Waltzes by 25 Contemporary Composers
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- Instrumentation: Piano
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- Size: 9.1 x 11.8 inches
Description
"During the summer of 1976, both of us, via a telephone conversation, realized that we had written two waltzes for piano. The surprise itself caused us to ask, 'Do you think we should ask other friends to write waltzes and put the sum-total into a waltz collection?' This question led us directly to C. F. Peters Corporaion, whose enthusiasm for the project was encouraging. Following this meeting came our difficult job of selecting composers, knowing that neither of us could invite everyone we knew who would be interested.
The invitations went out, and within a few months the waltzes began to appear.
We hope that this collection will give everyone great pleasure in performing and listening.
This Collection of Waltzes is dedicated with love and affection to Evelyn Hinrichsen."
-- Robert Helps and Robert Moran (March 1978)
- Alden Ashforth - SENTIMENTAL WALTZ
- Milton Babbitt - MINUTE WALTZ
- Gerald Busby - A WEDDING WALTZ
- John Cage - 49 WALTZES FOR THE FIVE BOROUGHS
- Tom Constanten - DEJAVALSE
- Richard Felciano - TWO HEARTS
- Joseph Fennimore - TITLES WALTZ: AFTER MAX STEINER
- Ross Lee Finney - WALTZ
- Peter Gena - VALSE
- Philip Glass - MODERN LOVE WALTZ
- Lou Harrison - A WALTZ FOR EVELYN HINRICHSEN
- Robert Helps - VALSE MIRAGE
- Andrew Imbrie - WALTZ
- Karl Kohn - WALTZ
- Zygmunt Krause - MUSIC BOX WALTZ
- Arne Mellnaes - ES LAVAL
- Robert Moran - WALTZ - "IN MEMORIAM - MAURICE RAVEL"
- Roger Sessions - WALTZ
- Seymour Shifrin - WALTZ
- Alan Stout - WALTZ
- IVan Tcherepnin - VALSE PERPETUELLE ("THE 45 R.P.M.")
- Virgil Thomson - FOR A HAPPY OCCASION
- Francis thorne - A LOVESONG WALTZ
- Joan Tower - RED GARNET WALTZ
- Charles Wuorinen - SELF-SIMIL AR WALTZ
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Waltzes by 25 Contemporary Composers
