Theodore Presser Company Sheet Music

Presents II is a varied collection of short and long piano pieces written for people who touched composer Peter Schickele's life; whether in longtime friendships or through chance encounters. These pi...

In his early twenties; Peter Schickele was profoundly affected by a performance of Boulez's Second Piano Sonata; changing his impression of contemporary music forever. According to Schickele; these Fo...

For Piano.

For Piano Solo. Classical. Solo part. 16 pages.

The Schickele signature: easy to the ear; delightful to the sense of humor; stimulating to the imagination and tricky ( just a little ) to the fingers. For studios; secondary; college; home. Easy-medi...

For Bb clarinet and Violoncello

Shulamit Ran's delicately tinted chamber work Birkat Haderekh...glowed with a sense of gentle but firm supplication; its title rendered from the Hebrew as 'Blessing for the Road.' -- Jeremy Eichler; T...

In celebration of its 75th anniversary season; the Tanglewood Music Center commissioned a mixed quartet from Shulamit Ran; resulting in this work's original 2015 scoring for Bb Clarinet; Violin; Cello...

For Piano Solo. Classical. Solo part. Composed 1984. 4 pages. Duration 3:00.

For Piano Solo. Solo part. Composed 1989. 8 pages. Duration 5:00.

For Piano Solo. Performance score. Composed 1984. 8 pages. Duration 6:00.

For Piano Solo. Solo part. Composed 1999. 15 pages. Duration 6:00.

For Piano Solo. Solo part. 3 pages. Duration 2:00.

For Piano Solo. World premiere at Birmingham Symphony Hall, England, November 13, 2005. US premiere at Isaac Stern Auditorium, Carnegie Hall, December 4, 2005. Solo part. 8 pages.

Chen Yi's sparklingly inventive variations are based on the Chinese folk song 'Awariguli;' the name of a beautiful girl from the Uygur ethnic minority in Xinjiang. This solo piano work was written dur...

Chen Yi's 8-minute musical poem is imaginative and expressive; with layers of passion and lyricism; and a misty sense of suspended time. The composer was inspired by nature; creating the lines: In the...

Chen Yi's Bamboo Dance depicts a folk tradition from southern China that has been used for ritual ceremonies and harvest celebrations throughout history. The traditional dance features pairs of people...

Chen Yi’s BAMBOO SONG is a powerful scene of optimism, inspired by artists who are self-disciplined and consistent, and who seriously care about nature and society. The composer writes: “Bamboo Song h...

Chen Yi uses her signature melodic lines to transform two favorite poems from 7th and 8th century China into contemporary art forms for voice and piano. For advanced duo; with tightly interwoven dialo...

For Alto Saxophone and String Quartet

BRIDGE OF DREAMS was inspired by four Japanese paintings of the 17th and 18th centuries; with each of the suite's four movements named after the painting it depicts. These paintings may be seen at New...

For Clarinet, Glockenspiel, and Piano

Composed in 1981; In Praise of Zephyrus was written for oboist Philip West. Richard Wernick later provided this brief program note: Zephyrus was the god of the west wind. Philip West; of blessed memor...