Trio

"Irminden"

Lora Al-Ahmad

Theodore Presser Company

Violin, Cello, Piano

114-42379 - Score and Parts - $40.99

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Each movement of Lora Al-Ahmad’s “IRMINDEN” piano trio depicts a ritual from traditional May Day celebrations of her native Bulgaria. Solo and duet episodes interspersed between the movements, along with prepared piano sounds and extended techniques, make for a work of tremendous variety, color, and imagination. A substantial entry in the 21st-century repertoire for piano trio. For advanced performers.

Blue Monkey

Lauren Bernofsky

Merion Music, Inc.

Flute, Cello

144-40755 - Score and Parts - $19.99

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Blue Monkey is a short, jaunty duo, perfect for concert/recital programming. The main riff in swing eighths is repeated throughout, ensuring that it sticks in the mind of the audience.

Rissolty Rossolty

Ruth Crawford (ed. Ryan Carson, Douglas Adams)

Merion Music, Inc.

Flute, Oboe, Clarinet 1 in Bb, Clarinet 2 in Bb, Bassoon, Horn 1 in F, Horn 2 in F, Trumpet 1 in C, Trumpet 2 in C, Trombone, Timpani, Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Violoncello, Contrabass

116-41599 - Score and Parts - $115.00

116-41599S - Study Score - $25.00

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RISSOLTY ROSSOLTY is ideal for high school festival orchestras, while still of great interest to college and professional ensembles. Composed in 1939 for a radio show introducing audiences to American folk music, RISSOLTY ROSSOLTY is warmly entertaining yet surprisingly complex. Some elements are reminiscent of both Copland and Ives, and Crawford’s inventiveness is on full display, juggling three different tunes into a mesmerizing polyphonic dance. Complete set of score and parts published. Hear it on Youtube.

Invention on Mozart's 11-tone Surprise

Daniel Dorff

Theodore Presser Company

Flute, Clarinet in Bb

114-42290 - Performance Scores - $21.99

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“Hidden in plain sight,” the last movement of Mozart’s Symphony No. 40 sneaks in a development section that begins with a jarring 11-tone parody of the movement’s main theme. Dorff’s oddly charming two-part invention parodies the parody, transforming Mozart’s surprise into a series of variants occasionally teasing at other familiar repertoire. Published as a set of two performance scores. Hear it on Soundcloud.

BFF's

Daniel Dorff

Theodore Presser Company

Clarinet in Eb, Clarinet in Bb

114-42292 - Performance Scores - $21.99

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At first hearing, BFF’s is a warm and bubbly set of dance-like duets, scored for the underserved combination of Eb Clarinet and Bb Clarinet. But there’s more: a puzzle lurks throughout the 3-movement suite, taking advantage of B-F-F patterns in varying guises. Published as a set of performance scores.

Beacon of the Bay

Stacy Garrop

Theodore Presser Company

Violin, Cello, Piano

114-42336 - Score and Parts - $33.99

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Responding to a commission from the Newport Music Festival, Stacy Garrop turned to the historic lighthouse at Castle Hill as the inspiration for BEACON OF THE BAY for piano trio, honoring and celebrating a distinctive fixture of the coastal community’s culture. The piece achieves a remarkably dramatic arch for its small stature, from colorful, effervescent effects and delicate textures, to grand and sweeping ensemble gestures. Throughout, Garrop translates the lighthouse’s various characteristics and duties into sound: we hear it as a solitary beacon against the vastness of the empty sea, the play of waves around its base, yachts passaging gracefully on a calm day, and its steadfast, illuminating presence through a violent storm.

