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The Mexican Hat Dance
The Mexican Hat Dance
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The Mexican Hat Dance
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SheetMusicPlus
Piano Solo - Advanced - Digital Download Composed by Traditional Folk Song. Arranged by Timothy Stapay. Movies, TV, Folk, Latin, Pop. 7 pages. Publis...
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Piano Solo - Advanced - Digital Download Composed by Traditional Folk Song. Arranged by Timothy Stapay. Movies, TV, Folk, Latin, Pop. 7 pages. Published by Timothy Stapay
This arrangement of "The Mexican Hat Dance" is as played by the legendary pianist, Liberace. It has all of the signature runs and embellishments as played by Liberace. Now you can play this traditional Mexican folk song in the same fantastic style!
The Jarabe tapatío, often referred to as the Mexican hat dance, is the national dance of Mexico. It originated as a courtship dance in Guadalajara, Jalisco, during the 19th century, although its elements can be traced back to the Spanish zambra and jarabe gitano, which were popular during the times of the viceroyalty. Female dancers traditionally wear a china poblana outfit, while the male dancers dress as charros.The standard music of the jarabe tapatío was composed by Jesús González Rubio in the 19th century
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Dancing In The Dark
Dancing In The Dark
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Piano solo
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Artie Shaw & His Orchestra
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Timothy Stapay/Carmen Cavallar
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Dancing In The Dark
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Timothy Stapay
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SheetMusicPlus
Piano Solo - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1444558 By Artie Shaw & His Orchestra. By Arthur Schwartz and Howard Dietz. Arranged by Timothy Stapay/Ca...
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Piano Solo - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1444558 By Artie Shaw & His Orchestra. By Arthur Schwartz and Howard Dietz. Arranged by Timothy Stapay/Carmen Cavallaro. Broadway,Film/TV,Jazz,Musical/Show,Singer/Songwriter,Standards. Score. 14 pages. Timothy Stapay #1024455. Published by Timothy Stapay (A0.1444558). Dancing in the Dark is a popular American song, with music by Arthur Schwartz and lyrics by Howard Dietz. Arranged as performed by famous pianist, Carmen Cavallaro. One of the central themes of Dancing in the Dark is the power of love and longing. Dancing in the Dark also highlights the transformative power of dance as a means of self-expression. Carmen Cavallaro was an American pianist who established himself as one of the most accomplished and admired light music pianists of his generation.Cavallaro developed a piano-playing style of glittering and rippling arpeggios to augment his melody, which was often arranged in thick and lush triple- and quadruple-octave chords. His musical interests and arrangements included dance music, particularly Latin rhythms, tangos and strict tempo dancing styles, as well as some pop and jazz arrangements of classical melodies.
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9.21€
The Last Time I Saw Paris
The Last Time I Saw Paris
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Piano solo
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Classical
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101 String Orchestra
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Timothy Stapay
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The Last Time I Saw Paris
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Timothy Stapay
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SheetMusicPlus
Piano Solo - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1227903 By 101 String Orchestra. By Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein. Arranged by Timothy Stapay. Broadw...
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Piano Solo - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1227903 By 101 String Orchestra. By Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein. Arranged by Timothy Stapay. Broadway,Film/TV,Jazz,Musical/Show,Singer/Songwriter,Standards. Score. 10 pages. Timothy Stapay #823903. Published by Timothy Stapay (A0.1227903). This arrangement of The Last Time I Saw Paris is written as played by piano artist, Liberace. It contains an introduction, by Liberace, using parts of the French song, Clair De Lune by Claude Debussy.The Last Time I Saw Paris is a song composed by Jerome Kern, with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, published in 1940. It was sung in the 1941 film Lady Be Good by Ann Sothern.By December 1940, six versions of the song were on the charts, with Kate Smith having exclusive radio rights for the song for six weeks. The song catered to a wartime nostalgia for songs about European cities following the Second World War Battle of France (which brought Paris under Nazi control), with A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square also proving popular.The song won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1941. This was Kern's second Academy Award for Best Original Song (following his success with The Way You Look Tonight in 1936), and Hammerstein's first. Władziu Valentino Liberace(May 16, 1919 – February 4, 1987) was an American pianist, singer, and actor. A child prodigy born in Wisconsin to parents of Italian and Polish origin, he enjoyed a career spanning four decades of concerts, recordings, television, motion pictures, and endorsements. At the height of his fame from the 1950s to 1970s, he was the highest-paid entertainer in the world!Lyrics:(Verse)A lady known as ParisRomantic and charmingHas left her old companionsAnd faded from viewLonely men with lonely eyes are seeking her in vainThe streets are where they wereBut there's no sign of herShe has left the Seine(Chorus)The last time I saw ParisHer heart was warm and gayI heard the laughter of her heartIn every street cafeThe last time I saw ParisHеr trees were dressеd for springAnd lovers walked beneath those treesAnd birds had songs to singI dodged the same old taxicabsThat I had dodged for yearsThe chorus of their squeaking hornsWas music to my ears The last time I saw ParisHer heart was warm and gayNo matter how they change herI'll remember her that wayI'll think of happy hoursAnd people who shared themOld women selling flowersIn markets at dawn(Bridge)Children who applauded Punch and Judy in the parkAnd those who danced at night and kept our Paris brightTill the town went dark(Chorus)The last time I saw ParisHer heart was warm and gayI heard the laughter of her heartIn every street cafeThe last time I saw ParisHer trees were dressed for springAnd lovers walked beneath those treesAnd birds had songs to sing I dodged the same old taxicabsThat I had dodged for yearsThe chorus of their squeaking hornsWas music to my earsThe last time I saw ParisHer heart was warm and gayNo matter how they change herI'll remember her that wayI'll think of happy hoursAnd people who shared themOld women selling flowersIn markets at dawn
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Variaciones sobre el "Punto Guanacasteco"
Variaciones sobre el "Punto Guanacasteco"
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Piano solo
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AgustÃn Barrios Mangoré
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Manuel Matarrita
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Variaciones sobre el "Punto Gu
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Manuel Matarrita
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SheetMusicPlus
Piano Solo - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.922222 Composed by AgustÃn Barrios Mangoré. Arranged by Manuel Matarrita. Latin,World. Score. 13 pa...
