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Vercoe - Butterfly Effects - Flute(s) and Harp
Butterfly Effects, by Elizabeth VercoeContemporary Composition for Flute(s) and Harp
Flute Part and Harp Score, PDF $26.99
Butterfly Effects is an intriguing and varied piece in seven sections for flute and harp in which the flutist is asked to play bass, alto, piccolo and concert flutes. The titles are the names of butterflies: Mourningcloak, Banded Blue Pierrot, Common Jezebel, Question Mark, Monkey Puzzle, Karner Blues, and Psyche.
Excerpted from Elizabeth Vercoe's preface: "Butterfly Effects for flute and harp was written for the duo "2", with flutist Peter H. Bloom and harpist Mary Jane Rupert, who premiered the first parts of the piece in Bangkok and the entire work in Illinois in 2010. Along with the butterflies themselves, a quotation from Zhuangzi was the starting point for the music: "Am I a human who dreamt of being a butterfly or am I now a butterfly who dreams of being human?" The Taoist philosopher's dream illustrates, among other lessons, his sense of oneness with all living beings. // All seven movements are short, some only a minute in length. Mourningcloak, for alto flute and harp, is somber and reflective. Banded Blue Pierrot (concert flute) is short and glittering. Common Jezebel is a sultry tango for bass flute and harp that becomes increasingly chromatic and contrapuntal, requiring the harpist to do some fancy footwork. Question Mark, also for bass flute, requires the flutist to use "beat boxing" and key slap techniques that maximize the percussive qualities of the flute. Monkey Puzzle, in a kind of mimicry of the confusing antennae and pseudo antennae of the insect, flutters along to the middle of the piece and then proceeds backwards to the beginning in what is known as retrograde motion. Karner Blues adopts some of the riffs of blues instrumentalists and singers in the only movement for piccolo. Psyche, a word meaning breath or soul in Greek, is for concert flute and reminds us again of the Zhuangzi dream and the oneness of all living beings."
Butterfly Effects may be performed by one flutist playing multiple instruments, or by multiple flutists each playing one instrument for the relevant movement(s).
Our striking cover image for this publication is of the painting "Jezebel Tapestry #2" by Louisa King Fraser, used with the artist's permission.
Butterfly Effects for flute(s) and harp received a rave review by Nicole Riner in the Fall 2015 edition of the National Flute Association’s membership magazine The Flutist Quarterly. Read the review in its entirety reprinted on the NSM website with permission from the NFA, or visit the NFA website.
Click to view a YouTube video of the duo "2" performing Banded Blue Pierrot.
Peter H. Bloom gave a lecture on “Effective Writing for Flutes and the Contemporary Flutist” at the 2018 Snow Pond Composers Workshop. In his presentation, Mr. Bloom discussed various topics using four contemporary works published by Noteworthy Sheet Music, including Butterfly Effects, as examples. We later published a free text version of this excellent presentation on our website, in the Reviews and Articles section, including some of the audio clips and supplemental written materials that Mr. Bloom used as demonstrations.
The Elizabeth Vercoe CD "Butterfly Effects and Other Works" was released in November 2018. The CD is available through Navona Records and features the title track performed by duo "2". Here is a quote from Cinemusical's review of the CD: "The album opens with a multi-movement work for flutes and harp, Butterfly Effects (2009). Across the seven movements, Vercoe explores the qualities of different instruments in the flute family: alto flute, bass flute, concert flute, and piccolo. The music has a slight impressionistic quality to it, aided by the harp’s material. Against this is first a rather dreamy, dark opening movement (“Mourningcloak”); a faster-paced flitting “Banded Blue Parrot”; a tango (“Common Jezebel”); intriguing effects like beat-boxing (“Question Mark”) and blues riffs (“Karner Blues”); and a palindromic compositional technique (“Monkey Puzzle”). The flute lines allow for registral exploration and often features some sinuous lines. Some are sultrier than others, but it is as if these are all like watercolor brushstrokes that tend to be somewhat introspective in this often stunningly beautiful work." Another nice review of this CD, written by Nicole Riner, came out in the Flutist Quarterly Spring 2019 edition; here's a quote: "I had the pleasure of reviewing the sheet music for Butterfly Effects for this publication in 2015 and found it to be wonderfully diverse and intriguing. /// Bloom and Rupert perform this work deftly and with a great sense of unity”.Flute part, 16 pages; Harp Score, 43 pages; Total, 66 pages.
