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 “shocking” 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 2022.

By Ralph Federer. 1 piano, 4-hands. For Piano 4-Hands. Duets of Distinction. Classical. Level: advanced. Part. 11 pages. Published by Theodore Presser Company.

Guitar - Beginning

SKU: MB.31103M

Third Edition. Bluegrass, Wire bound. World. Book and online audio. 236 pages. Mel Bay Publications, Inc #31103M. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc (MB.31103M).

ISBN 9781513468792. 8.75x11.75 inches.

Adam Granger self-published the first edition of Grangerâ??s Fiddle Tunes for Guitar in 1979. A second edition was published in 1994. Now Mel Bay Publications presents the third edition of the book.

This 236-page book is the most extensive and best-documented collection of fiddle tunes for the flatpicking guitar player in existence, and includes reels, hoedowns, hornpipes, rags, breakdowns, jigs and slip-jigs, presented in Southern, Northern, Irish, Canadian, Texas and Old-time styles.

There are 508 fiddle tunes referenced under 2500 titles and alternate titles. The titles are fully indexed, making the book doubly valuable as a reference book and a source book.

In this new edition, all tunes are typeset, instead of being handwritten as they were in the previous editions, making the tabs easier to read.

The tunes in Grangerâ??s Fiddle Tunes for Guitar are presented in Easytab, a streamlined tablature notation system designed by Adam specifically for fiddle tunes.

The book comes with a link which gives access to mp3 recordings by Adam of all 508 tunes, each played once at a moderate tempo, with rhythm on one channel and lead on the other.

Also included in Grangerâ??s Fiddle Tunes for Guitar are instructions for reading Easytab, descriptions of tune types presented in the book, and primers on traditional flatpicking and rhythm guitar. Additionally, there are sections on timing, ornamentation, technique, and fingering, as well as information on tune sources and a history of the collection.

Mel Bay also offers The Granger Collection, by Bill Nicholson, the same 508 tunes in standard music notation.

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Performed by Gonzales. By Gonzales. Arranged by Gonzales. For piano. This edition: Editions Bourges R. Recueil 1. Instrumental. Songbook. 36 pages. Published by Editions Bourges (French import).

By William Byrd. Edited by Ralph W. Buxton. For SAATB a cappella. Text: Latin. Sacred Choral Works. Duration ca. 5 minutes. Published by Notre Dame Choir Editions.

Orchestra, Organ (Fl1, Fl2 , Fl3(Fl-picc), 2 Ob, EnglHn, 2 clarinet, clarinet-B, 2 bassoon, bassoon-Co, Hn1, Hn2 , Hn3(chrom.), Hn4(chrom.), 3Trp, 3trombone, timpani, Tr-Gr, Tri, Be, Org, piano-4ms, 2 Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass) - Level 5

SKU: BA.BA10303-01

Composed by Camille Saint-Saens. Edited by Michael Stegemann. This edition: Edition of selected works, Urtext edition. Linen. Saint-Saens, Camille. Oevres instrumentales completes I/3. Edition of selected works, Score. Opus 78. Duration 39 minutes. Baerenreiter Verlag #BA10303_01. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag (BA.BA10303-01).

ISBN 9790006559503. 33 x 26 cm inches. Key: C minor. Preface: Michael Stegemann.

The third symphony by Camille Saint-Saens, known as the Organ Symphony, is the first publication in a complete historical-critical edition of the French composer's instrumental works.

I gave everything I was able to give in this work. [...] What I have done here I will never be able to do again.Camille Saint-Saens was rightly proud of his third Symphony in C minor Op.78, dedicated to the memory of Franz Liszt. Called theOrgan Symphonybecause of its novel scoring, the work was a commission from the Philharmonic Society in London, as was Beethoven's Ninth, and was premiered there on 19 May 1886. The first performance in Paris followed on 9 January 1887 and confirmed the composer's reputation asprobably the most significant, and certainly the most independent French symphonistof his time, as Ludwig Finscher wrote in MGG. In fact the work remains the only one in the history of that genre in France to the present day, composed a good half century after the Symphonie fantastique by Hector Berlioz and a good half century before Olivier Messiaen's Turangalila Symphonie.

