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Photo: Basil Langton
Instrumental Solos
Alto Saxophone
Aeolian Song (2nd Movement of Concertino for Alto Sax & Wind Ensemble)
Donald Sinta, saxophone, Nelita True, piano
Mark Custom Recording 4372-MCD
Theodore Presser Company-rental
05:00
a.s. with w.e., & rentd/sld as a.s./pf & a.s./cham orch: 1(pc).1.1.1/1.0.0.0/stg/1 perc (be); or a.s./str orch
1953
for Sigurd Rascher
Donald Sinta, saxophone, Nelita True, piano
Mark Custom Recording 4372-MCD
Theodore Presser Company-rental
05:00
a.s. with w.e., & rentd/sld as a.s./pf & a.s./cham orch: 1(pc).1.1.1/1.0.0.0/stg/1 perc (be); or a.s./str orch
1953
for Sigurd Rascher
Cantilena
Boosey & Hawkes/Hal Leonard
02:50
Alto Saxophone, pf
1954
for Sigurd Rascher
Boosey & Hawkes/Hal Leonard
02:50
Alto Saxophone, pf
1954
for Sigurd Rascher
Farewell
Donald Sinta, saxophone, Nelita True, piano
Mark Custom Recording 4372-MCD
Theodore Presser Company-sales
01:30
Alto Saxophone, pf
1964
for Don Sinta
Donald Sinta, saxophone, Nelita True, piano
Mark Custom Recording 4372-MCD
Theodore Presser Company-sales
01:30
Alto Saxophone, pf
1964
for Don Sinta
Bassoon – easy
Song and Dance
Boosey & Hawkes/Hal Leonard
02:10
bassoon, pf
1953
Boosey & Hawkes/Hal Leonard
02:10
bassoon, pf
1953
Clarinet – easy
Gentle Song, A
Theodore Presser Company-sales
01:35
Clarinet, pf
1953
Theodore Presser Company-sales
01:35
Clarinet, pf
1953
Oboe, English Horn, French Horn – easy
Evening Piece
Boosey & Hawkes/Hal Leonard
02:00
Oboe or Eng hn, pf
1952
Boosey & Hawkes/Hal Leonard
02:00
Oboe or Eng hn, pf
1952
Soliloquy for Horn in F and Piano
Hal Leonard/Sheet Music Direct
2:40
hn, pf
1958
Hal Leonard/Sheet Music Direct
2:40
hn, pf
1958
Percussion
Three Dances for Solo Snare Drum
Movement 1 - Cretan Dance
Movement 2 - Fox Trot
Movement 3 - Fandango
James Campbell, solo snare
Movement 1 - Cretan Dance
Movement 2 - Fox Trot
Movement 3 - Fandango
James Campbell, solo snare
Steve Weiss Music
05:00
snare drum
1961
05:00
snare drum
1961
Piano – easy
Alexandria Set
Bill Dobbins, piano
Hal Leonard/Sheet Music Direct
5:35
Piano – easy
1995
Bill Dobbins, piano
Hal Leonard/Sheet Music Direct
5:35
Piano – easy
1995
If I Could Be…Four Daydreams for Piano
Theodore Presser Company-sales
03:00
Piano – easy
1963
Theodore Presser Company-sales
03:00
Piano – easy
1963
Not Without Merritt
Theodore Presser Company-sales
05:00
Piano – easy; humorous
1985
for Merritt Torrey, Jr.
Theodore Presser Company-sales
05:00
Piano – easy; humorous
1985
for Merritt Torrey, Jr.
Recipe For a Little Girl
Subito Music/The Online Subito Store
01:30
Piano – easy
1963
Subito Music/The Online Subito Store
01:30
Piano – easy
1963
Roswell Set
Hal Leonard/Sheet Music Direct
2:00
piano – easy
1995
Hal Leonard/Sheet Music Direct
2:00
piano – easy
1995
Three Macedonian Miniatures
Theodore Presser Company-sales
04:15
Piano – easy
1951
Theodore Presser Company-sales
04:15
Piano – easy
1951
Serenade for Flute
Hal Leonard/Sheet Music Direct
2:30
flute with piano – easy
1953
Hal Leonard/Sheet Music Direct
2:30
flute with piano – easy
1953
Trombone – easy
Aubade
Hal Leonard/Sheet Music Direct
02:00
Trombone (or Baritone-Teble clef), pf
1956
Hal Leonard/Sheet Music Direct
02:00
Trombone (or Baritone-Teble clef), pf
1956
Trumpet – easy
Prologue
Hal Leonard/Sheet Music Direct
01:50
Trumpet, pf
1956
Hal Leonard/Sheet Music Direct
01:50
Trumpet, pf
1956
Tuba
Arioso
Scott C. Watson, tuba, Ellen R. Bottorff, piano
Stepping Stones for Tuba Volume 1, Potenza Music
Hal Leonard
02:10
Tuba, pf
Scott C. Watson, tuba, Ellen R. Bottorff, piano
Stepping Stones for Tuba Volume 1, Potenza Music
Hal Leonard
02:10
Tuba, pf
1958
Serpentine Shadows
I. Song 1:13
II. Dance 0:42
III. Hymn 1:21
IV. Riff 0:54
Joseph Skillen and Brian Gallion, Tuba
2BA 2UNES Mark Records 52098-MCD
03:30