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Cantamar (solo piano)
Cantamar (solo piano)
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Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.958206 Composed by Bill Keis. Jazz. Score. 6 pages. Bill Keis Music #3500137. Published by Bill Keis Musi...
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Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.958206 Composed by Bill Keis. Jazz. Score. 6 pages. Bill Keis Music #3500137. Published by Bill Keis Music (A0.958206). I was inspired to compose this while vacation with my wife in Cantamar (a small beach town just south of Rosarito Beach, Baja California, Mexico.This song first appeared on my solo piano CD, Welcome Home (available on iTunes)also on CDBaby https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/billkeis2A version with the band Power Jazz can be heard here:https://youtu.be/qpVkCqmP43cAnd here's a live recording of my Quartet playing Cantamar:https://youtu.be/hQ2oezCY9Hkmore info at http://www.billkeis.com/
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Serenade
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Trew Jackson
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Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1007108 Composed by Trew Jackson. 20th Century,Contemporary,Romantic Period. Score. 4 pages. Trew Jackson...
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Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1007108 Composed by Trew Jackson. 20th Century,Contemporary,Romantic Period. Score. 4 pages. Trew Jackson #4756303. Published by Trew Jackson (A0.1007108). A modified version of a piece written for my wife. A piece that can move to tears and express feelings that cannot be put into words. Can love really be expressed in ways limited by the dictionary? I should think not! Only music can truly convey these feelings; this piece is one such means.If you enjoy this piece, please feel free to write a review and try my other works and let others know too!
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Dedication 2
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Barry Michael Wehrli
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Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.992004 Composed by Barry Michael Wehrli. Holiday,Love,New Age,Standards,Wedding. Score. 3 pages. Wehrli P...
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Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.992004 Composed by Barry Michael Wehrli. Holiday,Love,New Age,Standards,Wedding. Score. 3 pages. Wehrli Publications #4288005. Published by Wehrli Publications (A0.992004). Recording duration: 1:42. The complete recording begins at measure 1.Originally written as a gift to my wife, this second Dedication is now available to the public. The Dedications are brief descriptives or episodes which convey love, inspiration, admiration, or empowerment. Though written for someone special in my life, I hope these musical vignettes will serve as meaningful gifts for the cherished people in your life. May the music take you both someplace wonderful.For the remaining Dedications and all other works, visit my Sheet Music Plus catalog.Send proof of purchase to customerservice@wehrlipubs.com and I will send the studio recording heard above as a gift.Please enjoy my YouTube video: youtu.be/xTdw_V74v2I.Social media and contact information is available at the Wehrli Publications website: wehrlipubs.com.I welcome your thoughts on the music, just click Write a Review above.Member: ASCAP, Music Teachers Association of California (MTAC) and California Association of Professional Music Teachers (CAPMT).
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Dedication 3
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Barry Michael Wehrli
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Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.992005 Composed by Barry Michael Wehrli. Holiday,Love,New Age,Standards,Wedding. Score. 4 pages. Wehrli P...
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Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.992005 Composed by Barry Michael Wehrli. Holiday,Love,New Age,Standards,Wedding. Score. 4 pages. Wehrli Publications #4293575. Published by Wehrli Publications (A0.992005). Recording duration: 3:16. The complete recording begins at measure 1. The Dedications are brief descriptives or episodes that convey love, inspiration, admiration, or empowerment. Dedication 3 is the third such piano work, written for my wife in the Summer of 2018 to commemorate our coming 25th anniversary. Though written for someone special in my life, I hope these musical vignettes will serve as meaningful gifts for the cherished people in your life. May the music take you both someplace wonderful. For the remaining Dedications and all other works, visit my Sheet Music Plus catalog. Send proof of purchase to customerservice@wehrlipubs.com and I will send the studio recording heard above as a gift. Please enjoy my YouTube video: youtu.be/oEIwktYvVGI. Social media and contact information is available at the Wehrli Publications website: wehrlipubs.com. I welcome your thoughts on the music, just click Write a Review above. Member: ASCAP, Music Teachers Association of California (MTAC) and California Association of Professional Music Teachers (CAPMT).
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Pieknosc - piano solo
Pieknosc - piano solo
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Bryan Kujawa
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Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.816795 Composed by Bryan Kujawa. Contemporary. Score. 5 pages. Bryan Kujawa #6671429. Published by Bryan ...
