Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download
SKU: A0.1310020
By Isadar. By Isadar. 20th Century,Contemporary,Jazz,New Age. Score. 58 pages. Mainya Music Publishing (BMI) #899138. Published by Mainya Music Publishing (BMI) (A0.1310020).
Sounds like: Keith Jarrett's Köln Concert, Bill Evans, Liz Story, George Winston, early Windham Hill solo piano artists
Transcribed by: Â David Shenton ( https://www.shentonmusic.com/ ) verbatim to the sound recording
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Album & Songbook review (extract) by: Â Kathy Parsons (MainlyPiano.com):
The Purple Heart Sheet Music Collection is a note-for-note solo piano transcription of Isadars 2003 memorial CD by the same name (transcribed by David Shenton). The recording and book are a tribute to those who died in the attacks of 9/11/2001. The music was recorded in one take and although there are thirteen titles, the pieces segue into each other, creating a seamless 56-minute improvisation. The book indicates where the various pieces begin and end, but can also be played as one long piece. Although the theme of the music is very somber and bleak, the music covers the broad range of emotions we all felt during that period - anger, sadness, hope, determination, resolve, fear, grief, etc.Â
Although the recording is an improvisation, Isadar incorporates a recurring theme that holds the work together as a single entity. Some pieces are very slow while others are lively and even fast. All thirteen pieces are in C minor/Eb major, but the variety of moods and tempos keep the music evolving without becoming repetitious. When the recurring theme pops up, its like seeing an old friend...
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Isadar is an artist on both Enlightened Piano Radio & Whisperings Solo Piano Radio, featuring today's biggest names in solo piano music.Â
Also available as sheet music in physical songbooks, digital downloads, as well as software for Yamaha Disklavier player-pianos.
For more information, visit his website at: https://www.isadar.com
