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BACH: Sonata in C Major BWV 1033 for Soprano Sax & Piano
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Soprano Saxophone and Piano
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Johann Sebastian Bach
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BACH: Sonata in C Major BWV 10
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Piano,Soprano Saxophone - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.551573 Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Arranged by James Guthrie, ASCAP. Baroque,Instruct...
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Piano,Soprano Saxophone - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.551573 Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Arranged by James Guthrie, ASCAP. Baroque,Instructional,Standards,Wedding. Score and part. 22 pages. Jmsgu3 #5317595. Published by jmsgu3 (A0.551573). BACH: Sonata in C Major BWV 1033, Duration: 8:30, Score:13 pages.1. Andante - Presto2. Allegro3. Adagio4. Menuet I.5. Menuet II.Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer, musician, organist, and harpsichordist in the Baroque period of music. He is considered one of the greatest and most influential composers of his time and of all time, and his works form an essential part of the standard concert repertoire. Bach is credited with being largely responsible for the development of the sonata form in the Baroque era. He created several new forms of writing, such as the sinfonia and the prelude, which became popular in the Baroque. Bach also regularly combined two or three voice parts in the form of canons or fugues. His forms were complex and innovative and helped to establish the sonata as a form of composition. He composed some of the most famous and beautiful sonatas in music history. Bach's influence on the sonata form was massive.
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J. S. Bach: Sonata no. 3 in E major, bwv 1016, - soprano saxophone and keyboard by Paul W
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Soprano Saxophone and Piano
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Johann Sebastian Bach
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Paul Wehage
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J. S. Bach: Sonata no. 3 in E
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Musik Fabrik Music Publishing
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Piano,Soprano Saxophone - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.533436 Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Arranged by Paul Wehage. Baroque,Concert,Standards...
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Piano,Soprano Saxophone - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.533436 Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Arranged by Paul Wehage. Baroque,Concert,Standards. Score and part. 43 pages. Musik Fabrik Music Publishing #2914069. Published by Musik Fabrik Music Publishing (A0.533436). In 1720 J. S. Bach was in the service of Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Cöthen, serving as his Kapellmeister. Since the court of Anhalt-Cöthen was Calvinist, Church music was limited to congregational psalms and hymns. Bach’s work during this period consisted of writing chamber music for the Prince, who was an accomplished violinist, gambist and harpsichordist. Other works from this period include the Cello Suites, the viola da gamba sonatas, the Flute sonatas and the partita for solo flute and the Orchestral Suites. The Sonata presented here is in the four movement “Church Sonata†style. The first five sonatas all share the same principal of Slow-Fast-Slow-Fast with a generally unified three-voice “Trio Sonata†texture. Passages which include double stops have been arranged as grace notes, which should be performed rapidly, but with a sensitivity to creating the necessary resonance which suggest implied chords. 
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J. S. Bach: Sonata no. 2 in A major, bwv 1015, - soprano saxophone and keyboard by Paul W
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Soprano Saxophone and Piano
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Paul Wehage
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J. S. Bach: Sonata no. 2 in A
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Musik Fabrik Music Publishing
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Piano,Soprano Saxophone - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.533435 Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Arranged by Paul Wehage. Baroque,Concert,Standards...
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Piano,Soprano Saxophone - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.533435 Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Arranged by Paul Wehage. Baroque,Concert,Standards. Score and part. 32 pages. Musik Fabrik Music Publishing #2914067. Published by Musik Fabrik Music Publishing (A0.533435). In 1720 J. S. Bach was in the service of Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Cöthen, serving as his Kapellmeister. Since the court of Anhalt-Cöthen was Calvinist, Church music was limited to congregational psalms and hymns. Bach’s work during this period consisted of writing chamber music for the Prince, who was an accomplished violinist, gambist and harpsichordist. Other works from this period include the Cello Suites, the viola da gamba sonatas, the Flute sonatas and the partita for solo flute and the Orchestral Suites. The Sonata presented here is in the four movement “Church Sonata†style. The first five sonatas all share the same principal of Slow-Fast-Slow-Fast with a generally unified three-voice “Trio Sonata†texture. Passages which include double stops have been arranged as grace notes, which should be performed rapidly, but with a sensitivity to creating the necessary resonance which suggest implied chords.
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Telemann: Four Sonatas for Soprano Sax & Piano
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Soprano Saxophone and Piano
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Georg Philipp Telemann
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James Guthrie, ASCAP
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Telemann: Four Sonatas for Sop
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Piano,Soprano Saxophone - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.551681 Composed by Georg Philipp Telemann. Arranged by James Guthrie, ASCAP. Baroque,Concert...
