Chamber Music Trombone, Piano SKU: PR.114414450 Man vs. Machine. C...(+)
Chamber Music Trombone,
Piano
SKU:
PR.114414450
Man
vs. Machine. Composed
by Adolphus Hailstork.
Sws. Folk. Set of Score
and Parts. With Standard
notation. Composed 2009.
24+8 pages. Duration 12
minutes. Theodore Presser
Company #114-41445.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.114414450).
ISBN
9781598064087. UPC:
680160597635. 9x12
inches.
Inspired by
the tale of a legendary
folk hero, Adolphus
Hailstork’s
tour-de-force for
trombone and piano is a
riveting portrayal of the
steely strength and
stamina of John Henry, a
former slave who helped
build the American
railroads and ultimately
outperformed a steam
engine. This composition
uses quotes from the
spiritual Every Time I
Feel the Spirit and the
folk song The Ballad of
John Henry. For advanced
players. Duration:
13’_______________
_________________________
__Text on the scanned
back cover:JOHN HENRY'S
BIG(MAN vs. MACHINE)FOR
TROMBONE AND
PIANOInspired by the tale
of the legendary hero,
Adolphus
Hailstork’s
tour-de-force for
trombone and piano is a
riveting portrayal of the
steely strength and
stamina of John Henry, a
former slave who helped
build the American
railroads and ultimately
outperformed a steam
engine. PROGRAM NOTES
by the ComposerJohn Henry
was born a slave in the
1840’s or
1850’s. It is
important to remember
that no one knows for
sure if John Henry
existed or is a tall tale
created by writers. That
is one of the things that
makes the legend so
intriguing.According to
the legend, he grew to
stand 6 feet tall, 200
pounds – a giant
in that day.Though the
story of John Henry
sounds like the
quintessential tall tale,
it is certainly based, at
least in part, on
historical circumstance.
There are disputes as to
where the legend
originates. Some place
John Henry in West
Virginia, while recent
research suggests
Alabama. Still, all share
a similar back-story.In
order to construct the
railroads, companies
hired thousands of men to
smooth out terrain and
cut through obstacles
that stood in the way of
the proposed tracks. One
such chore that figures
heavily into some of the
earliest John Henry
ballads is the blasting
of the Big Bend Tunnel,
more than a mile straight
through a mountain in
West
Virginia.Steel-drivinââ‚
¬â„¢ men like John Henry
used large hammers and
stakes to pound holes
into the rock, which were
were then filled with
explosives that would
blast a cavity deeper and
deeper into the mountain.
In the folk ballads, the
central event took place
under such conditions.
Eager to reduce costs and
speed up progress, some
tunnel engineers were
using steam drills to
power their way into the
rock. According to the
great American tall
tales, on hearing of the
machine, John Henry
challenged the steam
drill to a contest. He
won, but died of
exhaustion, his life cut
short by his own
superhuman effort.This
composition uses quotes
from the spiritual Every
Time I Feel the Spirit
and the folk song The
Ballad of John Henry.JOHN
HENRY’S BIG was
composed for trombonist
David Jackson.
Chamber Music & Piano Accompaniment 1 Trombone 1 Piano - Grade 5 SKU: FL.FX07...(+)
Chamber Music & Piano
Accompaniment 1 Trombone
1 Piano - Grade 5
SKU:
FL.FX073048
Composed
by Anton Gladkikh.
Original Composition.
Classical, Educational.
Score and Set of Parts.
Duration 20 minutes. FLEX
Editions #FX073048.
Published by FLEX
Editions (FL.FX073048).
I remember well
when I began to write
these pieces: I sat down
at the piano in the
conservatory, which was
almost completely empty
at the time... and I
improvised the first
chords of the first
piece. After that I wrote
the theme. The music rang
loudly in that large
auditorium and I could
hear how it echoed about
the empty corridors of
the conservatory... it
reminded me of the
overture from Charles
Gounod's Faust, as my
hands still played out
the melodies, stretching
the limits of the theme
which would become, in a
sense, the introduction
to the whole cycle. I
could feel that the story
was emerging: a story
born from within the
music. - Anton GLADKIKH ;
Hoffmanniada is a
collection of six short
pieces for trombone and
piano composed in a style
inspired by the great
Russian composers of the
twentieth century.
Sometimes melancholic and
romantic, sometimes
cheerful and virtuoso,
the writing subtlety of
Anton Gladkikh perfectly
exploits the qualities of
power and finesse of both
instruments. Fabrice
MILLISCHER
This
original piece is the
first opus of FLEX
Editions collection
directed by Fabrice
MILLISCHER. It is built
of 6 movements: 1 - Et
finalement ca tourne, 2 -
Autonomie de la volonte,
3 - Les lettres, 4 -
Lilite, 5 - Quand Dieu
crea le temps, 6 - Le jeu
des Demiurges ;
Instruments: 1 Trombone 1
Piano; Difficuly Level:
Grade 5.
By Frank Bridge (1879-1941). Arranged by Ralph Sauer. For trombone and piano. 20...(+)
By Frank Bridge
(1879-1941). Arranged by
Ralph Sauer. For trombone
and piano. 20th British.
Advanced. Solo and piano
accompaniment. Published
by Cherry Classics