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 “shocking” 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.

Piano Solos. Composed by various composers and arrangers. This edition: Piano Solos. Book; Piano Collection; Piano Supplemental. Video Game. 52 pages. Published by Alfred Music

Let There Be Peace On Earth for Easy Piano composed by Jill Jackson and Sy Miller. Arranged by Jonathon Robbins. For easy piano solo. Solo. Popular. Easy. Sheet Music. Text Language: English. 4 pages. Published by Santorella Publications (

12 Easy Piano Pieces for Beginners. By Christopher Norton. (Piano). Boosey and Hawkes Piano. Size 8.25x11.75 inches. 16 pages. Published by Boosey & Hawkes.

3 Etudes pour la Methode des Methodes. Composed by Frederic Chopin (1810-1849). Piano (Solo). The Complete Chopin - A New Critical Edition. Score. Edition Peters #EP73229. Published by Edition Peters

40 Piano Masterworks in Their Original Form. Edited by Albert Mendoza. Book; Piano Collection; Piano Supplemental. The Professional Pianist. Funeral; Masterwork; Recital; Wedding. 144 pages. Published by Alfred Music

Keyboard Kids * Complete Piano Method composed by Carolyn Carson. For easy piano. This edition: Paperback. Instructional. Keyboard Kids series. Method. 2 method books. Text Language: English. 192 pages. Published by Santorella Publications

Chamber Music Bassoon, Piano

SKU: PR.114423350

Composed by Amanda Harberg. Set of Score and Parts. 32+12 pages. Duration 16 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #114-42335. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.114423350).

ISBN 9781491135112. UPC: 680160686339.

This stunning addition to the bassoon repertory features dramatic outer movements framing a slow and plaintive aria. Harberg’s program notes put the drama and its crying-out high notes in the context of writing in 2021: “The composition was deeply influenced by disruptive forces unfolding around us. While this unrest made writing difficult at times and brought me to uncomfortable places within myself, the process was also full of unexpected discoveries and musical solutions I never would have found in less troubled times.”.
Connect ions are all around us. I first met bassoonist Adrian Morejon while writing my Suite for Wind Quintet for the Dorian Wind Quintet in 2017. He and I quickly became fast friends and decided to collaborate on a new piece. Over the next two years, Adrian assembled a phenomenal group of 28 bassoonists from around the world to be co-commissioners. Adrian and I premiered the resulting sonata at the International Double Reed Society’s 2021 Virtual Symposium.The SONATA was composed between January and June 2021. In composing it, my goal was to offer bassoonists a substantial work that would show off the instrument’s remarkable strengths including its athletic agility, gorgeous singing qualities, and enormous range. While I generally avoid being programmatic, this composition was deeply influenced by the disruptive forces unfolding around us. While this unrest made writing difficult at times and often brought me to uncomfortable places within myself, the process was also full of unexpected discoveries and musical solutions I never would have found in less troubled times.I am deeply grateful to Adrian for our collaboration, and to everyone in the consortium for making the SONATA possible.

Piano

SKU: BR.EB-9253

Composed by Helmut Lachenmann. Solo instruments; stapled. Edition Breitkopf.

World premiere of the orchestral version: Stuttgart, January 1, 2018World premiere of the piano version: Mito, June 17, 2017

Have a look into EB 9283.

New music (post-2000). Score. Composed 2016/17/20. 12 pages. Duration 8'. Breitkopf and Haertel #EB 9253. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.EB-9253).

ISBN 9790004185537. 9 x 12 inches.

