| Sonata in C Major Op. 40, No. 1 Violoncelle, Contrebasse (duo) G. Henle
For Cello and Double Bass. Composed by Jean-Baptiste Breval. Edited by Tabea ...(+)
For Cello and Double
Bass.
Composed by Jean-Baptiste
Breval. Edited by Tabea
Umbreit. Henle Music
Folios.
Softcover. 24 pages. G.
Henle
#HN1480. Published by G.
Henle
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| Sonatine G Major Contrebasse, Piano (duo) - Débutant Schott
Double Bass; Piano Accompaniment - very easy SKU: HL.49046027 Double B...(+)
Double Bass; Piano
Accompaniment - very easy
SKU: HL.49046027
Double Bass and
Piano. Composed by
Joseph Reinagle. Edited
by Rainer Mohrs. Arranged
by Jens Schlichting and
Rainer Mohrs. This
edition: Saddle
stitching. Sheet music.
String Solo. Classical.
Softcover. Composed 1800.
12 pages. Schott Music
#KBB21. Published by
Schott Music
(HL.49046027). ISBN
9790001204828. UPC:
842819101871. 9.0x12.0
inches. Joseph
Reinagle (1762-1825),
pupil of the well-known
cellist Johann Georg
Schetky, was a versatile
musician and composer. In
1800 he published 'A
Concise Introduction to
the Playing of the
Violoncello' from which
the three movements of
the Sonatina have been
taken. With its appealing
melody and classical
style, this music closes
a major gap in the
beginner's literature for
double bass and piano.
Reinagle's Sonatina is
highly recommended for
pupils' concerts and
competitions. The musical
text is based on the text
of the first edition,
using the original bowing
and phrasing. Dynamic
indications have been
added by the editor as
suggestions for
lessons. $13.99 - Voir plus => Acheter | | |
| Masterworks for Clarinet and Piano Clarinette et Piano [CD] Schirmer
(Clarinet and Piano). By Various. Edited by Eric Simon. Arranged by Eric Simon. ...(+)
(Clarinet and Piano). By
Various. Edited by Eric
Simon. Arranged by Eric
Simon. Woodwind Solo. CD
only. 8 pages. Published
by G. Schirmer
$12.99 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 24 hours - In Stock | | |
| The Musician's Life 1 Piano, 4 mains - Intermédiaire Alfred Publishing
(A Concert Rag). By Robert D. Vandall. For Piano. Duet or Duo; Piano Duet (1 Pia...(+)
(A Concert Rag). By
Robert D. Vandall. For
Piano. Duet or Duo; Piano
Duet (1 Piano, 4 Hands);
Sheet. Signature Series.
Late Intermediate. 16
pages. Published by
Alfred Music Publishing
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| Clarinet Solos and Duos: The Ultimate Collection Clarinette CD Sheet Music
SKU: SU.00220334 Woodwinds, Clarinet. Accompanied by piano. CD (PDF Score...(+)
SKU: SU.00220334
Woodwinds, Clarinet.
Accompanied by piano. CD
(PDF Scores). CD Sheet
Music #00220334.
Published by CD Sheet
Music (SU.00220334).
This CD Sheet
Musicâ„¢ collection
makes available a wealth
of music for solo
clarinet including
sonatas, concertos, and
solo works by 28
composers from the 18th,
19th and early 20th
centuries. Also included
are two complete volumes
of collected works: Easy
Duets and Album of Short
Solos by Various
Composers. Works include:
Baermann, C. (Duo
Concertante); Baermann,
H. (Adagio);
Beethoven (3 Duos for
Clarinet and Bassoon);
Berg (4 Pieces for
Clarinet & Piano);
Brahms (Sonata Nos. 1
& 2); Busoni (Elegie
for Clarinet & Piano);
Cavallini (30
Caprices for Clarinet);
Debussy (Première
Rhapsodie); Fauré
(Berceuse); Gade (4
Fantasy Pieces);
Glazunov (Saxophone
Concerto [for clarinet &
piano]); Jeanjean
(Variations on Au Clair
de la Lune); Klosé
)Souvenir); Mason
(Sonata for Clarinet &
Piano); Mendelssohn
(Concert Piece for 2
Clarinets & Piano);
Mozart, L. (Concerto
in Bb major); Mozart,
W.A. (3 Duets for 2
Clarinets); Paganini
(14 Caprices);
Pierné (Pièce
in G minor);
Prokofiev (Visions
Fugitives); Reger
(Sonata Nos. 1 & 2);
Reinecke (Sonata,
Undine);
Saint-Saëns
(Sonata in Eb major);
Schumann (Fantasy
Pieces, 3 Romances);
Spohr (Concerto Nos.