Slipstream

Stacy Garrop

Theodore Presser Company

Clarinet in Bb, Horn in F, Piano

114-42364 - Score and Parts - $37.99

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“The first time I saw slipstreaming in action with professional cyclists, I was in awe,” says Stacy Garrop about the inspiration behind her composition SLIPSTREAM for clarinet, horn, and piano. Originally written for performers who are also avid cyclists, Garrop describes various kinds of cycling experiences depicted in the work’s three movements: “The piece opens with The Horizon Beckons. A cyclist hears an enticing call emanating from the mountains, then the cyclist starts pedaling towards the mountains in search of adventure. Riding Solo, the second movement, explores the quiet of riding alone, the beauty of the landscape, and the shifting of the light and clouds, all while we hear the bike’s wheels in constant motion. Adrenaline Rush, the third and final movement, depicts the heat of competition. We hear the constant jockeying of cyclists within a peloton as they slipstream with each other and move with the wind. At the very end of the movement, we hear sprinters race for the finish line with everything they have left in their legs.”

Silver Linings

Stacy Garrop

Theodore Presser Company

Alto Saxophone in Eb, Marimba (5-octave)

114-42377 - Score and Parts - $33.99

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SILVER LININGS for alto saxophone and marimba was inspired by the unexpected blessings discovered in the midst of worldwide hardship during the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown: more time to spend with family or on creative endeavors; resurging animal populations and decreased pollution; etc. In the composer’s own words, “SILVER LININGS consists of two movements. Groundhog Day, the first movement, is slow and brooding. It embodies the strong feeling of déjà vu that so many of us experienced early on in lockdown, as we seemed to live the same day repeatedly with minor variances to our schedules.…[The musical gestures] depict how our lives were reduced to the basic building blocks of life – wake up, eat, work, eat, sleep – as our daily activities and livelihoods were suddenly knocked down. The same gestures are utilized in the energetic second movement, Making Lemonade, except that they are spun around to reveal their silver linings…. Among the seeds of despair are also found seeds of hope, and the saxophone and marimba explore this hopefulness with great vigor and excitement.”

Archangels

Stacy Garrop

Theodore Presser Company

Clarinet 1 in Bb, Clarinet 2 in Bb, Clarinet 3 in Bb

114-42378 - Score and Parts - $39.99

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In this textural tour de force, a trio of clarinets creates unique sound colors and gestures to dramatically depict the archangels Michael (Warrior), Raphael (Healer), and Gabriel (Heralder). Advanced clarinetists will revel in this remarkable work, an intense and satisfying piece to perform as well as to hear.

Suite No. 1

"The Fable of the Tortoise and the Hare"

Don Gillis

Theodore Presser Company

Flute, Oboe, Clarinet in Bb, Horn in F, Bassoon

114-42023 - Score and Parts - $45.00

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The vernacular charm and wit of Don Gillis’s music provides a giddy, cartoon-like set of moods for an instrumental setting of the tortoise, the hare, and their fabled escapades. SUITE NO. 1 is a perfect solution for quintets performing school and family concerts, providing delightful music and a well-loved story, plus opportunities to teach about musical contrasts. While light-hearted in style, the work is also a satisfying 12-minute addition to the quintet recital repertoire. Hear the Madera Quintet's recording at: https://youtu.be/bmv8MzZihOc (Mvt. 1) https://youtu.be/NbpFsAP2xM0 (Mvt. 2) https://youtu.be/CikrUO_hGzE (Mvt. 3)

Suite No. 3

"Gone with the Woodwinds"

Don Gillis

Theodore Presser Company

Flute, Oboe, Clarinet in Bb, Horn in F, Bassoon

114-42024 - Score and Parts - $50.00

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Perfect for pops concerts, SUITE NO. 3 provides a quaint time capsule of jazz-inspired classical music from 1939, soon after Gershwin’s death, and just before the hard-edged modern jazz of the 1940s. In this fast-slow-fast suite, “Take Five” refers only to relaxing for a few minutes (not the song composed decades later), and “B-Bop Major” is a musical pun that must have been added later. The Madera Quintet's recordings are available at: https://youtu.be/hYvHJJhHJso (Mvt. 1) https://youtu.be/q1jXv2TUPm4 (Mvt. 2) https://youtu.be/bhsZGOiuuwk (Mvt. 3)

Ancient of Days

Adolphus Hailstork

Theodore Presser Company

Organ

113-40046 - $21.99

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Several powerful elements combine to create this striking 11½-minute organ solo. In composing for the AGO chapter of Albany, NY, where Hailstork was raised and became a musician, the composer selected the hymn tune Albany, whose text begins with “Ancient of days...” Hailstork’s fantasy on this imposing melody is built as a chorale prelude, following Bach’s method of creating concert works around phrases from a known sacred melody.