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Piano Solo - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.922222 Composed by AgustÃn Barrios Mangoré. Arranged by Manuel Matarrita. Latin,World. Score. 13 pages. Manuel Matarrita #5311867. Published by Manuel Matarrita (A0.922222). Originally composed in Costa Rica in 1939 for solo guitar, this extended theme and variations is based on a popular Costa Rican dance from the province of Guanacaste, known as the Punto Guanacasteco. Barrios presented this work only once in concert at the National Theater in San Jose, Costa Rica on March 29, 1939. This adaptation for solo piano was made in 2015 by Costa Rican pianist Manuel Matarrita, following the same structure and without attempting any changes in its musical language or style.
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Light One Candle
Light One Candle
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Yiddish folk tune TIF IN VELDE
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Light One Candle
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SheetMusicPlus
Piano Solo - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1149051 Composed by Yiddish folk tune TIF IN VELDELE. Arranged by P. F. Tillen (2022). Christian,Christma...
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Piano Solo - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1149051 Composed by Yiddish folk tune TIF IN VELDELE. Arranged by P. F. Tillen (2022). Christian,Christmas,Jewish,Religious,Sacred. Score. 3 pages. PFTMusic #749175. Published by PFTMusic (A0.1149051). This hymn is increasingly popular, found in many hymnals, used during the Advent season; a graceful dance in 6/8 time with a Mideastern flavor. Arranged here for solo piano, this arrangement is accessible for a good intermediate or advanced player, and is suitable for general worship, or as a recital selection. Please check for more piano music, sacred and secular choral and vocal selections, and arrangements for instrumental ensembles.
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Desvaríos sobre "La botijuela" (Variations on "La botijuela")
Desvaríos sobre "La botijuela" (Variations on "La botijuela")
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Piano solo
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Latin/World Music
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Manuel Matarrita
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Desvaríos sobre "La botijuela
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Manuel Matarrita
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SheetMusicPlus
Piano Solo - Advanced - Digital Download Composed by Manuel Matarrita. 21st Century, World, Folk, Latin. 18 pages. Published by Manuel Matarrita ...
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Piano Solo - Advanced - Digital Download Composed by Manuel Matarrita. 21st Century, World, Folk, Latin. 18 pages. Published by Manuel Matarrita
Desvaríos sobre "La botijuela" - a set of variations of a Costa Rica song through Latin American dance rhythms.
Performance time: 13 mins aprox.
Legend has it that the gamonales (landlords) used to keep their money in botijuelas (earthen jars) with the purpose of insuring it against the thieves. These jars were hidden in the thick walls or floors of the houses. As time went by, it so happened that the owners of the money usually forgot the place where they had hidden it and died without finding it. According to popular imagination, the soul of every person who dies having their money buried did not rest in peace until it was found. But on other occasions the owner of the money had been so greedy in life that, even after death, his spirit was still taking care of its capital, and lashed out against the person who dared to find it and take it away. To appease the spirit, it was necessary to invoke the sound of the dance "La botijuela", so that it would not take revenge and reveal the hiding place with the booty.
The work “Desvaríos sobre La botijuela" (Deliriums on “La Botijuela”) was inspired by this popular Costa Rican dance and legend. It is a really divertimento for solo piano, consisting of ten variations (or rather free reconstructions) of this Costa Rican folk dance. This musical theme is a danza criolla (creole dance), a rhythm that in Costa Rica is clearly related to other international dances such as habanera and contradanza. Some of the variations of this work make direct musical allusions to the style of composition of important figures of Latin American pianism, namely: Heitor Villa-Lobos, Manuel M. Ponce, Ignacio Cervantes, Astor Piazzolla, Ernesto Nazareth and Alberto Ginastera. Other variations, on the other hand, set rhythms present in the traditional musical imaginary of Costa Rica, even though they are not unique to the country. Such are the cases of rhythms such as pasillo, calypso, swing criollo (cumbia) and tambito. All these adaptations of the original theme are always made from a traditional tonal scheme. In this way, it demonstrates how a melody can be framed with extreme versatility in different rhythmic and stylistic patterns of the continent. That is why it is accurate to affirm that “Desvaríos on La botijuela" is a composition eminently Latin American.