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Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.816795 Composed by Bryan Kujawa. Contemporary. Score. 5 pages. Bryan Kujawa #6671429. Published by Bryan Kujawa (A0.816795). This new 2022 piece is titled Pieknosc which translates to beauty in Polish, the origin of my last name. I got married in July 2021 and this song was considered to be what my wife would walk down the aisle to. We ended up choosing a different selection, but I still was happy with how the composition turned out. It is a joyous piece that begins with simple arpeggios that have a forward motion as guests enter. The theme then develops and gets faster and more involved as the wedding party begins to walk. It is most triumphant when the bride is walking down the aisle. When she reaches the end of her walk, with her father next to her, an important moment happens. He gives her away to the groom as the groom's parents watch nearby. They watch their children join together as one. I believe I have captured through music, the emotions that are felt and expressed in this moment. I have added some photos from my own wedding. Enjoy.Key of D, 78 measures, 5 pages, advanced
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The Chocolate Fayre
The Chocolate Fayre
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Piano solo
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Ragtime
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Jazz
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Mel Stallwood
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The Chocolate Fayre
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Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.903595 Composed by Mel Stallwood. Jazz,Ragtime. Score. 5 pages. Mel Stallwood #3549737. Published by Mel ...
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Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.903595 Composed by Mel Stallwood. Jazz,Ragtime. Score. 5 pages. Mel Stallwood #3549737. Published by Mel Stallwood (A0.903595). A delightful noveltypiano/ragtime style piece ideal for piano recital.My wife kindly bought me a present box of lovely hand-made chocolates from the ‘Chocolate Fayre’ a local shop. I soon became addicted and another box arrived after a month. Well I had a migraine for 3 days and assumed I was doing too much computer work. I had a break and wrote a few tunes (including this one) but still had a bad head. Yes, I eventually figured it was the Chocs…. Can’t stop eating them though… Should be called Chocolate Unfayre… The Chocolate Fayre is a NoveltyPiano/Ragtime piece in celebration of carnal fleshly desires…
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Good King Wenceslas
Good King Wenceslas
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Piano solo
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Christmas
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Michael Swedberg
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Terrence Niska
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Good King Wenceslas
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Niska Music Publishing
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Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1125812 By Michael Swedberg. By 13th Century Finnish Carol. Arranged by Terrence Niska. Christmas,Contemp...
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Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1125812 By Michael Swedberg. By 13th Century Finnish Carol. Arranged by Terrence Niska. Christmas,Contemporary,Holiday. Score. 8 pages. Niska Music Publishing #726552. Published by Niska Music Publishing (A0.1125812). This carol holds a special memory for me. I was living in Green Bay following my graduate studies and I was teaching private voice lessons at Appleton West High School with my brother and his wife at the request of the choral director, Kevin Meidl. Kevin was also the director of the Appleton Boychoir and one year he asked me to sing the solo part of this carol for a recording they were making. My arrangement of this carol is rather straightforward with very little altering of the basic rhythms found in the original tune. However, the melody in the first verse is found among triplet figures and therefore one must be sure to bring out the important notes. There is a dance-like quality to the music, reminiscent of a gigue from the Baroque period. Following a brief reprise of the opening material the melody shifts to the left hand, starting out as a single note and soon joined in harmony. To me, it represents the page and the king from the story as they walk through the cold, winter night to bring food and fuel to the peasant living near the mountain. The melody then moves back to the right hand, but is now played in half notes indicating the difficult terrain and the snow they must traverse causing them to move more slowly. The left hand rumbles below as a reminder of the wind blowing and the snow swirling about them. The page, fears he cannot go on, but the king tells him to walk in his footsteps and all will be well. Soon, monarch and servant are moving swiftly to their destination. The music slowly fades as they pass into the mountain’s shadow only to grow once again as they arrive at the poor man’s home. The final chords ring out as the door is thrown open and they step inside to share what they have brought.
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Joshua
Joshua
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Piano solo
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Mel Stallwood
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Joshua
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Mel Stallwood
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SheetMusicPlus
Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.903600 Composed by Mel Stallwood. 20th Century,Jazz,Ragtime,Standards. Score. 5 pages. Mel Stallwood #355...
