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Carter Pann writes, “the piece might have been titled Three Improvisations, but there is an expressive inertia baked in to these works which makes them truer as rhapsodies. This description tells us m...

DUNHUANG FANTASIA is a fascinating 12-minute drama inspired by art from grottoes in the ancient town of Dunhuang in western China. These frescoes preserve images of music and dance scenes, including t...

Carter Pann's three songs of remembrance create freshly new colors and moods, always remaining melodic and idiomatic for the voice. The songs were born of admiration for soprano/poet Meagan Mahlberg's...

The slow opening passages belie what's to come. Restless soon launches into a frenetic and rhythmic exploration of its thematic material, while showcasing the pianist's strength and skill in an impres...

Deeply inspired by the music and mission of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Nathaniel Dett's piano music springs from the late Romantic traditions of florid texture and embellishment, along with programmatic...

Arranged by Jan Holcman. For Piano. Part.

Arranged by Vincent Persichetti. Piano. For Piano. Performance score. 7 pages.

The complete listings of Vincent Persichetti's works include several compositions that were withdrawn and have remained 'known secrets.' Not mentioned anywhere however, is this brief gem, a family hei...

Twenty piano teaching solos for beginners; with illustrations and wry poems offering a childs-eye view of the world and its foibles. For studios. Very easy.

Rochberg's first piano publication in some time, these 1984 works were commissioned by the USIA for its Artistic Ambassador Program. About 12 min. For college, conservatory, professional. Difficult.

Since the creation of Nocturne No. 1 in 1986, Liebermann has added ten more to the genre. Favorable comparisons abound to the nocturnes of Chopin, Field, and others, and Liebermann's own nocturnes are...

Olde English Suite explores Carter Pann's infatuation with Edwardian English culture as popularized by Downton Abbey. Its four movements (Overture; Sarabande; Pastorale; Finale: Gallop) evoke the atmo...

As a pianist and composer, Clara Schumann played her own improvised exercises prior to playing scales, and improvised preludes as introductions to pieces she was performing. This is a collection of se...

Ellen Zwilich was already imagining music for contrabass and piano when bassist Michael Cameron serendipitously contacted her to commission such a work for premiere at the 2017 ISB convention. The res...