Songs without words

Songs without words Songs Without Words for Tenor Trombone by Gabriel Fauré, edited and arranged by William Stanley is appropriate for trombone players of all ages. This item includes a CD containing audio files of the piano accompaniment. A printable PDF of the piano accompaniment is available here. NOTE: This edition includes all the exercises in both BASS and TENOR clef. All trombone players strive to make their performances “sing,” so what better way than to practice Songs Without Words? These vocalises by Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) follow a long tradition of using vocal exercises as study material for trombone. This edition is based on the excellent critical work (Edition Peters - EP 11385 used by permission) of Roy Howat and Emily Kilpatrick, noted Fauré scholars, who discovered the songs from ear-training exercises, test pieces, and entrance audition material used at the Paris Conservatory. Fauré’s piano accompaniments are included as a printable PDF, along with a CD recording of the accompaniments played on piano. The original intents of these songs are not so removed from us today, and can provide multiple uses for the modern trombone player including ear-training (both on and off the instrument), sight-reading, and musical expression within rather condensed material. "Vocal melodies offer so much to trombonists, teaching us about musical line and expression, and the use of perfectly controlled air release. Trombonists have a rich history of working with vocal melodies, as teachers for more than a century have utilized their inherent emotion ad musicality to simultaneously develop the technical and musical, thereby negating the necessity for so much dull, unproductive technical work. In this case, getting to explore the work of one of the giants of melodic writing is of vital importance to us. Some may debate the relevance of trombonists performing such works but one thing is for me indisputable: getting our hands dirty with this great material can only be of benefit to us musically; indeed, it is in my opinion essential. This publication has the added benefit of being with piano, although it works perfectly for practice purposes without it. Learning to work with a pianist in a chamber setting as an equal partner rather than just treating them as an accompanist is not only of use in this environment but prepares us for interacting in other settings, like orchestra or chamber ensemble."—Ian Bousfield, former Principal Trombonist, London Symphony Orchestra and Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Professor of Trombone at the Hochschule der Künste in Bern, Switzerland 36 pages, includes CD containing sound files of the piano accompaniment and bass and tenor clef versions of all the etudes; spiral bound to lay flat on the music stand