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Charles Ives: Variations on "America," For Flute and Piano.(Book review)
Charles Ives: Variations on "America," For Flute and Piano, arranged by Daniel Dorff. Theodore Presser Co., (www.presser.com; 1(800) 854-6764), 2006. Flute: 4 pp., Score: 8 pp. $9.95.
Daniel Dorff is a successful and experienced composer and arranger of music who has published a large number of works. This piece, originally composed for solo organ by Charles Ives (1874-1954) when he was 17 years old, is a new and welcome addition to the flute repertoire.
The arrangement is quite faithful to the Ives score, and Dorff expertly altered the articulations in Variations 1 and 3 to more closely resemble the sound that would have been created by the organ. The addition of these slurs improves the fluidity of the melodic line and assists the retention of smooth phrases that are closer to the original intention of Ives when he composed the work in 1891.
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