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Sonata For Trumpet And Piano by Halsey Stevens. For Bb trumpet and piano. 20th Century. Difficulty: medium. Set of performance parts (includes separate pull-out trumpet part). Solo part and piano accompaniment. 29 pages. Published by Edition Peters (PE.P06030).

ISBN M-3007-0024-3. With solo part and piano accompaniment. 20th Century. 9x12 inches.

Halsey Stevens was born in 1908. In addition to his career as a composer, he was a scholar and musicologist. He is the author of the definitive book, 'The Life and Music of Bela Bartok', and also contributed articles to numerous scholarly journals. Halsey Stevens died in 1989.

Trumpet and Piano.

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Location: from Alfords Point Australia

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April 23, 2012

brilliant jewel

Stevens has created a masterful work for trumpet and piano. More a duet in structure as the piano is integral to the success of the work. Having two people on the same wave length is crucial. The use of direct accents and tenuto challenge the stylistic interpretation of the work....

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Location: from Hollywood, FL

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July 10, 2007

Halsey Stevens Trumpet Sonata

Written in 1956, Stevens' Sonata for Trumpet has taken its place in the standard solo literature of American trumpet players. The work is in three movements, fast - slow - fast, and takes around fifteen minutes to play. It is written for trumpet in Bb, and poses various technical and...

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Location: from Ypsilanti, MI

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June 6, 2007

Great for mixed-meter studies.

Learning how to "dance" with this piece is probably its biggest challenge. The constantly changing meters will keep you off-balance, but if you figure out the pattern, you can fall right in and just go with it. But, as Jason S. writes, have a good accompanist! Having an accompanist who...

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34 of 73 people found this review helpful.

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Location: from Orlando, FL

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March 15, 2005

Really good

This is a blast to work and play but make sure you have a good accompanist.

38 of 80 people found this review helpful.

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Location: from Greenville, SC

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March 4, 2002

Challenging

Very technical! Excellent piece! Be sure to get a good accompanist!

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