Sonata for Alto Trombone & Piano or Organ

SKU: CY.CC2952

ISBN 9790530057711.

Ron Babcock has composed and edited 50 amazing duets in alto clef for Trombones. These duets can be performed on Tenor or Alto Trombones and are a great way to ease into alto clef being that they are progressive. The goal of this book is to provide an enjoyable vehicle for learning and practicing in a new clef. Some of the duets are original compositions by Babcock and some are arrangements of Baroque and Classical composers.
Duets 1-30 are all one-page or less in length and duets 31-50 are all two pages in length. As the book progresses, there are more difficult key and time signatures, more challenging technique and in the later duets some cadenzas.
There is a wide variety of styles and forms throughout the book. The final six duets are arrangements of concertos and sonatas originally written for the Alto Trombone (the top part containing the original part), including works by Albrechtsberger, Fux, Wagenseil and Michael Haydn.

SKU: MA.EMR-54453

1. A Russian Fantasy / 2. Variations On A Nordic Song / 3. The Wild West Adventure / 4. The Conquest Of Space / 5. Sonata Classica.

SKU: SP.TS233

ISBN 9781585604647. UPC: 649571102333.

Promises Wedding Classics published by Santorella Publications is the finest collection of wedding classics in print for wind instruments. This majestic assortment of classics for brass and reed instruments is sure to bring joy to any ceremony. Santorella's Promises Wedding Classics for Alto Sax is arranged by Jonathon Robbins and edited by Tony Santorella. This beautiful blend of Classics is not only ideal for weddings, but a fantastic assortment of important works written by some of the greatest composers of all time. Although the majority of these titles were originally written for keyboard, we are sensitive towards the range restrictions of all brass and reed players yet true to the original melodies. This exceptional assortment of 12 key wedding titles is sure to set the mood to rejoice in holy matrimony. This best-selling Santorella Publication is written in accommodating keys for trumpet, clarinet, flute, alto sax, violin, and trombone and includes a piano accompaniment CD. Includes: Canon in D, Pachelbel - Two Minuets, Bach - Moonlight Sonata, Beethoven - Trumpet Voluntary, Purcell - Ode to Joy, Beethoven - Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, Bach - Bridal Chorus, Wagner - Wedding March, Mendelssohn - Grand March, Verdi - Simple Gifts, Brackett - Ave Maria, Bach - Ave Maria, Schubert.

SKU: P2.PZA90187

Concert Duets is a collection of 14 arrangements of works by prominent 18th-century composers, mostly taken from Trio Sonatas. Duet 11 is a Jim Self original work in the Rococo style; and Duets 12, 13 and 14 are arrangements of the three-movements of the Bach Concerto for Two Violins. Included with this edition are play-along recorded tracks by tubist Zach Collins, who also served as editor of the current edition.

I created these duets as Christmas gifts for my tuba playing friends, with the first duet being arranged in 1976. All 14 of the duets are challenging and fun to play and are especially effective as concert pieces.

As a young musician I had the privilege of playing duets with many of the world’s finest tubists including Harvey Phillips, John Fletcher, Bob Pallansch, Chester, Schmitz, Dan Perantoni, Toby Hanks, Ron Bishop, Winston Morris and Tommy Johnson. I learned more about playing music in these duo sessions than from any other musical activity I have ever experienced. Duets are powerful teaching tools for learning and mastering rhythm, phrasing and intonation and for developing overall musicianship.

Jim Self:

Self (b. 1943) is a Los Angeles free-lance musician, a veteran of thousands of Hollywood motion pictures, television shows and records, and tuba soloist on many prominent movies. His tuba was the “Voice of the Mothership” in Close Encounters of the Third Kind. He is Principal Tuba/Cimbasso with the Pacific and Pasadena Symphonies and the Los Angeles Opera and Hollywood Bowl Orchestras. Formerly he was in The U.S. Army Band and tuba / euphonium professor at the University of Tennessee. He holds a DMA from the USC Thornton School of Music where he is Adjunct Professor of Tuba and Chamber Music. His compositions and arrangements include works for solo tuba, brass quintet, other brass, string and woodwind chamber music, wind band and orchestra. Jim has produced many solo jazz and classical recordings. His music and recordings are available from Potenza Music and www.jimself.com. Jim Self is a Yamaha Performing Artist.

Zach Collins, editor:

Zach Collins is professor of Tuba and Euphonium at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. In 2019, he released his first solo album, Chronicle. It was recognized with the 2021 ITEA Roger Bobo Award for Excellence in Recording for the best Solo Tuba Album.

