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Alan Bullard is probably best known to Pianodao readers as the co-author (with Janet) of the brilliant Pianoworks series of adult method and repertoire books, which I have reviewed here and use with my students on a near-daily basis.
Bullard is also respected as the composer of a set of 24 Preludes, reviewed here, which have found their place in the repertoire for more advanced players at around Grades 7-8 (including on the ABRSM syllabus).
Now he’s back with Aspects of Blue, his first publication with the adventurous boutique publishing house Editions Musica Ferrum, and arriving in their gorgeous house style.
We are told,
“These seven piano pieces, of intermediate difficulty, represent different aspects of the twelve-bar blues structure, which originated in the southern states of the USA in the mid-nineteenth century. Each is based on the twelve-bar blues chord sequence, but responds to it in a different way, with stylistic reference to the past as well as the present, providing a contrasting set of pieces which can be played complete or individually.”
Intrigued? Let’s investigate…
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