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We also offer a printed hard copy edition of Butterfly Effects for $45.88 plus a $5.95 shipping and handling fee. Due to prohibitively high international shipping rates, we ship print editions only to addresses in the USA. Please use the Contact Us form to let us know which hard copy publication(s) you would like to purchase, along with your email contact information and USPS mailing address. We will then send you a PayPal invoice for the sale and, once we receive notice from PayPal that you have paid for the item(s), we will ship your music to the address provided.
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Vercoe - Fantavia - Flute & Percussion
Fantavia, by Elizabeth VercoeContemporary Composition for Flute and Percussion, PDF $12
Described by the New York Times as a piece with 'timbral adventures and lovely moments', Fantavia for flute and percussion is based on the rhythms and melodies of North American birdcalls. Some of the calls are as familiar as the orioles and robins of a suburban back yard, while others like the common loon are recollected on awakening at dawn in the wilderness. Although a literal transcription was the starting point for each call, the music is intended as a fantasy.
Fantavia has been performed at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris, at Merkin Hall in New York, at the National Flute Convention in Colorado and on several U.S. tours of the Armstrong Duo.
The Duo recorded Fantavia on a Centaur compact disc entitled “Exotic Chamber Music” in 1996. Click to read a review published in the IAWM Journal. Click on the icons to hear audio samples.
mp3 fantavialoon mp3 fantaviatrillsNamed by the Washington Post as 'one of the most inventive composers working in America today', Elizabeth Vercoe has had performances throughout the U.S. and abroad including: the St. Petersburg Spring Music Festival in Russia, the Goethe Institute in Bangkok, and the Pompidou Center in Paris as well as by the New York Virtuoso Singers and Boston Musica Viva.
Score for flute and percussion, 14 pages; Total, 17 pages.
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Vercoe – Duos – Two Flutes
Duos, by Elizabeth VercoeOriginal Compositions for 2 Flutes, $0.00 (free!)
Elizabeth Vercoe's Duos for two flutes are available as free downloads from the composer's own website at http://www.elizabethvercoe.com/. Dr. Vercoe kindly offered to allow Noteworthy Sheet Music, LLC to make these duets available from our website as well. The Duos are "fun and quite easy. They are suitable for intermediate students."
Photo of Elizabeth Vercoe courtesy of Caroline Alden.
Just click on the links below to download the Duos at no charge:
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Vercoe – Kleemation – Flute & Piano
Kleemation, by Elizabeth VercoeOriginal Composition for Flute and Piano
Flute Part and Piano Score, PDF $16.95
Kleemation for flute and piano is in five short movements based on five drawings by Paul Klee titled: Goodbye to You, Please!, Afraid on the Beach, More Will Be Marching Soon, and Woman Sowing Weeds. Described as "highly abstract yet accessible," the piece was commissioned by Austin Peay University in Tennessee and received its premiere there in 2003. The New England premiere was at the Duxbury Art Museum in 2004 by the duo "2" (flutist Peter H. Bloom and pianist Mary Jane Rupert). "2" has since performed the piece on tours in the U.S., Thailand, Australia, and New Zealand. Click to read a testimonial to Elizabeth Vercoe's composition Kleemation written by Mr. Bloom.
