Piano Music of North America (Canada & the USA)

[Scriabinoff]

http://www.mediafire.com/view/?39j0d253ff3dasz
New Music July 1950
Piano Works by
Morton Feldman - Illusions for Piano
Seymore Shifrin- Four Cantos

[Scriabinoff]

It's my understanding that all these old quarterlies are out of print, and thus 'ok' to post. I do know there is a new printing of the work featured in this issue for sale, so it's too close for comfort it can be removed, however nothing on this version says anything in the copyright print that ties it to the new company (Theodore Presser) and this version appears to be an early 'unrevised' or 'uncompleted' version as there appears to have been a 4th Chant composed sometime later or perhaps right around the time his was printed (or for some unexplained reason, the New Music Quarterly editors did not include it, but their naming of it as 3 Chants makes me think a 4th was not part of the set at this time), hence the musicology information below only correlates wtih 1-3. I have not been able to nail down the exact year or when no 4 was added to the set.

New Music Quarterly April 1943
Carl Ruggles Evocations - 3 Chants for Solo Piano

http://www.mediafire.com/view/?zatzmjzzzg0ymvi

Musicology:
Evocations, 4 Chants

Year: 1937-40
Genre: Other Keyboard
Pr. Instrument: Piano

1.Largo
2.Andante con fantasia
3.Moderato appassionato
4.Adagio sostenuto


(I believe this was his only piano solo composition).

"The four pieces assembled under the title Evocations were composed respectively during 1937, 1941, 1943 and 1940 for piano solo. These movements were also orchestrated by the composer from 1942 to the next few years, and continually revised through 1956. Pianist John Kirkpatrick has noted that in the orchestrations many musical phrases "are in earlier states than the final versions for piano." The opening "Largo" starts with a motif that gradually re-starts several times, each time extending its melodic range until it achieves large and passionate arcs. The music quickly descends again to the lower ranges with a still and quiet concluding chord covering a wide range. The second piece, marked "Andante sempre poco rubato" in the orchestral version and "Andante con fantasia" in the piano solo version, opens with a steady, wandering melody, which is made into more angular version, and then varied in slow tempo, and in tense double counterpoint that has two dramatic arching points and then subsides. The initial wandering idea returns for a brief statement and the music peacefully concludes. The third movement is a "Moderato appassionato" and is built of many short flowing melodic archs and highly dramatic chordal statements. The final "Adagio sostenuto" is built on accumulations of arching gestures in irregular rhythms, often rushing forward, balanced mid-way by a tense bridge of ascending double counterpoint. The music then becomes exceedingly quiet but still maintains its dissonant, tense character. The movement evaporates into silence.

© All Music Guide"

audio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUJttpcRor4

[Scriabinoff]

[quote="Scriabinoff"]there appears to have been a 4th Chant composed sometime later or perhaps right around the time his was printed (or for some unexplained reason, the New Music Quarterly editors did not include it, but their naming of it as 3 Chants makes me think a 4th was not part of the set at this time), hence the musicology information below only correlates wtih 1-3. I have not been able to nail down the exact year or when no 4 was added to the set.

quote]
I have located no in a different issue of the quarterly. i will upload and update this post with the missing chant by the end of today.

regards,
Scriabinoff


EDIT
New Music January 1945
Carl Ruggles Evocation No 4
Chant for piano
New Music January 1945 Carl Ruggles Evo ... p1f78wqy6o

[Jim Faston]

http://www.mediafire.com/view/?39j0d253ff3dasz
New Music July 1950
Piano Works by
Morton Feldman - Illusions for Piano
Seymore Shifrin- Four Cantos

B&W versions of the scores---

Feldman_Illusions for Piano.pdf

Shifrin_Four Cantos for Piano.pdf

[Jim Faston]

It's my understanding that all these old quarterlies are out of print, and thus 'ok' to post. I do know there is a new printing of the work featured in this issue for sale, so it's too close for comfort it can be removed, however nothing on this version says anything in the copyright print that ties it to the new company (Theodore Presser) and this version appears to be an early 'unrevised' or 'uncompleted' version as there appears to have been a 4th Chant composed sometime later or perhaps right around the time his was printed (or for some unexplained reason, the New Music Quarterly editors did not include it, but their naming of it as 3 Chants makes me think a 4th was not part of the set at this time), hence the musicology information below only correlates wtih 1-3. I have not been able to nail down the exact year or when no 4 was added to the set.

New Music Quarterly April 1943
Carl Ruggles Evocations - 3 Chants for Solo Piano

http://www.mediafire.com/view/?zatzmjzzzg0ymvi

Musicology:
Evocations, 4 Chants

Year: 1937-40
Genre: Other Keyboard
Pr. Instrument: Piano

1.Largo
2.Andante con fantasia
3.Moderato appassionato
4.Adagio sostenuto


(I believe this was his only piano solo composition).

"The four pieces assembled under the title Evocations were composed respectively during 1937, 1941, 1943 and 1940 for piano solo. These movements were also orchestrated by the composer from 1942 to the next few years, and continually revised through 1956. Pianist John Kirkpatrick has noted that in the orchestrations many musical phrases "are in earlier states than the final versions for piano." The opening "Largo" starts with a motif that gradually re-starts several times, each time extending its melodic range until it achieves large and passionate arcs. The music quickly descends again to the lower ranges with a still and quiet concluding chord covering a wide range. The second piece, marked "Andante sempre poco rubato" in the orchestral version and "Andante con fantasia" in the piano solo version, opens with a steady, wandering melody, which is made into more angular version, and then varied in slow tempo, and in tense double counterpoint that has two dramatic arching points and then subsides. The initial wandering idea returns for a brief statement and the music peacefully concludes. The third movement is a "Moderato appassionato" and is built of many short flowing melodic archs and highly dramatic chordal statements. The final "Adagio sostenuto" is built on accumulations of arching gestures in irregular rhythms, often rushing forward, balanced mid-way by a tense bridge of ascending double counterpoint. The music then becomes exceedingly quiet but still maintains its dissonant, tense character. The movement evaporates into silence.

