Season's Greetings - NSM Newsletter - Dec.2013
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Newsletter ‒ Noteworthy Sheet Music, LLC ‒ December, 2013
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Season’s Greetings from Noteworthy Sheet Music!
We'd like to let you know that several of our publications are now available from Amazon.com as professionally-printed hard copy editions, which make beautiful gifts. You can find more information and links to the Amazon listings for the following works from the corresponding articles on our own website:
Bloch—Petite Fantaisie Hongroise No.1 transcribed for Piano & Alto Flute
Haydn—Adagio from Symphony No. 24 arranged for Flute & Piano by J.W.Pratt
Nicholson—Coolun, A Favorite Irish Air for Flute & Piano or Harp
Saint-Saëns—Fantaisie, Op.124 transcribed for Flute (& harp) by P.H.Bloom
Tchaikovsky—The Nutcracker arranged for Flute & Harp by M.J.Rupert
Vercoe—Kleemation for Flute & Piano
Walckiers—Duo 3 from the 2nd Book of Duos for Two Flutes
Of course, these pieces and all our other publications are still available instantly as convenient PDF downloads from www.NoteworthySheetMusic.com.
Among the latest additions to our catalog are the following editions for alto flute:
Amy Beach - Three Compositions, Op.40 - transcribed for alto flute and piano.
Written in the romantic style, the three violin pieces of Mrs. H. H. A. Beach’s Op.40 are (1) the beautiful but sombre La Captive, (2) a lovely, lyrical Berceuse, and (3) a lively but still tender Mazurka. In addition to alto flute transcriptions of all three compositions, we include a C-flute version of the Mazurka, for those wishing to give this option a try as well.
Napoléon Coste - Cavatine, Op.37 - transcribed for alto flute and piano.
Coste became famous not only as a guitar soloist, but also as a major composer of some 60 works, most of which were written for guitar. His Op.37 "Cavatine" is a short, single-movement piece for piano and oboe (or violin or flute). Our transposition of Cavatine falls nicely within the range of the alto flute and sounds appealing and completely genuine on that instrument. Melodic but lively in places, the work should please players of a moderate or higher skill level.
Gabriel Fauré - Berceuse, Op.16 - transcribed for alto flute and piano.
We created this transcription in response to a great suggestion from one of our customers. Written for violin or cello, the Berceuse has been arranged for a variety of other instruments over the years. Always one of Fauré’s most popular and beloved compositions, this uncomplicated, mellifluous lullaby is now available for alto flutists (and their audiences) to enjoy as well.
Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda - Concertino, Op.110 - transcribed for alto flute.
Our Concertino edition will give alto flutists a terrific new opportunity—that of experiencing first-hand the thrill of playing this style of classical 19th century bravura work, for which the alto flute is well-suited. Kalliwoda wrote the Concertino for oboe and orchestra; an arrangement for oboe and piano was created later. Parts for either orchestral or piano accompaniment are available from public domain resources.
Carl Nielsen - Fantasy Pieces, Op.2 - transcribed for alto flute and piano.
This is another publication that I think our alto flutist friends will especially enjoy. The first piece, Romance, is a beautiful andante that allows the alto flutist to exploit the rich, sensuous sonority of the instrument. The contrasting second piece is a lively Humoresque in which the performer's lightheartedness and technical agility prevail. Nielsen’s Fantasistykker sound so natural on alto flute that listeners might think these two pieces were composed specifically for that instrument.
Preview pages of all these editions are available on our website. To learn about our many other listings, please view our complete catalog or browse by category from the pull-down menu under Sheet Music.
Also on our website, we’ve posted several recent reviews of NSM publications:
Figueiredo’s arrangement of “Na Rua dos Meus Ciúmes” for woodwind quintet—review
by John Ranck, published by Flute Focus
Rupert’s arrangement of “The Nutcracker” for flute and piano—review
by John Ranck, published by The Flute View
Walckiers’ “2me Livre de Duos pour 2 flutes”—review
by Katherine Borst Jones, published by Flute Talk
Rupert’s arrangement of “The Nutcracker” for flute and harp—review
by Cynthia Price-Glynn, to be published in The Harp Column
With best wishes that your holidays are happy and bright,
Carol
Carol A. Vater
Noteworthy Sheet Music, LLC
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