1-4); Stravinsky (3
Pieces for Clarinet
Solo); Wagner (Adagio
for Clarinet & Strings);
Weber (Fantasia &
Rondo, Grand Duo
Concertante) Easy
Duets Book 1: works
by Fodor, Pleyel,
Volckmar, Wanhal; Book 2:
works by Mazas, Bruni,
Campagnoli, Gebauer,
Geminiani, Haydn, Pleyal,
Viotti Album of Short
Solos by Various
Composers: 30
familiar works arranged
for clarinet, including
Brahms (Cradle Song),
Dvorák
(Humoreske), Fibich
(Poéme), Handel
(Largo), Giordani
(Caro mio bien),
Richter
(Seppl-Polka),
Schubert (Ave Maria),
Schumann
(Träumerei), Weber
(Bauernwalzer), and more
Also includes composer
biographies and relevant
articles from the 1911
edition of Grove's
Dictionary of Music and
Musicians 1200+ pages
Please note,
customers using Macintosh
computers running macOS
Catalina (version 10.5)
have reported hardware
compatibility issues with
this product. If you
encounter these issues,
we recommend copying the
entire contents of the
disk to a contained
folder on a thumb drive
or other storage device
for use on your
Mac. $20.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
| White Light Hautbois, Piano (duo) - Intermédiaire Anglo Music
Oboe and Piano - intermediate SKU: BT.AMP-343-401 For Oboe and Piano(+)
Oboe and Piano -
intermediate SKU:
BT.AMP-343-401 For
Oboe and Piano.
Composed by Philip
Sparke. Anglo
Instrumental series. Book
Only. Composed 2012. 16
pages. Anglo Music Press
#AMP 343-401. Published
by Anglo Music Press
(BT.AMP-343-401). ISBN
9789043138628. 9x12
inches.
English-German-French-Dut
ch. White
Light was
commissioned by Fumiko
Teramoto, oboist with the
Musashino Grand Concert
Band from Tokyo, Japan.
The request was for a
moderately slow piece, of
intermediate difficulty,
which included White in
the title, as this is her
lucky colour. Composer
Philip Sparke decided to
use this suggestion to
write a piece that was
bright and light in terms
of harmony and colour,
with much use of simple
major and minor chords
and an emphasis on pure
and transparent timbres.
He was also keen to
capture the essence and
history of the oboe as a
solo instrument - the
piece is pastoral in
character and often
almost baroque in style.
Also available for oboe
and concert band
(AMP317-010/140).
Wit is de
gelukskleur van het
opdrachtgevende orkest
van dit uitdagende
solowerk voor hobo en
piano. Philip Sparke
schreef daarom een
opgewekte compositie. Het
zwaartepunt ligt op de
heldere klanken van het
hoge hout en de
harmonie,klankkleur en
instrumentatie is helder
en doorzichtig.Ook
verkrijgbaar voor hobo en
harmonieorkest (AMP
317-010/140).
Wei
Ÿ ist die
Glücksfarbe des
auftraggebenden
Blasorchesters und daher
im Titel dieses Solowerks
für Oboe und
Klavier. Passend dazu
schuf Philip Sparke ein
Stück, das sowohl
heiter als auch hell in
seiner Harmonik, seinen
Farben und seiner
Orchestrierung ist, viele
einfache Dur- und
Mollakkorde enthält
und den Schwerpunkt auf
die klaren Klänge der
hohen Holzbläser im
Orchester legt. Ebenfalls
erhältlich für Oboe
und Blasorchester (AMP
317-010/140).
Les
indications données
étaient les suivantes
: une pièce
modérément lente et
de difficulté moyenne
; enfin, le mot
‘blanc ‘
devait figurer dans le
titre, faisant ainsi
allusion la couleur
fétiche de l'orchestre
dédicataire. C'est en
s'inspirant de ces
quelques éléments
que Philip Sparke composa
White Light, une
pièce lumineuse et
harmonieusement
légère. De
caractère pastoral et
de style plutôt
baroque, White
Light expose avec
passion la quintessence
du hautbois. Disponible
en version Hautbois et
piano, elle existe
également pour
Hautbois solo et
orchestre
d'harmonie.