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Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.903600 Composed by Mel Stallwood. 20th Century,Jazz,Ragtime,Standards. Score. 5 pages. Mel Stallwood #3550643. Published by Mel Stallwood (A0.903600). This is a composition about Autism, which affects a member of our family, Joshua, who despite his condition has remarkable and wonderful qualities, as do his immediate family who, it’s fair to say have been to hell and back. I personally, sometimes have problems coping with the best of people and can be most intolerant sometimes but my amazing wife manages somehow to cope with me (most of the time). However, the sort of problems and challenges families with autistic children face daily, weekly, yearly is simply herioc and very underestimated. Anyway music is the only thing I seem to be half decent at so I dedicate this piece to Josh who I know one day will be perfect. The piece begins and ends with a stride style novelty piano tune and has sad and emotional themes and modulations throughout. There is a brief minor melt down depicted in the music and interaction issues but there is (has to be) a nice jolly happy ending which is the rag/stride style.
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The End Of The World
The End Of The World
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Piano solo
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Skeeter Davis
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Timothy Stapay
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The End Of The World
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Timothy Stapay
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Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1200229 By Skeeter Davis. By Arthur Kent and Sylvia Dee. Arranged by Timothy Stapay. Broadway,Film/TV,Mus...
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Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1200229 By Skeeter Davis. By Arthur Kent and Sylvia Dee. Arranged by Timothy Stapay. Broadway,Film/TV,Musical/Show,Pop,Rock,Standards. Score. 6 pages. Timothy Stapay #799031. Published by Timothy Stapay (A0.1200229). An arrangement of The End Of The World, a song covered by many famous artists. includingThe Carpenters; thanks to the phenomenal singing of Karen Carpenter. The End of the World was written by composer Arthur Kent and lyricist Sylvia Dee, who often worked as a team.The Carpenters (officially known as Carpenters were an American vocal and instrumental duo consisting of siblings Karen (1950–1983) and Richard Carpenter (born 1946). They produced a distinctive soft musical style, combining Karen's contralto vocals with Richard's harmonizing, arranging, and composition skills. During their 14-year career, the Carpenters recorded 10 albums along with many singles and several television specials. Karen possessed a powerful singing voice, and close miking brought out many nuances in her performances. Richard arranged their music to take advantage of this, though Karen had a three-octave vocal range. Richard's work with Karen was influenced by the music of Les Paul, whose overdubbing of the voice of wife and musical partner Mary Ford allowed her to be used as both the lead and harmony vocals.[6] By multi-tracking, Richard was able to use Karen and himself for the harmonies to back Karen's lead. The overdubbed background harmonies were distinctive to the Carpenters, but it was the soulful, engaging sound of Karen's lead voice that made them so recognizable. Record executive Mike Curb said it was Karen's voice that took the Carpenters above straight pop music into pop rock.  She was known as a one take wonder and could deliver a strong performance on the first attempt.Richard Carpenter was the creative force behind the Carpenters' sound. An accomplished keyboard player, composer and arranger, music critic Daniel Levitin called him one of the most gifted arrangers to emerge in popular music. The duo's smooth harmonies were not in step with contemporary music, which was dominated by heavy rock. Instead, the Carpenters strove for a rich and melodic sound, along the same vein as the Beach Boys and the Mamas & the Papas, but with greater fullness and orchestration including frequent use of small string and horn sections and introspective lyrics centred around relationships. Richard also admired the musicianship and arranging skills of Frank Zappa, and the two briefly met backstage at the Billboard Forum in 1975.End Of The World: Lyrics:Why does the sun go on shining?Why does the sea rush to shore?Don't they know it's the end of the world?'Cause you don't love me any moreWhy do the birds go on singing?Why do the stars glow above?Don't they know it's the end of the world?It ended when I lost your love[Bridge]I wake up in the morning and I wonderWhy everything's the same as it wasI can't understand, no, I can't understandHow life goes on the way it doesWhy does my heart go on beating?Why do these eyes of mine cry?Don't they know it's the end of the world?It ended when you said goodbyeWhy does my heart go on beating?Why do these eyes of mine cry?Don't they know it's the end of the world?It ended when you
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