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Famous Beginnnings
by Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert,
Wagner, Brahms, Debussy, Schoenberg, Bartók,
Stravinsky, Holst, Berg and Strauss
Arranged for piano
by Peter Billam
© Peter J Billam, 2014
This score is offered under theCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
licence; seecreativecommons.org
This edition 24 March 2014.
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Johann Sebastian Bach, famous fugue−themes1
Arranged for piano by Peter Billam
Fuge in C major from WTC Book 1 BWV846
Fuge in B minor from WTC Book 1 BWV869tr
tr
Fuge in D minor from Toccata and Fugue (Dorian) BWV538
2222
trtr
Fuge in G minor from Fantasia and Fugue for Organ BWV542
Die Kunst der Fuge BWV1080 1742
Das Musikalische Opfer BWV1079 1747
22
tr
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Wolfgang Mozart2 W. A. Mozart
Arranged for piano by Peter Billam
Symphony in C K.V.551 17883 3
f Allegro vivace
3
3 p
3 3
f 3 3p
Die Zauberflöte 1791
22
Adagio
22
5 4
3
4
Allegro
f p
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Ludwig van Beethoven3
Arranged for piano by Peter Billam
Fifth SymphonyOp.67 1807
24
ff
24
das Schicksalsmotiv !
(see also Op.2 no.2, Op.57 etc)
p
mf cresc . . . ff
Sixth SymphonyOp.68 1808
p Allegro ma
Erwachen heiterer Empfindungen bei der Ankunft auf dem Lande
non troppo
cresc . . . f f p
cresc . . . f dim . . .
pp
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Franz Schubert, String Quartet No.14 in D minor D810 18244
Arranged for piano by Peter Billam
1st movementAllegro 3
ff 3
3
3
3
pp
3 3
3rd movementAndante con moto
pp
( Der Tod und das Mädchen )
cresc . . . . . . f dim . . . . . . p
pp
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Richard Wagner5
Arranged for piano by Peter Billam
Tristan and Isolde 1865Langsam und schmachtend
6868
pp
68
cresc . . . sf dim . . . p cresc . . .
dim . . . pp cresc . . . più fsf ff pdim
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg 1868Sehr mässig bewegt
f sehr kräftig und gehalten
Ped*
Ped
*Ped
*
*Ped1 1 2
1 2 1 1
3
Ped
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Johannes Brahms6
Arranged for piano by Peter Billam
Ein deutsches Requiem Op.45 1867
ziemlich langsam
Ped
und mit ausdrück
Ped Ped Ped Ped Ped Ped
Ped PedPed Ped
Ped Ped*
Symphonie No.4 Op.98 1885
p
Ped * Ped * Ped * Ped *
Ped*
Ped
* Ped *Ped *
cresc . . .
Ped
Ped Ped
dim . . .
Ped
Ped Ped Ped Ped
cresc . . .
Ped
f
PedPed
dim . . .
Ped*
p
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Claude Debussy, Prélude à l’après−midi d’un faune 18947
Arranged for piano by Peter Billam
p
98
3
Très modéré, doux et expressif
3
Ped
686868
pp
68
Ped
Ped
pp
Ped Ped
p
98
3
98
ppp
98
Ped
Ped
Ped
3
Ped
Ped
Ped
3 3 3
Ped Ped
PedPed
*
oboe
Ped Ped
Ped Ped Ped
Pedcresc . . .
Ped
dim . . .
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Arnold Schoenberg, Pierrot Lunaire Op.21 19108
Arranged for piano by Peter Billam
1: Mondestrunkenpp
24
Bewegt (cro = 66−70)
24
34
34
24
24
34
34
8: NachtGehende (cro = 80)
832pp
832832
9: Gebet an Pierrotp
22Mäßige (min = 60)
22
cresc . . .pparpegg.
21: O alter Duft Bewegt (min = 60)
44
13
pcresc . . .
44
5pp
35
24
15
24
dim . . . cresc . . .
3 1 2 4
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Bela Bartók, Bluebeards Castle 19119
Arranged for piano by Peter Billam
Andante (cro=92)
pp misterioso
meno mosso (cro=72)
mp
44
p
44
3434
34
44
mf cresc . . .
44
34
p
34
molto cresc . . . f sfcresc . . .
p dim . . . pp
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Igor Stravinsky, The Rite of Spring 191310 Igor Stravinsky
Arranged for piano by Peter Billam
The Adoration of the Earth
44
3 3
Lento cro=50 a piacere
44
34
34
3
44
5
44
24
3
24
5
34
poco accelerando
34
13
3 3
23
3 3
23
3
24
3
24
in tempo
24
34
34
3
24
5
24
103 3 3
acceler
34
5
33434
piu mosso
24
3
24
24
3
15
cro=66
153 3
24
3
13
3
3
24
3
24
3
15
6
3 3
3
24
3 3
634
34
3 3
24
13
3
24
125
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Gustav Holst, The Planets, Mars 191511
Arranged for piano by Peter Billam
54
p
854
5
3
4 3 2 5 4 3 2
3 3 3 3
8
3 3 3 3 3
cresc . . .
8
3 3mf
3
Ped
dim . . .
