(Updated 10 January 2012)
Used or Clearance Books and Music
Used or Clearance Books and Music
Music (Note: Most of the damage on these items is equivalent to a student carrying it around for a few weeks)
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B38x: 15 Etudes Written
in the Style of 20th Century Music for Bassoon
by Arthur Weisberg.
Arthur Weisberg, 2004, SS, 31 pages. These etudes have been written to
help players familiarize themselves with music written in the 20th
century
and beyond and which features a very different harmonic language, a
vast
extension of rhythmic possibilities, and the introduction of a number
of
new notational symbols. This copy has a
curl at the top. $19.00 off regular price of $31.50.
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12.50
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B063x: Orchester Probespiel - Test Pieces for
Orchestral Auditions Bassoon edited by Karl Kolbinger and
Alfred Rinderspacher. C.F. Peters, 1992,
PB, 47 pages. This book of orchestral and opera excerpts was developed
in Germany for
use in auditions. The selections were made based on an analysis of
pieces used for auditions over many years. It includes excerpts for
bassoon and contra-bassoon. The second
bassoon part is also included in a few excerpts. Click
on the cover image to view the Table of Contents. Use your browser's
Back
button to return. New copy with shipping damage to the bottom right corner and very slight damage to the top right corner. $12.00 off regular price. |
23.95
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C106x: Baermann Method for Clarinet Divisions
1-2
by Carl Baermann edited by Gustave Langenus. Carl Fischer, PB, 92
pages. New copy with damage. Damage to the top cover near the spine. Otherwise ok. $5.00 off regular price. |
10.95
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C128: Bass Clarinet Scale Book by Martin
Arnold. Aztecpress, 1991/2003. SB, 36 pages. This is the original
edition of this book developed to
assist those with a bass clarinet to low C gain proficiency in the
extended range and in bass clef. New Copy of the first edition of this book. |
9.95
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C344x: Concert Piece No. 2 in G minor for Clarinet and
String Quartet (Piano Reduction)
by Franz Danzi edited by Sigfried Beyer.
Music Rara, 1991, SS, 13 + 7 pages. This work has an
introduction, theme,
variations, and a virtuosic conclusion. The edition includes notes from
the editor. This piece is also known as Fantasy on 'La ci darem la
mano' from Mozart's "Don Giovanni" although you would never know it
from this edition. We have two copies with minor shipping damage to the top right corner. $5.00 off the regular price. |
12.95
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C668x: Hiyoku for two
clarinets
by
Elliott Carter. Hendon Music/Boosey & Hawkes, 2001. Printed in
score format on four somewhat oversized pages. The composer wrote, "Hiyoku
was written for the
clarinetists Ayako [Oshima] and Charles Neidich, whose performances
were so outstanding that I chose to write this piece in the fall of
2001 for them. I asked Ayako to suggest a title and she explained it:
'a very special poetic word originally used by the ancient Chinese
poet, Bai Juyi, and adopted by old Japanese authors, meaning two birds
flying together with the connotation of eternal love.'" An advanced
work.
(Except other items with free shipping.) This
music is larger than the typical piece and it was packed in the
standard box leading to a bend in the bottom edge. We have bent it
back. $3.00 off. One copy left.
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6.95
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C427x: Orchester Probespiel - Test Pieces for
Orchestral Auditions Clarinet
edited by Heinz Hepp and Albert Rohde. C.F. Peters, 1991, SS, 44 pages.
This book of orchestra and opera excerpts was developed in Germany for
use in auditions. The selections were made based on an analysis of
pieces used for auditions over many years. It includes excerpts for
soprano clarinet, D/E-flat clarinet and bass clarinet. The second
clarinet part is also included in a number of
excerpts. Click on the cover image to
view
the Table of Contents. Use your browser's Back button to
return. New copy with shipping damage to the top right corner. $11.00 off regular price. |
24.95
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C694x: Orchestral Excerpts from
the Symphonic Repertoire for Clarinet Volume 4 (Revised)
compiled by
Robert McGinnis.
