The titles in Great Winners have been arranged as unaccompanied solos but the addition of the easy, especially arranged, piano accompaniments offers an even greater opportunity to explore the wide variety of styles found in the collection and the chance enjoy the experience of ensemble playing.
Category: SOLOS for E♭. Horn Composer: Peter Lawrance
A collection of graded pieces for horn which reflect a variety of moods and styles. As well as providing plenty of material for study and musical development, each piece is substantial enough to make an exciting concert item. Throughout the book, the melodic range and stamina of the player have been carefully considered. Piano accompaniments are comparatively easy.
Includes : 1.Carillon 2.Homage 3.Reflections 4.Fanfare and Response 5.Aria 6.Elegy 7.Carnival
Category: SOLOS - ANY E♭. Inst. Material: Bram Wiggins
This version for Eb. instrument - also avail. for Bb. of F. horn.
12 pieces from around the world arranged for aspiring soloists of grade 1 and 2 level with simple piano parts.
Includes :
1.Land of the Silver Birch;
2.Slumber Song;
3.Sarabande;
4.Steal Away;
5.Suo Gan;
6.Lucy's Lullaby;
7.Pastime with Good Company.
Category: SOLOS for E♭. Horn Composer: Paul Lovatt-Cooper
Eb. Horn Solo.
Written at the request of Owen Farr (and recorded by him on his solo CD Untold Stories) this lyrical solo is a new and fresh addition to tenor horn repertoire. This solo is also available from Prima Vista with brass band accompaniment.
Category: SOLOS for Bass Trombone Composer: Oliver Ledbury
A series of books for solo brass/woodwind instrument and piano. Each colourful collection is different, and comprises an eclectic set of arrangements of well-known (and not so well-known) jazz standards and original pieces that are fun to play. Each book contains a mixture of moods, styles, and tempos, to capture the imagination yet still provide a challenge to players of a wide range of ability.
Includes : 1. As Time Goes By 2. The Shadow of Your Smile 3. Mack the Knife 4. Autumn Leaves 5. I'm Getting Sentimental Over You 6. I've Got the World on a String 7. White and Grey 8. Ain't Misbehavin' 9. Lullaby of Birdland
Categories: SOLOS - Euphonium, SOLOS for Bass Trombone
Six pieces grades 2 - 5.
Also available in Treble clef
This is the Bass clef book.
The title Badinage suggests light-hearted banter and although these six contrasting pieces are moderately easy, they rely on the interaction of soloist and piano rather than simply melodies with accompaniments. They encourage the player to listen to the accompaniment and consider aspects such as balance and imitation.
The pieces are ideal for concert performance as well as providing enjoyable study material that may later be used in examinations.
Categories: SOLOS for E♭. Horn, Howard Snell Music Composer: Howard Snell
1.Refrains and Choruses 2.Ballad 3.Improvisation 4.Galop
Howard Snell writes :
These four pieces were written for Gordon Higginbottom and the Tenor Horn Society, but are equally at home on the Euphonium. While they are essentially playful – “Bagatelle – a trifle, a light piece of verse or music” – two of the movements (2 and 3) tip the cap, with due reverence, to Brahms (including some quotation) and Bach. The third movement, in fact, requires the player to join in creating the piece by choosing a significant number of factors: the tempo, the articulation, and the overall characterisation. Above all, these little pieces require a very wide range of response, both musical and technical: in Nr. 1, for example, the mood varies from light and elegant to raucous and jazzy, while in Nr. 4, helter-skelter is the key. Both contain a certain amount of bad-tempered conflict between the soloist and the pianist. part.
Category: BOOKS with CD Accomp. Composer: Philip Sparke
Philip Sparke’s Skilful Solos is the second volume of a progressive series of solo books that takes the young wind player from beginner to accomplished musician. Following on from the first book in the series Starter Solos this collection generally contains longer pieces suitable for the developing young musician. Specifically tailored for each instrument, Skilful Solos introduces the concept of phrasing by suggesting suitable breathing points and takes the player into new keys with extended instrumental ranges, new notes being introduced in a gradual and logical manner.Skilful Solos comes with a play-along CD. The advantages of playing eitherwith piano or CD accompaniment are that the beginning player can now experience the important aspects of ensemble playing from their earliest lessons, thus developing the essential skills of listening while they play and maintaining strict tempo, which is not always achieved when playing alone.
Category: SOLOS - Trombone Composer: Peter Lawrance
Winners Galore is essentially a series for unaccompanied use, but whether for use in performance or for simply enjoying the experience of ensemble playing, the addition of piano accompaniment opens up a new playing experience for the beginner player. The simple piano accompaniments to Winners Galore have been especially arranged.
"... a separate piano accompaniment which even the pianistically challenged should be able to bluff their way around ..."
Reviewed 'Music Teacher'
Category: SOLOS - Trombone Composer: C.M Weber Arranger: Chris Mowat
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"Romance was probably written between 1811 and 1821, when he rested from opera, if indeed the piece is genuinely by Weber. There seems to be no hard evidence from any contemporary source that it is by him, but since it first appeared with Weber's name at the top around the beginning of the 20th century no other composer has been found to replace it.
Trombonists of course are woefully lacking in works by the great classical and romantic composers, so they have never thought it worthwhile to abandon this piece, even if its origins are questionable."
"An urtext edition of this piece is impossible, so I have included what I consider to be the best features of several versions that have appeared over the years, plus some additional editorial changes. It is highly likely that the piece was originally written for bassoon, so some low music that is not possible on the tenor trombone, but appears in some editions, has been omitted. I am supported in this by the fact that the Bb/F trombone was not developed until after Weber's death. Similarly, one or two florid ornaments that might work well on the bassoon have been simplified, along with some extra dynamic and tempo markings." Chris Mowat
These arrangements incorporate various dance styles - from traditional ballroom dance - Foxtrot, Waltz, Quickstep, through to Latin-American, Cha-Cha and the more contemporary, ubiquitous "Smooch". "Strictly Come Dancing" for Brass!
Includes : 1. Lets Face the Music and Dance 2. Charleston 3. Keep Young and Beautiful 4. Moon River 5. I've Got You Under My Skin 6. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes 7. The Closest Thing To Crazy 8. Wheels
Category: SOLOS for E♭. Horn Composer: Robert Ramskill
Some of the greatest melodies of twentieth century popular music are Latin American either in origin or in inspiration. The subtle and evocative rhythms of such forms as the Samba, Bossa Nova, Tango and Rumba are to be found in this collection of arrangements of Latin favourites all of which would make excellent concert material.
Includes : 1. Perfidia 2. Mambo 3. Hernando's Hideaway 4. Brazil 5. What are you Doing the Rest of your Life 6. La Fiesta 7. Nature Boy 8. Manha de Carnaval
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