Kitten on the Keys Zez Confrey

Titel / Title: Kitten on the Keys
Komponist / Arrangeur / Contributor: By Zez Confrey / arr. James P. Ripley
Publisher #: DHM002C
Kategorie / Category: Concert Band
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Serie / Series: Donald Hunsberger Wind Library
UPC: 654979194798
ISBN13: 978-0-7579-0139-3

Confrey is known primarily for his "novelty piano" compositions, which cultivated the style of Jelly Roll Morton and Scott Joplin. This arrangement of one of his compositions conjures an image of the household cat prancing along the keys of the piano. By use of the "secondary rag", a syncopated grouping of regular quadruple subdivisions into three-note sets, the technical demands of the piece have been cleverly notated for ease of performance. This innovative arrangement is a pleasant addition to the library.

Symphonic wind band