International Music Co., 1954, SS, 47 pages. Excerpts from the
works of many composer including Berlioz, Brahms, Saint-Saens,
Sibelius, Tchaikovsky, Weber, etc. Click
on the cover image to view the Table of Contents. Use your browser's
Back button to
return. This item made a round trip through the mail and has some minor bends. $5.00 off regular price. |
14.25
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C1153x: Prelude, Blues and Finale for Two
Clarinets
in A (or Clarinet in A and Viola) and Piano
by Elie Siegmeister. Carl Fischer, SS. Elie Siegmeister (1909-1991) was
an American composer, educator and author. This is a challenging and
exciting piece that was composed for Stanley and Naomi Drucker and
Blanche Abram and premiered by them in 1984. This edition was copied
from a manuscript which appears to have had a number of corrections
(cut and paste) especially in the first few pages. It is supplied with
a piano score, and a part with the first and second clarinet part and
another with the first clarinet and viola part, so when played by two
clarinetists they each have their own part. Duration about 16
minutes. An expensive print on demand piece ($95.25). This copy was ordered for a library in Australia but has an indentation about two inches long at the top center that goes all the way through. Still completely useable and offered at a substantial discount. |
69.95
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C735x: Riffs from Prelude, Fugue
and Riffs for
Clarinet and Piano with optional Percussion and String Bass by
Leonard Bernstein arranged by Scott Eyerly. Boosey &
Hawkes, SS. Riffs is the third movement of Prelude, Fugue and Riffs
written
for Benny Goodman in 1949 (for solo clarinet and jazz band) and first
performed in 1955. The optional percussion (for drum set) and string
bass parts will enhance the performance of this arrangement. New undamaged item but missing the clarinet part and optional bass and percussion parts. That makes it a piano score. $12.00 off regular price |
4.95
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C1121x: Quartet No. 1 in B-flat
for Clarinet and String Trio (Violin, Viola, & Cello)
by Franz Joseph Haydn arranged by Vincenzo Gambaro edited by John P.
Newhill. Musica Rara, 1992, SS, (includes parts only). This is the
first of three clarinet and string trios arranged from Haydn string
quartets by the Italian composer Vincenzo Gambaro. It was published in
1810. The movements are from several quartets: Allegro spirito (Op. 76
No. 4 and Op. 74 No. 3), Andante (Op. 50 No. 4), Menuetto (Op. 50 No.
1) and Vivace (Op. 50 No. 1). College level. 2 new copies with shipping damage to the top right corner. A bit worse than most of the items on this page but it is only the corner. A substanial savings at $23.00 off regular price. |
4.95
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 C1491x: Sonatina for
E-flat Clarinet and Piano Op. 38 by Easley Blackwood. 1994,
SB, 18 + 6 pages. This work was written for and first performed by John
Bruce Yeh. This piece uses a simpler harmonic vocabulary than the
Sonata and a less complex structure. The composer compares this work to
the three Sonatinas for violin and piano of Schubert. The three
movements are: 1. Allegro con brio (2/2), 2. Adagio (3/4), and 3.
Allegretto (6/8). College level with a duration of about 11 minutes. Unfortunately, this copy has a large fold in the bottom right corner of the clarinet part. $10.00 off. |
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C1693x: Sonate pour Clarinet Solo by Ida
Gotkovsky. Molenaar
Edition, 1986, SS, 22 pages. Ida Gotkovsky (1933-) is a French composer
who studied with
Nöel Gallon, Oliver Messiaen, Tony Aubin and Nadia Boulanger. She
has won many prizes for her compositions. This piece was commissioned
by the International Clarinet Society and premiered by Elsa
Ludwig-Verdehr in 1986. In four movements: I. Lyrique (Declamando con
Brio), II. Scherzo capricioso (Presto sempre stacc.), III. Dolcissimo
(Calme Lento), and IV. Final (Prestissimo). An advanced, virtuoso work
with high altissimo, glissandi, flutter tonguing and some contemporary
notation. Duration about 17:40. One new copy with the last page blank. We have included a nice photocopy of this page on quality paper. This is not much of a drawback as you would have to disassemble this piece to play it from the music as there are no places for page turns. $6.00 off regular price. |
25.95
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C740x: Symphonic Repertoire for
the Bass Clarinet,
Volume Three
by Michael Drapkin. Roncorp Publications, 2006, SS, 64 pages. The
latest volume in this series includes excerpts from works by Barber,
Bartok, Bloch, Copland,
Dvorak, Grofe, Holst, Janacek, Mahler, Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, Ravel,
Respighi, Schoenberg, Shostakovich, Stravinsky, and Webern. Click on the cover image to view Table of
Contents. Use your browser's Back button to
return. New copy with a bend in the top edge. $4.00 off the regular price. |
17.95
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F001x: The Art of Flute Playing by Edwin
Putnik. Summy-Birchard
Inc., SS, 87 pages. This book is divided into two parts. Part I, Basic
Principles and Pedagogy, includes chapters on the instrument, playing
position,
basic embouchure, basic articulation, breath control, and beginning
instruction.
