STRINGS
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VIOLIN
SPRING SOLILOQUY
Level: M
Duration: 4:00
Price: $6.50
Publisher: Dacker Music
Violin and Piano PREVIEW ON YOUTUBE
A lyrical piece written as a wedding gift for a colleague when I was teaching in China, so like its companion piece Remember the Rainbow for flute and piano, it also has sort of an oriental sound.
Also available transcribed for viola; cello; flute; oboe; bassoon; clarinet; alto saxophone.
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SONATINA FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO
Level: MA
Duration: 9:30
Price: $14.00
Publisher: Dacker Music
Violin and Piano PREVIEW ON YOUTUBE
As the title suggests, this is a 3-movement composition employing sonata forms on a somewhat smaller scale. It is useful recital repertoire for upper intermediate level students and soloists.
The individual movements, with locations on the audio track, are listed below.
I. Allegro agitato - sonata-allegro - A minor 0:00
II. Andante tranquillo - chaconne - D major 4:08
III. Allegro - abridged sonata-rondo - A minor 6:57
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VIOLA
SPRING SOLILOQUY
Level: M
Duration: 4:00
Price: $6.50
Publisher: Dacker Music
Viola and Piano PREVIEW ON YOUTUBE
Transcription for viola and piano of a lyrical piece for violin and piano (see above) written as a wedding gift for a colleague when I was teaching in China.
Also available transcribed for cello; flute; oboe; bassoon; clarinet; alto saxophone.
Read more about Spring Soliloquy
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SONATINA FOR VIOLA AND PIANO
Level: MA
Duration: 8:00
Price: $14.00
Publisher: Dacker Music
Viola and Piano PREVIEW ON YOUTUBE
As the title suggests, this is a 3-movement composition employing sonata forms on a somewhat smaller scale. It is useful recital repertoire for upper intermediate level students and soloists.
The individual movements, with locations on the audio track, are listed below.
I. Allegro moderato - sonata-allegro - B minor 0:00
II. Andante con moto - theme and Variations - Bb major 3:17
III. Allegro - abridged sonata-rondo - B minor 5:30
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Recording by Peter Sulski, Viola and Randall Hodgkinson, Piano
Released on the solo album Trios and Sonatinas by Navona Records
Also released on the multi-composer album Bowed Colors by Navona Records
CELLO-BASS
SPRING SOLILOQUY
Level: M
Duration: 4:00
Price: $6.50
Publisher: Dacker Music
Cello and Piano PREVIEW ON YOUTUBE
Transcription for cello and piano of a lyrical piece for violin and piano (see above) written as a wedding gift for
a colleague when I was teaching in China.
Also available transcribed for viola ; flute; oboe; bassoon; clarinet; alto saxophone
Read more about Spring Soliloquy
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SONATINA FOR CELLO AND PIANO
Level: MA
Duration: 8:40
Price: $14.00
Publisher: Dacker Music
Cello and Piano PREVIEW ON YOUTUBE
As the title suggests, this is a 3-movement composition employing sonata forms on a somewhat smaller scale. It is useful recital repertoire for upper intermediate level students and soloists.
The individual movements, with locations on the audio track, are listed below.
I. Allegro motorato - sonata-allegro - D minor 0:00
II. Andante con moto - chaconne - F major 3:17
III. Allegro - abridged sonata-rondo - D minor 6:27
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Recording by Ovidiu Marinescu, Cello and Anna Kislitsyna, Piano
Released on the solo album Trios and Sonatinas by Navona Records
Also scheduled for release on the multi-composer album A Grand Journey, Vol. 2 by Navona Records in September 2023
SONATINA FOR CONTRABASS AND PIANO
Level: MA
Duration: 8:00
Price: $14.00
Publisher: Dacker Music
Contrabass and Piano PREVIEW ON YOUTUBE
As the title suggests, this is a 3-movement composition employing sonata forms on a somewhat smaller scale. It is useful recital repertoire for advanced level students and soloists.
The individual movements, with locations on the audio track, are listed below.
I. Allegro con fuoco - sonata-allegro - B minor 0:00
II. Andantino - chaconne - D major 3:17
III. Allegro - abridged sonata-rondo - B minor 5:30
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STRING ENSEMBLES
GERSHWIN'S PRELUDE
Level: M
Duration: 3:00
Price: $6.50
Publisher: Dacker Music
String Quartet PREVIEW ON YOUTUBE
George Gershwin's Preludes for Piano of 1926 is probably his best-known work for solo piano. Of the 3 preludes in this set, the second one is the most popular and most often heard. This arrangement for student string quartet is transposed up a semitone from the original C# minor/F# major to the more student-friendly D minor/G major. It gives young string players an opportunity to enjoy learning some classic Gershwin.
Also available scored for mixed wind quartet, saxophone quartet, and clarinet quartet
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BRAHMS' WALTZ
Level: M
Duration: 1:45
Price: $5.50
Publisher: Dacker Music
String Quartet PREVIEW ON YOUTUBE
The Waltz in Ab, Op. 39, No. 15 is one of the best-known piano pieces by the great German Romantic composer Johannes Brahms (1833-1897). Although just one in a set of 16 short waltzes for piano that Brahms penned in 1865, it has long taken on a life of its own, eclipsing all of the others in popularity. The set was originally written for piano 4-hands, where this waltz was in the key of A. When Brahms arranged it for solo piano later that same year, he lowered it a semitone to Ab. This arrangement restores the original key.
Also available scored for clarinet quartet and saxophone quartet
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GAVOTTE AND VARIATION
Level: M
Duration: 1:45
Price: $4.95
Publisher: Dacker Music
String Quartet PREVIEW ON YOUTUBE
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) was one of the most important composers of the late Baroque period. The gavotte is a French dance that was popular during that time. Gavotte and Variation was originally written for keyboard (in Handel's day, it would most likely have been played on the harpsichord).
This student string quartet is transcribed from an arrangement for mixed woodwind quartet that I originally wrote for my middle school students. An alternate 3rd violin part is included to substitute for viola. It is also available scored for brass quartet.
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