You would think that such a famous, much-performed and much recorded opus could not hold any more secrets, but far from it: in the first historical-critical edition of the Symphony, numerous inconsistencies and mistakes in the Durand edition in general use until now, have been uncovered and corrected. An examination and evaluation of the sources ranged from two early sketches, now preserved in Paris and Washington (in which the Symphony was still in B minor!) via the autograph manuscript and a set of proofs corrected by Saint-Saens himself, to the first and subsequent editions of the full score and parts. The versions for piano duet (by Leon Roques) and for two pianos (by the composer himself) were also consulted. Further crucial information was finally found in his extensive correspondence, encompassing thousands of previously unpublished letters. The discoveries made in producing this edition include the fact that at its London premiere, the Symphony probably looked quite different from its present appearance ...

No less exciting than the work itself is the history of its composition and reception, which are described in an extensive foreword. With his Symphony, Saint-Saens entered right into the dispute which divided French musical life into pro and contra Wagner in the 1880s and 1890s. At the same time, the work succeeded in preserving the balance between tradition and modernism in masterly fashion, as a contemporary critic stated:The C minor Symphony by Saint-Saens creates a bridge from the past into the future, from immortal richness to progress, from ideas to their implementation.

On 19 March 1886 Saint-Saens wrote to the London Philharmonic Society, which commissioned the work:

Work on the symphony is in full swing. But I warn you, it will be terrible. Here is the precise instrumentation: 3 flutes / 2 oboes / 1 cor anglais / 2 clarinets / 1 bass clarinet / 2 bassoons / 1 contrabassoon / 2 natural horns / [3 trumpets / Saint-Saens had forgotten these in his listing.] 2 chromatic horns / 3 trombones / 1 tuba / 3 timpani / organ / 1 piano duet and the strings, of course. Fortunately, there are no harps. Unfortunately it will be difficult. I am doing what I can to mitigate the difficulties.

As in my 4th Concerto [for piano] and my [1st] Violin Sonata [in D minor Op.75] at first glance there appear to be just two parts: the first Allegro and the Adagio, the Scherzo and the Finale, each attacca. This fiendish symphony has crept up by a semitone; it did not want to stay in B minor, and is now in C minor.

It would be a pleasure for me to conduct this symphony. Whether it would be a pleasure for others to hear it? That is the question. It is you who wanted it, I wash my hands of it. I will bring the orchestral parts carefully corrected with me, and if anyone wants to give me a nice rehearsal for the symphony after the full rehearsal, everything will be fine.

When Saint-Saens hit upon the idea of adding an organ and a piano to the usual orchestral scoring is not known. The idea of adding an organ part to a secular orchestral work intended for the concert hall was thoroughly novel - and not without controversy. On the other hand, Franz Liszt, whose music Saint-Saens' Symphony is so close to, had already demonstrated that the organ could easily be an orchestral instrument in his symphonic poem Hunnenschlacht (1856/57). There was also a model for the piano duet part which Saint-Saens knew and may possibly have used quite consciously as an exemplar: theFantaisie sur la Tempetefrom the lyrical monodrama Lelio, ou le retour a la Vie op. 14bis (1831) by Berlioz. The name of the organist at the premiere ist unknown, as, incidentally, was also the case with many of the later performances; the organ part is indeed not soloistic, but should be understood as part of the orchestral texture.

In fact the subsequent success of the symphony seems to have represented a kind of breakthrough for the composer, who was then over 50 years of age.My dear composer of a famous symphony, wrote Saint-Saens' friend and pupil Gabriel Faure:You will never be able to imagine what a pleasure I had last Sunday [at the second performance on 16 January 1887]! And I had the score and did not miss a single note of this Symphony, which will endure much longer than we two, even if we were to join together our two lifespans!

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Composed by Franz Schubert (1797-1828), edited by Willi Kahl. For piano duet. Paper bound. Format: piano duet book. With standard notation and introductory text. Romantic period. Series: Urtext Editions. 143 pages. 9x12 inches. Published by G. Henle.

