Description
SKU: HOF18
Composer: Gliere, R.
Editor/Arranger: Chomenko and Siebach
Title: VIER STUCKE (FOUR PIECES) (PRALUDIUM, SCHERZO, INTERMEZZO AND TARANTELLA)
Concert Key: D, G, A, and D minor
Tuning: Solo, bass reads in C, F, G, and C minor, piano plays in D, G, A, and D minor respectively
Difficulty: 6.5-7.5
Other: Double bass and piano. This is actually two pairs of short pieces that are often played together as a set of four. Praludium and Scherzo were originally published as Op. 32, No. 1 and 2 in 1908. Intermezzo and Tarantella were originally published as Op. 9, No. 1 and 2 in 1903. In Pradudium the highest pitch is G two octaves above the open G string. In Scherzo the highest pitch is A near the end of the fingerboard on the G string. In Intermezzo the highest pitch is G two octaves above the open G string. In Tarantella the highest pitch is G three octaves above the open G string. Following that note is a two-octave chromatic descent in eighth notes.