Deep River

Rhapsody for String Quartet

Adolphus Hailstork

Theodore Presser Company

Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Violoncello

114-42307 - Score and Parts - $39.99

114-42307S - Full Score - $26.99

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Based on the African American spiritual of the same name, Deep River “represents a slave’s visions of escape, over the river (usually the Ohio). This idea carries with it a sense of energy, of freedom, even joy and the humor they imagine upon deliverance,” says the composer. Those diverse and deeply-felt emotions are traced across continually transforming textures until “a sudden interruption by the whip brings them back down to the cruelty and sadness of the situation….Eventually, sadly, they recover, and quietly embrace again the distant vision they hope to realize someday.”

Hush, My Babe

arr. Adolphus Hailstork

Theodore Presser Company

Solo Voice, Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass

312-41920 - $2.50

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In this setting of the familiar Isaac Watts text with a Kentucky Carol melody, Hailstork features a vocal soloist throughout the lullaby. A magical atmosphere is created as the soloist is accompanied by textless a cappella mixed chorus, providing a uniquely tender texture.

Mary Had a Baby

Spiritual (arr. Adolphus Hailstork)

Theodore Presser Company

Solo Soprano, Soprano, Alto, Bass

312-41919 - $2.50

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Adolphus Hailstork’s setting of this beloved Christmas Spiritual is a call-and-response dialog, with each verse set in a different way. The work starts with the soprano soloist in the lead, answered by the chorus. In the second stanza, the soloist answers the chorus; the third stanza is set as dialog between the full ensemble’s men and women, followed by a glorious coda.

Sonata

Amanda Harberg

Theodore Presser Company

Bassoon, Piano

114-42335 - Score and Parts - $24.99

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This stunning addition to the bassoon repertory features dramatic outer movements framing a slow and plaintive aria. Harberg’s program notes put the drama and its crying-out high notes in the context of writing in 2021: “The composition was deeply influenced by disruptive forces unfolding around us. While this unrest made writing difficult at times and brought me to uncomfortable places within myself, the process was also full of unexpected discoveries and musical solutions I never would have found in less troubled times.” The world premiere, performed by bassoonist Adrian Morejon with the composer at the piano, is available at https://youtu.be/q1HwSPsxXr4

Concertino

Melinda Wagner

Theodore Presser Company

Harpsichord, Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Violoncello, Contrabass

116-41211 - Score and Parts - $37.99

116-41211S - Full Score - $28.99

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Ancient and modern sonorities mingle in this glistening gem of a chamber concertino by Melinda Wagner. Evanescent polyphony is juxtaposed with broad, rhythmic passages; driving intensity is balanced with delicate stillness. Harpsichordists with an interest in contemporary music will not want to miss this work.

Advanced Scale Studies

ed. Larisa Elisha

Carl Fischer Music

Violin

B3477 - Methods - $32.99

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Advanced Scale Studies is intended to provide players—students, teachers and young professionals—with an organized method of practicing a scale system that includes a complete set of scales, arpeggios, double-stops and chromatic scales in three and four octaves. With included practice recommendations and instructions, Advanced Scale Studies takes the scale routine to a higher level of successful preparation for advanced repertoire and virtuosic playing, which requires free movement on the entire fingerboard and abilities to perform different patterns in a fast tempo. Providing a secure hand position, developing finger patterns that can be applied to advanced repertoire, and bringing developed muscle memory to the correct practice of scales, arpeggios and double-stops, this exercises in this book offer the necessary foundation for technical freedom.