Kleemation was recorded by "2" and can be heard on the PARMA Recordings all-Vercoe CD entitled Kleemation and Other Works by Elizabeth Vercoe. In an IAWM Journal CD review Dr. Laura G. Kafkawrites: “Vercoe musically renders Klee’s drawings with all the humor, fear, and reality that make each one leap from its canvas and dance.” Click to read Dr. Kafka’s full review. In another review published by Audiophile Audition magazine on September 26, 2013, Lee Passarella writes: "Vercoe (b. 1941) also shows a willingness to adapt different musical styles and elements to her basic idiom: the essential atonality of her music is leavened with some well-chosen pop influences where appropriate to the subject matter at hand. That includes Kleemation, a work based on drawings by Swiss modernist painter Paul Klee. Klee's sometimes whimsical, sometimes troubling art turns for its inspiration to the uninhibited world of the child artist."
Listen to an audio sample of Kleemation
from the opening of the title piece.Piano score, 27 pages; Flute part, 11 pages; Total, 44 pages; PDF $16.95.
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For those who would prefer to purchase a printed hard copy of this piece, rather than the PDF download offered here, our print edition of Kleemation for Flute and Piano by Elizabeth Vercoe is availabledirectly from NSM for $26.99 plus a $5.95 shipping and handling fee. Due to prohibitively high international shipping rates, we ship print editions only to addresses in the USA. Please use the Contact Us form to let us know which hard copy publication(s) you would like to purchase, along with your email contact information and USPS mailing address. We will then send you a PayPal invoice for the sale and, once we receive notice from PayPal that you have paid for the item(s), we will ship your music to the address provided.
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Walckiers - 2nd Book of Duets - Flute + Clarinet
Trois Duos Concertants Brillants et Faciles, by Eugène Walckiers2me Livre de Duos, Op.11
Transcribed for Flute and B-flat Clarinet by C.A.Vater
Duo 1: Flute Part, Clarinet Part, and Score, PDF $10.50
Duo 2: Flute Part, Clarinet Part, and Score, PDF $15.00
Duo 3: Flute Part, Clarinet Part, and Score, PDF $16.50
Please view our listing for Eugène Walckiers' 2me Livre de Duos pour Deux Flutes to read a general description of this work. After publishing our renotated modern editions of these wonderful Walckiers' flute/flute duets, Noteworthy Sheet Music received a request that we create transcriptions of the duets for flute and B-flat clarinet. We thought this was a great idea, and our flute and clarinet versions are now available.
Duo 1: Fl & Cl score, 10 pages; Flute & Clarinet parts, each 7 pages of music; Total, 33 pages. PDF $10.50Duo 2: Fl & Cl score, 14 pages; Flute & Clarinet parts, each 7 pages of music; Total, 34 pages. PDF $15.00Duo 3: Fl & Cl score, 17 pages; Flute & Clarinet parts, each 11 pages of music; Total, 46 pages. PDF $16.50=============================================================
For those who would prefer to purchase professionally-printed hard copies, our print editions ofthe 2nd Book of Duos, Op.11 by Eugène Walckiers,transcribed for Flute and Clarinetare available directly from NSM. Duo 1, $17.85; Duo 2, $25.50; Duo 3, $28.05; plus a $5.95 shipping and handling fee to addresses in the USA. Please use the Contact Us form to let us know which hard copy publication(s) you would like to purchase, along with your email contact information and USPS mailing address. We will then send you a PayPal invoice for the sale and, once we receive notice from PayPal that you have paid for the item(s), we will ship your music to the address provided.
