Philip Glass Piano Etudes Sheet

With their deft rhythmic and dynamic changes exciting harmonies and moving melodies the etudes are ajoy to hear and play.

Philip glass piano etudes sheet.

First to provide new music for my solo piano concerts. The complete piano etudes is the first ever publication of all 20 of renowned composer philip glass s beautifully simple pieces for solo piano. The sound of a lifetime. Produced by don christensen and martin goldray.

Glass composed an additional four for himself to expand his own piano technique occasionally in response to individual commissions. These follow 2014 15 performances with glass at brooklyn s bam san francisco performances the national concert hall in dublin and london s barbican. With their deft rhythmic and dynamic changes exciting harmonies and moving melodies the etudes are a joy to hear and play. The etudes began for me in the mid 90s and i am still adding new music to this collection as i write these notes in 2003.

The original six etudes were written for dennis russell davies and achyn freyer on the occasion of davies 50th birthday. Piano by philip glass. Their purpose was two fold. Nos 1 10 belong to book 1 1994 notes.

Bam presented the etudes marking the first time all 20 of these solo piano compositions by philip glass have been performed in a single evening. Executive producers philip glass and kurt munkacsi. I was in band and always had a strong interest in music so i was pretty good at picking out melodies by ear and playing simple chords underneath. He tours with fellow composer performer gabriel kahane and with philip glass joining the composer in performances of glass s complete piano etudes with dates in mexico city and chicago.

Instrumental album sheet music songbooks the complete piano etudes is the first ever publication of all 20 of renowned composer philip glass s beautifully simple pieces for solo piano.