Broadway for Two: Piano Duet: Instrumental Album

A Selection of George and Ira's greatest songs and themes. Both became part of the Tin Pan Alley music scene of the 20's 30's and 40's and made a name for themseleves in Broadway in the first time separatly. This is only a few years later that the two decided to wrote together; to offer us great songs and themes.

The Serenade for Strings dedicated to Frederick Delius on the occasion of his 60th Birthday was an acknowledgement of the debt Warlock owed to the older composer and the culmination of almost 12 years of friendship. This is a wonderful piece full of Warlock’s characteristic subtle harmonic changes and it has been effectively transcribed for Piano Duet by Fred Tomlinson of the Peter Warlock Society. There are comprehensive background notes in an extensive introduction. Note that two copies of this book are required to perform this work.

A Welsh Prayer (euphonium and piano). For euphonium and piano. The original version of A Welsh Prayer for SATB choir and two harps was commissioned by Holywell Music and the North Wales International Music Festival as a gift to celebrate the 65th birthday of His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales.

Available for the first time in a collection, these 10 contemporary theatre duets include complete background notes about each composer, musical, song, and character featured. A valuable resource for directors planning a Broadway cabaret or review-style performance! Includes: Any Combination: Alone in the Universe (Seussical: The Musical) Male/Female: Forever Yours (Once on This Island) * Love Song (Pippin) * Small Talk (The Pajama Game) * They Were You (The Fantasticks) * Wheels of a Dream (Ragtime) Male/Male: Lily's Eyes (The Secret Garden) * Pretty Women (Sweeney Todd) Female/Female: If Momma Was Married * (Gypsy) * Poor Little Pierrette (The Boy Friend).

Baritone Book/2-CDs Pack-For aspiring and professional singers who love Broadway Alfred's Singer's Library of Musical Theatre presents an elegant collection of the best-loved musical theatre songs in their original keys authentically transcribed from their original vocal scores. Perfect for study and equally suitable for the most important auditions and performances each volume is dedicated to a specific vocal range and contains dozens of songs from a variety of shows that span decades of theatre history. Multiple volumes are available for each of four vocal ranges: Soprano Mezzo-Soprano/Alto Tenor and Baritone/Bass. Authoritative historical and contextual commentary audition tips and 16-barcut suggestions for each song make it the most useful and relevant song library of its kind. Titles include: Everything Old Is New Again (The Boy from Oz) · She's My Love (Carnival) · Those Were the Good Old Days! (Damn Yankees) · A Jug of Wine (The Day Before Spring) · Anyone Would Love You (Destry Rides Again) · All of My Life (Do Re Mi) · After Today (Dr. Doolittle) · Gigi (Gigi) · Store-Bought Suit (The Golden Apple) · The Best Things in Life Are Free (Good News) · Where Do I Go' (Hair) · I Love My Wife (I Do! I Do!) · It's a Well Known Fact (I Do! I Do!) · No More (Into the Woods) · They Go Wild Simply Wild Over Me (Irene) · Progress Is the Root of All Evil (Lil' Abner) · Love Who You Love (A Man of No Importance) · Marriage Proposal (March of the Falsettos) · Me and My Girl (Me and My Girl) · Reviewing the Situation (Oliver!) · I Talk to the Trees (Paint Your Wagon) · Isn't It a Pity' (Pardon My English) · No One Has Ever Loved Me (Passion) · I'm Back in Circulation (Redhead) · Love's a Bond (Saturday Night) · Bless Your Beautiful Hide (Seven Brides for Seven Brothers) · I Don't Remember Christmas (Starting Here Starting Now) · Once in a Lifetime (Stop The World I Want to Get Off) · The Barber and His Wife (Sweeney Todd) · The Mansion (Two Gentlemen of Verona) · If I Were the King of the Forest (The Wizard of Oz) · A Quiet Girl (Wonderful Town).

COMPOSER'S NOTESThe music of these violin duos has been influenced by the centuries-long flow of traditional music from the British Isles to North America and back again. The compositions are dedicated toseveral people who are keeping that transatlantic musical flow in motion today.Sleep Sound Ida Mornin'Sleep Sound ida Mornin' is a very short duo for two violins based on a traditionaltune which I first heard in the Orkney Islands although played there on the banjo by a native of Kansas. My extended version with a slow introduction was first played in Boston on 29th January 1995 by Lesley Chen and NathanSchmidt members of the New England Conservatory's Preparatory Division during their annual weekend festival of contemporary music. This very remarkable and encouraging event was devised and organised by Rodney Lister to whomthis piece is dedicated.Duration c. 2 minutes.Atlantic DriftAn earlier even shorter version of Atlantic Drift written for violin and piano was first performed by PeterSheppard Skaerved and Aaron Schorr at the Royal Academy of Music London on 9th May 2006 in a concert to celebrate the 70th birthday of the American composer and transatlantic communicator Elliott Schwartz. The melody isoriginal though clearly influenced by the music and perpetual tides of the Hebrides. Duration c. 3 minutes.Rain and Mist are on the Mountain I'd Better Buy SomeShoesThis four-movement duo for two violins is based on a fragment of a Gaelic folk song from Barra in the Western Isles of Scotland. The title suggests that although the Gaels of yesteryear were rich inpoetic expression and the beauties of nature they were otherwise not very affluent. Rain and Mist was first performed at the Wigmore Hall London on 6th February 2005 by Corina Belcea and Laura Samuel.Duration c. 6