Part 2, Artist Performance, covers tonal development, articulation,
technical
development, pointers on performance, and performance on other flutes
(E
flat, alto, bass, and piccolo). The book concludes with a bibliography
and a short list of graded music literature. The top edge of the back cover has a small tear and a bit of a crinkle near the spine. $8.00 off regular price. |
7.95
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F177x: Concerto for Flute and Orchestra (Piano
Reduction) by
Morton Gould. G. Schirmer, 1985, SS, 79 + 27 pages. Commissioned for
Donald Peck, Sir George Solti, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and
premiered in 1985.
Four movements: Rhapsodic, Elegiac Variations, Intermezzo, and Rondo
(Finale). Duration is about 34 minutes and the orchestral parts are
available as a rental. Very minor damage to top right corner. $10.00 off regular price. |
14.95
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F241x: Great Flute Duos from the Orchestral Repertoire
Excerpts
for Principal, Second, and Alto Flute Auditions
compiled and annotated
by Jeanne Baxtresser, edited by
Daniel Dorff. Theodore Presser, 2002, PB and SS, 87 + 85 + 24 pages.
Complete first flute book, with Baxtresser’s guidance throughout.
Pull-out second flute book, with Siebert’s annotations and “Thoughts on
Playing the Job and Taking Auditions.” Separate pull-out alto flute
book, with Cramer’s details on performance and on why studying the alto
flute repertoire is essential to auditioning and playing in the
orchestral setting.
Includes reproductions of orchestral parts, as most commonly used
today, with print style, breaks, and page turns true to the originals.
A
selection
of annotated excerpts frequently used for orchestral auditions. This
book
includes the works of Bach, Bartok, Berlioz, Bizet, Brahms, Britten,
Debussy, Dvorak, Holst, Mendelssohn, Prokofiev, Ravel, Rimsky-Korsakov,
Shostakovich, Smetana, Strauss, Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky
and Verdi. Click on the cover image to
view
Table
of Contents. Use your browser's Back button to return. New copy with shipping damage to the bottom left corner. $15.00 off regular price. |
32.95
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F247x: Handel Three Sonatas for
Flute (or Violin) and
Basso continuo edited
and realization of the continuo by Waldemar Woehl. C.F. Peters.
Includes a play-along CD of the accompaniment to the solo part. This
edition includes Sonata in E minor HWV 359b, Sonata in G major HWV
363b, and Sonata in B minor (Fitzwilliam Sonata III) HWV 367b. Parts
for the cello (or viola da gamba) and harpsichord (or piano) are
included. New copy with a scuff on the bottom right corner (see photo). Otherwise perfect. $7.00 off regular price. |
22.50
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C421x: (3.) Hebrew
Dance
by Boris Levenson Op. 69, arranged for clarinet and piano by Simeon
Bellison
edited by Sidney Forrest. Southern Music Co., 1996. Allegretto
grazioso. The piano part looks like a workout on this one. Free
Media Mail shipping on this
music to US, IF ordered with another item.
Oops! I sliced the center of the cover
of this piece opening the box. There is an indentation on the music but
it isn't cut. $3.00 off regular
price.(Except other items with free shipping.) |
2.00
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F123x: Practice Book for
the Flute Book 1 Tone CD Edition by Trevor Wye. Novello, SS, 43
pages. Here
you will find tone exercises (harmonics, low register, middle register,
high register), gnomes, tone color, breath control, flexibility, pitch
control, and examples from the repertoire that illustrate the concepts
taught in this book. New copy with CD removed which makes it the same as the edition without the CD which sells for $13.95. |
10.95
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F219x: Rubank Intermediate Method Flute or Piccolo
by J.E.
