Category Archives: Sax Alto & Piano Level D

Fault Lines

RM785e Fault Lines Goldstein ALTO SAX/PNO
RM785e Fault Lines Goldstein ALTO SAX/PNO
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Composer: Perry Goldstein
Composed: 1998 Duration: 4 mins.
Instrumentation: Sax Alto & Piano Level D
ISMN: 979-0-720109-58-9 Catalogue: RM785
Level: D Country: United States

"Fault Lines"  performed by lithuanian saxophonist Arvydas Kazlauskas and latvian pianist Reinis Zarins.

Winter’s End

RM426e Winter
RM426e Winter
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Composer: Peter Allis
Composed: 2007 Duration: 5 mins.
Instrumentation: Sax Alto & Piano Level D
Exam Grade: HSC Saxophone Alto
ISMN: 979-0-720083-05-6 Catalogue: RM426
Level: D Country: Australia

Sonatina

RM375e Sonatina Charlton ALTO SAX/PNO
RM375e Sonatina Charlton ALTO SAX/PNO
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Composer: Richard Charlton
Composed: 2004 Duration: 10 mins.
Instrumentation: Sax Alto & Piano Level D
Exam Grade: AMEB Saxophone Alto Grade 7,
HSC Saxophone Alto
ISMN: M-720071-32-9 Catalogue: RM375
Level: D Country: Australia

Habanera

RM328 Habanera Kay ALTO SAX/PNO
RM328 Habanera Kay ALTO SAX/PNO
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RM328e Habanera Kay ALTO SAX/PNO
RM328e Habanera Kay ALTO SAX/PNO
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Composer: Martin Kay
Composed: 2002 Duration: 4 mins.
Instrumentation: Sax Alto & Piano Level D
Exam Grade: AMEB Saxophone Alto Grade 8,
HSC Saxophone Alto
ISMN: M-720067-86-5 Catalogue: RM328
Level: D Country: Australia

The habanera, as a genre, originated in Cuba during the 19th century. It evolved from the contradansa, which arrived in Cuba from France via refugees fleeing the Haitian revolution. By the 20th the habanera had become a musical relic in Cuba, but after travelling back across the sea with sailors, it became so popular in European salons that composers as illustrious as Ravel (Piece en Forme De Habanera) and Georges Bizet (Carmen) had composed tunes using its characteristic rhythm and exotic flavour.

 

Martin Kay’s Habanera employs the tradition very freely.