Bass Trombone and Piano - intermediate SKU: CY.CC2642 Composed by Shane L...(+)
Bass Trombone and Piano -
intermediate
SKU:
CY.CC2642
Composed by
Shane Lamb. Contemporary.
Solo part and Piano
accompaniment. Published
by Cherry Classics
(CY.CC2642).
Pledge was
commissioned for an all
American composers
concert in April 2010
during the Butler School
of Music's Second Annual
Research Week. The piece
was inspired by the
composer's own feelings
regarding America as well
as the reputation the
country has acquired
throughout the world.
This piece questions
where the nation will go
from here, and what the
future may hold for its
citizens. To compose the
Bass Trombone melody for
the A section of the
piece he set the text of
the Pledge of Allegiance
to music, resulting in a
singing, syllabic
style.
The work
(all in bass clef) is
about 4 minutes in length
and can be performed by
intermediate (taking the
lower octave option bars)
to moderately advanced
performers. The range of
the Bass Trombone part
goes from a pedal G to an
optional high B-flat
above the staff.
Bass Trombone and Piano - Advanced SKU: CY.CC3058 Composed by Shane Lamb....(+)
Bass Trombone and Piano -
Advanced
SKU:
CY.CC3058
Composed by
Shane Lamb. Classical.
Score and Parts. Cherry
Classics #CC3058.
Published by Cherry
Classics (CY.CC3058).
ISBN 9790530110331.
8.5 x 11 in
inches.
Bagatelle
was commissioned in 2016
by bass trombonist
Jonathan Warburton as a
companion piece to Pledge
(2010). The piece is in A
minor, and opens with a
determined march-like
theme shared by both
instruments. The
following section uses an
ascending Dorian mode
scale as its primary
motif, before merging
this theme with the
opening march melody. The
bass trombone and piano
share equally important
roles in the work. The
piece is titled
Bagatelle, as it is a
short and unpretentious
work. Shane Lamb's new
work Bagatelle for Bass
Trombone and Piano
challenges both
performers with different
colors and expressive
moods. About 4 minutes in
length, this work is very
appropriate for advanced
intermediate performers.
The range is modest and
there is a muted section
as well as a rubato
cadenza-like section for
the soloist.