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Three Fantasies for Piano
Three Fantasies for Piano
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Alan Poltorak
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Three Fantasies for Piano
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Piano Solo - Digital Download SKU: A0.1150925 Composed by Alan Poltorak. 20th Century,New Age. Score. 20 pages. Alan Poltorak #751091. Published by Alan ...
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Piano Solo - Digital Download SKU: A0.1150925 Composed by Alan Poltorak. 20th Century,New Age. Score. 20 pages. Alan Poltorak #751091. Published by Alan Poltorak (A0.1150925). Three short, single-movement fantasies for piano. Composed between 2019-2020.
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Three Ivory Magnolia Fantasies
Three Ivory Magnolia Fantasies
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Gary Powell Nash
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Three Ivory Magnolia Fantasies
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Piano Solo - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.881230 Composed by Gary Powell Nash. Contemporary. Score. 31 pages. Gary Powell Nash #36467. Published by...
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Piano Solo - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.881230 Composed by Gary Powell Nash. Contemporary. Score. 31 pages. Gary Powell Nash #36467. Published by Gary Powell Nash (A0.881230). Three Ivory Magnolia Fantasies (2003) for piano solo is a three movement work largely inspired by Dr. Gary Powell Nash’s experiences in Mississippi as Associate Professor of Music at Mississippi Valley State University. Movement one, titled Buddy’s Path is a result of the two main premises of the movement which include blues riffs of Buddy Guy and Beethoven’s Pathetique Sonata. Buddy’s Path begins with a slow introduction and transitions to faster music. After section 2, the slow intro music returns and once again transitions to section 1 material, alluding to the formal structure from Movement 1 of the Pathetique Sonata. Movement two, titled Dedication, a slow movement is also ternary, with A, B, cadenza and A’. It begins with cadenza-like passages, using 32 note rhythms and then moves to slower paced music, with longer note values, although actually marked at a slightly faster tempo. The B section continues the slow paced music and progresses to a Chopin-like cadenza, which closes the B section. The A’ section returns to the slower paced music with longer note values. Movement three, titled Fast Blues on the Wall is based on a blues tune titled On the Wall, an upbeat and fast tempo tune demonstrating the barrelhouse blues tradition. Using a ternary design, the A and A’ sections of Fast Blues on the Wall feature a doubled twelve bar blues-like progression where the corresponding phrases in a standard twelve bar blues progression are doubled in regards to measure length.
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Three Fantasies - Piano Solo
Three Fantasies - Piano Solo
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Piano solo
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William Bergsma
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Three Fantasies - Piano Solo
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Alfred Music - Digital Sheet Music
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SheetMusicPlus
Composed by William Bergsma. Instructional. 14 pages. Alfred Music - Digital Sheet Music #00-PB-0000711. Published by Alfred Music - Digital Sheet Mus...
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Composed by William Bergsma. Instructional. 14 pages. Alfred Music - Digital Sheet Music #00-PB-0000711. Published by Alfred Music - Digital Sheet Music
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Fantasie#1 The Fairies Escape (solo piano)
Fantasie#1 The Fairies Escape (solo piano)
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Piano solo
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Dave Kenney
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Fantasie#1 The Fairies Escape
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Piano Solo - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.966494 Composed by Dave Kenney. 20th Century,Contemporary,Romantic Period. Score. 22 pages. Davekenneymus...
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Piano Solo - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.966494 Composed by Dave Kenney. 20th Century,Contemporary,Romantic Period. Score. 22 pages. Davekenneymusic #3444709. Published by davekenneymusic (A0.966494). This advanced work is the first of a collection of Fantasies or miniature tone poems for piano . The piece is in three sections and has numerous influences, some Impressionistic, some Romantic and it always is difficult to try and fuse these styles while keeping them congruent. The shimmering opening portrays a fairie being chased by something or someone, which seems to gets closer and closer to her. This section ends with a series of dominant seventh/nine chords and a rallentando. The slower middle segment introduces a new melody and is where she is able to hide and catch her breath which then segues (via an accelerando) leading to her discovery and the chase resumes until her escape at the very end (I hope). The challenging left hand is the main engine for the melody, which is stated in the first measure and is presented again and again in different keys and accompaniment styles. The arpeggiated figures are influences of Ravel and Liszt but I tried to imbue it with a sense of delicacy even in some of the more powerful moments. This produces a light, which I imagine would coruscate in the evening forest. This work is appropriate for all pianist. The duration is approximately 6 minutes and 35 seconds.copyright 2017 davekenneymusic
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William Bergsma: Three Fantasies - Piano Solo - piano solo
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William Bergsma
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Virtualsheetmusic
Instantly printable sheet music by William Bergsma for piano solo of MEDIUM skill level. / instructional
Instantly printable sheet music by William Bergsma for piano solo of MEDIUM skill level. / instructional
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Three Fantasies, op. 26
Three Fantasies, op. 26
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Piano solo
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Michael A Yenny
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Three Fantasies, op. 26
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Michael A Yenny
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SheetMusicPlus
Composed by Michael A Yenny. 21st Century, Post-Romantic, Repertoire, Recital, New Age. Sheet Music Single. 9 pages. Published by Michael A Yenny (S0.73491). - ...
