JAVS Fall 2006

A Piece in J>op11 lar Style is another charming work, very differenr rrom the Theme and Vt1riations and the llomage a Eri c Satie, and he seems to be utilizing a more popul ar "Ameri cana" vo ice wi th jazzy syncopa tion rhythms li ke ones found in ershwin's Americnn ill Paris or Monon Gould's Lntin Americnn Syrnp!Jonettf' (No. 4). In thi s work, ' hulman seems to be very arruned to rhe other Ameri can musical styles that were forming and being popularized ar rhe rime, such as jazz and boogie-woogie. ln this work, he freely embrace them ro help defi ne rhe "American" vo ice rhar many composers of his rime successfully pioneered . Th is piece wi ll rake some dedica ted prac tice, a rhe viol a writing is a li rrle tricky wirh rhe fast notes, string crossings and generous use of "blue notes" and accidenrals. The piece is mostly in a four meter, but rhere are quite a few tempo changes for such a short pi ece rhat wi ll need ro be rehea rsed with the piani t. T his pi ece i certai nly a fre h innovati ve choice fo r an encore piece, and wi ll certainly "wow" the listeners as it sounds much more difficult than ir

actually is (a wonderfu lly convenient quali ty as most of us can agree!) .

Both of these wo rks arc ava ilable at: ht tp: / /www.capital .ner/com/ggjj/shulman

Key to the Difficul ty level char t: I Very Easy 2 omewhat Easy 3 Intermediate 4 Somewhat Diffi cult 5 Difficult 6 Very Difficult

Please send all viola scores for review con ideration w:

Kenneth Marrin on, Viola Proressor Uni ve rsity of Fl orida chool of Music, 30013 AUD P.O. Box I 17900 Gainesville, FL 326 11-7900

STRINGS UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES GRADUATE DEGREES PERFORMANCE DIPLOMA ARTIST DIPLOMA FACULTY' Andrew Mark, Chair ViOliN: Bonnie Bewick, Lynn Cha ng. Judith Eissenberg. Ronan Lefkowi tz, Sharan Leven thal , joseph McGauley, Irina Mu resa nu , Magdalena Richter. Tamara Smi rnova ViOLA: Cathy Basrak. Edward Gazouleas, Leonard Matczynski, Patricia McCa r ty, Rictor Noren, Roger Tapping

ViOLONCELLo: Ronald Feldman , Andrew Mark, Rhonda Rider

DOUBLE BASS: Benjamin Levy, joseph Holt. Dennis Roy, Lawrence Wolfe •subJI(t to ch<~ng~

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