In
questo lavoro per oboe
solista e pianoforte,
Philip Sparke crea un
pezzo che è allo
stesso tempo allegro e
luminoso nella sua
armonia e nei colori, e
che nell'orchestrazione
contiene molti semplici
accordi maggiori e
minori. Disponibile anche
per oboe e banda (AMP
317-010/140). $28.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
| Clarinet Solos, Duets, Ensembles, Methods & Studies for: The Ultimate Collection Clarinette CD Sheet Music
SKU: SU.00220629 Woodwinds, Clarinet. USB (PDF Scores). CD Sheet Music #0...(+)
SKU: SU.00220629
Woodwinds, Clarinet. USB
(PDF Scores). CD Sheet
Music #00220629.
Published by CD Sheet
Music (SU.00220629).
This CD Sheet
Music collection on USB
Flash Drive contains 2
complete CDSM titles: The
Clarinet Solos & Duos
collection makes
available a wealth of
music for solo clarinet
including sonatas,
concertos, and solo works
by 28 composers from the
18th, 19th and early 20th
centuries. Also included
are two complete volumes
of collected works: Easy
Duets and Album of Short
Solos by Various
Composers. Works include:
Baermann, C. (Duo
Concertante); Baermann,
H. (Adagio);
Beethoven (3 Duos for
Clarinet and Bassoon);
Berg (4 Pieces for
Clarinet & Piano);
Brahms (Sonata Nos. 1
& 2); Busoni (Elegie
for Clarinet & Piano);
Cavallini (30
Caprices for Clarinet);
Debussy (Première
Rhapsodie); Fauré
(Berceuse); Gade (4
Fantasy Pieces);
Glazunov (Saxophone
Concerto [for clarinet &
piano]); Jeanjean
(Variations on Au Clair
de la Lune); Klosé
)Souvenir); Mason
(Sonata for Clarinet &
Piano); Mendelssohn
(Concert Piece for 2
Clarinets & Piano);
Mozart, L. (Concerto
in Bb major); Mozart,
W.A. (3 Duets for 2
Clarinets); Paganini
(14 Caprices);
Pierné (Pièce
in G minor);
Prokofiev (Visions
Fugitives); Reger
(Sonata Nos. 1 & 2);
Reinecke (Sonata,
Undine);
Saint-Saëns
(Sonata in Eb major);
Schumann (Fantasy
Pieces, 3 Romances);
Spohr (Concerto Nos.
1-4); Stravinsky (3
Pieces for Clarinet
Solo); Wagner (Adagio
for Clarinet & Strings);
Weber (Fantasia &
Rondo, Grand Duo
Concertante) Easy
Duets Book 1: works
by Fodor, Pleyel,
Volckmar, Wanhal; Book 2:
works by Mazas, Bruni,
Campagnoli, Gebauer,
Geminiani, Haydn, Pleyal,
Viotti Album of Short
Solos by Various
Composers: 30
familiar works arranged
for clarinet, including
Brahms (Cradle Song),
Dvorák
(Humoreske), Fibich
(Poéme), Handel
(Largo), Giordani
(Caro mio bien),
Richter
(Seppl-Polka),
Schubert (Ave Maria),
Schumann
(Träumerei), Weber
(Bauernwalzer), and more
Also includes composer
biographies and relevant
articles from the 1911
edition of Grove's
Dictionary of Music and
Musicians 1200+ pages The
Clarinet Methods, Studies
& Ensembles
collection makes
available eight essential
clarinet methods, studies
and exercises, as well as
over 30 works for
clarinet with instruments
including duos, trios and
quartets by 20 familiar
and lesser-known
composers from the 18th,
19th and early 20th
centuries. Scores and
parts are included for
many ensemble works.
Methods, Studies &
Exercises include:
Baermann (Complete
Method for Clarinet, Op.