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Composed by Michael A Yenny. 21st Century, Post-Romantic, Repertoire, Recital, New Age. Sheet Music Single. 9 pages. Published by Michael A Yenny (S0.73491). - Sheet Music Single - 21st Century,Post-Romantic,Repertoire,Recital,New Age - Michael A Yenny
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Three Argemarillo Fantasies
Three Argemarillo Fantasies
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Piano solo
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Gary Powell Nash
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Three Argemarillo Fantasies
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Gary Powell Nash
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SheetMusicPlus
Composed by Gary Powell Nash. For Piano Solo. Contemporary Classical. Score. 22 pages. Published by Gary Powell Nash ...
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Composed by Gary Powell Nash. For Piano Solo. Contemporary Classical. Score. 22 pages. Published by Gary Powell Nash
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The Last Rose of Summer, Op.73 - Thalberg
The Last Rose of Summer, Op.73 - Thalberg
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Piano solo
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ADVANCED
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Classical
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Sigismond Thalberg
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Editions Melodia
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The Last Rose of Summer, Op.73
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James Keenan
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SheetMusicPlus
Piano Solo - Advanced - Digital Download Composed by Sigismond Thalberg (1812-1871). Arranged by Editions Melodia. Romantic Period. 10 pages. Published by ...
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Piano Solo - Advanced - Digital Download Composed by Sigismond Thalberg (1812-1871). Arranged by Editions Melodia. Romantic Period. 10 pages. Published by James Keenan
Originally a poem written by Thomas Moore in 1805, "The Last Rose of Summer" is based upon the Irish traditional tune of "Aislean an Oigfear", or "The Young Man's Dream."
Sigismond Thalberg was one of the most famous and most successful piano composers of the 19th century. During the 1830s and the 1840s his style was a major force in European piano-playing.[57] He was greatly in fashion and was imitated by others.[58] In 1852, Wilhelm von Lenz wrote:
'The piano playing of the present day, to tell the truth, consists only of Thalberg simple, Thalberg amended, and Thalberg exaggerated; scratch what is written for the piano, and you will find Thalberg.'
Ten years later, in 1862, a London correspondent of the Revue et gazette musicale wrote:
'Nobody in fact has been so much imitated; his manner has been parodied, exaggerated, twisted, tortured, and it may have happened more than once to all of us to curse this Thalbergian school'.
Expressions like "exaggerated", "twisted" and "tortured" indicate that some contemporaries were starting to feel jaded of his style. It was at this time when Thalberg's career as composer and as virtuoso came to an end.
In the late 19th century, Thalberg's fame had come to depend on his association with a single piano technique, the 'three-hand effect'. Carl Friedrich Weitzmann, in his Geschichte des Klavierspiels (1879), wrote about this.
'His bravura pieces, fantasies on melodies from Rossini's Mosè and La donna del lago, on motifs from Bellini's Norma and on Russian folk-songs, became extraordinarily popular through his own, brilliant execution; however, they treat their subjects always in one and the same way, [namely] ... to let the tones of a melody be played in the medium octave of the keyboard now by the thumb of the right, now of the left hand, while the rest of the fingers are executing arpeggios filling the whole range of the keyboard.'
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Romance et étude (Romance and Etude), Op. 38 - Thalberg
Romance et étude (Romance and Etude), Op. 38 - Thalberg
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Piano solo
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Sigismond Thalberg
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Romance et étude
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James Keenan
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SheetMusicPlus
Piano Solo - Advanced Intermediate - Digital Download Composed by Sigismond Thalberg (1812-1871). Arranged by Editions Melodia. Romantic Period, Etudes and...
