PARTITIONS GRATUITES :
- Julien-Francois Zbinden

Organ

SKU: KU.GM-896

Composed by Julien Francois Zbinden. Edited by Julien Francois Zbinden. Bach format (230 x 302). Staple Bound. Organ score. Op. 58. 11 pages. Edition Kunzelmann #GM-896. Published by Edition Kunzelmann (KU.GM-896).

Piano solo and brass orchestra (piano solo, Eb cornet, alto sax, flugelhorn, 3 trumpets, 3 Eb alto horns, 2 baritones, 3 trombones (euphoniums), Eb tuba, Bb tuba, percussions) - Grade 4-5

SKU: ET.PNO74B

Composed by Julien-Francois Zbinden. Contemporary. Score. Editions BIM #PNO74B. Published by Editions BIM (ET.PNO74B).

ISBN 9790207024350.

Juli en-François Zbinden wrote this short spanish tinted Concerto de Gibraltar for piano, brass orchestra and percussion (instrumentation Roger Volet) for the Ensemble Romand d’Instruments de Cuivre (ERIC - attached to the broadcast Radio Suisse Romande).
The world premiere, on broadcast Radio-Lausanne, conducted by Roger Volet, was given October 8th 1959 with the composer on the piano and the ERIC. The same musicians played the work again on the 3rd of August 1961 in one of the first tv shows at the Television Suisse Romande.

Piano - Grade 5

SKU: ET.PNO27

Composed by Julien-Francois Zbinden. Contemporary. Composed 2000. Duration 13'. Editions BIM #PNO27. Published by Editions BIM (ET.PNO27).

ISBN 9790207024527.

As the title indicates, I have based the whole work on the letters of the first name of the dedicatee Marc Pantillon - german and french notations mixed - Mi, La, Re, Do (english E.A.D.C.). In melodic as well as in harmonic use.
The musical discourse is maintained by a various set of easy recognisable sequences, but not bearing any resemblance to the traditional variations of the pianistic repertoire.
Marc Pantillon has played the world premiere in March 2001 in Neuchâtel (Switzerland).
Julien-François Zbinden.

Piano - Grade 2

SKU: ET.PNO66

Composed by Julien-Francois Zbinden. Contemporary. Piano (original). Editions BIM #PNO66. Published by Editions BIM (ET.PNO66).

ISBN 9790207024497.

The composer wrote this basically pedagogical work intended for young pianists. Beginning with each of the seven pitches of the diatonic scale, with the individual pieces having feminine first names, he proposed the following:
- to assign a role of equal importance to each hand;
- to have the young pianists become accustomed to two voice counterpoint;
- to characterize each piece by systematic use of one of the 7 intervals;
- to train the ear to comprehend and accept certain dissonances created as the result of the counterpoint;
- to liberate the students from the strict tonal system and by virtue of chromaticism, creating a richer sound universe.
In order to allow a partial or complete performance of the work by pianists of all levels, the composer has avoided any written references as to specific tempi, expressions or phrasings.
The teacher will have to choose a tempo adapted to the technical resources of individual students.
For the expressions and phrasings, students can either chose to follow the dictates of their creative artistic imaginations or simply follow the dictates or suggestions of their teachers.
Julien-François Zbinden, Lausanne, Valombré, May 18, 2012.

Piano - Grade 4-5

SKU: ET.PNO67

Composed by Julien-Francois Zbinden. Contemporary. Piano (original). Editions BIM #PNO67. Published by Editions BIM (ET.PNO67).

ISBN 9790207024251.

The time had come to pay homage to someone who has been a faithful companion to me for 65 years and has witnessed of the joy and pain I have endured during the writing of all of my opuses, from 8 to 111. Today he still shares my fervor for jazz music and our wonderful complicity has been preserved on my piano solo album, The Last Call...?* which I recorded at the age of 93. This “someone is my instrument, an old grand piano over 100 years old: Blüthner No. 89293, model 190, constructed in 1910 in Leipzig, Germany, and to which I dedicate this Opus 111, the very last of my series of works for piano.
The Blüthner-Variationen were composed starting with a theme I had imagined during recording sessions which were done in my home. I named it Blues in Three, since it was related to the traditional harmonic chord progressions of the 12 bar blues, but in 3/4 time. The simple theme, repeated twice, generates 8 variations, each one requiring different pianistic means.
It is my hope that future performers will like the undeniably jazzy orientation of this work.
Julien-François Zbinden, Lausanne – Valombré, 23 juillet 2012

* The Last Call...?, piano solo album, TCB The Montreux Jazz Label No. 43102.