His interpretation of William Kraft’s Encounters II for Solo Tuba was released on Cambria Master Recordings. Zach performs with Eastern Standard, a horn, tuba, piano trio he formed with Heidi Lucas and Jacob Ertl. The ensemble has released two commercial albums, Eastern Standard and Wanderlust.

Zach regularly performs with the Keystone Chamber Winds, Altoona Symphony Orchestra, and West Virginia Symphony Orchestras. His compositions and arrangements for brass and for tuba and euphonium can be purchased from Cimarron Music and Eighth Note Publications. Zach earned degrees from Texas Christian University and the University of Southern California. His primary teachers have been Richard Murrow, Jim Self, Tommy Johnson, and Norm Pearson. Zach Collins is a Miraphone artist.

SKU: SP.TS232

ISBN 9781585600540. UPC: 649571102326.

Promises Wedding Classics published by Santorella Publications is the finest collection of wedding classics in print for wind instruments. This majestic assortment of classics for brass and reed instruments is sure to bring joy to any ceremony. Santorella's Promises Wedding Classics for Flute is arranged by Jonathon Robbins and edited by Tony Santorella. This beautiful blend of Classics is not only ideal for weddings, but a fantastic assortment of important works written by some of the greatest composers of all time. Although the majority of these titles were originally written for keyboard, we are sensitive towards the range restrictions of all brass and reed players yet true to the original melodies. This exceptional assortment of 12 key wedding titles is sure to set the mood to rejoice in holy matrimony. This best-selling Santorella Publication is written in accommodating keys for trumpet, clarinet, flute, alto sax, violin, and trombone and includes a piano accompaniment CD. Includes: Canon in D, Pachelbel - Two Minuets, Bach - Moonlight Sonata, Beethoven - Trumpet Voluntary, Purcell - Ode to Joy, Beethoven - Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, Bach - Bridal Chorus, Wagner - Wedding March, Mendelssohn - Grand March, Verdi - Simple Gifts, Brackett - Ave Maria, Bach - Ave Maria, Schubert.

SKU: BR.OB-32091-15

ISBN 9790004351222. 0 x 0 inches.

The date of composition of the cantata Lobe den Herren, meine Seele can only be conjectured. However, several indications suggest an early composition, possibly during Kuhnau's stay in Zittau. The work is one of only two known cantatas by Kuhnau in which cornetti are scored - the second work is the cantata Christ lag in Todes-Banden (PB 32034) -, even so in combination with three trombones as an early baroque wind section. In addition, the musical texture of the introductory Sonata can certainly be understood as a reminiscence of the polychorality known from the Renaissance and early Baroque as well as their connection with the basso continuo era, since four strings and bassoon on the one side and five wind instruments on the other side face each other over a continuous continuo part. The text of the cantata is a selection of a few verses from Psalm 103. This is the larger scored cantata with this textual basis; parallel to it exists a smaller scored one for alto, bass, violin, oboe d'amore and continuo.

SKU: BR.OB-32091-16

ISBN 9790004351239. 0 x 0 inches.

The date of composition of the cantata Lobe den Herren, meine Seele can only be conjectured. However, several indications suggest an early composition, possibly during Kuhnau's stay in Zittau. The work is one of only two known cantatas by Kuhnau in which cornetti are scored - the second work is the cantata Christ lag in Todes-Banden (PB 32034) -, even so in combination with three trombones as an early baroque wind section. In addition, the musical texture of the introductory Sonata can certainly be understood as a reminiscence of the polychorality known from the Renaissance and early Baroque as well as their connection with the basso continuo era, since four strings and bassoon on the one side and five wind instruments on the other side face each other over a continuous continuo part. The text of the cantata is a selection of a few verses from Psalm 103. This is the larger scored cantata with this textual basis; parallel to it exists a smaller scored one for alto, bass, violin, oboe d'amore and continuo.

SKU: BR.OB-32091-11

ISBN 9790004351215. 0 x 0 inches.

The date of composition of the cantata Lobe den Herren, meine Seele can only be conjectured. However, several indications suggest an early composition, possibly during Kuhnau's stay in Zittau. The work is one of only two known cantatas by Kuhnau in which cornetti are scored - the second work is the cantata Christ lag in Todes-Banden (PB 32034) -, even so in combination with three trombones as an early baroque wind section. In addition, the musical texture of the introductory Sonata can certainly be understood as a reminiscence of the polychorality known from the Renaissance and early Baroque as well as their connection with the basso continuo era, since four strings and bassoon on the one side and five wind instruments on the other side face each other over a continuous continuo part. The text of the cantata is a selection of a few verses from Psalm 103. This is the larger scored cantata with this textual basis; parallel to it exists a smaller scored one for alto, bass, violin, oboe d'amore and continuo.