Trombone and Guitar -
advanced
SKU:
CY.CC3011
Composed by
Billy Stewart.
Contemporarry. Solo parts
single pages. 4 pages.
Cherry Classics #3011.
Published by Cherry
Classics (CY.CC3011).
ISBN
9790530058312.
The
composer's description of
this fascinating,
expressive and unique
work:
I wrote this
piece after being
inspired by the poem
'Colours' by Yevgeny
Yevtushenko, an older
contemporary poet who was
of Russian heritage
[recently deceased]. This
coincided - of course -
with the loss of my
'heart's desire'. I wrote
one melodic note for each
syllable of the English
translation of the text.
I came up with the melody
in the left hand of the
piano with right hand
playing chords/lines
above it. I re-wrote the
chordal parts for the
guitar [my true
instrument] with the idea
of a low voice singing
the words below the
guitar part. It seems the
melody was not singable!
However, I did not want
to change it- I thought
the melody was exactly as
it should be.
This
work is about 3 minutes
in length and appropriate
for advanced
performers.