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Walckiers - 2nd Book of Duets - Two Flutes
Trois Duos Concertants Brillants et Faciles pour Deux Flutes, by Eugène WalckiersGassett Collection - New Editions by C.A.Vater/Noteworthy Sheet Music, with a Foreword by Peter H. Bloom
2me Livre de Duos pour 2 Flutes, Opus 11
Duo 1: Flute 1 Part, Flute 2 Part, and Score PDF $10.50
Duo 2: Flute 1 Part, Flute 2 Part, and Score PDF $15.00
Duo 3: Flute 1 Part, Flute 2 Part, and Score PDF $16.50
Eugène Walckiers studied composition at the Paris Conservatoire with Anton Reicha and became a masterful, inventive, and prolific composer and arranger of 19th century chamber music. Both his original compositions and his arrangements are deeply significant in their expression of a particular, highly developed aesthetic approach. Walckiers' 2me Livre de Duos pour 2 Flutes, Opus 11, was dedicated to his friend Théodore Baltazaro and comprises three duets of three movements each. NSM has re-notated all of the Opus 11 duets using a modern music composition software program.
A review written by Katherine Borst Jones was published in the September, 2013 issue Flute Talk magazine. "The publication contains extensive notes and material on the composer. The second duet is great material for sightreading as well as studying the 19th century style of composition. Printed as flute 1 and flute 2, separately, the copy is clear and easy to read." Click to read the full review.
For additional information about the Gassett Collection, please see see our article An Introduction to the Gassett Collection.
Duo 1: Fl 1 & Fl 2 Score, 14 pages; Flute 1 part, 9 pages; Flute 2 part, 9 pages; Total, 37 pages. $10.50
Preview Duo 1Duo 2: Fl 1 & Fl 2 Score, 20 pages; Flute 1 part, 11 pages; Flute 2 part, 11 pages; Total, 47 pages. $15.00
Preview Duo 2Duo 3: Fl 1 & Fl 2 Score, 25 pages; Flute 1 part, 11 pages; Flute 2 part, 11 pages; Total, 54 pages. $16.50
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For those who would prefer to purchase a professionally-printed hard copy of this piece, rather than the PDF download, our print edition ofDuo 3 from the 2nd Book of Duos for Two Flutes, Op.11 by Eugène Walckiers is available directly from NSM for $28.05 plus a $5.95 shipping and handling fee to addresses in the USA. Please use the Contact Us form to let us know which hard copy publication(s) you would like to purchase, along with your email contact information and USPS mailing address. We will then send you a PayPal invoice for the sale and, once we receive notice from PayPal that you have paid for the item(s), we will ship your music to the address provided.
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Walckiers - 5th Book of Duets - Two Flutes
Three Concertante Duets for Two Flutes, by Eugène WalckiersGassett Collection - Facsimile Edition by C.A.Vater/Noteworthy Sheet Music, with a Foreword by Peter H. Bloom
5th Book of Duets
Duetto 1: Flute 1 Part and Flute 2 Part, PDF $10.50
Duetto 2: Flute 1 Part and Flute 2 Part, PDF $10.50
Duetto 3: Flute 1 Part and Flute 2 Part, PDF $12.00
Eugène Walckiers (1793-1866) studied composition at the Paris Conservatoire with Anton Reicha and became a masterful, inventive, and prolific composer and arranger of 19th century chamber music. Walckiers was also a flutist, having been a protégé of the legendary Tulou. Rockstro, in his Treatise on the Flute (London, 1889), paid great tribute to Walckiers when he wrote: "The duets, trios and quartets of Walckiers belong to the highest school of French art, and prove their composer to have been a man of real genius. They are exceedingly imaginative, occasionally rather eccentric, yet always elegant, charming, and scholarly."
Rosamund Plummer wrote an independent review of Noteworthy Sheet Music's edition of Walckiers' Duetto 1 which was reproduced on the NSM website after first being published by Flute Focus.
Jason Ng & Campbell Wang won a Gold Award in the Secondary Duet Class of the 2012 New Zealand Woodwind Competition for their performance of Eugène Walckiers' 5th Book of Duets—Duetto I, published by Noteworthy Sheet Music.
For additional information about the Gassett Collection, please see see our article An Introduction to the Gassett Collection.