Advanced Scale Studies

ed. Larisa Elisha

Carl Fischer Music

Viola

B3478 - Methods - $26.99

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Advanced Scale Studies is intended to provide players—students, teachers and young professionals—with an organized method of practicing a scale system that includes a complete set of scales, arpeggios, double-stops and chromatic scales in three and four octaves. With included practice recommendations and instructions, Advanced Scale Studies takes the scale routine to a higher level of successful preparation for advanced repertoire and virtuosic playing, which requires free movement on the entire fingerboard and abilities to perform different patterns in a fast tempo. Providing a secure hand position, developing finger patterns that can be applied to advanced repertoire, and bringing developed muscle memory to the correct practice of scales, arpeggios and double-stops, this exercises in this book offer the necessary foundation for technical freedom.

Partita In A

Ulysses Kay

Carl Fischer Music

Violin

B3476 - $24.99

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Among his many other honors and scholarships, groundbreaking composer Ulysses Kay was the first African-American to receive the "Prix de Rome" award that offered promising composers the opportunity to travel and study in Italy. Kay received this prize twice between 1946 and 1952 and it was during his residency at the American Academy in Rome that Kay wrote "Partita in A" for solo violin. Premiered on April 15, 1952, the colorful suite contains four contrasting melodies: Prelude, Burlesca, Interlude, and Echo.

Sleep Song

Margaret Bonds

Hildegard Publishing Company

Soprano 1, Soprano 2, Alto 1, Alto 2, Piano

392-03113 - Performance Score - $2.95

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This beautiful lullaby for women's chorus uses text by Joyce Kilmer (1886 – 1918). Bonds sets this text as a tender lullaby, beginning quietly and moving to intricate melodies, lush harmonies, and textures.

We Shall Overcome

Hildegard Publishing Company

Solo Soprano, Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass, Drums

392-01234 - $4.95

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This work is typical of the unrelenting originality of Margaret Bonds’ arrangements of spirituals. It was composed in 1969 for legendary soprano Leontyne Price and the A Cappella Choir of Rust College. This setting is a tour de force of increasing energy and inspiration – a musical call to arms for the cause of social justice that was central to Bonds’ creative persona.

Four Short Piano Pieces

for early intermediate students

Paul Somers

Maurice River Press

Piano

490-01187 - $24.50

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Written for intermediate pianists, these four solos by Paul Somers feature challenging and exciting rhythms and notes as well as right hand versus left hand work. Perfect additions to the repertoire of a solo pianists' library!

Sonatina

Paul Somers

Maurice River Press

Flute

494-03203 - $22.00

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“Sonatina for Unaccompanied Flute was composed for Janet Carol Schlein in 1968. We had become engaged, though she was still working at Cornell’s Olin Library and I had moved back to my childhood home with my parents in Westfield, NJ, as I set up a store-front piano teaching studio. So I decided to give her something for her alone. I must admit that the idea of writing a fugue for a solo flute was a quirky challenge I set for myself that after more than fifty years still makes me smile. We were married in June of 1969.” – Paul Somers

Corybas for Percussion Ensemble

Score

John Psathas (arr. Omar Carmenates)

Promethean Editions

Vibraphone 1, Vibraphone 2, Marimba 1 (double glockenspiel), Marimba 2, Marimba 3, Percussion

PE193S - Full Score - $38.00

PE193P - Parts - $58.00

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In Corybas, Psathas blends the complex rhythms of Eastern European dance music into a highly dynamic and playful work for piano trio. Corybas is the first of two companion works for piano trio that Psathas wrote with the Mediterranean in mind; the second being a calmer, more serene ‘postlude’ to this work, Aegean. The piano drives much of the forward movement in Corybas by holding a repeating odd-metered groove while the string parts fall in and out of this texture. The strings build momentum throughout by fusing together their melodic lines with the piano’s groove, offering short syncopated accents and uniting for dramatic and thrilling phrases. All of this makes for an exhilarating addition to piano trio repertoire.

