Guitar - Intermediate - Digital Download

SKU: M0.31076MEB

Chamber. Classical. Ebook/insert/online audio. 32 pages. Mel Bay Publications - Digital Sheet Music #31076MEB. Published by Mel Bay Publications - Digital Sheet Music (M0.31076MEB).

ISBN 9781513477718. 8.75x11.75 inches.

Following the model established by Bach and Chopin, George Gershwin (1898 – 1937) originally planned to write 24 modern preludes for piano, one in each major and relative minor key. The collection was to be called The Melting Pot as it combined cross-cultural elements of classical, popular, jazz, and blues styles. Already established as a composer of popular songs, Broadway musicals, and masterpieces like Rhapsody in Blue and Concerto in F, Gershwin’s frenetic musical activities and an early death intervened, and for various reasons—only three of the completed 5-7 preludes were published in 1927. By omission and circumstance, these three compositions have endured the test of time as Gershwin’s Three Preludes.
 
This book presents idiomatic flute/guitar arrangements of Gershwin’s iconic Three Preludes. The original keys of the preludes were altered to accommodate drop-D guitar tuning and highlight the strengths and tessituras of the two instruments. The music is written in standard notation only and presented in guitar and flute scores, guitar accompaniment with extensive suggested fingering, and a pull-out flute solo part with guitar cues. Includes access to an outstanding online audio recording by The Cypress Duo, featuring flutist Amanda Hoke and author/guitarist Justin Hoke.
 
Audiences are going to love hearing these preludes rendered by the flute and guitar, particularly “Prelude II”, in Gershwin’s words, “a sort of blues lullaby” that is familiar to many musicians and listeners alike.

Instrumental Duet Flute,Guitar,Instrumental Duet - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.577586

Composed by Alphons Diepenbrock, Diego Pisador, Fernando Sor, Francis Pilkington, Gabriel Faure, George Gershwin, Heinrich Schutz, John Dowland, Michael William Balfe, Pyotr Tchaikovsky, and Traditional. Arranged by David Warin Solomons. 20th Century,Baroque,Classical,Renaissance,Romantic Period. Score and parts. 192 pages. David Warin Solomons #2066843. Published by David Warin Solomons (A0.577586).

These works are all also available separately on this site, but if you are interested in acquiring this album, it will afford you a very big discount. All pieces are arranged by David Warin Solomons and the scores and parts are all provided in the pdf. The sound sample is Rest Sweet Nymphs electronic preview. Rest Sweet Nymphs (Pilkington) Summertime (Gershwin) Brennan on the Moor Bunt sind schon die Wälder Camptown Races Come again (Dowland) Come into the Garden, Maud (Balfe) Dashing away with the smoothing iron Duet based on a study by Fernando Sor Après un Rêve (Fauré) Ich danke dem Herrn (Schütz) If my complaints (Dowland) Invitation to the Journey (Diepenbrock) Let now the Harp Music for a while (Purcell) Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt (Tschaikovsky) Old Vienna Si la Noche hace oscura (Pisador) Tants tants Yidelech Up I arose Variations on the Willow Song Varshaver Freylechs With my love my life was nestled (Thomas Morley) Yiddish folksong medley.