Description

This book includes arrangements of celebrated chamber and orchestral works alongside original piano duets, in a survey of prominent composers and styles from the USA. The collection reflects the indigenous influences of jazz, ragtime, and folk music, and of later European styles.

Contents

1. Aaron Copland: Walk to the Bunkhouse from film suite Red Pony
2. Charles Ives: Finale from Second Symphony
3. Virgil Thomson: Blues from The Plow that Broke the Plains
4. George Gershwin: Promenade (or Walking the Dog) from Shall We Dance)
5. Louis Moreau Gottschalk: Dance Cubaine from Ojos Criollos
6. Scott Joplin: Bethena Waltz
7. Henry F. Gilbert: Delphine from Three American Dances
8. Libby Larsen: A Day: Prelude/Postlude