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Piano,Soprano Saxophone - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.551681 Composed by Georg Philipp Telemann. Arranged by James Guthrie, ASCAP. Baroque,Concert,Instructional,Standards. Score and part. 130 pages. Jmsgu3 #5330433. Published by jmsgu3 (A0.551681). I. Sonata in G Major. Duration: 6:45, Score: 19 pages. In four movements:1. Cantabile 2. Allegro 3. Affettuoso 4. AllegroII. Sonata in C Minor. Duration: 11:47, Score: 22 pages. 209 measures. In five movements: 1. Allegro 2. Adagio 3. Allegro assai 4. Ondeggiando, ma non adagio 5. AllegroIII. Sonata in F Major. Score: 8 pages, Duration: 5:40. In three movements:1. Vivace 2. Largo 3. AllegroIV. Sonata in Bb Major. Score: 17 pages, duration: ca. 9:30. In five movements:1. Largo 2. Allegro 3. Allegretto 4. Vivace 5. Allegro.
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Simple Gifts (Soprano Saxophone and Piano)
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Soprano Saxophone and Piano
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EASY
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Joseph Brackett, Wolfgang Amad
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Stephen DeCesare
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Simple Gifts
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Exultet Music
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Piano,Soprano Saxophone - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.630111 Composed by Joseph Brackett, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Arranged by Stephen DeCesare. C...
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Piano,Soprano Saxophone - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.630111 Composed by Joseph Brackett, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Arranged by Stephen DeCesare. Contest,Festival,Folk,Sacred,Standards,Traditional. Score and part. 9 pages. Exultet Music #6418913. Published by Exultet Music (A0.630111). The well known Shaker song has been freshly arranged for a Soprano Saxophone solo with Piano accompaniment. This version incorporates two well known pieces by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Piano Sonata Number 16 in C Major and Eine Kleine Nachtmusik). Accessible and appropriate for any church, school or concert setting.
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Scriabin: Prelude Op. 11 No. 2 for Soprano Sax & Piano
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Alexander Scriabin
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Scriabin: Prelude Op. 11 No. 2
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Piano,Soprano Saxophone - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.549466 Composed by Alexander Scriabin. Arranged by James M. Guthrie, ASCAP. Concert,Instruct...
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Piano,Soprano Saxophone - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.549466 Composed by Alexander Scriabin. Arranged by James M. Guthrie, ASCAP. Concert,Instructional,Romantic Period,Sacred,Standards. Score and part. 12 pages. Jmsgu3 #3499743. Published by jmsgu3 (A0.549466). Score: 8 pages, solo part: 2 pages, piano part: 2 pages. Duration: 3:10. An introspective and meditative work with a lot of dynamic and phrasing nuance. Works well for church meditations or recital encores. Background Op.11/2 Alto Clarinet version. First of all, Scriabin composed mostly for the solo piano and also the orchestra. This is probably because he was a gifted pianist and therefore certainly appreciated the piano. Scriabin grew up in the late Romantic period, consequently, he was fond of the great piano masters of the time. As a result, he wrote his first noteworthy compositions in the manner of Chopin and Liszt. Forms Likewise, Scriabin used many of the same forms as Chopin. These certainly include the étude, prelude, nocturne, and even the mazurka. In contrast, as he developed his own sense of style his music became more and more unusual. So, the last five of his Piano Sonatas do not have a key signature and therefore lean towards atonality. Philosophy Scriabin also developed a keen interest in philosophy and likewise poetry. He was above all particularly fascinated by Nietzsche, Delville, and Blavatsky. Consequently, he finally established his own ideas about metaphysics and certainly mysticism. Scriabin consequently advanced theories about the relationship between color and musical keys. Synesthesia He also may have experienced a condition called synesthesia where he could probably sense a response created from a different stimulus. Therefore, it was almost as if he could see music and hear colors. Scriabin, therefore, arranged the colors in a circle similar to the circle-of-fifths and assigned each key area a color. Finally, he assigned the key of C to the color red, while the key of G was orange. Similarly, he assigned D to yellow, A to green, and so forth. Strangely, he did not differentiate between major and minor key colors. Multimedia Hence, his ability to translate colors into music certainly gave Scriabin a most noteworthy interest in creating multimedia events. Furthermore, He designed his biggest work, the Mysterium, to last an entire week. Even more, Scriabin made plans not only for music, but also colored lights, incense, and dancing. He designed the performance to occur in the foothills of the Himalaya mountains. The Mysterium was never performed, and only sketches of the work remain. Modern Performances In modern times, we often experience performances of Scriabin’s most famous completed works accompanied by colored laser lights and incense. These are the Poem of Ecstasy (completed in 1908) and the Poem of Fire (completed in 1910). The lighting effects for these early performances were accomplished by the clavier à lumiéres. It was a keyboard instrument that projected colored light onto a screen.
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