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Greensleeves 2012
Greensleeves 2012
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Piano solo
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Classical
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Isadar
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Greensleeves 2012
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Mainya Music Publishing
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SheetMusicPlus
Composed by Public Domain, as performed and recorded by Isadar. Arranged by Isadar. Contemporary Classical, Neo- Classical, Christmas, Recital, New Age...
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Composed by Public Domain, as performed and recorded by Isadar. Arranged by Isadar. Contemporary Classical, Neo- Classical, Christmas, Recital, New Age. Sheet Music Single. 8 pages. Published by Mainya Music Publishing
Contains:
"Greensleeves 2012"
- taken from the Isadar solo piano collection, "O Christmas" (also available on SMP)
Sounds like: Vince Guaraldi's "A Charlie Brown Christmas," Liz Story's "The Gift," George Winston's "December," legacy Windham Hill solo piano artists, "A Winter's Solstice" compilations.
Note: “Greensleeves 2012” is a revisited and evolved arrangement which like my earlier version, was inspired by – and also pays ‘homage’ to – Liz Story’s brilliant take on this timeless piece.
Transcribed by: David Shenton ( https://www.shentonmusic.com/ ) verbatim to the sound recording
Album review by: Michael Diamond (http://michaeldiamondmusic.com):
Fresh on the heels of his highly acclaimed chart-topping CD, Reconstructed, Isadar gifts us with a sparkling new album of holiday-themed instrumental music for solo piano, entitled “O Christmas.” Given the proximity to his recent release, one might assume that this one was quickly produced, but in reality O Christmas has been 7 years in the making. Various circumstances including other recording projects, a segue into the field of video production, and a cross country move from NYC to the west coast and later back again, created delays with the completion of the album. But as they say, “good things come to those who wait.”
One of the most interesting things about this album is the fact that the selections are traditional Christmas songs, yet some were chosen because they are less well known, or “off the beaten path” as Isadar characterizes them. This follows the pattern set by his 1999 Christmas album “In Search For The Meaning Of Christmas,” yet this new CD mines even deeper in its quest for interesting and unusual choices.
The album begins with a track called “Good Christian Men.” Steeped in history, the song dates back to 14th century Germany and its Latin title was originally “In Dulci Jubilo” before it was translated into English in the 1800’s. Isadar’s interpretation creates a lively and festive air that makes a perfect portal to the recording. The high-spirited mood continues on the next song, “Teddy Bears Picnic,” which although not technically a Christmas song, has been interwoven by Isadar with “March Of The Toys” to tie it in with the holidays – a clever arrangement of these intriguing melodies. One of the more well-known carols on the album is “O Christmas Tree” and is sure to have listeners humming along with it’s familiar refrain.
A track entitled “Still” is an innovative rendition of the classic “Still, Still, Still” which Isadar has put his own spin on, or as he jokingly puts it “jazzed up shamelessly.” No such liberties were taken on the classic “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel,” however. This song provides a showcase for Isadar’s accomplished grand piano work, featuring lush left hand arpeggios creating a strong foundation for his more delicate right hand melodies to dance upon – a powerful and moving combination. Another of the less well known, yet equally inspiring tunes is a Puerto Rican carol entitled “Song Of The Wise Men.” It has been said that: “Christmas is, above all, a children’s holiday, and many hymns are addressed to children, reminding them that the real reason for the sugarplums and Christmas trees is the celebration of the birth of the Christ Child.” This theme is well reflected in Isadar’s choice of “O Come Little Children,” based on a carol from the 1800’s.
Among my favorite tracks on the album are the wistful strains of “Greensleeves 2012,” which Isadar interprets with elegance and grandeur and also pays ‘homage’ to Liz Story’s brilliant take on this enduring composition. This is followed by a rendition of “Masters In This Hall,” which can best be described as, well… “masterful.” The song dates back to the sixteenth century, and is another of the less well-known tunes that Isadar has chosen to feature. The album draws to a close with Isadar invoking artistic license on what is perhaps one of the most unique and liberal versions of a classic carol heard here yet. Based on “We Wish You A Merry Christmas,” Isadar characterizes it as “an uninhibited melancholy arrangement.” While I don’t know if “melancholy” is the word I would use to describe it, it does have a pensive quality and is presented more as a nocturne than usual lively carol it is known as. I really liked the interpretation and respect Isadar’s creativity and distinctive rendering of the song.
“O Christmas” is an exceptional holiday collection, not only for Isadar’s elegant grand piano artistry, but as well for the interesting and sometimes unexpected repertoire contained within. Like ornaments on a tree, the songs adorn the album, enhancing its beauty with their diversity, individuality, and timelessness. Given the well-deserved accolades and popularity of Isadar’s distinctive piano style, I’m sure that fans will want to include “O Christmas” in their collection and make it a part of their holiday tradition.
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