Category: Piano
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Stravinsky’s Rag Time for Piano, Shortened Version
This piece is shortened version of the composer’s transcription for piano of his Rag Time for eleven instruments. There are several places in the original, which runs 12 pages in length, in which the harmonic motion leads to jumps that can be made in the score that are smooth and pleasing to my ear. These…
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Alley Tunes III – The Harmonica Player by David W. Guion
David W. Guion, Texan composer, was best known for his arrangements of cowboy tunes, African American spirituals, and original compositions often inspired by the soundscape of west Texas. This piece is dated 1926. David W. Guion – Wikipedia
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Schubert Piano Sonata D 960, Bb Major, 4th movement (Allegro, ma non troppo), shortened version
This is a wonderful, but long movement consisting of about 540 measures! I reduced this by about half by playing through measure 254, jumping to measure 491, and playing to the end.