What's New at Tritone-Tenuto

July 2010
Trilogy of Flute/Clarinet duets by Daniel Dorff now available
OLD NEW BORROWED BLUE is the aptly-titled name of Tenuto's new anthology of flute/clarinet duets by Daniel Dorff. The centerpiece of the collection is a new 7-minute duet titled THREE LITTLE WALTZES, built with the same sparkle and drive as Dorff's earlier works for this instrumental pairing. The new publication also includes newly-engraved and slightly updated editions of Dorff's earlier duets DANCES AND CANONS, and ANDANTE CON VARIAZIONI. The new THREE LITTLE WALTZES will be premiered at the 2010 annual convention of the National Flute Association.

March 2009
Study score now available for Anthony Iannaccone's DANCING ON VESUVIUS
Tenuto Publications is proud to publish a 9x12 score to Anthony Iannaccone's newest orchestra work, DANCING ON VESUVIUS. The 12½-minute work for standard-size orchestra was premiered in November 2008 by the Dearborn (MI) Symphony. The title refers to a metaphor made by Alban Berg in a 1933 letter to his wife, in which Berg compared the carefree decadence of German society while in a growing crisis to dancing on a volcano. Iannaccone's work draws inspiration from Berg's observation, balancing dancing optimism with a dark underlying turbulence that ultimately erupts and engulfs the spirited dance.

February 2009
All-Dorff concert at Mid-Atlantic Flute Fair features composer as clarinetist, and premiere of new flute music
On February 22, flutist Cindy Anne Strong presented a concert of flute music by Daniel Dorff at the Mid-Atlantic Flute Fair, in Reston, VA. Ms. Strong performed Dorff's THREE ROMANCES and TWO CATS, both for flute and clarinet, as well as excerpts from the newly-published A TREASURY OF BACH DUETS, arranged by Dorff for flute and clarinet. The composer performed as guest clarinetist in all these works. The recital also featured Tiffany Holmes as flutist in the premiere of TREES (after the poem by Joyce Kilmer), for solo Flute with Narration; the narration was performed by Ms. Strong. TREES may be presented either with the flutist as narrator, or by two performers.

September 2008
Geoffrey Peterson's HOMAGE TO DONALD ERB wins performance prize through American Composers Forum
Geoffrey Peterson's homage to the late Donald Erb, Peterson's former teacher and mentor, has been awarded the Pascal Gallois competition prize through the Philadelphia Chapter of the American Composers Forum. Bassoonist Pascal Gallois will perform the unaccompanied bassoon composition at Temple University on October 31. Peterson's work is published by Tenuto both in the original bassoon version, and also transcribed for solo bass clarinet. To see a preview of the music, click here.

August 2008
Anthony Iannaccone's DANCING ON VESUVIUS to be premiered by Dearborn Symphony
On November 14, 2008, the Dearborn (MI) Symphony will premiere Anthony Iannaccone's latest orchestral work, DANCING ON VESUVIUS, conducted by music director Kypros Markou. Iannaccone's 12-minute tone poem depicts the energy and ominous image evoked by the title, and was inspired by Alban Berg's description of Germany in 1933. For complete program notes and instrumentation, click here.

July 2008
Dorff's TWO CATS to be performed at National Flute Association convention
Our recently published TWO CATS for Flute and Clarinet will be performed on a Friday night concert at the August 2008 annual convention of the National Flute Association in Kansas City. The performance will feature flutist Lois Bliss Herbine, with composer Daniel Dorff on clarinet. The music will be available for sale in the exhibit hall, and Dorff will be available for autographs. For program notes on TWO CATS, please see the link in the March 2008 announcement below.