Ped
3 3
*
p
8
3 3 3 3 3
8
3cresc . . .3
Ped
3
*
mf3
Ped
3
8
*
3 3mf cresc
3
Ped
f
Ped
3 3
f
8Ped
3 3 3 3 3
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Alban Berg12
Arranged for piano by Peter Billam
Wozzeck 1922(cro=60)24
p sehr mäßige Viertel
24
etwas zögernd
− − −
−− sf
mfa tempo
dim . . . p
Violinkonzert 1935Andante (cro=56)
pp
Ped
p
Ped Ped Ped*
mp
PedPed Ped
mf
Ped
poco rit . .
mfmp
Ped
molto rit . . .
dim . . . p
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Richard Strauss, Metamorphosen 194513
Arranged for piano by Peter Billam
Adagio ma non troppo
p
Ped aufwärts streben*
Ped
5
*
Schicksal
10
Trauermarsch
15 Gesang . . .
20 3 3
Ped
3 3
Ped Ped
25
*Ped
. . .cresc
Ped *
30
Ped
. . .cresc
*
34
mff
Ped Ped
Ped Ped *Ped Ped
40
Ped Ped
dim . . .
*
Ped
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ccBY
Peter Billam was born in London in 1948, studied piano, and lived in Switzerland from 1973 to1983, where he studied composition, classical guitar, flute and voice, worked as Musical Directorof the Théâtre Populaire Romand, and as recording engineer, record producer and computerprogrammer. He moved to Tasmania in 1983, lectured in composition at the Conservatorium,conducted recorder ensembles and choirs, studied recorder, voice and keyboard. Hefoundedwww.pjb.com.au, becoming the first composer to sell scores on-line, taking scores fromComposer to Performer in one immediate step.Www.pjb.com.auoffers a new approach to musicpublishing. Thesepieces arewritten to be read, made to be played !
Compositionsat www.pjb.com.auinclude:Five Short Pieces, guitar, 1979;Divisions on an ItalianGround, flute and guitar, 1980;De ProfundisandNacht, on poems by Lama Anagarika Govinda, voice andpiano, 1980;Fünf Bagatellen, piano, 1980;Five Rounds, choir, 1986; Go Forth and Multiply, choir, 1986;Three Violin Duets, 1987; Fable, for piano, 1987;To Erich Jantsch, SAATTB recorders, 1988;A Suite ofCurves, trombone (or horn) and piano, 1990;Two Recorder Duets, alto recorders, or other melodyinstruments, 1991;Tr ombone Quintet, trombone, flute, piano, bass, and percussion, 1994;Three Songs, onpoems by Jack Kerouac, Vikram Seth and Dylan Thomas, voice and piano (only the first and third of these areavailable), 1994; Piano Study, piano, 1994;Four Dances, various ensembles including recorder quartet,string quartet, 1995;The Poet in the Clouds, on a poem by S. T. Coleridge,SATB choir, 1995;Tr es Casidasdel Diván del Tamarit, on poems by Federico García Lorca, voice and piano, 1997;Three Suites, for thesolo line, piano, and piano and a solo line, 2000;Die Zeiten, on poems by Kästner, Bachman and Jünger,choir (only the second and third of these are available), 2000;Three Duetsfor flutes, 2001;For Four Handsforpiano four hands, 2002;Three Preludesfor piano, 2003;Second Solo Suitefor flute, violin, viola or cello,2003;Guitar Duetfor two guitars, 2006;We Who Mournfor choir, 2007; Trio With Guitar for guitar andtwo clarinets or two recorders or two violas, 2008;Canonsfor two- and four-hand piano, 2009;Flute Trio,2012;Twenty Studiesfor piano, 2013-14;Music for Stringsfor 2vln, 2vla, 2vlc, 2015.
Arrangements include: By J. S. Bach:Trio BWV 655, piano and flute;Vor deinen Thron BWV 668,piano;Fugue in F minor BWV 689, SATB recorders;Four Duets BWV 802-5, keyboard;Six Preludes andFuguesfrom Book I, keyboard;Flute Sonata BWV 1031transposed into G major for alto recorder andkeyboard;Flute Sonata BWV 1032completed by Peter Billam for flute and keyboard, also in C major foralto recorder, and in G major for descant;Ricercare a 3, from the Musikalisches Opferfor keyboard;Ricercare a 6, for sSATBG recorders, or strings, or two keyboards; andFuga Canonica in Epidiapente;from theArt of Fugue: Contrapuncti 1, 4 and9 for keyboard, andContrapunctus 14as completed by D. F.To v e y, for keyboard, or for SATB recorders, or for strings;Passacaglia and Fugue in cfor piano fourhands;Chorales with Descantfor melody instrument and piano;Cello Suites I, II and III for flute or altorecorder,Forty Chorales for piano,Der Geist hilftfor SATB-SATB recorders. By Brahms:Fugue in Abminor for organ, for SATB recorders and gamba, in A minor;Choralvorspiele for organ plus settings byIsaac, Bach, Praetorius, recorders.John Carr, Divisions on an Italian Ground, flute or recorder and guitar.Franz Liszt,Late piano pieces, G.F. Händel: Concerto Grosso in A minorop 6 no 4, harpsichord andrecorders;Recorder Sonata in Bbno 5, in G for tenor recorder and keyboard. ClaudioMonteverdi, EccoMormorar l’Onde, SSATB recorders. Arnold Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht for piano. Franz Schubert:Four Songs, voice and guitar;Dances, recorders and guitar, Dances, piano 4 hands.Scriabin,Two Preludesop.67; Five Preludes op.74, piano. Telemann,Twelve Flute Fantasias, recorder. Wilbye, Draw on sweetNight, SSATTB recorders, and for flute choir. Twelve Italian Songs, voice and guitar;Seven English Songs,voice and guitar;Fourteen Folk Dance Tunes, recorder and guitar;Bushband Dances, violin, accordeon andbanjo;Easy Classical Pieces, Bb trumpet and piano;Famous Beginnings, for piano.
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