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Adagio for Strings Piano Solo by Samuel Barber String Orchestra - Sheet Music
By Samuel Barber
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Adagio for Strings
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Details
Piano, Piano/Keyboard - SMP Level 4 (Intermediate)
SKU: HL.50480216
Piano Solo. Composed by Samuel Barber. Edited by L Rosen. Arranged by Rosen. Piano Solo. 20th Century. Single piece. With standard notation (does not include words to the songs). 6 pages. G. Schirmer #ST48819. Published by G. Schirmer (HL.50480216).UPC: 073999802160. 9x12 inches.
In the key of A minor (original key: B-flat minor).
About SMP Level 4 (Intermediate)
Introduction of 4-note chords and sixteenth notes. Hand movement covering 2 to 3 octaves.
Ratings + Reviews
Based on 4 Reviews
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Nomadness
May 31, 2012
Beware the Key
It's wonderful to have this arranged for piano, and it closely tracks the Keisuke Nakagoshi performance on YouTube (which inspired me to track this down in the first place). But what am I doing wrong? I kept asking myself... until I suddenly noticed that the original is in B-flat minor and this has been transcribed to A minor. It still sounds great and has all the subtlety of the original, but I'm wondering about the wisdom of devoting a considerable investment in muscle-memory training into a version that's a half-step low.
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Unike H.
October 08, 2011
Nice, but Odd Paper Folding
It sounds great on piano; even better on organ. The easy rating comes because the music itself is slow and has few moving parts, not because it is dumbed down.But it's printed on both sides of one long sheet of paper. Turning pages works until you just about have to turn the whole ungainly thing over.
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Fliszt
October 07, 2011
Adagio for Strings
Extraordinary arrangement. Of spec ial note is the way the transcbriber passes the nmelody back and forth between hands, a challenge to bring out the melody clarly. Fun to play. Beautiful expeience.
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88melter
February 16, 2010
What a MESS on the Page...
The reviewer who said that this arrangement could be the basis for another, better, adaptation is spot on! Mr. Rosen, whose Joplin reductions are very nice, has NOT suceeded with this chart. I did indeed use it as the basis for another adaptation, which I use for myself and my students. This commercial one is rife with meaningless ties, poor distribution of notes, poorly-placed shifts of the clefs, etc.
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