May 2008
2 new publications by Matthew Van Brink
This spring Tenuto is proud to publish Matthew Van Brink's SHABU SHABU in two editions - the original duet for Two Flutes composed for Thomas Robertello and Rachel Taratoot Ciraldo, and the composer's transcription for Flute and Clarinet as featured at the 2007 National Flute Association convention. "Shabu Shabu" is a Japanese delicacy named after the bubbling sound of cooking it, and the title of these duets reflectings the canonic bubbling of the instruments. Discover more about this exciting young composer at www.matthewvanbrink.com

March 2008
Daniel Dorff's TWO CATS for Flute and Clarinet
Following the success of last year's THREE ROMANCES, Dorff has added another flute/clarinet duet to the repertoire, this time inspired by a friend's cats. Full program notes about the cats and the music are at www.danieldorff.com/pn-2cats.htm

October 2007
24 works by Tritone-Tenuto composers on the new Texas UIL Prescribed Music List
The new Texas UIL Prescribed Music List is out, and there are 24 compositions by Tritone-Tenuto composers included on the recommended contest lists. Long a leader in recital and chamber music for woodwinds and brass, the UIL recommendations include music by Walter Hartley, William Presser, Walter Skolnik, Brian Israel, and Daniel Dorff. See the complete list here!

August 2007
Tenuto re-issues FANTASY, SCHERZO AND NOCTURNE for Saxophone Quartet
This summer Tenuto Publications has re-issued an all-new beautifully re-engraved edition of Daniel Dorff's classic FANTASY, SCHERZO AND NOCTURNE, winner of the 1974 Aspen Music Festival composers' competition, written soon after Dorff's 18th birthday. Dorff is a former saxophone student of Sigurd Rascher and Steven Mauk, and this quartet was used on hundred of campuses in the 1970s. Now re-released by Tenuto, the new edition features clearer engraving, better page turns, updated dynamics and phrasing, and rich color cover.

June 2007
Dorff’s THREE ROMANCES for Flute and Clarinet now available
Tenuto is excited to publish Daniel Dorff's newest composition, THREE ROMANCES for Flute and Clarinet. The 8-minute suite features movements titled Languid, Sultry, and Frisky. Published with two copies of a shared score (and good page turns), the music is lyrical, tonal, and rhythmic. THREE ROMANCES will be performed in August 2007 at the National Flute Association's annual convention, featuring flute legend Gary Schocker in concert with composer Daniel Dorff on clarinet.

February 2007
Carnegie Hall premiere for Dorff's THE DAY THINGS WENT WRONG AT THE PET STORE
On February 25, 2007, pianist Sheryl Lee will give the world premiere of Daniel Dorff's suite THE DAY THINGS WENT WRONG AT THE PET STORE (11 Cartoons for Piano). For further details, please visit www.danieldorff.com/piano.htm and click on the link for Program Notes on this work.

May 2006
FABLE for Baritone Saxophone and Piano, by JAN KRZYWICKI
Tenuto Publications is proud to continue expanding the woodwind repertoire with the new publication of Jan Krzywicki's FABLE for Baritone Saxophone and Piano. FABLE is a serious recital work, ideal for recitals and sure to be heard at saxophone conventions. The bari part and the piano are sophisticated yet playable; the high range goes up to F# without extended altissimo. To learn more about the composer, click here.

May 2006
CHORAL MUSIC by ROBERT N. ROTH and ANDREW CLARKE
Tenuto Publications is pleased to introduce new sacred choral music by Robert N. Roth and Andrew Clarke. Roth's O THOU WHO CAMES FROM ABOVE is a hymn-anthem on the Wesley text and an original tune, scored for SATB Chorus with Organ (holding a drone on one pedal). Roth's GLORY, LOVE, AND PRAISE, AND HONOR is also based on a Wesley text, and includes a congregational refrain on "Ave Verum Corpus." Andrew Clarke's CHILD OF BLESSING, CHILD OF PROMISE for SATB Chorus and Keyboard features an original text by Ronald Cole-Turner designed to celebrate a child's baptism.

April 2006
TRIUMPHANT MARCH ON "DARWALL'S 148th" by ANDREW CLARKE
Andrew Clarke is well-known for his organ variations on familiar hymns, and we're proud to add a new work in this series based on Darwall's 148th.

