PARTITIONS GRATUITES : SAXOPHONE ALTO, PIANO
- Graduation Suite

By Edward Elgar, Jean Joseph Mouret. Arranged by Michael Story. By Edward Elgar, Jean Joseph Mouret / arr. Michael Story. For Concert Band. Concert Band. Belwin Young Band. Level: 2 (Easy) (grade 2). Conductor Score and Parts. 157 pages. Duration 3:28. Published by Alfred Publishing.

(Featuring a Fanfare, Processional, The National Anthem and a Recessional). Arranged by Jack Bullock. Concert Band. Concert Band. Young Band. Graduation. Grade 2. Conductor Score and Parts. 272 pages. Published by Belwin Music

Flute and Cello

SKU: IS.FVC4457EM

Composed by August Baeyens. Ensembles - Chamber Music. Metropolis Music Publishers #FVC4457EM. Published by Metropolis Music Publishers (IS.FVC4457EM).

ISBN 9790365044573.

Augu st Louis Baeyens received his musical training at the Royal Flemish Music Conservatory in Antwerp, studying solfège, viola, and harmony. As a composer, Baeyens developed chiefly through the study of composers such as Debussy, Wagner and Strauss; this interest gave him the reputation of a revolutionary within the confines of the very traditionalist conservatory. However, this was not where Baeyens’ exploration of musical language was to end. The 1956 Piranesi Suite for flute and cello, written three decades after Baeyens’ graduation from the Flemish Conservatory, marks an intriguing phase of his composition. Baeyens tended towards older forms - the Suite, for example, is a five-movement work, though each movement is drawn through a more modern glass; it’s hardly usual to hear a Sinfonia, Toccata, Moto Perpetuo, Aria, and Corrente together. The resemblance towards older forms breaks down as the music is further examined; the Sinfonia is full of transposed, repetitive melodies that play off each other with sly rhythmic twists (much in the manner of Stravinsky), the Toccata is a powerful solo cello showpiece, and the Aria is a delicate flute melody winding above bitonal cello pizzicato. The final Corrente, belying its name, brings the piece to a close with an accelerating back-and-forth of melody and accompaniment.

By Edward Elgar, Jean Joseph Mouret. Arranged by Michael Story. By Edward Elgar, Jean Joseph Mouret / arr. Michael Story. For Concert Band. Concert Band. Belwin Young Band. Level: 2 (Easy) (grade 2). Conductor Score. 20 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing.

Clarinet, String quartet, percussion, tuba

SKU: OT.37019SET

Composed by Lev Kogan. Arranged by Alan Kaufman. For clarinet, strings, percussion, and tuba. Klezmer. Score and Parts. OR-TAV Music Publications #37019SET. Published by OR-TAV Music Publications (OT.37019SET).

8.27 x 11.69 inches.

Lev Kogan
Klezmer Dance Suite for clarinet, strings, percussion, and tuba
arranged by Alan Kaufman, with cadenzas by Gene Kavadlo
Score and one copy each part
I have been Principal Clarinetist with the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra, North Carolina, since 1975. My interest in klezmer music began in 1984 when I realized how unique the clarinet voice can be in the klezmer idiom - it is totally different from playing in a symphony orchestra, and I found that unique voice to be very appealing. I formed a quartet called Viva Klezmer!, and we have been concertizing and recording ever since.
I discovered Lev Kogan's Hassidic Tunes for Clarinet and Piano a number of years ago and was struck by the lovely melodies and harmonies that Mr. Kogan had composed. The tunes were always enjoyed by audiences whenever I performed them, and it occured to me that several of them could be orchestrated and grouped together to form a very attractive klezmer suite. I enlisted the aid of my talented colleague, Alan Kaufman, and the result is this publication. There is dearth of klezmer music featuring clarinet with orchestra or chamber ensemble, and this publication helps fill that void.
The suite can be performed with orchestra or, if percussion and tuba are unavailable, as chamber music with clarinet and strings. In the absence of tuba, the part may be played by another bass instrument.
Gene Kavadlo
Lev Kogan (1927-2007) was born in Baku, Azerbaijan, and immigrated to Israel in 1972. Kogan attended the Moscow State Conservatory from 1946-1952 where he studied piano and was a composition of Aram Khatchturian. He has devotred much time to the research, creation and performance of Jewish music. In Israel, he has composed many productions for the Yiddish theater and Chassidic, Yiddish songs and chamber music.
Originally from New York State, Alan Kaufman graduated from Potsdam State University with a Bachelor's Degree in Music Education and a Master's Degree in Music Performance in Percussion. Since then, he has been a performer, arranger, educator, producer and composer of commercial jingles, recordings and movie and television soundtracks. He has produced albums and/or has arranged for an array of groups from The Buddy Rich Band to performing with artists as diverse as Luciano Pavoratti and Bernadette Peters, to Dave Brubeck and Johnny Cash. Since 1978, Alan has resided in Charlotte, NC where he continues his musical journey.