Duetto 1: Flauto Primo part, 9 pages; Flauto Secondo part, 7 pages; Total, 21 pages. $10.50Duetto 2: Flauto Primo part, 9 pages; Flauto Secondo part, 7 pages; Total, 21 pages. $10.50Duetto 3: Flauto Primo part, 9 pages; Flauto Secondo part, 9 pages; Total, 23 pages. $12.00 -
Walckiers - Fantaisie pour la Flûte - Fl & Pf
Fantaisie pour la Flûte, Op.65, by Eugène WalckiersGassett Collection - Facsimile Edition by C.A.Vater/Noteworthy Sheet Music, with a Foreword by Peter H. Bloom
Flute Part and Piano Score, PDF $19.50
A student of Jean-Louis Tulou, Eugène Walckiers (1793-1866) was a flutist and an exceptionally talented composer. His Fantaisie pour la Flûte Sur la Ronde du Postillon de Lonjumeau is a delightfully engaging and challenging work based on emblematic material from the comic opera by the French composer Adolphe Adam (1803-1856). The famous Ronde du postillon appears at the end of Act I of Le Postillon de Lonjumeau (The Coachman of Lonjumeau), which premiered in Paris in 1836.
For additional information about the Gassett Collection, please see see our article An Introduction to the Gassett Collection.
Piano score, 19 pages; Flute part, 8 pages; Total, 32 pages.
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Weber - Andante e Rondo Ongarese - Alto Saxophone (and Piano)
Andante e Rondo Ongarese, Op.35, by Carl Maria von Weber
Transcribed for Alto Saxophone (and Piano) by John W. Pratt
Alto Saxophone Part, PDF $6.99In presenting our transcription of the Andante e Rondo Ongarese by Carl Maria von Weber for alto saxophone, we are keeping with a long-standing tradition of creating saxophone arrangements of 19th century recital pieces. This piece was first written in 1809 for viola, but was revised in 1813 for bassoon, in which form it became increasingly popular. NSM previously published our own version of Weber's Op.35 for clarinet, and after consultation with our saxophonist colleagues we decided to offer an alto saxophone version as well. In preparing his transcriptions of this fun, challenging piece, John Pratt worked from the public domain edition for piano and bassoon at imslp.org, where a free pdf download of the piano part is available. Our edition provides the transcribed solo part, which works perfectly with the pre-existing piano score.
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Weber - Andante e Rondo Ongarese - Clarinet (and Piano)
Andante e Rondo Ongarese, Op.35, by Carl Maria von WeberTranscribed for Clarinet (and Piano) by John W. Pratt
Bb Clarinet Part, PDF $6.99
Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826) is widely credited with being a founder and leading composer of the Romantic school. He was prolific, making major and influential contributions to almost every kind of music, including 7 operas and 3 Singspiels, other vocal and choral music, orchestral and wind music, and piano music. Yet his chamber music consists of just 9 works (counting a set of 6 minor violin sonatas as one), and only the Grand Duo, the flute trio, and the clarinet quintet are substantial. The scarcity of Weber's chamber music makes a transcription of a concertante work, especially a fine one not often played like the Andante e Rondo Ongarese, particularly welcome. Weber’s Op.35 was first written in 1809 for viola (J79), but revised in 1813 for bassoon (J158) and apparently proved more popular in that form. Combining the viola's range and the bassoon's timbre points inexorably to the clarinet.
— excerpted from J.W.P.’s foreword to the edition
Clarinetists will find this work challenging and fun to play. We provide our clarinet transcription; a suitable piano part is readily available in the public domain as a free high quality pdf download of the score for bassoon and piano, which can be found at imslp.org: Piano Score
BbClarinet part, 5 pages; Total, 8 pages.