63); Klosé
(Conservatory Method, 25
Daily Exercises, 30
Studies after Aument);
Langenus (Complete
Method for Clarinet);
Rose (32 Etudes for
Clarinet) Ensembles
include: Amberg
(Fantasiestücke, Suite
for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet
& Piano); Beethoven
(Quintet for Piano and
Winds); Brahms
(Quintet for Clarinet &
Strings, Trio for
Clarinet, Cello & Piano);
Bruch (8 Piece for
Clarinet, Cello & Piano);
Cavallini (Rêverie
Russe for Flute,
Clarinet, and Piano);
d'Indy (Trio for
Piano, Clarinet, and
Cello); Fibich
(Quintet for Clarinet,
Violin, Cello, Horn, &
Piano); Glinka (Trio
Pathétique, for
Clarinet, Cello, &
Piano); Hummel
(Serenade No. 1 for
Flute, Clarinet, Viola, &
Cello); Liadov (8
Russian Folk Dances);
Mozart (Twelve
Minuets for 2 Clarinets
or Basset Horns, Five
Divertimenti for 2
Clarinets & Bassoon),
Quintet for Clarinet &
Strings, Quintet for
Piano & Winds, Trio for
Clarinet, Viola & Piano);
Ravel (Intruduction &
Allegro); Reger
(Quintet for Clarinet &
Strings);
Rimsky-Korsakov
(Quintet for Piano &
Winds);
Saint-Saëns
(Tarantella for Flute,
Clarinet & Piano);
Schubert (Der Hirt
auf dem Felsen);
Schumann
(Märchenerzählu
ngen, for Clarinet, Viola
& Piano); Spohr
(Fantasy & Variations);
Titl (Serenade for
Violin, Clarinet &
Piano); Zemlinsky
(Trio for Clarinet,
Violin & Cello) Also
includes composer
biographies and relevant
articles from the 1911
edition of Grove's
Dictionary of Music and
Musicians 2100+ pages
Published by: CD Sheet
Music. $24.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
| Flute Methods, Studies and Ensembles: The Ultimate Collection Flûte traversière CD Sheet Music
SKU: SU.00220550 Woodwinds, Flute/Piccolo. Solo Flute, Flute Duets/Trios/...(+)
SKU: SU.00220550
Woodwinds, Flute/Piccolo.
Solo Flute, Flute
Duets/Trios/Quartets. CD
(PDF Scores). CD Sheet
Music #00220550.
Published by CD Sheet
Music (SU.00220550).
This CD Sheet
Musicâ?¢ collection
makes available fourteen
essential flute methods,
studies and exercises, as
well as over 150 works
for flute duos, trios and
quartets by over 30
composers from the 18th
and 19th centuries.
Methods, Studies and
Exercises include:
Altès (Method for
the Boehm Flute, 26
Selected Studies), J.S.
Bach (24 Flute
Concert Studies),
Andersen (24 Etudes,
Op. 33), Gariboldi
(20 Studies, Op. 132, 30
Easy and Progressive
Studies), Hughes (24
Studies, Op. 32/75);
Karg-Elert (30
Studies, Op. 107),
Köhler (25
Romantic Etudes, Op. 66,
20 Easy Melodic
Progressive Exercises,
Op. 93), Reichert (7
Daily Exercises, Op. 5),
Wagner (Flute Studies
in Old and Modern Styles)
Duets, Trios and
Quartets include:
W.F. Bach (6 Duets),
de la Barre
(Prelude), Beethoven
(Allegro and Mineut),
Berbiguier (Six
Duets, Op. 59),
Boismortier (Two
Sonatas), Bordet
(Timbourins),
Briccaldi (Eight
Duos, Op. 132),
Chinzer/Bordet (The
Hunt), Devienne (6
Duets, Op. 82),
Dietter(Romance),
Finger Fugue);
Fürstenau (6
Duets, Op. 137),
Gariboldi (Six Easy
Duets), Hotteterre
(Les Fargis sur les
délices),
Hugot/Wunderlich
(Four Duets),
Koechlin (Sonata for
Two Flutes),
Köhler (Forty
Progressive Duets),
Kuhlau (Three
Brilliant Duos, Op. 81
and 102, Three Grand
Duets, Op. 39, Three
Grand Trios, Op. 86),
Kummer (Trio, Op.
24)), de Lasso (Two
Fantasies),
Legoux/Bordet
(Musette), Le Loup
(Sarabande), Loeillet
(Sonata in E minor and
Sonata in G minor for two
flutes and piano),
Mozart (3 Duets, Op.
156 and 157),
Müller (Theme with
Variations), Naudot
(Gavotte), Quantz
(Three Duets, Op. 2),
Reicha (Sinfonico for
Four Flutes),
Soussman (Twelve
Duets, Op. 53),
Stamitz (Three Duets,
Op. 27), Sweelinck
(Duo), Telemann
(Sonata in E major,
Sonata in A major for two
flutes and piano),
Tulou (Three Easy
Duets, Op. 102 and 103)
Also includes composer
biographies and relevant
articles from the 1911
edition of Grove's
Dictionary of Music and
Musicians 1800 pages
Please note,
customers using Macintosh
computers running macOS
Catalina (version 10.5)
have reported hardware
compatibility issues with
this product. If you
encounter these issues,
we recommend copying the
entire contents of the
disk to a contained
folder on a thumb drive
or other storage device
for use on your
Mac. $20.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
| New Liszt Edition Series III Vol. 1 Piano seul EMB (Editio Musica Budapest)
Chamber Music Piano SKU: PR.510079380 Grosses Konzertstück über ...(+)
Chamber Music Piano
SKU: PR.510079380
Grosses
Konzertstück über
Mendelssohns Lieder ohne
Worte and Franz Schuberts
Grosse Fantasie.
