PARTITIONS GRATUITES : PIANO
- CONCERT LIGHTING

Solo with Piano Accompaniment. Composed by Martha Mier. This edition: 2 copies required. Book; Graded Standard Repertoire; Piano Duo (2 Pianos, 4 Hands); Piano Supplemental. Student Concertos. Form: Concerto. Jazz; Recital. 12 pages. Published by Alfred Musi

Piano

SKU: HL.14001903

Composed by Per Norgard. Music Sales America. Classical. Book [Softcover]. Music Sales #KP00981. Published by Music Sales (HL.14001903).

ISBN 9788759859605. Danish.

Animals In Concert - Three pieces for Piano solo by Per Norgard. Programme Note  1. A Tortoise's Tango (1984) - dur.: 4'  2. Light of a Night - Paul meets bird (1989) - dur.: 6'  3. Hermit Crab Tango - Esperanza (1997) - dur.: 5'   The pieces can be performed together or one by one. In the1980s, quite a few finds turned up in Per Norgard's music. The material could be, say, a number of song birds' equilibrist melodic lines, the overtones of the ocean surf, or waltzing themes by the schizophrenic artist Adolf Wolfli (1864-1930). Or again, as heard here, it can be the rhythms and motifs of the tango and a Beatles song (with bird), explored in three independent piano pieces that form the Animals in Concert suite, about which the composer writes:  A Tortoise's Tango: The tortoise as tango dancer must presumably possess certain rhythmic peculiarities, which I have chosen to express by letting the tune of the tortoise shuffle broadly, tripartite through the strict four partite time of tango.  Tortoise Tango was the original title of this piece, written for Achilles (the pianist Yvar Mikhashoff), for his so called tango project, including new tangos for piano by composers from all over the world.  Light of a Night (Paul meets bird) was commissioned by pianist Aki Takahashi. It is a reworked arrangement for piano of the Beatles song Blackbird. As some of us will recall, the Beatles on The White Album let the beautiful song to the blackbird be accompanied by an (apparently) live blackbird song. It is this authentic bird-motif world that in Light of a Night weaves itself into the Beatles melody and in turn is gradually infected by it, so that a completely new third entity ensues: a kind of Bird-rock ballad (or maybe it is a Beatle-bird?).  Hermit Crab Tango (Esperanza): The tango situation is quite special for a Hermit Crab. It is a well-known fact that the hermit crab - this soft animal - must run the gauntlet among the many perils at the bottom of the sea when it must move hose. I have chosen to express the angers by a tango pattern - sharp as a cactus - through which the tune, optimistic, slips to its new shelter. I have borrowed the tune from songwriter Hanne Methling's Introduction: 'I want to get through this time!' she sings in a ecstatically ascending melody line - and I believe that these words must correspond very well to the mood of the hermit crab: 'Esperanza'- the green runners of hope wind among the latticework formed by the tango rows.

(Based on the Finale of Mozart's Piano Concerto in F Major, K. 459). By Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924). Edited by Greg Anderson and Elizabeth Joy Roe. For Piano. This edition: Piano Duo (2 Pianos, 4 Hands). Book; Duet or Duo; Masterworks; Piano Duo (2 Pianos, 4 Hands). Alfred Masterwork Edition. Form: Transcription. 20th Century; Masterwork. Advanced. 36 pages. Published by Alfred Music Publishing

Piano Duet - intermediate

SKU: HL.14020065

Composed by Montague Phillips. Music Sales America. Classical. Book [Softcover]. Composed 2002. Chester Music #CH02939. Published by Chester Music (HL.14020065).

8.5x11.5x0.615 inches.

The second Concerto by the celebrated British composer of 'light' music, arranged for Piano Duet.

(The Mysteries of Light 2 Pianos, 4 Hands reduction). By James Macmillan. Arranged by Simon Smith. For 2 Pianos, 4 Hands, Piano Duet. BH Piano. Softcover. 76 pages. Boosey and Hawkes #M060123740. Published by Boosey and Hawkes

(A Holiday Excursion for Two Pianos). Composed by Leroy Anderson (1908-1975). Arranged by Greg Anderson. For Piano. This edition: 2 copies required. Book; Duet or Duo; Piano Duo (2 Pianos, 4 Hands). Anderson and Roe Duos and Duets. Christmas; Holiday Pops; Light Concert; Recital; Secular; Standard; Winter. Advanced. 16 pages. Published by Alfred Music