuscript
edition and the 1949
publication edited by
organist E. Power Biggs
(who is credited with
discovering what had been
a long-lost, forgotten
work.) But as with much
of Ives’ output,
attempting to create a
true
‘urtext’
score is a futile
endeavor, and especially
with a piece such as this
one – in which
Ives incorporated
improvisation in live
performance –
seems unnecessary anyhow.
True die-hards are of
course encouraged to
consult the critical
editions and even find
inspiration in the
orchestrated version.
Generally, performers are
advised to be wild, have
fun, and not to be too
rigid in their
interpretive
choices.Dynamics in this
arrangement mostly follow
the organ score closely.
Pianists will use good
judgment about pedaling
throughout, which should
be straightforward and
intuitive. Courtesy
accidentals have been
provided frequently
– without
parentheses –
balancing the need for
extra clarity in the
context of Ives’
murky musical language,
and a desire to avoid
unnecessary clutter.A few
notes that might inform
interpretive
decisions:mm. 15-16:
There are inconsistencies
here between Ives’
original manuscript and
the 1949 Biggs edition,
regarding the top voice
in m. 15, beat 3 (C# vs.
Cn) and m. 16 (D Major
vs. D Minor).mm. 76-84 &
143-146: In both
Interludes, Ives
emphatically notates
extreme dynamic contrast,
in order to highlight the
bitonality. Although it
may seem counterintuitive
(or even a misprint, as
has apparently been
misconstrued by some),
performers are urged to
follow the
composer’s
marking!m. 109: Two-note
slurs have been added
here for clarity and
consistency with other
similar passages, though
they do not appear in
either the original
manuscript or Biggs.m.
112: The last two eighth
notes of Primo appear as
16ths in the original
manuscript.mm. 183-186:
The original manuscript
has a slightly different
bass line.mm. 184 & 186:
Primo gestures have been
re-written to be slightly
more idiomatic for Piano,
Four Hands.m. 186: The
breath mark at the end of
this bar does not appear
in either the manuscript
or Biggs, but is an
editorial suggestion
– aside from being
appropriately dramatic,
it will indeed be
necessary in a
reverberant hall!I would
like to thank Steven
Vanhauwaert, the other
half of my piano duo,
4handsLA, for his input
on early drafts of this
arrangement.—
Danny Holt, April
2022.
A Guide to the Jazz Pentatonic Scales. Jazz, Jazz Instruction. Softcover Book....(+)
A Guide to the Jazz
Pentatonic
Scales. Jazz, Jazz
Instruction. Softcover
Book.
219 pages. Sher Music
Company
#9781883217846. Published
by
Sher Music Company
Piano SKU: SU.12800086 For Piano. Composed by Johann Sebastian Bac...(+)
Piano
SKU:
SU.12800086
For
Piano. Composed by
Johann Sebastian Bach.
Keyboard,
Piano/Harpsichord. Music
Theory. Score. Subito
Music Corporation
#12800086. Published by
Subito Music Corporation
(SU.12800086).
BachScholar
Editions Vol. 86: BACH
MEETS RAGTIME: 10
Four-Part Chorales
Arranged (Volume 2) (41
pages) was born out of
classic ragtime and
related style
improvisations on
selected four-part
chorales by J.S. Bach.
These arrangements
transform Bach’s
short chorales into
exciting and idiomatic
concert pieces for piano
while fully retaining the
chorales’ original
melodies and harmonies.
Styles encountered in
this collection include
two-step rags, cake walk,
waltz, etude, cool swing,
march macabre, and
hoedown. The ten pieces
have been assembled in a
strategic order so that
they may be played in
succession as an
effective concert cycle.
In addition, they may be
played singly or in pairs
and groups as the
performer sees fit. A
complete performance
lasts approximately 36
minutes. This collection
is ideal for piano
students, teachers, and
concert artists who seek
fresh, new, and creative
material for study and
performance.
Keyboard/Theory Published
by: BachScholar.
Piano SKU: SU.27050010 For Piano. Composed by Joel Feigin. Keyboar...(+)
Piano
SKU:
SU.27050010
For
Piano. Composed by
Joel Feigin. Keyboard,
Piano/Harpsichord. Score.
Subito Music Corporation
#27050010. Published by
Subito Music Corporation
(SU.27050010).
Solo piano piano solo - Grade 5 SKU: B7.B770 Composed by Allen Molineux. ...(+)
Solo piano piano solo -
Grade 5
SKU:
B7.B770
Composed by
Allen Molineux. Edited by
Howard J. Buss. 21st
Century. Score. Brixton
Publications #B770.
Published by Brixton
Publications (B7.B770).
8.5x11
inches.
Scherzi for
Piano by Allen Molineux -
These miniatures are 6
different ways of looking
at the scherzo genre. The
first deals with allowing
the performer to freely
play the material. The
second, at times, hints
at a jazz-like swing
style. The third is a
special kind of quodlibet
in that it uses snippets
of well-known scherzi for
piano and also for
orchestra with numerous
appearances of the Chopin
Scherzo No. 2 holding it
all together, while some
actually interact with
each other. For example,
Brahms, Clara and Robert
Schumann do get in a bit
of a tangle and Bruckner
seems to be at odds with
the early Romantics of
Beethoven and Schubert.
The fourth is a
conversational contrast
between herky-jerky and
groove motion. The fifth,
which is the briefest, is
a contest between a short
staccato figure and an
ever-expanding legato
one. The final scherzo is
a distorted ragtime piece
where the left hand
avoids the typical
march-like accompaniment
pattern. (9'50) Grade
V.
Composed by Howard Shore. For Keyboard; Piano; Voice. This edition: Piano So...(+)
Composed by Howard Shore.
For Keyboard; Piano;
Voice.
This edition: Piano Solo
&
Piano/Vocal/Chords.
Artist/Personality; Book;
Piano - Personality Book;
Piano Supplemental;
Piano/Vocal/Chords.
Movie.
112 pages. Published by
Alfred Music
Piano/Keyboard SKU: SU.12800094 For Piano/Keyboard. Composed by Ro...(+)
Piano/Keyboard
SKU:
SU.12800094
For
Piano/Keyboard.
Composed by Robert
Schumann. Keyboard,
Piano/Harpsichord. Music
Theory. Score. Subito
Music Corporation
#12800094. Published by
Subito Music Corporation
(SU.12800094).
BachScholar
Editions Vol. 94:
SCHUMANN: Kinderszenen,
Op. 15 (18 pages) offers
a fine performance
edition of
Schumann’s popular
work, consisting of 13
short and imaginative
character pieces
(subtitled Easy Pieces
for the Piano according
the first edition). In
addition to presenting a
beautiful and robust
musical manuscript with
optimized page turns,
this edition also
includes a four-page
essay that explains and
elucidates the
composer’s
controversial metronome
indications. Also, this
edition is replete with
useful fingerings and
pedalings as well as
practical hand
redistributions which
students and teachers
will find innovative and
refreshing. This quality
edition of
Schumann’s
masterwork should be in
the library of all piano
students, teachers, and
performers. Published by:
BachScholar.