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Test Pieces for orchestral Auditions Double Bass

 

Test Pieces for Orchestral Auditions Double-Bass

Description

Description

Aaron Copland's music is characteristically and recognisably American. Copland's untiring efforts to ensure that his works would speak to the average citizen as well as to his fellow artists made him one of the most honored cultural figures in United States history. Among countless awards adn honors, Copland received the Pulitzer Prize and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. This exciting series of arrangements offers soloists the opportunity to experience some of Copland's pioneering musical achievements in the establishment of a uniquely American idiom.
The edition is part of the Trinity syllabus 2007 (grades 4 & 6).

Content

Billy and His Sweetheart from Billy the Kid
Ching-a-Ring Chaw from Old American Songs, Set 2
Dirge in the Woods
Fanfare for the Common Man
Going to Heaven! from Twelve Poems of Emily Dickenson
I Bought me a Cat from Old American Songs, Set 1
I've Heard an Organ Talk Sometimes from Twelve Poems Of Emily Dickson
Laurie's Song from The Tender Land opera
Simple Gifts from Old American Songs, Set 1
The Little Horses from Old American Songs, Set 2
Vieux Poeme
Zion's Wall from Old American Songs, Set 2

Other Editions

BHI 2300467 = clarinet
BHI 2000904 = flute
BHI 2900074 = tuba
BHI 102644 = piano accompanimet
BHI 2700669 = trumpet (tenor saxophone)
BHI 1100150 = viola
BHI 1200515 = cello
BHI 2400335 = baritone saxophone
BHI 2500139 = bassoon
BHI 2600138 = horn
BHI 2200211 = oboe
BHI 2400334 = also saxophone
BHI 1000964 = violin