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
Aaron Copland: Walk to the Bunkhouse from film suite Red Pony
Charles Ives: Finale from Second Symphony
Virgil Thomson: Blues from The Plow that Broke the Plains
George Gershwin: Promenade (or Walking the Dog) from Shall We Dance)
Louis Moreau Gottschalk: Dance Cubaine from Ojos Criollos
Scott Joplin: Bethena Waltz
Henry F. Gilbert: Delphine from Three American Dances