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A performer's guide to the piano music of Samuel Adler /

"American composer Samuel Adler has composed a huge and multi-faceted body of works ranging from symphonies, concertos, and oratorios to solos for every standard Western instrument, to a rich trove of vocal and choral music, to pieces for students. Among them, encompassing his compositional lif...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gowen, Bradford, 1946- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2022.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Samuel Alder : a biographical sketch
  • Interview with Samuel Adler
  • Introduction
  • Part I: pedagogical volumes. Gradus books I and II; The sense of touch (1982)
  • Part 2: Solo works through 2000. Capriccio (1954); Sonata breve (1963); Canto VIII (1973); Sonatina (1979); "Thy song expands my spirit" (1980); The road to Terpsichore : a suite of dances (1989); Three piano preludes (1999-2000)
  • Part 3: Solo works since 2001. Four composer portraits (2001); Festschrift (2007); Fantasy (2013); Four choreographies (2017); Five short occasional pieces (2018); Bagatelle for Jürgen (2020); Variations on "America the beautiful" (2020); Music for the young and young at heart : 10 character pieces (2021)
  • Part 4: For two pianos. Duo sonata for two pianos (1983)
  • Part 5: For piano and orchestra. General observations; Concerto for piano and orchestra (No. 1) (1983); Second piano concerto (1996); Piano concerto No. 3 for piano and string orchestra (2003); Ways to practice these three concertos
  • Appendix 1 : piano music graded approximately according to technical difficulty
  • Appendix 2 : chamber works with piano
  • Appendix 3 : partial list of works for voice and piano, selected by the composer
  • Appendix 4 : works for other keyboard instruments
  • Appendix 5 : chronological representative selection of Adler works for other instruments and ensembles
  • Appendix 6 : selected bibliography : writings about Samuel Adler and his music.