Marche fatale is an incautiously daring escapade that may annoy the fans of my compositions more than my earlier works, many of which have prevailed only after scandals at their world premieres. My Marche fatale has, though, little stylistically to do with my previous compositional path; it presents itself without restraint, if not as a regression, then still as a recourse to those empty phrases to which modern civilization still clings in its daily utility music, whereas music in the 20th and 21st centuries has long since advanced to new, unfamiliar soundscapes and expressive possibilities. The key term is banality. As creators we despise it, we try to avoid it - though we are not safe from the cheap banal even within new aesthetic achievements.Many composers have incidentally accepted the banal. Mozart wrote Ein musikalischer Spass [A Musical Jape], a deliberately amateurishly miscarried sextet. Beethoven's Bagatellen op. 119 were rejected by the publisher on the grounds that few will believe that this minor work is by the famous Beethoven. Mauricio Kagel wrote, tongue in cheek, so to speak, Marsche, um den Sieg zu verfehlen [Marches for being Unvictorious], Ligeti wrote Hungarian Rock; in his Circus Polka Stravinsky quoted and distorted the famous, all too popular Schubert military march, composed at the time for piano duet. I myself do not know, though, whether I ought to rank my Marche fatale alongside these examples: I accept the humor in daily life, the more so as this daily life for some of us is not otherwise to be borne. In music, I mistrust it, considering myself all the closer to the profounder idea of cheerfulness having little to do with humor. However: Isn't a march with its compelling claim to a collectively martial or festive mood absurd, a priori? Is it even music at all? Can one march and at the same time listen? Eventually, I resolved to take the absurd seriously - perhaps bitterly seriously - as a debunking emblem of our civilization that is standing on the brink. The way - seemingly unstoppable - into the black hole of all debilitating demons: that can become serene. My old request of myself and my music-creating surroundings is to write a non-music, whence the familiar concept of music is repeatedly re-defined anew and differently, so that derailed here - perhaps? - in a treacherous way, the concert hall becomes the place of mind-opening adventures instead of a refuge in illusory security. How could that happen? The rest is - thinking.(Helmut Lachenmann, 2017)CD (Version for Piano):Nicolas Hodges CD Wergo WER 7393 2 Bibliography:Ich bin nicht ,,pietistisch verformt. Ein Gesprach [von Jan Brachmann] mit dem Komponisten Helmut Lachenmann, in: FAZ vom 7. Juni 2018, p. 15.

World premiere of the piano version: Mito/Japan, June 17, 2017, World premiere of the orchestral version: Stuttgart, January 1, 2018, World premiere of the ensemble version: Frankfurt, December 9, 2020.

Piano - Grade 2

SKU: ET.PNO66

Composed by Julien-Francois Zbinden. Contemporary. Piano (original). Editions BIM #PNO66. Published by Editions BIM (ET.PNO66).

ISBN 9790207024497.

The composer wrote this basically pedagogical work intended for young pianists. Beginning with each of the seven pitches of the diatonic scale, with the individual pieces having feminine first names, he proposed the following:
- to assign a role of equal importance to each hand;
- to have the young pianists become accustomed to two voice counterpoint;
- to characterize each piece by systematic use of one of the 7 intervals;
- to train the ear to comprehend and accept certain dissonances created as the result of the counterpoint;
- to liberate the students from the strict tonal system and by virtue of chromaticism, creating a richer sound universe.
In order to allow a partial or complete performance of the work by pianists of all levels, the composer has avoided any written references as to specific tempi, expressions or phrasings.
The teacher will have to choose a tempo adapted to the technical resources of individual students.
For the expressions and phrasings, students can either chose to follow the dictates of their creative artistic imaginations or simply follow the dictates or suggestions of their teachers.
Julien-François Zbinden, Lausanne, Valombré, May 18, 2012.

(8 Graded Solutions for Early Intermediate Pianists). Arranged by Dan Coates. For Piano. Book; Piano Collection; Piano Supplemental. Current Hits for Teens. Pop. Early Intermediate. 28 pages. Published by Alfred Music Publishing

Piano

SKU: HL.14043546

Piano Solo. Composed by Judith Weir. Music Sales America. Classical, Contemporary. Book [Softcover]. 20 pages. Chester Music #CH82709. Published by Chester Music (HL.14043546).

9.0x12.0x0.088 inches.