October 2005
NEW IANNACCONE CD
Anthony Iannaccone's WOODWIND QUINTET NO. 2, SCENES AFTER HART CRANE is now available on Crystal Records CD 756. MP3 samples are available at www.crystalrecords.com/newreleases.html featuring the Camerata Woodwind Quintet. Iannaccone's quintet is also available on Albany Records, and a 3rd CD is forthcoming.

June 2005
THREE MINIATURES for Organ, by Paul Hamill
One of the last works by the late Paul Hamill, we have released this posthumous edition of organ settings of "All Things Bright and Beautiful," "Jesus Loves Me," and "We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder." These brief movements are suitable for intermediate students as well as for church use.

June 2005
DAL DOSAI: SONATA FOR FLUTE AND PIANO by Matthew Van Brink
Tenuto Publications is proud to release Matthew Van Brink's DAL DOSAI, an exotic and scintallating new flute sonata, already recorded on Crystal Records by Thomas Robertello. Click here for mp3 excerpts and the composer's bio.

December 2004
PIANO MUSIC BY ADOLPHUS HAILSTORK: IGNIS FATUUS (Mysterious Fires)
Now available from Tenuto Publications! Adolphus Hailstork's evocative IGNIS FATUUS, inspired by eerie images of swamp gas lighting the sky, conjures these moods through an impressionist world. The effect blends Hailstork's fertile imagination and American flavor with the spirit of the French masters.

December 2004
GEMINI PRESS JOINS THE TRITONE-TENUTO FAMILY
Tritone-Tenuto is pleased to announce the acquisition of Gemini Press, founded by Paul Hamill and run by Mr. Hamill until his recent passing. Gemini features rare choral music by Peter Schickele, spiritual arrangements and original choral music by William Grant Still, and choral music and organ music by Emma Lou Diemer, Paul Hamill, Ralph Vaughan Williams, William Billings, Alec Wyton, and many other composers, primarily focusing on practical music for worship. For complete listings, please visit our home page and follow links to each composer or musical genre. Gemini's existing "Presser catalog" numbers will remain the same for ease in ordering.

December 2004
"THE DAY THINGS WENT WRONG AT THE PET STORE"
Daniel Dorff's notorious solo suite for piano, "The Day Things Went Wrong at the Pet Store," is now in print with the original titles. This jazzy and impressionist set of 11 musical cartoons includes "An Inchworm Converts to Metric," "A Gerbil Goes to the Re-tail Store" and other groaners. Please visit here for more information about the composer.

December 2004
IANNACCONE CHAMBER MUSIC ON NEW ALBANY CD
Available this month is a new CD on the Albany Records label featuring 4 works by composer Anthony Iannaccone. The centerpiece is WOODWIND QUINTET NO. 2, SCENES AFTER HART CRANE, published earlier this year by Tenuto Publications. This engaging 23-minute work is inspired by the poet Hart Crane's images of Brooklyn, where Iannaccone was raised. Also on the new CD are TRIO for Flute, Clarinet, and Piano; BICINIA for Flute and Alto Saxophone; and PARODIES for Wind Quintet.

November 2004
ORDER DIRECT FROM PRESSER'S SHOPPING CART
Tritone Press & Tenuto Publications music is available from sheet music dealers around the world, both in traditional stores and online. Starting this month, you can also order direct from our distributor's warehouse for immediate service where the music's always in stock - click here for Presser's new shopping cart!

October 2004
WALTER SKOLNIK'S SONATINA FOR CLARINET AND PIANO
Walter Skolnik's new Sonatina for Clarinet and Piano is a 6-minute charmer with the warmth, but not difficulty, of the Brahms clarinet sonatas. Now in print, you can get a sneak preview here now.

August 2004
IN MEMORY OF OUR FOUNDER, WILLIAM PRESSER
It is with deep sadness that we report the passing of noted American composer William Presser — devoted father, teacher, and founder of Tritone Press & Tenuto Publications who built and cultivated Tritone-Tenuto for over 40 years. An obituary will be added to this website in the near future.

