David Solomons

singer, one-man choir, guitarist and composer

Dance of the Washerwomen (with Hupfauf) for alto saxophone and piano

SM-000254024
Alternative title
Ein welscher Tanz - Wascha Mesa
Composer
Hans Neusiedler
Arranger
David W Solomons
Publisher
David W Solomons
Genre
Classical / Instrumental
Instrumentation
Piano, Alto Saxophone
Scored for
Solo, Accompanying piano
Type of score
Score for two performers, Solo part
Difficulty
Medium
Year of composition
2016

Description
The piano part comes from Hans Neusiedler’s dance for vihuela, transposed for piano in its original form
and also in a slightly more “filled out” form to make it more "pianistic".
Both versions, together with the separate melody instrument part (countermelody), are included in this pdf file.

Performers can choose how to approach it:
play just the original version with repeat to the end of the 4/4 section
or
play the original version first and then use the "filled out" version as a repeat (both 4/4 and 3/4 sections)
or
play just the "filled out" version with repeat to the end of the 4/4 section.


The title of the piece has given rise to much discussion:
The original title of this piece was "Ein welscher Tanz" (= a dance from a nearby country, possibly Italy, Switzerland or even Poland)
and also "Wascha Mesa" (possibly a corruption of the Polish words Wasze Miejsce = your place - ie a dance from your country [Poland]).
It was mistranslated as Dance of the Washerwomen (Tanz der Wäscherinnen) because of the sound of the word "Wascha".


The sound sample is an electronic preview of the original version.

Upload date
25 Aug 2016

Price

Sheet music file
10.00 USD
PDF, 462.7 Kb (17 p.)

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