Brass Ensemble Trombone - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.811083 Composed by Giuseppe Verdi. Arranged by Ralph Sauer. Classical,Opera,Romantic Period. Score and parts. 13 pages. Gordon Cherry #5002111. Published by Gordon Cherry (A0.811083). Verdi's opera Rigoletto begins with the Prelude from Act One predicting Gilda's tragic death a few acts later. The ominous mood is perfectly captured in Ralph Sauer's new arrangement for 8-part Trombone Choir with optional Timpani. This arrangement of about 2 minutes in length is appropriate for moderately advanced performers.

Euphonium,Piano - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.792390 Composed by Carl August Nielsen. Arranged by Sauer, Ralph. 20th Century,Romantic Period. Score and part. 16 pages. Gordon Cherry #4820295. Published by Gordon Cherry (A0.792390). Two gorgeous movements by Carl Nielsen have been arranged by Ralph Sauer for Euphonium and Piano for advanced performers. The first movement is an Andante in a late Romantic style full of deep expression. Movement II is a Humoresque, light and bouncy with challenging technique, ending in a whisper.Euphonium part is in bass clef and the length of the work is about 8 minutes.

Euphonium,Piano - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.792475 Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven. Arranged by Ralph Sauer. Classical,Concert,Romantic Period. Score and part. 8 pages. Gordon Cherry #4988201. Published by Gordon Cherry (A0.792475). This work is the third from a collection of five short pieces Beethoven wrote for Flötenuhr or mechanical clock, discovered a number of years after his death.   Their true origin was uncovered by Professor Albert Kopfermann, a German musician/librarian, who solved the mystery about their instrumentation. This delightful Allegro movement has been transposed into the key of D from G and arranged for moderately advanced performers by Ralph Sauer. Your audience will love this little gem as the clock slows down and stops before the final cadence. It will make a great encore piece.

Piano,Tuba - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.792315 Composed by Richard Strauss. Arranged by Sauer, Ralph. 20th Century,Classical,Opera,Romantic Period. Score and part. 8 pages. Gordon Cherry #4804537. Published by Gordon Cherry (A0.792315). Strauss's most well-known opera, Der Rosenkavalier has a most convoluted plot. However, knowing all its ins and outs are not necessary with Ralph Sauer's gorgeous arrangement of the suite of Waltzes for Tuba or Bass Trombone with Piano accompaniment. Written at the very end of the Romantic era in the early 20th century, the melodies are beautiful, the harmonies lush and the rhythms intoxicating. For advanced performers this 12 minute work will be a great addition to any recital.

Brass Ensemble Trombone - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.810970 Composed by Anton Bruckner. Arranged by Sauer, Ralph. Romantic Period,Spiritual. Score and parts. 23 pages. Gordon Cherry #4296827. Published by Gordon Cherry (A0.810970). Motet Libera Me (Deliver Me) WAB 22, is the second of two settings of this work, originally for 5-part chorus, 3 Trombones and figured bass and was composed in 1854 for the funeral of an important church figure in Sankt Florian. The music of about 5-6 minutes in length is heartfelt, profound and gracious. Ralph Sauer's excellent arrangement for 5-part Trombone Ensemble is a thrill to perform and is appropriate for advanced performers.

Piano,Trombone - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.792166 Composed by Edward Elgar. Arranged by Sauer, Ralph. Romantic Period. Score and part. 16 pages. Gordon Cherry #3820415. Published by Gordon Cherry (A0.792166). Elgar wrote two lovely contrasting works, opus 15, for Violin around the 1890’s, the Chanson de Nuit and Chanson de Matin. They were titled in French as his publisher suggested the British public would find them more appealing to purchase. The Chanson de Nuit and Chanson de Matin became his best selling works to that point and added much needed funds for the family finances.The Romance, opus 62 was originally written for the Bassoon as a lyrical work with orchestra, as Elgar tried to get away from the usually comical writing for the instrument.Mr. Sauer has combined the three delightful works into a three movement suite of about 12 minutes in length for advanced performers.

Brass Ensemble Trombone - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.811117 Composed by Richard Wagner. Arranged by Ralph Sauer. Opera,Romantic Period. Score and parts. 39 pages. Gordon Cherry #5197491. Published by Gordon Cherry (A0.811117). The Gathering of the Armies is a fanfare from the 3rd Act of Wagner's opera Lohengrin. King Heinrich appears and assembles his troops to go into battle next to the River Scheldt. The hair-raising and climactic music is a joy to perform and listen to. This wonderful arrangement by Ralph Sauer for 8-part Trombone Ensemble and optional Timpani is about 5 minutes in length and appropriate for advanced performers. The work is dedicated to David Vining and the Northern Arizona University Trombone Choir.

Brass Ensemble Trombone - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.810975 Composed by Anton Bruckner. Arranged by Sauer, Ralph. Romantic Period,Sacred. Score and parts. 12 pages. Gordon Cherry #4313323. Published by Gordon Cherry (A0.810975). Ralph Sauer has arranged three Bruckner chorales for four-part Trombone Ensemble, taken from three of his lesser-known choral works. 1. Iam lucis orto sidere (Now that the daylight fills the sky) WAB 18 2. In jener letzten der Nächte (In this last of nights) WAB 17 3. Dir, Herr, dir will ich mich ergeben (You, Lord, I want to surrender to you) WAB 12 They are beautiful examples of the magical harmonies of the great master. For intermediate level performers.

