Chamber Music
(Music for Mixed Ensembles)
(Updated 29 March 2008)
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WW109: Pastorale in A Minor for Oboe (Flute,
Violin), Bassoon
(Cello, Viola de Gamba) and Continuo by Carl Philipp Emanuel
Bach edited by Kurt Walther.
Zimmermann, 1975. This piece has a "real" bassoon part as a featured
instrument along with the oboe.
It also includes a continuo part for cello, and a realized keyboard
part for harpsichord, piano, or organ. |
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G141: Music for a Farce
by
Paul Bowles. Shawnee Press, 1953, SS. For clarinet, trumpet, percussion
(one player) and piano. Paul Bowles (1910-1999) was an American
composer and author. Bowles composed incidental music for Orson Welles’
production of Too Much Johnson that was never used. Music for a Farce
is a suite that was arranged from the stage music and given its
premiere in 1939 at a League of Composers concert. It has eight
movements. College level. The trumpet and percussion parts are not
difficult but the last movement of the clarinet part presents some
challenges. |
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S153: Concerto for Alto Saxophone Solo or Trumpet Solo with nine instruments by Henry Brant. Carl Fischer, 1996, PB, 149 pages. Brant won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize in Music. This is a manuscript style score to this piece which was originally composed in 1941 with several revisions with the last in 1973. The saxophone and trumpet solos are not identical but have differences to suit the character of each instrument. In three movements: I. Prelude, II. Idyll, and III. Caprice. The accompanying instruments are flute, four B-flat clarinets, alto clarinet (bass clarinet alternate), bass clarinet, tuba, and one percussion. Parts are a rental. | |
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WW069: Trio in D minor for
Oboe (Clarinet), Bassoon (Viola/Bass Clarinet/Basset Horn) and Piano
by Alexander Brent-Smith. Rosewood, 2003, (includes piano score and all
parts). Alexander Brent-Smith (1889-1950) was a British composer,
author, and teacher. This work was first performed in 1943. It is in
three movements I. Allegro Moderato, II. Andante, and III. Allegretto.
It should be playable by those at the early college level (and adult
amateurs). |
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G137:
Drei Stüke für fünf
Instrumente (Three Pieces for Five Instruments) for Clarinet,
Trumpet (in C),
Violin, Doublebass and Piano
by Paul Hindemith. Schott, 1925, SS, (includes piano score and all
parts). Three pieces for a somewhat unusal combination of instruments.
I. Scherzando, II. Langsame Achtel, and III. Lebhafte Halbe. College
level. |
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G157:
Ragtimes - Joplin for Chamber Ensemble (Strings,
Winds or Mixed)
by Scott Joplin arranged by György Horváth. Editio Musica
Budapest, 1990. SS. This book contains 18 Joplin pieces in two or three
parts. The two part pieces are (rags unless noted): Peacherine Rag, The
Strenuous Life, A Breeze from Alabama (march), The Chrysanthemum
(intermezzo), Solace (serenade), The Cascades, Paragon Rag, The
Nonpareil, Elite Syncopations, Rose Leaf Rage, Weeping Willow, and Fig
Leaf Rag. The three part arrangements are of: Original Rags, The Easy
Winners, The Entertainer, Bethena (waltz) Scott Joplin's New Rag, and
Pleasant Moments (ragtime waltz). The parts are, C instruments
treble clef (all parts in score format), first part for B-flat
instruments, second part for B-flat instruments, third part for B-flat
instruments, second and third part for viola, second and third parts
for bass clef instruments (includes tenor cleft). |
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G093: Quartet for the End of Time (Quatuor pour la Fin du Temps) for Clarinet in B-flat, Violin, Cello and Piano by Olivier Messiaen. Durand, 1942, PB. This is the full performing edition with individual parts for the clarinet and strings and piano score. Included in the clarinet part is the solo Abîme des oiseaux (Abyss of the Birds). We have two books about this piece: Messiaen - Quatour pour la fin du Temps which is primarily about the music and For the End of Time, The Story of the Messiaen Quartet which focuses on the creation of the composition and the historical context. | |
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C704: Märchenerzählungen (Fairy Tales) Four Pieces Op. 132 for clarinet (or violin), viola and piano by Robert Schumann edited by Joachim Draheim. Breitkopf, 1988, SS, (includes all parts and piano score). Four short movements: I. Lebhaft, nich zu schnell, II. Lebhaft und sehr markiert, III. Ruhiges Tempo, mit zartem Ausdruck, and IV. Lebhaft, sehr markiert. This is beautiful writing for all three instruments in a style similar to the Fantasy Pieces, with flowing melody and accompaniment in other instruments. A nice recital piece for college and professional level performers. Includes notes by the editior. | |
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G139:
Rain Spell for flute, clarinet, harp, piano and vibraphone
by Toru Takemitsu.
Schott (Japan), 1983, SS. The is a "performance score" with the
clarinet and alto flute part transposed (the flutist doubles).
Toru Takemitsu (1930-1996) was among the most important of those
Japanese composers who have written music in the Western tradition
while incorporating the Japanese identity and traditions. The title is
suggestive of the sound of these piece which has a duration of about 10
minutes. A page of explanation of the abbreviations and symbols (all in
English) is included and fingerings for flute and clarinet for unusual
trills and tremolos and some multiphonics are printed where they are
performed. (You can listen to the first part of this for free at
naxos.com.) |
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G101: Trio in D for clarinet in A (violin), horn (viola/bassoon/basset horn/bass clarinet) and piano by Richard Walthew. Rosewood, 2000. Richard Walthew (1872-1951) was a British composer with a special affinity for chamber music. This piece is of intermediate length and in three movements: I. Allegro Moderato, II. Allegretto, and III. Lento/Allegro non troppo. Early college level. | |
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G138:
Quartett Op. 22 for Violin, Clarinet in A, Tenor
Saxophone, and Piano by
Anton Webern. Universal Edition, 1932, SS, includes parts and piano
score. In two movements: I. Sehr mäßig and II. Sehr
Schwungvoll. |
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