Two Scorpions in Love Saxophone Quartet (S/AATB) I wrote this joyful and swinging jazz waltz for my son Julian and his girlfriend Nina, both born under the sign of Scorpio. The piece is made up of the following parts:Fanfare-like intro, ABAC u2013 theme, D u2013 solo part designed for the principal saxophone (soprano or alto), […]
Monat: Januar 1970
→ Tre Minuetti (Minuetto n. 1-3) (Saxophon)
Tre Minuetti (Minuetto n. 1-3) In addition to the Crysanthemi (ADV 07417), G. Puccini also wrote the Tre Minuetti on hand for the same instrumentation during his first creative period (around 1890). In these bright and cheerful pieces he musically refers to baroque (dance) music. At the beginning of the 20th century, these compositions were […]
→ Crisantemi (Saxophon)
Crisantemi In addition to the Tre Minuetti G. Puccini also wrote (‚… in just one night on occasion of Amadeo of Savoy’s death‘) the string quartet movement Crysanthemi on hand during his first creative period (around 1890).This version for saxophone quartet underscores the expressive and gloomy sonority of this work even more than the string […]
→ Skunktown Beanery (Saxophon)
Skunktown Beanery Skunktown Beanery is written for soprano, alto, tenor and baritone saxophones and begins with a jaunty rhythmic interplay with the baritone pitted against the three other voices. The interplay continues when the soprano breaks away (m. 23) to play an infectious melody which seems to float over the others. This culminates with the […]
→ Rag Is Back (Saxophon)
Rag Is Back This nice-and-easy-to-perform ragtime features a number of catchy tunes. Every individual voice carries the melody. The retardations and accelerations stipulated in the second part of the arrangement give the artist’s fancy full scope. The modulated reprise takes the piece to its final climax. Time for Ragtime! Noten für: Saxophon Notenverlag: Advance Music […]
→ Ave Maria (Saxophon)
Ave Maria A fanciful jaunt through one of the classical repertoire’s most beloved masterpieces. This quartet starts in a do-wop style and ends with reggae feel while maintaining the beauty and elegance of the original. Good for upper level middle schoolers through high schoolers. It is also good for as a light piece for the […]
→ Streichquartett Eb Dur (Saxophon)
Streichquartett Eb Dur At the age of 14, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy wrote the string quartet this arrangement is based on. Youthful carefreeness and early artistic maturity combine into a varied musical experience. From the buoyant allegro of the first movement to the complex double fugue of the finale – this piece turns out to be […]
→ Quartett in B-Dur (Saxophon)
Quartett in B-Dur Johann Christian Bach (leipzig 1735 – London 1782) ist the youngest of Johann Sebastian Bach’s sons. He composed in the galant aesthetic, a style incorporating balanced phrases, emphasis on melody and accompaniment, without too much contrapuntal complexity. The galant movement was against the intricate lines of Baroque music, and instead places importance […]
→ Quartett in Es, op. 8, Nr. 3 (Saxophon)
Quartett in Es, op. 8, Nr. 3 Johann Christian Bach (leipzig 1735 – London 1782) ist the youngest of Johann Sebastian Bach’s sons. He composed in the galant aesthetic, a style incorporating balanced phrases, emphasis on melody and accompaniment, without too much contrapuntal complexity. The galant movement was against the intricate lines of Baroque music, […]
→ The Latin Smile (Saxophon)
The Latin Smile Fire! Fever! Flame! Temperament! – these are the terms most often used to describe Latin American music.Each of us has at least once been electrified by these unmistakable rhythms, this joy of life and this ‚esprit‘.The Latin Smile endeavours to capture the essence of this kind of music and to put its […]
→ Global Tour (Saxophon)
Global Tour Global Tour is a journey through four of my favorite styles of music: funk, jazz, klezmer, and tango. As opposed to a commission or an idea from my publisher, this piece began without any preconception. A small germ of a funk phrase led to a finished tune, and somehow I thought to follow […]
→ Pavane pour une Infante Défunte (Saxophon)
Pavane pour une Infante Défunte Pavane for a Dead Princess Origin: Early 1899 The Pavane for a Dead Princess is considered to be one of Ravel’s most popular works. The solemn and stately court dance strutting along in an even pulse turns into a melancholic, yet not sombre dirge. This Pavane is dedicated to the […]
→ Hasta Luego Sr. Maya (Saxophon)
Hasta Luego Sr. Maya Hasta Luego Sr. Maya (I’ll see you later Mr. Maya) is a jazz ballad which was composed in 1992 while I was teaching Saxophone at the Pamplona’s Joaquin Maya Conservatory. Shortly after returning from Berklee College of Music in Boston I moved to Barcelona to work at ‚Taller de Músicos‘. As […]
→ Rhapsodish (Saxophon)
Rhapsodish This rhapsody, based on Eastern European music and Klezmer, contains four main themes: a waltz, a dance on assymetrical rhythms, followed by a slow but expressive movement, a brilliant finale with mediterranean influences including an improvisational part. Noten für: Saxophon Notenverlag: Advance Music ADV07406 Noten Informationen und Preis: Rhapsodish
→ Patchwork (Saxophon)
Patchwork Patchwork was created out of the necessity to write an easy-to-play, melodious and swinging piece for my students, which also contains notated solo parts. The piece keeps to an A-B-A form moving along in a varied and rhythmical way. The following 16-bar alto solo is accompanied by the alto 2 and the tenor saxophone […]