Bass Trombone,Instrumental Solo,Piano,Tuba - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.810900 Composed by Prokofiev, S. Arranged by Sauer, Ralph. 20th Century. Score and individual part. 31 pages. Gordon Cherry #3676421. Published by Gordon Cherry (A0.810900). The Prokofiev Five Songs Without Words, Opus 35 were written in December 1920 during a tour of the USA. The musical format of songs without words is not unusual, as Mendelssohn composed a number of very beautiful ones for the Piano and of course Rachmaninoff’s Vocalise is one of the most famous works in the musical repertoire.The Five Songs Without Words were premiered in New York City in 1921 by the soprano Nina Koshetz. In 1925, while living in Paris the composer arranged the five brief songs for Violin and Piano. Their haunting, bittersweet and lyrical style is typical of Prokofiev and the advanced performer will find these wonderful miniatures totaling 12 minutes in length a perfect vehicle for a major work on a recital. Mr. Sauer has scored these songs beautifully for the Tuba or Bass Trombone and Piano.

Instrumental Solo,Piano,Tuba - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1143218 Composed by Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn. Arranged by Ralph Sauer. Romantic Period. Score and individual part. 32 pages. Gordon Cherry #743579. Published by Gordon Cherry (A0.1143218). Ralph Sauer has transcribed six of Mendelssohn’s many Songs Without Words for Tuba (Bass Trombone) and Piano, Volume Three. Mendelssohn wrote eight volumes of songs for the Piano throughout his life. These pieces became popular immediately because of their beauty and accessibility. The “Songs� are mostly lyrical and of utmost beauty. Mr. Sauer has found a previously un-mined resource and added immeasurably to the Tuba and Bass Trombone repertoire. For advanced performers with about 14 minutes of exquisite music.