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Weber - Grand Duo Concertant - Alto Flute
Grand Duo Concertant, Op.48, by Carl Maria von WeberTranscribed for Alto Flute and Piano by John W. Pratt
Alto Flute Part, PDF $9.98
Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826), an important forerunner of the Romantic school, was a prolific composer, yet wrote only three substantial chamber works. One is the Grand Duo Concertant for clarinet (or violin) and piano. Sounding a bit like Mozart on steroids, with robust harmonies and brilliant passagework, it has three movements - an exciting Allegro con fuoco, a beautiful Andante with a very rich, chordal piano accompaniment and passionate piano interlude, and a sparkling Rondo. We offer this excellent alto flute transcription of the clarinet part; the piano part is readily available in the public domain, as a free high quality pdf download of the score for clarinet and piano; here is a link to the listing on imslp.org: Piano Score
Alto Flute part, 10 pages; Total, 12 pages.
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Weber - Grand Duo Concertant - Flute
Grand Duo Concertant, Op.48, by Carl Maria von WeberTranscribed for Flute and Piano by John. W. Pratt
Flute Part, PDF $9.98
Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826), an important forerunner of the Romantic school, was a prolific composer, yet wrote only three substantial chamber works. One is the Grand Duo Concertant for clarinet (or violin) and piano. Sounding a bit like Mozart on steroids, with robust harmonies and brilliant passagework, it has three movements - an exciting Allegro con fuoco, a beautiful Andante with a very rich, chordal piano accompaniment and passionate piano interlude, and a sparkling Rondo. This flute transcription of the Weber clarinet part is an NSM favorite. The piano part is readily available in the public domain, as a free high quality pdf download of the score for clarinet and piano; here is a link to the listing on imslp.org: Piano Score
Flute part, 10 pages; Total, 12 pages.
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Weber - Grande Polonaise, Op.21 - Two Flutes
Grande Polonaise, Op.21, by Carl Maria von WeberAnonymous Arrangement for Two Flutes
Gassett Collection - New Edition by C.A.Vater/Noteworthy Sheet Music
Flute 1 Part, Flute 2 Part, and Score, PDF $7.99
Carl Maria von Weber's Grande Polonaise, Op.21 was written originally for piano solo. The piece was composed in 1808 and first published in 1815. The Gassett Collection of 19th century flute music contains an edition of this piece arranged anonymously as a duet for two flutes, along with a flute duet version of Weber's Polacca Brillante in E major, Op.72, which we also offer. We re-notated the flute arrangement of the Grande Polonaise and offer this new edition, which includes a score at no extra charge, as well as the two flute parts.
For additional information about the Gassett Collection, please see see our article An Introduction to the Gassett Collection.
Flute 1 part, 4 pages; Flute 2 part, 4 pages; Fl1/Fl2 Score, 10 pages; Total, 24 pages.
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Weber - Polacca Brillante, Op.72 - Two Flutes
Polacca Brillante, Op.72, by Carl Maria von WeberAnonymous Arrangement for Two Flutes
Gassett Collection - New Edition by C.A.Vater/Noteworthy Sheet Music
Flute 1 Part, Flute 2 Part, and Score, PDF $7.99
Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826) was a German piano virtuoso and prolific composer who made major, influential contributions to many kinds of music and is widely credited with being a founder of the Romantic school. Weber's rousing Polacca Brillante in E major, Op.72 (alternatively known as L'Hilarité or Grande Polonaise brillante) was written originally for piano solo. It was composed and first published in 1819, and was later transcribed by Liszt for piano and orchestra.
We came across an anonymous arrangement of this piece, a duet for two flutes, among the print copies included in the Gassett Collection. The duet is great fun for flutists, so we created a renotated edition of the arrangement, with the goal of modernizing the format and correcting some likely inaccuracies. Our new edition includes a score at no extra charge as well as the two flute parts.
For additional information about the Gassett Collection, please see see our article An Introduction to the Gassett Collection.
Fl1/Fl2 Score, 8 pages; Flute 1 part, 4 pages; Flute 2 part, 4 pages; Total, 22 pages.
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