August 2004
ANTHONY IANNACCONE'S WOODWIND QUINTET NO. 2, SCENES AFTER HART CRANE
In conjunction with upcoming releases from Albany Records (by The Eastern Winds) and Crystal Records (The Camerata Quintet), Tenuto is proud to announce the publication of Anthony Iannaccone's 24-minute Woodwind Quintet No. 2, Scenes After Hart Crane. Drawing inspiraton from Hart Crane's epic poem "The Bridge," about the Brooklyn Bridge, Iannaccone has crafted a three-movement work with subtitles "The Bridge," "The Harbor Dawn," and "Atlantis." The Eastern Winds will showcase the new quintet at the National Flute Association's annual convention this month.

August 2004
NEW TUBA MUSIC BY WALTER S. HARTLEY
Walter S. Hartley's newest addition to the tuba repertoire is now available from Tenuto Publications. The composer of many staples of tuba recital literature, Dr. Hartley has composed SONATA NO. 3 for Tuba and Piano, in 4 movements. Available in August from your favorite dealer, or direct from Presser.

July 2004
NEW CHORAL MUSIC BY ANTHONY IANNACCONE
Anthony Iannaccone, composer of Chautauqua Psalms and other choral landmarks, has composed a new EXSULTATE for S.A.T.B. Chorus, a cappella, published in July 2004 by Tenuto Publications. Commissioned by the Illinois Wesleyan University Collegiate Choir, Iannaccone's 4-minute Latin setting of Psalm 33 has an exciting balance between fresh sounds and singability, with a lot of rhythmic verve. Click here to see sheet music for the opening.

July 2004
M. WILLIAM KARLINS’ IMPROVISATIONS ON “LINES WHERE BEAUTY LINGERS” for any solo Saxophone or Bass Clarinet (2 separate publications)
William Karlins is celebrated among saxophonists for his Blues, Seasons, and other solo and chamber works. Tritone Press is proud to unveil his latest solo, IMPROVISATIONS ON “LINES WHERE BEAUTY LINGERS.” Inspired by a theme from jazz composer Ron Thomas, Dr. Karlins wrote this recital piece for bass clarinetist Richard Nunemaker (of the Houston Symphony) and later transcribed it for any size saxophone, for Susan Fancher, Marshall Taylor, and for Paul Bro who performed it at the 2004 NASA Biennal conference. Click here for more info about William Karlins. See a sample half-page from the saxophone version or the bass clarinet version.

June 2004
WALTER S. HARTLEY’S HEAVENLY UNION for Flute, Soprano Sax (or Clarinet), and Keyboard (or Harp)
More sacred woodwind music from Dr. Hartley! This versatile medley can be played by a variety of instrumentations, and it remains faithful to the harmonic language of the 5 shape-note hymns quoted from Wyeth’s Repository of 1820. Equally suitable for church and recital.

May 2004
WALTER S. HARTLEY’S MY SHEPHERD'S SACRED THRONE for Alto Saxophone and Organ
Our latest new release from Walter S. Hartley is based on two "shape-note" hymns, "My Shepherd Will Supply My Need," and "Sacred Throne." Dr. Hartley's fantasy on these hymns is suitable for church or for school recitals. The harmony, like that implied by the original tunes, is tonal and largely pentatonic.

April 2004
WALTER S. HARTLEY’S OUTDOOR MUSIC for Saxophone Quartet
Tenuto is proud to announce the new publication of Hartley's Outdoor Music for SATB Saxophone Quartet. A 3-minute recital piece full of gleeful exuberance, leaping 4ths, and sweet harmonies, this extroverted work is ideal for college and professional recitals and is in within reach of serious high school quartets as well. Click here for a 30-second mp3 excerpt.

April 2004
CELLO MUSIC BY WALTER SKOLNIK
Well-known for his lyrical chamber music for winds, Walter Skolnik's FOUR BAGATELLES for Cello and Piano is now available from Tenuto Publications. Full of lyricism and cosmopolitan charm, Skolnik's FOUR BAGATELLES are idiomatic and gratifying - fitting for professional recitals, and within reach of dedicated students.

