Alto saxophone in Eb and
piano - easy to
intermediate
SKU:
HL.49044196
Composed
by George Gershwin.
Arranged by Wolfgang
Birtel. This edition:
Saddle stitching. Sheet
music. Woodwind.
Softcover. 12 pages.
Schott Music #ED21486.
Published by Schott Music
(HL.49044196).
ISBN
9790001190886. UPC:
888680784737.
9.25x12.0x0.06
inches.
The
melodies from George
Gershwin's (1898-1937)
musicals, from 'Porgy and
Bess', from orchestral
pieces like 'Rhapsody in
Blue' or 'An American in
Paris', we all know them!
But the career of the
young musician started as
a pianist in a music
publishing house where he
was to encourage
customers to buy music by
playing it. Soon he began
to compose music himself
and caught the attention
of the Broadway, which
paved the way to his
international career.
Inspired by Frederic
Chopin's 24 Preludes, he
began to write his own
'Preludes' for the piano
in the mid-1920s: Of the
five preludes composed by
him, he used two for the
violin composition 'Short
Story' and presented the
other three at a concert
on 4 December 1926. These
'Preludes' combine
classical moments and
jazz elements into an
effective whole and can
be played individually or
as a little jazz sonata
(fast - slow - fast).
Thanks to the present
arrangement, the charming
miniatures are now
available in a version
for solo instrument and
piano accompaniment.
