2 Pianos,8 Hands,Piano Duet - Level 4 - Digital Download
SKU: A0.1377886
Composed by Thomas Oboe Lee. 20th Century,21st Century,Chamber,Classical,Contemporary. Score. 38 pages. Thomas Oboe Lee #961575. Published by Thomas Oboe Lee (A0.1377886).
I was recently invited to a farewell cocktail party for Robert Levin and Ya Fei Chuang on the occasion of their move from Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Salzburg where Ya Fei got a job teaching at the Mozarteum. John Harbison wrote a little piano duet for them, and it inspired me to looking into writing a grand duo for two pianos.
Looking around, I discovered that Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813-1888) wrote a work with the title, "Grand Duo Concertant" for violin and piano. I immediately launched into a search for Alkan the composer and I discovered that he was a contemporary of Chopin, Franz Liszt, George Sand, and Victor Hugo. Like Liszt and Chopin, he wrote tons of music for the piano, and he was at the cusp of fame when he withdrew from society and remained a recluse for the last years of his life.
Aside from the Grand Duo Concertant, I found his 49 Ésquisses to be especially lovely and beguiling.
My work for two pianos is based on ideas from both works. I especially thought the beginning of the GDC fascinating because the LH sounded like a walking jazz bass line. That got me started on the Prelude, and then I organized the remaining movements of the work around the GDC with materials I found attractive in the 49 "ésquisses."
I. Prélude ... Assez animé II. La Vision ... Assez lentement III. La Staccatissimo ... Allegro, TRIO IV. Barcarollette ... Lentement V. L'enfer ... Lentement, Presto VI. Grâces ... Assez lentement VII. Contredanse ... Vivace VIII. Petit Air Dolente ... Adagietto IX. Fuguette ... Très carrément
This work is dedicated to Jung-A and Min on the occasion of their wedding ceremony in December of 2023.
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2 Pianos,8 Hands,Piano Duet - Level 4 - Digital Download
SKU: A0.1377886
Composed by Thomas Oboe Lee. 20th Century,21st Century,Chamber,Classical,Contemporary. Score. 38 pages. Thomas Oboe Lee #961575. Published by Thomas Oboe Lee (A0.1377886).
I was recently invited to a farewell cocktail party for Robert Levin and Ya Fei Chuang on the occasion of their move from Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Salzburg where Ya Fei got a job teaching at the Mozarteum. John Harbison wrote a little piano duet for them, and it inspired me to looking into writing a grand duo for two pianos.
Looking around, I discovered that Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813-1888) wrote a work with the title, "Grand Duo Concertant" for violin and piano. I immediately launched into a search for Alkan the composer and I discovered that he was a contemporary of Chopin, Franz Liszt, George Sand, and Victor Hugo. Like Liszt and Chopin, he wrote tons of music for the piano, and he was at the cusp of fame when he withdrew from society and remained a recluse for the last years of his life.
Aside from the Grand Duo Concertant, I found his 49 Ésquisses to be especially lovely and beguiling.
My work for two pianos is based on ideas from both works. I especially thought the beginning of the GDC fascinating because the LH sounded like a walking jazz bass line. That got me started on the Prelude, and then I organized the remaining movements of the work around the GDC with materials I found attractive in the 49 "ésquisses."
I. Prélude ... Assez animé II. La Vision ... Assez lentement III. La Staccatissimo ... Allegro, TRIO IV. Barcarollette ... Lentement V. L'enfer ... Lentement, Presto VI. Grâces ... Assez lentement VII. Contredanse ... Vivace VIII. Petit Air Dolente ... Adagietto IX. Fuguette ... Très carrément
This work is dedicated to Jung-A and Min on the occasion of their wedding ceremony in December of 2023.
This product was created by a member of ArrangeMe, Hal Leonard's global
self-publishing community of independent composers, arrangers, and songwriters.
ArrangeMe allows for the publication of unique arrangements of both popular
titles and original compositions from a wide variety of voices and backgrounds.
About Digital Downloads
Digital Downloads are downloadable sheet music files that can be viewed directly on
your computer, tablet or mobile device. Once you download your digital sheet music,
you can view and print it at home, school, or anywhere you want to make music, and
you don't have to be connected to the internet. Just purchase, download and play!
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that will include your name, purchase date and number of copies purchased. You are
only authorized to print the number of copies that you have purchased. You may not
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print or digitally distribute individual copies to friends or students).
Preview: Neuf Ésquisses ... Hommage à C.V.A. (2023)
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