Composed by Franz Liszt
Felix Mendelssohn.
Collection - Full. Editio
Musica Budapest
#510-07938. Published by
Editio Musica Budapest
(PR.510079380).
Composed in
1834, Liszt's Grand duo
is based on material from
three pieces from the
first book (op. 19b) of
Mendelssohn's Songs
without Words (no. 1 in E
major, no. 6 in G minor,
and no. 3 in A major).
While Liszt made an
almost literal
transcription of the
first piece, he gave the
second and third pieces a
much freer arrangement,
in the style of concert
paraphrases. The
large-scale concert piece
was premiered by Liszt
and Chopin on Christmas
Day 1834 in a salon in
Paris. The Grand duo was
not published in Liszt's
lifetime, and has
survived as a
draft.Schubert's Fantasy
in C major (also known as
the Wanderer Fantasy) was
a defining musical
experience for the young
Liszt. He arranged this
masterpiece of Romantic
piano literature for
piano and orchestra in
1851, at the beginning of
his Weimar period, and it
was premiered by Julius
Egghard in Vienna in
December of that year. By
1855, Liszt had
transcribed this
arrangement for two
pianos, because it was
played on 22 October 1855
at a concert held in
Weimar in honour of his
birthday. With the
version for piano and
orchestra, Liszt attuned
the fantasy to the
requirements of the
concert hall, reinforcing
the orchestral effects
inherent in Schubert's
composition. His aim with
the two-piano version was
to achieve a similarly
grand effect in spaces
too small for an
orchestra. The
arrangement for piano and
orchestra appeared in
print in 1857, followed
by the two-piano version
in 1862.This volume comes
complete with a detailed
preface in English,
German, and Hungarian
containing new research
findings, several
manuscript facsimiles,
and a critical report in
English. $187.00 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
| COMPLETE MANDOLINIST, VOLUME 2: MUSIC IN CONTEXT Mandoline - Intermédiaire/avancé Mel Bay
Perfect binding. Exercises. Book. Mel Bay Publications, Inc #30782. Publishe...(+)
Perfect binding.
Exercises.
Book. Mel Bay
Publications,
Inc #30782. Published by
Mel
Bay Publications, Inc
$34.99 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
| Berlin Music Violon et Piano Bote and Bock
Piano Accompaniment; Violin (Violin/Piano) SKU: HL.48025035 Violin and...(+)
Piano Accompaniment;
Violin (Violin/Piano)
SKU: HL.48025035
Violin and Piano.
Composed by Brett Dean.
Boosey & Hawkes Chamber
Music. Classical.
Softcover. 52 pages.
Duration 1020 seconds.
Bote & Bock #M202535639.
Published by Bote & Bock
(HL.48025035). ISBN
9783793142607. UPC:
196288020790.
9.0x12.0x0.171
inches. With Berlin
Music, Brett Dean wrote a
threefold homage: to the
classical duo consisting
of violin and piano; to
the violin virtuoso
Midori, for whom the
piece was written; and to
the city of Berlin, where
he lived between the
mid-1980s and 2000 and
whose rich cultural life
he owes much to his
development as a musician
and composer. The first
four, relatively short
movements of the
five-movement work form a
suite of character
pieces, which is followed
by a longer final
movement. In summary,
this turns out to be the
actual main movement from
which all motifs and
harmonies emerged in a
compositional manner.
This includes tuning down
the G side by a whole
tone - an apparently
small difference, but one
that has a major effect
on the timbre and
resonance of the
instrumentand suddenly
makes previously
impossible interval
sequences playable. In
addition, the violin in
the third movement (a
moto perpetuo in which
Dean bows to Ravel's
violin sonata) has to
play with a practice
damper, while the pianist
changes the instrument
and plays on a standing
piano that is dampened by
a pedal and placed next
to the concert grand
Expressing nervous energy
in tight college
spaces. $46.00 - Voir plus => Acheter | | |
| Variations on "America" Piano seul Theodore Presser Co.
Chamber Music Piano SKU: PR.110418370 Composed by Charles Ives. Arranged ...(+)
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
“shockingâ€
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
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