SKU: A0.511809

Korean Simple Suite No.1 For Oboe and Piano is consist of 5 movements.All piece's main theme is generally based on Oriental pentatonic tone(Do, Re, Mi, Sol, La). Originaly, this piece was composed for Violin and Piano, and Dedicated to Andreas Buschatz, Concertmaster of Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra.

 All piece's main theme is generally based on Oriental pentatonic tone(Do, Re, Mi, Sol, La).1st movement(Prologue-Greeting) is just for a Greeting. And for 2nd movement(Oriental Flute), there is tried to express oriental flute's feeling, and for 3rd movement(Cheerfulness), adapted Korean Traditional rhythm, for example, such as Kutkuri Jajinmori. 4th movement(Sorrow) is major key, but it has a deep sorrow. For Finale(Festival), Rondo form is used, and Korean Traditional Children's song is adapted as main Theme.

This music transcribed for Cello and Piano was a Competition Repertorie Requirement of Tennessee Cello Workshop(2021.2.26.-28), University of Tennessee, School of Music.

Attached music file is recorded by Violin and Piano, it's just for a reference.

SKU: A0.1430123

The Corpse Flower is not only one of the largest free-standing blossoming plants in the world, it also it also highly unique in that it requires 7 – 10 years to bloom for the first time. The plant must go through several germination cycles, moving through a single leaf phase multiple times prior to the first bloom.
This work tells the story of a corpse flower, beginning with the initial single leaf. This leaf returns to the corm, the 100-pound bulb from which the plant stems. When the bloom finally arrives, it can be as tall as ten feet tall, but only lasts about 48 hours until it begins to wilt. The withering can take much longer, as the bloom decays and the single leaf stage begins anew.

I had the good fortune to get to see a corpse flower in full bloom in the fall of 2020 (The cover art was taken from this flower), and the opportunity to see this marvel in person was the primary motivation behind writing this work.

This work was made possible by the following consortium of musicians:
Erin Webber, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas
Stephanie Carlson, Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky
Amy Collins, The University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
Heather Killmeyer, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee
Theo-Hans Kuijvenhoven, Ridderkerk, Netherlands
Kelly McElrath Vaneman, Converse College, Spartanburg, SC

SKU: A0.792764

Aaron Hettinga has arranged five fantastic Smears for Trombone and Piano by American composer Nathaniel Cleophus Davis. These Smears were very popular and cool to perform when they were composed over a century ago. Mr. Hettinga has combined all five of them into one collection. They are appropriate for a moderately advanced performers and are about 6 minutes in length each.

Here is an abridged description of them by Bass Trombonist Douglas Yeo.

African American trombonist, composer, and bandleader Nathaniel Cleophas Davis (also known as Nathan Davis) was born in Tennessee on August 14, 1888. By 1908, he had moved to Nashville where he directed the band at the Tennessee School for the Blind.

Among his musical compositions were five trombone features for band in ragtime style which included Oh, Slip It Man (1916), Mr. Trombonology (1917), and Miss Trombonism (1918). Upon returning from fighting in WWI, Nathaniel Davis continued writing ragtime trombone features including Master Trombone (1919) and a tribute to his wartime service in France, Trombone Francais (1921). Nathaniel Davis died in Atlanta, Georgia, on December 19, 1972, at the age of 84 and is buried in South View Cemetery, Atlanta.