Judith Weir 'S Day Break Shadows Flee For Solo Piano. This 10 Minute Work Was Commissioned By Bbc Radio 3. It Was First Performed By Benjamin Grosvenor On 1St September 2014, As Part Of The Proms Chamber Music Series At Cadogan Hall. ' Day Break Shadows Flee , Written For Benjamin Grosvenor, Is A Two-Part Invention, A Piano Solo Composition In Which The Two Hands Work In Close Co-Ordination But Independently. My Intention Was Generally To Avoid Using Thick Chords (Although Octaves And Other Clear Sonorities Are Included) While Allowing Both The Right And Left-Hand Lines To Be Free, Mobile And Expressive. The Treble And Bass Sectors Of The Keyboard Are Clearly Contrasted AndOften Widely Separated. In Atmosphere And Expression The Music Is Another Kind Of Two-Part Invention, Contrasting Bright, Upwards-Arching Phrases (Heard At The Opening And Evoking The Arrival Of Light At The Beginning Of The Day) With Veiled, Mysterious Scurryings, Suggesting The Stranger, More Nervous Life Lived At Night And In The Early Morning. ' - Judith Weir.

Piano Solo

SKU: AY.MIG18

Composed by Paul Schoenfeld. Keyboards - Piano. Alry Publications #MIG18. Published by Alry Publications (AY.MIG18).

ISBN 9790302116707.

From program notes by Christina Dahl: Schoenfeld has described his Three Intermezzi (for Piano Solo) as one of a very few works he has written simply to please himself. In his words, 'Here is music my hands feel like touching with sounds my ears enjoy perceiving.' Its three movements were written at different times, but coalesced into a single work. The Three Intermezzi explore an interior world devoid of anything ostentatious. Schoenfeld's signature counterpoint--echoing both Bach and Brahms--is evident throughout. The music is intimate, serene and contemplative. 'It's the sort of music I improvise at night with the lights out and the house empty,' he says. The first Intermezzo quotes a bit of a Bach prelude, then develops it in waves and spirals that course up and down the keyboard. The second Intermezzo emerges from a single repeated note into an oscillating minor third and finally into a dark and soulful Sicilienne. The third Intermezzo, as long as the other two combined, explores the boundaries where decidedly crafted music and mediation combine..

Piano

SKU: HL.51481223

Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven. Edited by Murray Perahia and Norbert Gertsch. Henle Music Folios. Classical. Softcover. 34 pages. G. Henle #HN1223. Published by G. Henle (HL.51481223).

UPC: 888680991654. 9.0x12.0x0.12 inches.

“The farewell / Vienna, May 4, 1809 / on the departure of his Imperial Highness the revered Archduke Rudolph” – Beethoven added this inscription to the manuscript of this sonata. It is today know by its French title les Adieux and numbers amongst the composer's best-loved piano works. The first movement of the sonata was presumably written directly before the archduke hurriedly left Vienna. Rudolph and other members of the imperial family fled to Hungary to avoid having to endure the French troops' siege and conquest. On his return in January 1810, Beethoven was able to present him with the complete sonata, having written not only the “farewell,” but also “absence” and “return.”.

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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.

A Complete Workout. Keyboard Instruction. Instruction, Chords. Softcover Audio Online. 144 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

Piano and Keyboard Piano

SKU: PR.UE021747

Composed by Mike Cornick. Arranged by Mike Cornick. Score. 26 pages. Universal Edition #UE021747. Published by Universal Edition (PR.UE021747).

ISBN 9783702475468. UPC: 803452072577.

Corni ck adds another sampling of Caribbean and original pieces to this underserved repertoire. With three pianists spanning a single bench, Cornick has thoughtfully provided fingering that should avoid any unnecessary collisions on the keyboard. Pianists of intermediate skills will enjoy performing these pieces in recital or the family living room. Also available: 4 Afro-Caribbean Pieces for 6 Hands at 1 Piano (UE021746), at normal discount.

