Festival Classics For Alto Saxophone Book/CD-Rom

Festival Classics For Alto Saxophone Book and CD-ROM   📚📀

21 Solo Pieces with Piano Accompaniment

"Festival Classics For Alto Saxophone" offers a meticulously curated selection of 21 solo pieces with piano accompaniment, catering to players of varying skill levels. From grade 2 through 5, this collection features a diverse repertoire of classic solos, including transcriptions of renowned classics and original compositions tailored for the instrument.

Many of the pieces are frequently featured on state contest/festival required music lists, ensuring a comprehensive learning experience. As a valuable resource, the included CD-ROM provides audio files of the piano accompaniments, facilitating enjoyable and effective practice sessions.

Additionally, reproducible pages of the piano accompaniment parts further enhance the learning process. With compositions spanning various style periods and crafted by esteemed composers, this book and CD-ROM set is an indispensable tool for alto saxophonists looking to refine their skills and expand their repertoire.

Song Titles Include:

• E. Elgar (arr. H.E. Akers): Pomp and Circumstance, excerpt from Pomp and Circumstance March no. 1, op. 39, no. 1
• E.F. Goldman: Evening Song
• E. MacDowell (arr. M.J. Isaac): To a Wild Rose
• G.F. McKay: Concert Solo for Young Players
• Traditional (arr. A.R. Ranger): Country Gardens
• G.F. Handel (transc. L. Klemcke): Largo from the Opera Xerxes
• G. Bizet (arr. H. Gee): Intermezzo from L'Arlésienne Suite no. 2
• N. Rimsky-Korsakoff (transc. J. Gurewich): Song of India, Chanson Indoue, from the Opera Sadko
• E. Chenette: Sax-Sweetness
• C. Bohm (arr. W.F. Kretschmer): Italian Romance
• R. Wagner (transc. C.J. Roberts): Song to the Evening Star from the Opera Tannhäuser
• F. Kreisler (transc. C. Leeson): Rondino on a Theme by Beethoven
• M. Ravel (arr. H. Bettoney): Pavane pour une infante défunte
• W.A. Mozart: Adagio from Clarinet Concerto, K. 622
• B. Godard (arr. B. Conklin): Canzonetta from Concerto romantique, op. 35
• E. Koehler (arr. B. Conklin): Papillon, op. 30, no. 4
• G. Braga (transc. B. Verceecken): Angel's Serenade
• F. Kreisler (arr. J. Gurewich): Liebesleid
• L.A. Kranz (arr. J. Gurewich): Tourbillon from Suite for Flute and Piano
• K. Douse: Cynthia
• J. Donjon (arr. E. Medicus): Invocation, Morceau pour Élévation