The Boosey and Hawkes Solo Piano Collection provides the intermediate pianist with exciting repertoire in accessible yet authentic arrangements.This collection contains 33 American classics arranged for the intermediate pianist, including well-known themes from the stage, screen and concert hall by Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland, Duke Ellington, George Gershwin, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Stephen …

Arr. Naohiro Iwai. Par GERSHWIN GEORGE. George Gershwin (1898-1937), der sein Musikerleben in der Welt des Entertainment begann, verdiente sich mit seiner berühmten Rhapsody in Blue (1924) den Eintritt in die großen „klassischen“ Konzerthallen. An American in Paris, das einige Jahre später folgte, beschreibt auf musikalische Art und Weise einen Ausschnitt von Gershwins Europareise im Jahre 1928. N…

Each songbook in the Big Book series provides musicians of all ability levels with a big list---usually 40 or more titles per book---of the very best songs from a favorite musical genre. Rarely are there more catchy tunes than those performed in Broadway musicals. Alfred's Big Book series introduces hit songs from a variety of musicals. Songs include And All That Jazz (Chicago) * Fame (Fame) * Gi…

A 20th century jazz prodigy with a supreme talent for improvisation, Louis Armstrong would become a successful popular entertainer in later years. He could still revisit the dazzling instrumental performances of his youth but in time 'Satchmo' became even more famous for his gravelly vocals and larger-than-life guest performances in TV shows and musical films. Scott Fitzgerald famously wrote that …

Par GERSHWIN GEORGE. Jascha Heifetz (1901-1987) and George Gershwin (1898-1937), two of the best known figures in American music, were good friends and often played together. Heifetz had urged Gershwin to write a violin concerto for him, but unfortunately Gershwin died before the project got off the ground. These transcriptions by Heifetz are the next best thing. The five excerpts from Porgy and B…