Aaron Copland – Ballet Music for Piano

Solo piano transcriptions of Appalachian Spring Suite, Billy the Kid, Dance Panels, Rodeo, and a 2 pianos, 4 hands transcription of Dance of the Adolescent. With a composer biography and notes on the ballets. Contents: SOLO PIANO: Appalachian Spring Suite · Billy the Kid: (I. The Open Prairie · II. Street Scene in a Frontier Town A. Cowboys amble by B. Mexican dance and finale · III. Billy and HIs Sweetheart · IV. Celebration after Billy’s Capture) · DANCE PANELS: (I. Introduction: Moderato · II. Allegretto con tenerezza · III. Scherzando · IV. Pas de Trois: Lento · V. Con brio · VI. Con moto · VII. MOlto Ritmico) · RODEO: (First Episode: Buckaroo Holiday · Second Episode: Corral Nocturne · Ranch House Party · Third Episode: Saturday-Night Waltz · Fourth Episode: Hoe-Down