The Twelve Chinese Zodiac Animals, Book 1

Vincent Ho

Promethean Editions

Piano

PE212 - Performance Score - $34.00

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Inspired by the Chinese Zodiac animals, Ho tailored this book of twelve piano compositions to the educational needs of students in Levels 2 to 7 of the Royal Conservatory of Music Piano Series. Ho devoted much time to researching the animals" legends, personality traits, and cultural significance, as well as their distinguishing physical languages so as to capture their musical spirit and recreate their physical/gestural languages in pianistic form. In addition, he incorporates many sounds, harmonies, and performance techniques learned from his years of researching (and composing for) Chinese traditional instruments.

RiAlto Phantasie

Melanie Thorne

Sempre Music

Alto Clarinet 1 in Eb, Alto Clarinet 2 in Eb, Alto Clarinet 3 in Eb, Alto Clarinet 4 in Eb, Contra-alto Clarinet in Eb

SM-C156FF - Score and Parts - $35.00

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This composition explores the sonorities of the clarinet through the opening passages, and allows a sense of spaciousness through the textures. As the music develops, there are some fast syncopated sections that gives the music a sense of drive and really brings the ensemble together.

RiAlto Phantasie

Melanie Thorne

Sempre Music

Clarinet in Eb (double cl.1 ), Clarinet 1 in Bb, Clarinet 2 in Bb, Clarinet 3 in Bb, Clarinet 4 in Bb (double alto cl.), Alto Clarinet in Eb, Bass Clarinet in Bb

SM-C157FF - Score and Parts - $35.00

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Arranged for mixed clarinet ensemble, this composition explores the sonorities of the clarinet through the opening passages, and allows a sense of spaciousness through the textures. As the music develops, there are some fast syncopated sections that gives the music a sense of drive and really brings the ensemble together.

Toccata in G

BWV 916

Johann Sebastian Bach (arr. Melanie Thorne)

Sempre Music

Clarinet 1 in Bb, Clarinet 2 in Bb, Clarinet 3 in Bb, Bass Clarinet in Bb

SM-C155E - Score and Parts - $29.30

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Unlike the other keyboard Toccatas, BWV 916 is clearly in 3 movements and the first movement is an ideal opener for concerts. It alternates ritornello and tutti sections, and this arrangement (not totally a transcription) works well for the clarinet ensemble. Although there are some passages that are not identical to the original, the harmonic profile of the original has been retained. Arranged for clarinet quartet.

Toccata in G

BWV 916

Johann Sebastian Bach (arr. Melanie Thorne)

Sempre Music

Flute 1, Flute 2, Flute 3, Flute 4

SM-F79E - Score and Parts - $29.30

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Unlike the other keyboard Toccatas, BWV 916 is clearly in 3 movements and the first movement is an ideal opener for concerts. It alternates ritornello and tutti sections, and this arrangement (not totally a transcription) works well for the clarinet ensemble. Although there are some passages that are not identical to the original, the harmonic profile of the original has been retained. Arranged for flute quartet.

Toccata in G

BWV 916

Johann Sebastian Bach (arr. Melanie Thorne)

Sempre Music

Soprano Saxophone in Bb, Alto Saxophone in Eb, Tenor Saxophone in Bb, Baritone Saxophone in Eb

SM-S176E - Score and Parts - $29.30

Unlike the other keyboard Toccatas, BWV 916 is clearly in 3 movements and the first movement is an ideal opener for concerts. It alternates ritornello and tutti sections, and this arrangement (not totally a transcription) works well for the clarinet ensemble. Although there are some passages that are not identical to the original, the harmonic profile of the original has been retained. Arranged for saxophone quartet.

Collected Edition Vol.9

Film Music, incidental Music and Occasional Pieces

Larry Pruden

Promethean Editions

PEP09S - Full Score - $70.00

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Larry Pruden (1925-1982) is one of a handful of New Zealand composers who studied under Benjamin Frankel at London’s Guildhall School of Music. Pruden’s significant contribution to the establishment of a genuine New Zealand vernacular lives on in the works for which he is best known. Featured in this volume are Pruden's film music, incidental music, and occasional pieces. This is the final publication of the Larry Pruden Collected Edition.