Werke fur Klavier zu vier Handen - Band II by Franz Schubert (1797-1828). Edited by Willi Kahl. For piano duet (1 piano, 4-hands). Piano, 4-hands, Piano Duets. Urtext Editions. Pages: 255. Classical Period. SMP Level 10 (Advanced). Piano duet book. Standard notation and introductory text. 255 pages. G. Henle #HN97. Published by G. Henle

Werke fur Klavier zu vier Handen - Band I by Franz Schubert (1797-1828). Edited by Willi Kahl. For Piano Duet, 1 Piano, 4 Hands. Piano, 4-hands, Piano Duets. Urtext Editions. Pages: 211. Classical Period. SMP Level 10 (Advanced). Piano duet book. Standard notation and introductory text. 211 pages. G. Henle #HN95. Published by G. Henle

Selections by Brahms, Elgar, Grieg, Handel, Haydn, Mozart, and Purcell Arranged for Intermediate Piano. Arranged by Virginia Speiden Carper. For Piano. This edition: 2 copies included. Piano Quartet (2 Pianos, 8 Hands). Alfred's Classic Editions. Level: Intermediate. 116 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing.

By Franz Schubert (1797-1828), edited by Willi Kahl. Piano duet book for piano duet (1 piano, 4-hands). Paper bound. Series: Urtext Editions. 255 pages. Published by G. Henle.

Composed by Franz Schubert (1797-1828), edited by Willi Kahl. For piano duet. Paper bound. Format: piano duet book. With standard notation and introductory text. Romantic period. Series: Urtext Editions. 211 pages. 9x12 inches. Published by G. Henle.

Edited by Dale Cockrell. Laura's Music: Songs from Laura Ingalls Wilder's Books. Score. Published by A-R Editions (A2.LM004).

Edited by Dale Cockrell. Laura's Music: Songs from Laura Ingalls Wilder's Books. Score. Published by A-R Editions (A2.LM003).

By Samuel Adler. For organ solo. Medium to difficult. Collection. Published by Wayne Leupold Editions . collection.

By Alan Hovhaness. For piano, 4 hands. This edition: Photoprint Edition. Photoprint editions are made to order. Printed on high quality paper and cover stock, they are made on a Canon digital printer from clean digital masters. Most of the photoprint editions are saddle stitched, but larger books have wire spiral binding. Duration 1'. Published by C.F. Peters.

Incidental music for a radio production of William Shakespeare\'s play. Composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958). Full score. Promethean Editions #PME16S. Published by Promethean Editions

(2 Pianos, 4 Hands). By Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943). BH Piano. 386 pages. Boosey & Hawkes #M051246748. Published by Boosey & Hawkes

By Sergei Rachmaninoff. For Piano. Piano Duet (One Piano, Four Hands). Alfred's Classic Editions. 0. Masterwork. Level: Late Intermediate / Advanced. Book. 96 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing.

By George Frideric Handel. Arranged by Michel. Concert Band. Swiss import. Score and parts. Published by Editions Marc Reift. (EMR 1342C) Level: 3.

(1 Piano 4 Hands). By Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921), Camille Saint-SaÌÇns, and Camille Saint-Sa. For 1 Piano, 4 Hands. Editions Durand. 6 pages. Editions Durand #DF0402300. Published by Editions Durand

By Emmanuel Berrut / Jean-Francois Pailler. By Divers. Arranged by Jean-Francois Pailler. For piano, 4-hands. This edition: French Edition. Classique. Anacrouse Collection. Score (with biography, performance notes and CD). Score and 2 CDs. 122 pages

Selections by George and Ira Gershwin, Thomas "Fats" Waller, Scott Joplin, Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern and more. By Various. For Piano. This edition: 2 copies required. Piano Duo (2 Pianos, 4 Hands). Alfred's Classic Editions. Masterwork. Level: Intermediate / Late Intermediate. Book. 128 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing.

"Canon in D," "Eine kleine Nachtmusik," "Peer Gynt" and more. Arranged by Richard Simm. For Piano. This edition: 2 copies required. Piano Duo (2 Pianos, 4 Hands). Alfred's Classic Editions. Masterwork. Level: Intermediate / Late Intermediate. Book. 140 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing.

By Various. For piano duet. Level: Easy. Collection. Published by Editions Marc Reift. (EMR 13347)

By Various. For piano duet. Level: Very Easy. Collection. Published by Editions Marc Reift. (EMR 13346)