Euphonium Solo - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.792588 Composed by Georg Philipp Telemann. Arranged by Ralph Sauer. Baroque,Classical,Renaissance. Individual part. 4 pages. Gordon Cherry #5010277. Published by Gordon Cherry (A0.792588). A lovely Baroque Suite in four movements for unaccompanied Euphonium has been beautifully transcribed by Ralph Sauer, retired Principal Trombonist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, with detailed but appropriate markings.   Prelude, Courante, Recitative & Fugue and Menuet are the four dance movements for moderately advanced players all in bass clef.  Range goes to a high C above the staff and a low C# below the staff (octave alternatives are notated).

Euphonium,Piano - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.792311 Composed by Saint-Saëns, Camille. Arranged by Sauer, Ralph. 20th Century,Classical,Romantic Period. Score and part. 3 pages. Gordon Cherry #4804505. Published by Gordon Cherry (A0.792311). Le Rossignol or the Nightingale is originally a vocalise for Soprano solo from Saint-Saën's incidental orchestral music for the play, Parysatis written in 1902. This 4 minute work is all about mood. For this arrangement, Mr. Sauer transposes into the key of C, which lays perfectly for all of the bird-like calls that are in phrases which are slurred. The music has a lot of ad lib. tempo sections which gives the performer plenty of time to create that magic call of the Nightingale. Early writers thought it was the female that sang, but in fact it is the male. The Nightingale usually sings at night or just before dawn when other birds are silent and has a strong spontaneous song with an impressive range of trills and whistles.

Brass Ensemble Trombone - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.792553 Composed by Edward Elgar. Arranged by Ralph Sauer. 20th Century,Contemporary,Romantic Period. Score and parts. 7 pages. Gordon Cherry #5008527. Published by Gordon Cherry (A0.792553). Nimrod, the ninth variation from Elgar's masterpiece Op. 36, Enigma Variations (1898-99) is one of the most recognized works in the classical repertoire. There are so many adjectives to describe this piece of genius: stately, majestic, serious, solemn, moving, noble, languid, stoic, enduring and sublime. There are few works in the repertoire that bring forth such strong emotions as this work, which is often performed for funerals and for Memorial Day / Remembrance Day services. Mr. Sauer's arrangement is dedicated to the memory of the late Milt Stevens. This arrangement of 3-4 minutes in length is appropriate for an advanced performer on the top part and is of moderate difficultly for the rest.

Piano,Trombone - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.792240 Composed by Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov. Arranged by Sauer, Ralph. 20th Century,Classical,Romantic Period. Score and part. 12 pages. Gordon Cherry #4764305. Published by Gordon Cherry (A0.792240). The Serenade, Op. 37 was conceived for Cello with Piano accompaniment, but later in life the composer scored the work for the solo instrument with orchestra. The Trombone world knows Rimsky-Korsakov for his Concerto with Band.  The Serenade has a very similar mood to the slow movement of the Concerto.  It's beautiful lilting rhythm combined with a wonderful melody makes this work very worthwhile.  Mr. Sauer brings a true Trombone feel to the 4 1/2 minute work for advanced performers.

Piano,Tuba - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.792364 Composed by Beach, Amy. Arranged by Sauer, Ralph. 20th Century,Contemporary,Romantic Period. Score and part. 16 pages. Gordon Cherry #4819961. Published by Gordon Cherry (A0.792364). Amy Beach's Eskimos, Opus 64 composed in 1907 was written originally for Piano solo and is set in four descriptive vignettes: 1. Arctic Night 2. The Returning Hunter 3. Exiles 4. With Dog-Teams Beach used melodies from eleven Inuit songs she discovered from an early recording and set them to European harmonies. Mr. Sauer's arrangement of this unique music is playable by moderately advanced performers. The four movements total about 10 minutes of music in length.

French Horn,Piano - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1473660 Composed by Reinhold Moritzovich Gliere. Arranged by Ralph Sauer. 20th Century. Score and part. 28 pages. Gordon Cherry #1051376. Published by Gordon Cherry (A0.1473660). Reinhold Gliere's Intermezzo and Tarantella, Op. 9 is an early work, originally written for Double Bass. The two movements have been beautifully arranged for Horn and Piano by Ralph Sauer. The Intermezzo is lyrical, sensual and Eastern sounding. The Tarantella is a sprightly folk dance from southern Italy. The curious name comes from the wolf spider or Tarantula whose bite is highly poisonous and in earlier times was believed to cause the victims to engage in a frenzied dance.The two movements are about nine and a half minutes in length and are appropriate for advanced performers.  

Piano,Trombone - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.792371 Composed by Claude Debussy. Arranged by Sauer, Ralph. 20th Century,Romantic Period. Score and part. 20 pages. Gordon Cherry #4820019. Published by Gordon Cherry (A0.792371). One of the greatest works of the French impressionist era, Pre�lude à l’après-midi d’un faune by Claude Debussy evokes mystery, stillness, lyricism, finesse, sensuality, nature, dreams and desires. Taken from a poem by Ste�phane Mallarme� this work is considered by some to be a turning point of musical history as an awakening of modern music as it stretches the limits of tonality. The work was later choreographed in 1912 by Nijinsky. This marvelous arrangement by Ralph Sauer is appropriate for advanced performers and is about 10 minutes in length.