Skornicka and A.C. Petersen. Rubank, 1939, SS, 48 pages. A follow
up course for individual or like-instrument class instruction.
Introduces many techniques and concepts such as expression markings
and accents, various types of articulation, grace notes, trills
(includes trill fingering charts),
scale and chord studies. A number of duets and one trios are included.
Also has a fingering chart. New copy with minor shipping damage to the top left corner. $2.00 off regular price. |
3.95
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F134x: Sonata Rubata
for Flute and Piano by Steven Harlos. Southern Music Co., 2004,
SS, 35 + 12 pages. Composed over a period of about four years, the
title
means "stolen sonata," a reference to the numerous quotes that occur
along
the way. If desired, the opening portion of the second movement may be
played on alto flute instead of C flute (both parts are shown) and the
final portion of the last movement on piccolo. New copy with very minor shipping damage to the left side corners. $3.00 off regular price of $14.95. |
11.95
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R03x: Tone and Intonation
on the Recorder by Edward L. Kottick. McGinnis & Marx,
1974,
SS, 27 pages. A very useful book covering the subjects of recorder
maintenance,
achieving an optimum tone, and the procedures for tuning a recorder
(including
tuning individual notes.) New copy with a small piece missing from the bottom left corner of the cover. $2.00 off regular price. |
5.95
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S018x: Daily Studies for the Improvement of the
Saxophone Technique
by Larry Teal. Etoile Music/Keiser Classical, 1972, printing of 2009,
SS, 40 pages. A
useful volume of studies. Included are exercises covering scales,
arpeggios,
intervals, staccato, chord progressions, trills, alternate fingerings
and
more. Three new copies with shipping damage to the top left or bottom right corner. $5.00 off the regular price of $19.95. |
14.95
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S433: Saxophon by James Rae. Universal Edition, SS, 72 pages. A beginning method that is entirely in German. It includes lots of popular melodies and doesn't move too fast. There is even a small introduction to jazz playing. New. List price is $23.95 |
14.95
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 S103x: Sonata
for E flat Saxophone and Piano by
Bernhard Heiden. Schott, 1943, SS, 32 + 9 pages.
Written in 1937 for Larry Teal who premiered it the same year. In three
movements: Allegro, Vivace, and Adagio/Presto/Adagio/Presto molto
vivace. While this is generally considered a mid-college level
work, it is also frequently used for college auditions.(Except other items with free shipping.) New copy with shipping damage to the bottom right corner. $5.00 off the regular price. |
15.95
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S048x: Technique of the Saxophone Vol. 3,
Rhythm Studies
by Joseph Viola. Berklee Press, PB, 123 pages. This book features
syncopated rhythms and unconventional rhythmic notation to challenge
the
strongest of readers, double-time exercises in a variety of meters, and
15 etudes incorporating all of the rhythmic concepts presented.
This is part of a series of studies developed to teach
skills
that are primarily used in jazz, however, they are not jazz studies.
They
will be valuable to any saxophonist who wants to improve technique. New copy with shipping damage to the bottom left corner. $6.00 off the regular price. |
13.95
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  S631:
When ... for Soprano Saxophone and Strings (Piano
Reduction) by Pietro Tagliaferri and Massimo Berzolla. Edizioni
Eufonia, SS, 8 + 2 pages. Pietro Tagliaferri is an Italian saxophonist
and clarinetist, composer, media consultant and producer. This is an
original work for saxophone and string orchestra. While entirely at a
tempo of mm=84 (in 3/4), it begins and ends with lyrical sections,
while the middle is sixteenth notes based. The publisher's web site
says there are jazz influences, but they appear to be subtle. We can
get the string parts which would be about $75. Click on the cover
image to view the first page of the saxophone part. This is the only copy of this piece we have in stock and it was damaged in shipping. It has a crease near the top right corner. $6.00 off the regular price of $23.95. |
17.95
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| Woodwind | Sold out |
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| General | Sold out |
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