Rick Sowash posted this note on December 7, 1996:
Memo to: Cellists Once again I'm pondering that age-old question: When you cast your bread upon the waters, does anything come back besides soggy bread? Continuing my on-going, life-long experiment to see how many friends composers can make by offering their scores, at no profit, to anybody who wants them, I'm hereby offering to send you the full score and parts for various newly available works. I've notated the scores on computer, using Finale -- they're entirely professional-looking and in a loose-leaf format, with page-turns worked out, etc. The scores are: 1) "Spring Fever Suite" for two cellos. I wrote this piece a few years ago for Terry King who made a beautiful recording of it wi th Charles Wendt, for eventual release on CD, though it has not been issued yet. The piece is in six movements, as follows: I. Presto - in D major II. Lento, rubato - in g minor III. Andante - in Bb major IV. - Allegro - in d minor V. - Adagio - in G major VI. Moderato-Allegro - in C major The character of the piece is bright, optimistic, even a little humorous sometimes, but it's still a serious piece. The fourth movement is based on the melodic fragment that accompanies the words "buy me some peanuts and crackerjack" in the old song "Take Me Out the Ball Game" and there is another fragment of that song in the piece as well, at the end, "... for it's one, two, three strikes you're out" .... There's also a quotation from the Hallelujah Chorus in the first movement. These are not pie-in-your-face quotations, a` la Charles Ives (whom I admire, don't get me wrong ). They go by so fast that most listeners probably wouldn't even catch them. If you're interested in this piece, I can send it to you with an invoice for to cover photocopying and postage costs ... photocopying will be $3.52. 2) Harvest Hymn and Harvest Dance: Homage to Willa Cather for cello and piano. Two movements, slow then fast, connected by a cello cadenza. Written in a very Copland-Thomson-Barber-esque "American" style. Photocopying: $1.54. 3) Suite in six mov'ts. for Bb clarinet and cello called "Born of the Same Wild Mother" (referring to Mother Earth -- not some tattoo'd Hell's Angel's Mama). Photocopying: $2.09. 4) My new Quintet for A Clarinet and strings in d minor in four mov'ts was premiered last June in Paris. Photcopying the full score and parts will come to: $13.97. 5) Daweswood Suite for Bb Clarinet, Violin, Cello and Pia no ... This work was composed while I was an artist-in-residence at the beautiful Dawes Arboretum near Newark, Ohio. Each movement reflects upon a stage in the growth of plants. The opening movement, "The Bud," is hopeful and perky, forward-looking, perpetually unfolding into larger versions of itself. The second movement, "The Blossom," is languid and chastely sensuous (if that's possible). The last movement, "The Berry," is spicy and pungent, suggesting native Americans and all the uses they made of berries. There is a hymn-like tune in this movement as well, a gesture of thanksgiving. Photocopying: $8.58 There is a splendid CD recording of this work also available. Gasparo Records GSCD-285 "Chamber Music with Clarinet by Rick Sowash" played by The Mirecourt Trio and Craig Olzenak, clarinetist. In addition to the "Daweswood Suite" the CD also includes "Anecdotes and Re flect ions" (also scored for clarinet, violin, cello and piano) and "Street Suite" (duo for violin and clarinet). At record stores, this CD sells for $14.99. But for you? Such a deal! You can get the CD from me for the low, low price of $10. I'll also make bold to mention that I have a very fine one-movement string quartet, called Fantasia on "Shenandoah," 14 minutes long, loosely based on the Beethoven Op. 59 #1, first mov't, though also on "Shenandoah" if you can picture that.. ... it is only available, however, in the form of photocopies of my handwritten originals. They are quite readable, but not as good-lookin' as Finale notation, of course. The piece has been recorded on a CD called "Music for the Appalachian Trail." It's 14.99 in stores, $10 from me. And I've got four piano trios, though these also are available only in handwritten ms . They have been beautifully recorded by the Mirecourt Trio and that CD is available in stores for $14.99 as "Rick Sowash: The Four Piano Trios," or you can get it from me for $10. I've got a lot of other pieces that include cello, and if you want to know more about those pieces, and about me and my work you can get all sorts of information by viewing my web site at: http://www2.primax.com/users/~ricks/default.html Six of my compositions can be downloaded for free from my web site, if you have Finale. Please pass the word about all this to your cellist friends. If you want any of the above-described scores and/or CDs, please e-mail me a note telling me which items you want and stating your physical address. I will then mail your order to you, and enclose an invoice for the photocopying and postage. Rick Sowash Cincinnati, OH ph. (513)542-4314 e-mail: 73563.3161@compuserve.com
Cello Duets and Trios by Elias
Music for Violoncello and Piano
Norwegian Cello Music-An Extensive List
Tim Finholt's Survey of the Bach Suite Editions
Works for Cello Alone
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Works for Cello and Piano
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