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’_______________
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__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.
Composed by Gordon Jacob (1895-1986). Concerto/Feature, Instrumental Solo, Bests...(+)
Composed by Gordon Jacob
(1895-1986).
Concerto/Feature,
Instrumental Solo,
Bestseller. Piano score.
Galaxy Music Corporation
#1.5036. Published by
Galaxy Music Corporation
Trombone and Piano - advanced SKU: CY.CC2501 Composed by Camille Saint-Sa...(+)
Trombone and Piano -
advanced
SKU:
CY.CC2501
Composed by
Camille Saint-Saens.
Arranged by Ralph Sauer.
French 20th Century. Solo
part and piano score.
Published by Cherry
Classics (CY.CC2501).
Le Rossignol or
the Nightingale is
originally a vocalise for
Soprano solo from
Saint-Saen's incidental
music for the play,
Parysatis written in
1902. This 4-5 minute
work is all about mood.
Mr. Sauer uses the
original key of B-flat,
which lays perfectly for
all of the bird-like
calls that are in phrases
which are slurred. The
music has a lot of ad
lib. tempo sections which
gives the performer
plenty of time to create
that magic call of the
Nightingale. Early
writers thought it was
the female that sang, but
in fact it is the male.
The Nightingale usually
sings at night or just
before dawn when other
birds are silent and has
a strong spontaneous song
with an impressive range
of trills and
whistles.
Trombone & Piano SKU: SU.32040021 For Trombone & Piano. Composed b...(+)
Trombone & Piano
SKU:
SU.32040021
For
Trombone & Piano.
Composed by Amy Riebs
Mills. Brass, Trumpet.
Accompanied by piano.
Score & Parts. Subito
Music Corporation
#32040021. Published by
Subito Music Corporation
(SU.32040021).
Trombone &
Piano Duration: 17'
Composed: 2013 Published
by: Amy Mills Music, LLC
…the audience loved
Red Dragonfly. Definitely
a keeper in my
repertoire! Dr. James
Bicigo, Associate
Professor of Trombone,
University of Alaska,
Anchorage Virtuoso piece,
the dramatic first
movement opens with a
Bold statement followed
by the beautiful love
theme. It reaches up to
the Cry of the Heart,
then everything ruptures
and crashes. Now the
trombonist must rebuild
and gain strength through
dramatic cadenzas until
reaching the
recapitulation where the
opening Bold melody is
transformed into a
majestic march in 3/4
time. The love theme
returns, and the movement
ends in triumph. The
second movement is a
setting of the famous
Japanese folksong, Red
Dragonfly. The trombonist
and pianist play the
lovely song amidst the
sound of fluttering wings
that appear and disappear
like memories of the
heart. Thank you to the
Nihon Gakugeki Kyoukai
Foundation for permission
to use the melody in this
trombone sonata. A solo
glissando opens the third
movement in American folk
dance style with tongue
in cheek and twinkle in
both eyes. The subsequent
variations include a
perfect triple canon, a
taste of New Orleans
jazz, and a dramatic
augmentation which spills
into a flashback of the
first movement’s
love theme. This melts
away and we recapture a
glimpse of the Red
Dragonfly melody, this
time growing to the
Triumphant restatement of
the first
movement’s main
theme. And finally, the
exuberant coda drives to
a spectacular ending.
Difficulty Level:
Trombone 6 (Professional)
Piano 5 (Advanced) See
also Red Dragonfly,
Concerto for Trombone and
Band for the version with
band accompaniment. See
composer website for
audio sample.
Bone Ties Trombone et Piano - Intermédiaire Forton Music
Trombone and piano - Intermediate SKU: FT.FM423 Composed by David Osbon. ...(+)
Trombone and piano -
Intermediate
SKU:
FT.FM423
Composed by
David Osbon. Trombone and
Piano. Score and part.
Forton Music #FM423.
Published by Forton Music
(FT.FM423).
ISBN
9790570483228.
I've
always been fascinated by
the depth of expression
in the song cycles of
Robert Schumann, and have
tried, in these two
pieces, to emulate that
using the trombone. Why
the trombone? Well, it
has a rich history of
being 'paired' with the
voice in choral music
but, if I'm really
honest, as a trumpet
player I've always been a
little bit envious of the
trombone's lyrical
elegance. The music, in
both of these works, has
a lot of 'dialogue'
between the trombone and
piano, I really did think
of them as communicating
- only without using
words.
Trombone and piano - Advanced SKU: CY.CC2144 Composed by Nick Francis. Co...(+)
Trombone and piano -
Advanced
SKU:
CY.CC2144
Composed by
Nick Francis.
Contemporary tonal. Full
score & set of parts.
Published by Cherry
Classics (CY.CC2144).
The Skye Boat
Song, among the most
popular of all Scottish
folk tunes, deals with
the flight of Bonnie
Prince Charlie (Charles
Edward Stewart) from
Scotland to the Isle of
Skye in 1746, after
having been defeated on
Culloden Moor by the
English Army of King
George II. The present
setting, for either Tenor
or Bass Trombone and
Piano, is mostly lyrical
and passes through a
series of episodes that
evoke watery images in
various ways. A stormy
episode which
superimposes a more
martial tune (relying
heavily on the familiar
scotch snappy rhythm)
against a variation of
the original folk tune
leads to brief quotations
from Mendelssohn's
Hebrides overture (the
Isle of Skye is part of
the group of islands
known as the Hebrides)
before a short
recapitulation of the
theme.