Chamber Music

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. Free Media Mail shipping on this music to US, IF ordered with another item. (Except other items with free shipping.)**	12.95
	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.	19.95
	*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.	39.95
	*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).	33.95
	*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.	19.95
	*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).	32.95
	*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.	44.95
	*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.	22.50
	*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.)	22.95
	*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.	28.95
	*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.	15.95

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