January 2004
BARNEY CHILDS' CLASSIC SONATA FOR SOLO TROMBONE REISSUED
After several years out-of-print, Tritone Press has reissued the classic SONATA FOR SOLO TROMBONE by the avant-garde experimental composer Barney Childs. The sonata includes free-form aleatoric sections and a bebop scherzo. The sonata has also been recently recorded on Albany Records by Steve Witser of the Cleveland Orchestra. For mp3 excerpts, please visit our Childs page or our Trombone page.

January 2004
3 NEW PUBLICATIONS BY DANIEL DORFF
We start off the new year with three newly-available works by composer Daniel Dorff: FAST WALK for 3 Bassoons & Contrabassoon is the newest voicing of a perennial hit already available for sax quartet or clarinet quartet. See the July 2003 listing below for more info about Fast Walk, with an audio excerpt. SUNSHINE RONDO is a short charmer for Violin and Piano, as brightly cheering as its title. Here's a little mp3 of how it starts. PEACEFUL JOURNEY for Cello and Piano is a deeper and poignant poem of bittersweet passage; click here for a touching program note introducing the music.

October 2003
WALTER S. HARTLEY’S SUITE NO. 2 for Saxophone Quartet
Continuing our series of saxophone chamber music by Walter S. Hartley, Tenuto is proud to unveil the composer’s charming Suite No. 2 for SATB Saxophone Quartet. A 5½-minute recital piece in 3 movements, this work is ideal for college and professional recitals and is in within reach of serious high school quartets as well. Click here for a list of saxophone works published by Tritone-Tenuto.

September 2003
DORFF’S FANFARE FOR TWO TRUMPETS
Composer-in-residence for the Haddonfield Symphony, Daniel Dorff composed the Fanfare for Two Trumpets for the inauguration of Maestro Alan Gilbert as Music Director in 1992, and this brief herald became the signal music used to usher audiences back to the concert hall after intermission. The ITG Journal calls it effective, festive, and a good-of-kind fanfare. Click here to hear an excerpt.

September 2003
HARTLEY SAXOPHONE WORKS ON NEW CD
Pioneering saxophonist Jay Easton has released a ground-breaking CD of music for baritone, bass, contrabass, and subcontrabass saxophones, including music by Walter S. Hartley. The CD opens with Hartley's recent Duet for Saxophones performed on Bb Subcontrabass saxophones in the first recording ever for this instrument, pitched an octave lower than Bass sax, going lower than piano or contrabassoon. The CD also includes Hartley's classic Sonatina Giocosa for Bass Saxophone and Piano. To hear audio clips from these works, please visit www.tritone-tenuto.com/saxophone.htm and for more on Jay Easton, vist www.jayeaston.com

August 2003
IANNACCONE’S SARABANDE FOR PIANO
Samuel Adler’s 75th birthday was honored by many friends and former students. Anthony Iannaccone’s birthday present was a charming 3-minute Sarabande - an expressive and lyrical work with inspiration from the baroque sarabande rhythm, and perhaps a slight wink at the birthday song.

August 2003
DORFF’S DARK ROMANCE NOW AVAILABLE FOR CLARINET QUARTET
Daniel Dorff’s luscious and languid Dark Romance is now available from Tenuto Publications, scored for 3 Bb Clarinets and Bass Clarinet. Originally composed for the ensemble Clarinessence (in which the composer played Bass Clarinet), Dark Romance is the perfect complement to Dorff’s other quartets, Fast Walk and It Takes Four to Tango.

July 2003
PIANO MUSIC BY WALTER SKOLNIK
Well-known for his chamber music for winds, Walter Skolnik's SUITE (1997) for Piano is now available from Tenuto Publications. With tinges of baroque, blues, and a Poulenc-ish cosmopolitan charm, Skolnik's SUITE (1997) is in three movements: Preludio, Arioso, and Toccata. The work received its NY premiere in Carnegie Hall by pianist Anthony Newton in May 2003. Listen to mp3 excerpts on our Skolnik page or Keyboard page.

