NSM publishes an Alto Saxophone edition of Weber's "Andante e Rondo Ongarese"

SOMERVILLE, Mass. - June 26, 2017 - PRLog -- Noteworthy Sheet Music, LLC (NSM) is an online sheet music publishing enterprise with a catalog of >150 editions, most of which are unavailable from other sources.  NSM specializes in, but is not limited to, sheet music for flute and alto flute.  They offer original contemporary works by distinguished American composers, facsimile editions of rare historical scores, and unique transcriptions of pieces from the classical repertoire.  Selected NSM publications are offered as professionally-printed hard copy versions, and most of NSM's catalog listings are available as convenient pdf downloads from the NSM website.  Visit www.NoteworthySheetMusic.com for additional information about the new release mentioned below and other NSM editions.  New sheet music selections are uploaded often, along with preview pages, contributing composer biographies, useful links, reviews and articles.

Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826) is widely credited with being a founder and leading composer of the Romantic school.  Weber was prolific, making major and influential contributions to almost every kind of music, including 7 operas and 3 Singspiels, other vocal and choral music, orchestral and wind music, and piano music.  Yet his chamber music consists of just 9 works (counting a set of 6 minor violin sonatas as one), and only the Grand Duo, the flute trio, and the clarinet quintet are substantial.  The scarcity of Weber's chamber music makes a transcription of a concertante work, especially a fine one not often played like the Andante e Rondo Ongarese, particularly welcome.  It was first written in 1809 for viola (J79), but revised in 1813 for bassoon (J158) in which form it gained increased popularity.  Combining the viola's range and the bassoon's timbre points inexorably to the clarinet and from there, in keeping with the tradition of creating saxophone transcriptions of 19^th century recital pieces, also the alto saxophone.  (information excerpted from the arranger's foreword to the edition)

In preparing both his previous clarinet transcription and the new alto saxophone edition, John W. Pratt worked from the piano and bassoon version of the piece, which is freely available in the public domain.  The Andante e Rondo Ongarese, Opus 35, is a challenging, fun-to-play showpiece for alto saxophone; visit the NSM website for additional information and to download a PDF of the saxophone part: https://www.noteworthysheetmusic.com/sheet-music/ensemble-tags/winds/515-weber-andante-e-rondo-ongarese-alto-saxophone-and-piano