Carson Cooman: In the Fire of Images: Three Etudes (2002) for alto saxophone and piano is currently unavailable

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Alto Saxophone,Piano - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.533581 Composed by Carson Cooman. Concert,Contemporary,Standards. Score and part. 16 pages. Musik Fabrik Music Publishing #3028553. Published by Musik Fabrik Music Publishing (A0.533581). I. CapriccioII. CortegeIII. CatastropheIn the Fire of Images: Three Etudes (2002) for alto saxophone and piano was written for and isdedicated to saxophonist Paul Wehage. The work was commissioned by Maurice and AmyKatz. The title comes from a line in a poem by George Mackay Brown. The line provided theinspiration for the extra-musical trajectory of the work.The three movements are etudes that focus primarily on aspects of rhythm – particularlyasymmetrical rhythmic groupings contained within straightforward measure divisions. Withinthe piano part, the use of ostinati plays a large role in the construction of each etude. Overallrhythmic patterns and sequences are shared between the three etudes.The first etude, Capriccio, presents an ostinato pattern in the piano based on a series of pitchsets. The saxophone explores this material over the top of the ostinato in a variety of lyricgestures.The second etude, Cortege, explores ideas of additive, augmenting, and transforming melody. Aseries of descending chords in the piano provides a harmonic support to the saxophone’s verylong-breathed melodies.The third etude, Catastrophe, has the feeling of “something gone terribly wrong.” An optimisticand lively melody is presented in the beginning only to give way quickly to feelings of greatunrest – chords do not change at their expected time, and the saxophone ends up in severerhythmic displacement. A brief and rhythmically crazed cadenza leads to the conclusion. Theoriginal music attempts to be recalled, fails, and an enigmatic and hammered coda brings themovement to an unsettling close. This product was created by a member of ArrangeMe, Hal Leonard's global self-publishing community of independent composers, arrangers, and songwriters. ArrangeMe allows for the publication of unique arrangements of popular titles and original compositions from a variety of voices and backgrounds. The length, difficulty, and retail pricing are determined solely by the discretion of the person who arranged or composed it. About Digital Downloads Digital Downloads are downloadable sheet music files that can be viewed directly on your computer, tablet or mobile device. Once you download your digital sheet music, you can view and print it at home, school, or anywhere you want to make music, and you don’t have to be connected to the internet. Just purchase, download and play! PLEASE NOTE: Your Digital Download will have a watermark at the bottom of each page that will include your name, purchase date and number of copies purchased. You are only authorized to print the number of copies that you have purchased. You may not digitally distribute or print more copies than purchased for use (i.e., you may not print or digitally distribute individual copies to friends or students).