© All Music Guide"

audio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUJttpcRor4

B&W version of the score---

Ruggles_Evocations (Three Chants for Piano).pdf

[Jim Faston]

there appears to have been a 4th Chant composed sometime later or perhaps right around the time his was printed (or for some unexplained reason, the New Music Quarterly editors did not include it, but their naming of it as 3 Chants makes me think a 4th was not part of the set at this time), hence the musicology information below only correlates wtih 1-3. I have not been able to nail down the exact year or when no 4 was added to the set.

quote]
I have located no in a different issue of the quarterly. i will upload and update this post with the missing chant by the end of today.

regards,
Scriabinoff


EDIT
New Music January 1945
Carl Ruggles Evocation No 4
Chant for piano
New Music January 1945 Carl Ruggles Evo ... p1f78wqy6o

B&W version of the score---

Ruggles_Evocation No4.pdf

[Scriabinoff]

there appears to have been a 4th Chant composed sometime later or perhaps right around the time his was printed (or for some unexplained reason, the New Music Quarterly editors did not include it, but their naming of it as 3 Chants makes me think a 4th was not part of the set at this time), hence the musicology information below only correlates wtih 1-3. I have not been able to nail down the exact year or when no 4 was added to the set.

quote]
I have located no in a different issue of the quarterly. i will upload and update this post with the missing chant by the end of today.

regards,
Scriabinoff


EDIT
New Music January 1945
Carl Ruggles Evocation No 4
Chant for piano
New Music January 1945 Carl Ruggles Evo ... p1f78wqy6o

B&W version of the score---

Ruggles_Evocation No4.pdf

@ Jim Faston,

Thank you so much for these cleaner (B&W) and smaller versions. I wish I had the ability ('know how') and capability (software) to do that. Also I feel relieved they are now 'attached' to the site as mediafire can be a fickle as they have the power to 'shut you down' at will so I'd hate for those uploads to get lost.

Question: Is this part of what a standard adobe acrobat is capable of or do you need photo editing software to do that (i.e go from shades if grey to black and white?).

Or by some uncanny coincidence did you just happen to have these versions of all the New Music Quarterly issues I posted? Aplogies for my ignorance, I know very little about such things but want to learn so I can do a better job of 'score rescue' in the futre....

Thanks again (I know the other board members appreciate it too).

I am still labeling other New Music issues and hope to be posting them this week as my schedule allows (i.e. classes, exams, practice, etc).

[Jim Faston]

there appears to have been a 4th Chant composed sometime later or perhaps right around the time his was printed (or for some unexplained reason, the New Music Quarterly editors did not include it, but their naming of it as 3 Chants makes me think a 4th was not part of the set at this time), hence the musicology information below only correlates wtih 1-3. I have not been able to nail down the exact year or when no 4 was added to the set.

quote]
I have located no in a different issue of the quarterly. i will upload and update this post with the missing chant by the end of today.

regards,
Scriabinoff


EDIT
New Music January 1945
Carl Ruggles Evocation No 4
Chant for piano
New Music January 1945 Carl Ruggles Evo ... p1f78wqy6o

B&W version of the score---

Ruggles_Evocation No4.pdf

@ Jim Faston,

Thank you so much for these cleaner (B&W) and smaller versions. I wish I had the ability ('know how') and capability (software) to do that. Also I feel relieved they are now 'attached' to the site as mediafire can be a fickle as they have the power to 'shut you down' at will so I'd hate for those uploads to get lost.

Question: Is this part of what a standard adobe acrobat is capable of or do you need photo editing software to do that (i.e go from shades if grey to black and white?).

Or by some uncanny coincidence did you just happen to have these versions of all the New Music Quarterly issues I posted? Aplogies for my ignorance, I know very little about such things but want to learn so I can do a better job of 'score rescue' in the futre....

Thanks again (I know the other board members appreciate it too).

I am still labeling other New Music issues and hope to be posting them this week as my schedule allows (i.e. classes, exams, practice, etc).

The new files were generated from your uploads--freeware programs to extract images from your files and recompile them to new PDFs and an ancient graphics program to manipulate the extracted images.

[Scriabinoff]

Here is one of those issues I mentioned I did not know where to put it as it contains an American and Austrian composer. Hopefully if Jim Faston or another member is/can help(ing) us and a cleaned compressed and separated version can be created from this one, the other gentleman can be in his proper home. Composer biographies are contained in the issue at the conclusion of each set of works.

New Music Quarterly April 1942
Otto Luening (US) - Eight Preludes
Paul A. Pisk (Austria) - Five Sketches
http://www.mediafire.com/view/?95q2w5wfyw17a55

[Scriabinoff]

another 'mixed bag'

New Music Quarterly April 1937
A. G Caturla -Comparsa , Yambambo
Clara Stocker - Two Little Pieces
http://www.mediafire.com/view/?be11zoacdidd6zn

I saw the Caturla Comparsa posted but also noticed there was a post stating a page was missing(?), I did not double check if it was 'fixed', if so, then I placed this in the right spot as I mainly posted here for the Stocker piano pieces. If the Comparsa is incomplete, hopefully we can migrate that one over to the right board later.