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Piano Solo - Advanced Intermediate - Digital Download Composed by Sigismond Thalberg (1812-1871). Arranged by Editions Melodia. Romantic Period, Etudes and Exercises, Technique Training, Recital. Score, Sheet Music Single. 14 pages. Published by James Keenan
Thalberg (1812-1871) was a renowned piano virtuoso and composer. His technical specialty, since widely imitated, was to play a central melody with the thumb of either hand and surrounding it with brilliant arpeggios and arabesques.
Sigismond Thalberg was one of the most famous and most successful piano composers of the 19th century. During the 1830s and the 1840s his style was a major force in European piano-playing. He was greatly in fashion and was imitated by others. In 1852, Wilhelm von Lenz wrote:
'The piano playing of the present day, to tell the truth, consists only of Thalberg simple, Thalberg amended, and Thalberg exaggerated; scratch what is written for the piano, and you will find Thalberg.'
Ten years later, in 1862, a London correspondent of the Revue et gazette musicale wrote:
'Nobody in fact has been so much imitated; his manner has been parodied, exaggerated, twisted, tortured, and it may have happened more than once to all of us to curse this Thalbergian school'.
Expressions like "exaggerated", "twisted" and "tortured" indicate that some contemporaries were starting to feel jaded of his style. It was at this time when Thalberg's career as composer and as virtuoso came to an end.
In the late 19th century, Thalberg's fame had come to depend on his association with a single piano technique, the 'three-hand effect'. Carl Friedrich Weitzmann, in his Geschichte des Klavierspiels (1879), wrote about this.
'His bravura pieces, fantasies on melodies from Rossini's Mosè and La donna del lago, on motifs from Bellini's Norma and on Russian folk-songs, became extraordinarily popular through his own, brilliant execution; however, they treat their subjects always in one and the same way, [namely] ... to let the tones of a melody be played in the medium octave of the keyboard now by the thumb of the right, now of the left hand, while the rest of the fingers are executing arpeggios filling the whole range of the keyboard'.
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Berceuse (Lullaby or Cradle Song) - Thalberg
Berceuse (Lullaby or Cradle Song) - Thalberg
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Piano solo
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INTERMEDIATE
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Sigismond Thalberg
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Editions Melodia
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Berceuse
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James Keenan
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SheetMusicPlus
Piano Solo - Intermediate - Digital Download Composed by Sigismond Thalberg (1812-1871). Arranged by Editions Melodia. Romantic Period, Repertoire, Recital...
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Piano Solo - Intermediate - Digital Download Composed by Sigismond Thalberg (1812-1871). Arranged by Editions Melodia. Romantic Period, Repertoire, Recital. Score, Sheet Music Single. 5 pages. Published by James Keenan
Thalberg (1812-1871) was a renowned piano virtuoso and composer. His technical specialty, since widely imitated, was to play a central melody with the thumb of either hand and surrounding it with brilliant arpeggios and arabesques.
Sigismond Thalberg was one of the most famous and most successful piano composers of the 19th century. During the 1830s and the 1840s his style was a major force in European piano-playing. He was greatly in fashion and was imitated by others. In 1852, Wilhelm von Lenz wrote:
'The piano playing of the present day, to tell the truth, consists only of Thalberg simple, Thalberg amended, and Thalberg exaggerated; scratch what is written for the piano, and you will find Thalberg.'
Ten years later, in 1862, a London correspondent of the Revue et gazette musicale wrote:
'Nobody in fact has been so much imitated; his manner has been parodied, exaggerated, twisted, tortured, and it may have happened more than once to all of us to curse this Thalbergian school'.
Expressions like "exaggerated", "twisted" and "tortured" indicate that some contemporaries were starting to feel jaded of his style. It was at this time when Thalberg's career as composer and as virtuoso came to an end.
In the late 19th century, Thalberg's fame had come to depend on his association with a single piano technique, the 'three-hand effect'. Carl Friedrich Weitzmann, in his Geschichte des Klavierspiels (1879), wrote about this.
'His bravura pieces, fantasies on melodies from Rossini's Mosè and La donna del lago, on motifs from Bellini's Norma and on Russian folk-songs, became extraordinarily popular through his own, brilliant execution; however, they treat their subjects always in one and the same way, [namely] ... to let the tones of a melody be played in the medium octave of the keyboard now by the thumb of the right, now of the left hand, while the rest of the fingers are executing arpeggios filling the whole range of the keyboard'.
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