Flute Obbligatos Vol. 1

Johann Sebastian Bach (arr. Elisabeth Parry, John Alley)

Aurea Capra Editions

Flute, Piano

494-03224 - $29.99

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Six of the most glorious of Bach's flute obbligatos beautifully arranged for flute with piano reduction of the orchestral score and vocal parts. Accompaniments available to download at European sizes, A440 and A415.

Four Arias from the Passions

Johann Sebastian Bach (arr. Elisabeth Parry, John Alley)

Aurea Capra Editions

Flute 1, Flute 2, Piano

494-03216 - Score and Parts - $29.99

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Four of the most glorious of Bach's Passion Arias: Erbarme dich and Ich will dir mein Herze schenken from the St Matthew Passion, and Ich folge and Es ist vollbracht from the St John Passion. Beautifully arranged for two flutes and piano.

Portafoglio per I Dilettanti, op.67

Giulio Briccaldi (arr. Elisabeth Parry, John Alley)

Aurea Capra Editions

Flute 1, Flute 2, Piano

494-03218 - Score and Parts - $29.99

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Full of sweeping romantic melodies and virtuoso fireworks, this new and fully revised edition of a little-known 19th century Italian gem makes a fine recital alternative to the Doppler works for the same combination.

Après un rêve

12 Fauré Songs arranged for flute and piano

Gabriel Fauré (arr. Elisabeth Parry, John Alley)

Aurea Capra Editions

Flute, Piano

494-03221 - Score and Parts - $29.99

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A collection of Fauré songs arranged for flute and piano by Elisabeth Parry and John Alley. The simplicity of these beautiful arrangements mean that they are suitable for players of all standards, although more advanced players will relish the scope for expression, melodic shape, and tone colour that they afford. These gems of the French repertoire make perfect short concert pieces.

Rigoletto Fantasy

Raffaello Galli (arr. Elisabeth Parry, John Alley)

Aurea Capra Editions

Flute 1, Flute 2, Piano

494-03215 - Score and Parts - $29.99

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This substantial new work for two flutes and piano brings Galli's Duetto on Themes from Rigoletto to sparkling life with a newly composed piano accompaniment. Fully revised and edited, this is a unique and entertaining addition to the concert repertoire, and a great concert alternative to the Doppler Fantasies.

Ma mère l'Oye

Mother Goose Suite

Maurice Ravel (arr. John Alley)

Aurea Capra Editions

Flute, Oboe, Piano

494-03226 - Score and Parts - $29.99

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A perfect concert piece for this popular trio combination, with its elegant miniatures and sparkling middle movement. In this delightful arrangement by John Alley of Ravel's much-loved suite the flute and oboe parts closely reflect the original orchestral score making it a useful approach to the work for students.

Mélodie

Songs by Fauré, Chausson, Hahn and Huë

Various (arr. Elisabeth Parry, John Alley)

Aurea Capra Editions

Flute 1, Flute 2, Piano

494-03219 - Score and Parts - $29.99

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A collection of French art songs arranged for two flutes and piano by Elisabeth Parry and John Alley. The simplicity of these melodies gives ample scope for players of all standards to explore the depth and subtlety of this beautiful music. These gems of the French repertoire make perfect short concert pieces.

A Night at the Opera Act I

Various (arr. Elisabeth Parry, John Alley)

Aurea Capra Editions

Flute 1, Flute 2, Piano

494-03217 - Score and Parts - $29.99

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A collection of favourite opera arias arranged by Elisabeth Parry and John Alley. These arrangements are equally effective as duets or for two flutes and piano. They are ideal for working on sonority, breathing and melodic shaping, and make effective short concert pieces.

A Night at the Opera Act 2

Favourite opera melodies

Various (arr. Elisabeth Parry, John Alley)

Aurea Capra Editions

Flute 1, Flute 2, Piano

494-03223 - Score and Parts - $29.99

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A sparkling collection of favorite opera melodies arranged for two flutes and piano by Elisabeth Parry and John Alley. They are ideal for working on sonority, breathing and melodic shaping, and make effective short concert pieces.