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Classical Theme Duets: 8 Beloved Masterworks.(Book review)
* Classical Theme Duets: 8 Beloved Masterworks, arranged by Phillip Keveren. Hal Leonard Corporation (www.musicdispatch.com; (800) 637-2852), 2007. 62pp. $9.95
This collection of well-known pieces provides some fresh arrangements of themes that intermediate students may recognize. The page is formatted in very large notation, with the primo and secondo parts stacked one on another, rather than the more traditional right-page primo/left-page secondo setting. Although this layout makes tricky rhythm passages easier to visually assemble, it and the print size limit the number of systems per page and thus demand many inconvenient page turns.
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