I am going to New York next week and I want to know what the best sheet music stores are. I live in a city with only 4 music stores, only one of which has a decent selection. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks for the help! How are the publisher selections(C.F Peters etc.) at Sam Ash and Patelson's?
This was back in the '80s, and I was looking for music by Ernesto Nazareth - who was not as popular back then. However, they were able to order it.
This is amazing! I would never imagine that anyone would know about Nazareth outside Brazil! How did you come accross him? I know that Joshua Rifkin recorded a CD with a few pieces by him, but even in Brazil it is difficult to come by his sheet music (although he is quite popular there - Brazilian pianists Artur Moreira Lima and Marcelo Bratke also recorded him, but I doubt you would find these CDs outside Brazil). Best wishes, Bernhard.
I like Nazareth a lot as well, much better than Joplin (which he resembles on a superficial level). But while Joplin in much of a sameness, Nazareth can be incredibly varied not restricting himself to only one rhythm pattern. The 2 CDs by Artur Moreira Lima are the essential ones (Moreira Lima is a classical pianist, playing Nazareth as classical music – Nazareth would undoubtedly be very happy, since he always regarded himself as a classical composer and tried to avoid the label of popular music). This site has a brief biography and several CDs:https://www.allbrazilianmusic.com/en/Artists/Artists.asp?Status=ARTISTA&Nu_Artista=214You can also get a CD-Rom of Nazareth (biography, 18 music tracks and 11 scores) from: (the price, RS$ 35 should be around US$ 30).https://www.ln.com.br/Have you ever heard of Chiquinha Gonzaga (Nazareth’s comtemporary)? She also wrote many songs (not pieces!) on a similar, albeit more lyrical style. The allbrazilian site I mentioned above also has information on her.And here is another interesting Brazilian composer of the same style (“Choro”): Zequinha de Abreu, whose most popular composition Tico-Tico no Fubá (“Little bird on the cornflour”) merited a special piano arrangement from no less a luminaire than Marc Andre Hamelin. You can listen to the midi and print the score from:https://www.ne.jp/asahi/piano/natsui/title_score.htmDon’t you love these obscure (yet wonderful) composers?Best wishes, Bernhard.