Alto Saxophone - easy to
intermediate
SKU:
HL.49019006
Alto
Saxophone and Piano.
Composed by Modest
Petrovich Mussorgsky.
Arranged by Heinz Both.
This edition: Saddle
stitching. Sheet music.
Edition Schott.
Classical. Softcover. 10
pages. Schott Music
#ED20996. Published by
Schott Music
(HL.49019006).
ISBN
9790001174619.
9.0x12.0x0.075
inches.
With his
piano cycle Pictures at
an Exhibition from 1874,
Mussorgsky created a
classic example of
programme music. Based on
the paintings of his
deceased friend Viktor
Hartmann, he also
composed the lyrical
serenade 'Il vecchio
castello' (The Old
Castle), among others.
Hartmann's picture shows
a medieval Italian castle
with a singing troubadour
who accompanies himself
on the lute. In Maurice
Ravel's subsequent famous
orchestral version, the
beautiful, melancholy
melody was played by the
alto saxophone.
Accompaniment, prelude
and interludes are
reminiscent of playing a
medieval hurdy-gurdy with
its pervading drone bass.
Therein lies the
continuity of the piece,
thereabove lies the quiet
romance with its
melancholy character -
the unrequited love of
the troubadour. This
separate edition now
gives all saxophonists
the opportunity to play
the piece with piano
accompaniment.
The Old Castle
