Rhapsody No. 1 For Guitar, Op. 23 is currently unavailable

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Solo Guitar - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1029380 Composed by Tony Ferrizzi. 20th Century,Contemporary,Jazz. Individual part. 9 pages. Focus Publications #4845131. Published by Focus Publications (A0.1029380). Recognized at a young age for his virtuosity and technical finesse as both a flatpicking and fingerpicking guitarist, Tony Ferrizzi-now 33-has matured into a musician capable of great feats in both jazz and classical arenas. Recognized nationally for his improvisational ability and adventurous graphical scores, Tony was the recent recipient of a generous private grant, which allowed him the opportunity to-for the first time-contribute fully composed, traditional scores to the art music idiom."Rhapsody No. 1" represents the efforts of a talented creative musician in a compositional space that many such musicians avoid. It positions itself quite clearly in the theoretical line extending from late romanticism though Stravinsky, Debussy, and Ravel, into Schoenberg, and then through the harmonic inventions of Bartók and Messiaen. It does that while also attempting to find a voice for the solo guitarist in atonal and polytonal contemporary classical music.The theoretical aim of this music has to do with a synthesis of polytonal harmony and modern jazz musical structures. It is as indebted to 60s era Miles, the later Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, and Anthony Braxton as it is to Ravel, Stravinsky, and Schönberg (and the implicit claim is that there is in the end quite a lot relating the fields that those composers worked in).The graphic notation on the piece, which is not represented in the audio sample provided, necessitates improvisation on the part of the performer. Where the score is obscured, a choice must be made. The content of the painting describes the character of that improvisation, much the way traditional dynamics, articulations, and tempo markings do.In the final moment, this piece is about freedom, it is about creation-it is sure to excite and to challenge even the most advanced guitarist. 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 both popular titles and original compositions from a wide variety of voices and backgrounds. 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).