SKU: AP.1-ADV7536

ISBN 9783892216490. UPC: 805095075366. English.

The Fantasie opens with a long pedal point over which the upper parts unfold a solemn, declamatory theme. The energetic first theme of the Fugue develops an incomparable drive, especially in combination with its diverse, imaginative countersubject in eighth notes. This is a great selection for more advanced saxophone ensembles.

SKU: AP.1-ADV7443

UPC: 805095074437. English.

Memories Arrested in Space features six compositions for saxophone quartet inspired by Jackson Pollock paintings from 1947. This one, The Beauty of Space, subtitled Reflections of The Big Dipper, is a modern excursion with improvised solos for all, is not technically difficult, but it demands strong interpretation skills in the contemporary idiom. Long pauses throughout serve as pivotal points of reflection for players and listeners alike.

SKU: AP.1-ADV7445

ISBN 9783892215998. UPC: 805095074451. English.

Subtitled Full Fathom Five, this modern excursion is not technically difficult and features improvised solos for all instruments. It demands strong interpretation skills in the contemporary idiom. Long pauses throughout serve as pivotal points of reflection for players and listeners alike. Arranged for saxophone quartet (AATBar).

SKU: AP.1-ADV7442

UPC: 805095074420. English.

Subtitled Phosphorescence, this modern excursion with improvised solos for all is not technically difficult, but it demands strong interpretation skills in the contemporary idiom. Long pauses throughout serve as pivotal points of reflection for players and listeners alike.

SKU: AP.1-ADV7440

ISBN 9783892215943. UPC: 805095074406. English.

Subtitled Lucifer, this modern excursion with improvised solos for all is not technically difficult, but it demands strong interpretation skills in the contemporary idiom. Long pauses throughout serve as pivotal points of reflection for players and listeners alike.

SKU: SU.27090010

John Carisi was a complete original both as a composer and as a person. His scruffy, unassuming demeanor,which concealed the sharpest of minds, combined with the wrinkled trench coat he often wore reminded those who knew him of the seemingly absent minded detective played by Peter Falk in the eponymous TV series. I would occasionally run into him on a midtown street corner where a casual hello would often turn into an hour-long discussion of music.Saxophone Quartet SATB Duration: 9:20 Composed: 2013 Published by: Distributed Composer.

SKU: HL.48024645

ISBN 9781784544034. UPC: 888680949099.

In 1989 when Louis Andriessen was teaching at the State University of New York at Buffalo, Miles Davis Autobiography was published.While reading it, he suddenly knew what the subject of his piece for the Kronos Quartet should be - early be-bop licks and especially the work of Charlie Parker. He wanted to do the impossible - be-bop is not at all idiomatic for string instruments. But be-bop had been an important influence on his musical development when he was young, and he decided to do something with this music from his youth. Basically the essence of Charlie Parkers playing is the extremely fast tempo. This fast tempo is really fast, because the playing is based upon the chord structure of existing melodies which are sometimes played two or three times as fast as normal. Parker needed speed to express what he musically felt: little time was left for him. This is the main explanation of the title of the work.In the beginning of Facing Death, Andriessen literally quotes fragments of Charlie Parker improvisations. He also quotes one original melody: Ornithology (which is based on How High the Moon). The 7th and 8th bars of Ornithology become an important motif inthe piece. The whole composition is one long development in Parker's fast tempo. This work was composed in 1990 for string quartet and later arranged for saxophone quartet.

SKU: HL.49044240

ISBN 9790220134784. 9.0x12.0x0.073 inches.

Published alongside Martland's arrangement of Purcell's Fantazia 7 for trombone quartet, Fantazia 6 for saxophone quartet follows in a long line of exceptionally inventive arrangements by Steve Martland which includes Step by Step for wind octet and One Note Fantasy for brass quintet.

SKU: HL.48024644

ISBN 9781784544010. UPC: 888680949082. 9.0x12.0x0.273 inches.

In 1989 when Louis Andriessen was teaching at the State University of New York at Buffalo, Miles Davis Autobiography was published.While reading it, he suddenly knew what the subject of his piece for the Kronos Quartet should be - early be-bop licks and especially the work of Charlie Parker. He wanted to do the impossible - be-bop is not at all idiomatic for string instruments. But be-bop had been an important influence on his musical development when he was young, and he decided to do something with this music from his youth. Basically the essence of Charlie Parker's playing is the extremely fast tempo. This fast tempo is really fast, because the playing is based upon the chord structure of existing melodies which are sometimes played two or three times as fast as normal. Parker needed speed to express what he musically felt: little time was left for him. This is the main explanation of the title of the work.In the beginning of Facing Death, Andriessen literally quotes fragments of Charlie Parker improvisations. He also quotes one original melody: Ornithology (which is based on How High the Moon). The 7th and 8th bars of Ornithology become an important motif inthe piece. The whole composition is one long development in Parker's fast tempo. This work was composed in 1990 for string quartet and later arranged for saxophone quartet.