Composed by Ying Ying Ng and Margaret O'Sullivan Farrell. Book; Method/Instruction; Piano Method. Poco Studio Edition. Children. Published by Alfred Music

Piano - Grade 1-2

SKU: ET.PNO73

Composed by Richard Lane. Contemporary. Editions BIM #PNO73. Published by Editions BIM (ET.PNO73).

ISBN 9790207009272.

Rich ard Lane dedicated with pleasure smaller works to friends or students. All have his caracteristic musical signature, a synthesis between charm and an exceptional sense for melodic and harmonic forms. Few are the composers able to write simple, easier works avoiding any banalities while preserving their personal style. Richard Lane was a great master in that art.

By Kim Williams. For Piano. Piano Solo. Ragtime. Late Elementary (grade 2). Sheet. 4 pages. Published by Alfred Music Publishing

Revised Edition. Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770- 1827). Edited by Murray Perahia and Norbert Gertsch. Henle Music Folios. Classical. Softcover. G. Henle #HN1366. Published by G. Henle

Piano

SKU: HL.50512180

By S. Willison. By Willison (ed.). Lengnick Publishing. Classical. Book Only. Alfred Lengnick & Co #AL0047. Published by Alfred Lengnick & Co (HL.50512180).

9.0x12.0x0.565 inches.

Followin g the popularity and success of Book One, this companion volume presents more favourites from the keyboard repertoire. All works are in their original form devoid of any simplification or arrangement. Spurious editing has been eliminated to give students a clear indication of the composers' intentions with Urtext editions being used as often as possible. The majority of the works range from medium difficulty to advanced standard but should pose no problems for the accomplished pianist.

Piano

SKU: HL.50512740

By S. Willison. By Willison (ed.). Lengnick Publishing. Classical. Book Only. Alfred Lengnick & Co #AL0400. Published by Alfred Lengnick & Co (HL.50512740).

Worl d Renowned Piano Pieces Book 1 comprises of some of the best known and loved pieces from four centuries of keyboard music.

All works are in their original form devoid of simplification or arrangement.

(Solo Version (Printed Edition)). By Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943). Arranged by Peng-Peng Gong. LKM Music. Hal Leonard #X410103. Published by Hal Leonard

2 pianos

SKU: BO.B.3651

Composed by Manuel Blancafort. Published by Editorial de Musica Boileau (BO.B.3651).

Concerto Omaggio to Franz Liszt by Manuel Blancafort, for piano and orchestra. It is the first work that the composer undertook after the blow that supposed the Spanish civil war. In words of the same Blancafort, Finished the war, my first composition, once installed in Sarria, was the Omaggio Concert, finished and released in 1944. It is the most spectacular success in situ that has obtained a work of mine .

The work was released day 1 of December of the 1944 by Maria Canals (piano) and the Barcelona Municipal Orchestra, conducted by Eduard Toldra. The composer and music critic Xavier Montsalvatge wrote in La Vanguardia: Blancafort, unconsciously, has been surrended by melody avoiding preciosities, giving free rein to the sincerity and to the simplicity of his feelings, and has created this magnificent concert, in which subjects and harmonization are impregnated of a deep elegance.

It requires a group of complete symphony orchestra with soloist piano and it is 40 minutes long.

Piano SKU: HU.HN14 Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Edited by Ernst-Gunter Heinemann. Piano Solo, Piano and Keyboard, Repertoire, Collections. The Well-Tempered Clavier Part 1. Baroque, Classical. Softcover Book. 139 pages. G. Henle #HN14. Published by G. Henle (HU.HN14). 12.2 x 9.3 x 0.4 inches. This present edition seeks to allow the maximum freedom of interpretation for the performer by avoiding any editorial directions, including tempi, dynamics and the like. However, suggested fingerings are given and in the preface, an explanation of suggested interpretation of ornaments. The print is given plenty of space making it easy to read, with bar numbers added at the beginning of each system. Edited by Ernst-Gunter Heinemann with fingerings by the world-famous pianist Andras Schiff.