July 2003
DORFF’S FAST WALK NOW AVAILABLE FOR CLARINET QUARTET
Daniel Dorff’s cheerful and charismatic Fast Walk is now available from Tenuto Publications in its original scoring for 3 Bb Clarinets and Bass Clarinet! A 3-minute jazzy stroll, Fast Walk has been used hundreds of times in its sax version as an encore by the Amherst Saxophone Quartet and as standard on-the-streets repertoire by the San Francisco Saxophone Quartet, as well as by clarinet ensembles and bassoon ensembles. Click here for a 30-second mp3 sample from the Tokyo-based Harmo Saxophone Quartet’s recording. Also see the story below...

July 2003
DORFF’S FAST WALK ON GREATEST HITS COMPILATION
The Harmo Saxophone Quartet is popular in Japan to the point of cult status, comparable to the Kronos in the USA. Having included Daniel Dorff’s Fast Walk on one of their many best-selling CD’s, the Harmo Saxophone Quartet has now released their greatest hits compilation “Harmo Best” on Meister Music MM-1133. Click here for a 30-second mp3 excerpt.

July 2003
ANTHONY IANNACCONE’s QUINTET FOR CLARINET AND STRING QUARTET
Composed for and premiered by Richard Stoltzman, Anthony Iannaccone’s 35-minute QUINTET FOR CLARINET AND STRING QUARTET is now available from Tenuto Publications, as a complete set of score and parts. Watch for the upcoming CD on Albany Records!

July 2003
WALTER S. HARTLEY’S TRIO-MINIATURES for Alto Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, and Piano
Continuing our series of saxophone chamber music by Walter S. Hartley, Tenuto is proud to unveil the composer’s elegant and lyrical Trio-Miniatures for alto and bari saxes with piano. A 5-minute recital piece in 3 movements, this work is ideal for college and professional recitals and is in within reach of serious high school players as well. Click here for a list of saxophone works published by Tritone-Tenuto.

June 2003
ADOLPHUS HAILSTORK’S FIVE FRIENDS WINS PRIZE
The Music Publishers Association of the USA has awarded Adolphus Hailstork’s Five Friends for piano Second Prize in the prestigious 2003 Paul Revere Awards for graphic excellence in new publications, open to all American publishers of all sizes and budget classes. 2003 is the first year in which Tenuto participated in the Revere awards. First Prize went to Nocturne Caprice for solo flute by Tenuto composer Daniel Dorff, published by Presser. Learn more about Adolphus Hailstork and Daniel Dorff.

April 2003
GEOFFREY PETERSON’S HOMAGE TO DONALD ERB FOR SOLO BASSOON NOW AVAILABLE
Following the acclaimed 2002 release of the bass clarinet version, Tenuto Publications is proud to announce the publication of Geoffrey Peterson’s Homage to Donald Erb for solo Bassoon. This 4-minute work honoring the American iconoclast composer (Peterson’s teacher at Cleveland Institute of Music) is a gratifying college-to-professional recital piece, a vehicle to showcase the resonance, bite, and agility of the bassoon. Click here to see a sample half-page of music

February 2003
NEW CHORAL MUSIC BY ANTHONY IANNACCONE
Anthony Iannaccone’s new choral composition The Soul’s Expression is now available! Commissioned by the Ithaca College School of Music for its November 2002 choral festival, Iannaccone’s touching work for SATB Chorus, a cappella is a setting of Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s poignant sonnet; a rehearsal keyboard reduction is provided.

January 2003
MORE SAXOPHONE MUSIC BY WALTER S. HARTLEY
Walter S. Hartley's newest addition to the saxophone repertoire is Duet for Saxophones, a 4½-minute work in 3 movements, published as 2 copies of the 2-line score. Duet for Saxophones was composed for bass saxophonist Andreas van Zoelen, and it may be performed by 2 Tenors, 2 Baritone Saxes, or 2 Bass Saxophones. Click the above link for ordering information to get the new Hartley duet, catalog number 494-02663.