Clarinet and Piano

SKU: HL.14007417

Music Sales America. Post-1900. Book [Softcover]. 48 pages. Music Sales #BOE005034. Published by Music Sales (HL.14007417).

ISBN 9781846094620.

This collection of pieces is suitable for the elementary and intermediate level clarinetist, and like the other albums in this introduces the young performer to a wide range of music by important living British composers. The pieces chosen for the collection are intended to charge the imagination as well as help to develop technique and musical understanding. Performance notes are included for each piece so the performer is able to understand the composer's intentions.

Born in Bicester in 1931, Anthony Hedges studied music at Keble College, Oxford, and left university with a first class honours degree and a post-graduate degree in composition. Following National Service as solo pianist and arranger with the Royal Signals Band, he spent the next five years as a lecturer at the Royal Scottish Academy of music. During that time he was a regular contributor on music to many national newspapers and journals. In 1962 he moved to Hull University where, he became, until his retirement in 1995, Reader in Composition. In 1972 he was elected Chairman of The Composers' Guild of Great Britain, served as joint-Chairman in 1973 and was subsequently elected to the Guild's Council. He has been a member of the music panels of Yorkshire Arts and Lincolnshire and Humberside Arts, the Music Board of C.N.N.A., and a Council member of the S.P.N.M. A Council member of Westminster Central Music Library for 15 years, he instituted its publishing scheme for contemporary British scores. As a pianist he has given regular solo recitals, and as an accompanist has worked with many leading performers. In the late 1970s he founded the Humberside Sinfonia with whom he gave numerous successful concerts as well as recording a highly-praised LP of his music. Anthony Hedges is equally successful in many types of music. His serious music has received wide critical acclaim; his light music enjoys numerous broadcasts, recordings and public performances. He has also written much music for children and amateurs as well as having composed for film, stage, ballet and television. His works have been performed by many major British orchestras and heard worldwide in many hundreds of broadcast and public performances. In 1991 he was the featured composer in the Riga Festival of British Music and Film and was subsequently invited back to Latvia to conduct further performances of his works. A prolific composer, much of his output has resulted from commissions - over 60 to date*. In 1990 Hull Central Library established an Archive collection of all his compositions and working sketches. A CD of his light orchestral music was issued in 1997 (Naxos/Marco Polo) and many CD recordings have followed on various labels. In the same year he was awarded an honorary D.Mus. by the University of Hull

By Isaac Albeniz. Arranged by Anthony Hedges. For Flute, Piano. Published by Emerson Edition.

SKU: PR.UE012933

Composed by Anthony Hedges. With Standard notation. Universal Edition #UE012933. Published by Universal Edition (PR.UE012933).

UPC: 680160510122.

By Anthony Hedges. Concert Band. Band Music. Score. Published by G & M Brand Music Publishers.

Piano - intermediate

SKU: HL.44005716

Six pieces for piano. Composed by Anthony Hedges. Fentone Instrumental Books. Educational Tool. Book Only. Fentone Music #F271. Published by Fentone Music (HL.44005716).

UPC: 884088041861. English.

Six Moods is the fourth volume in the Fentone 'Autograph Series'. Each of these volumes, by a separate composer, contains a set of six pieces aimed at players who have reached at least Grade 5 level. The six short works within Six Moods are:Contentment - a relaxed piece using well-shaped legato melodic linesAssertion - A lively piece requiring firm fingers and rock steady rhythmWhims - A light hearted piece with a slightly jazzy feelEnergy - Pleanty of movement with a need for clean articulation and rhythmic stabilityReflection - An atmospheric piece using plenty of sustaining pedalAggression - Forceful tension building to a violent ff climax.