What the Stars Saw on the Prairie by Kathleen Ryan Sheet Music for Piano Solo at Sheet Music Direct

Product Details

Artist Kathleen Ryan

Score Type

PDF, Included with PASS

Composer Kathleen Ryan

Format Digital Sheet Music

Pages 9

Arrangement Piano Solo

Publisher Indigo Mesa Music LLC

Level 5

Product ID 1295846

Genre Classical New Age Romantic Period

Instruments Piano

Product Description

On the western prairie, nestled against a hill, there is an unexpected forest: shade and water abound. Travelers on the Oregon Trail rested here before returning to the treacherous journey. One summer that forest was all I dreamed of. ~ Kathleen Ryan

Advanced technique: a very challenging solo with a rewarding breadth of expression. What the Stars Saw on the Prairie has been called a three-handed piece: in its most difficult section the LH plays the bass, the RH plays an upper descant, and the melody is split between both hands in the middle register of the piano. The first recording engineer who heard this piece (but who could not see into the studio) believed that Kathleen had recruited an extra person to play with her. The music truly fits two hands, as long as both hands are willing to move around quite a lot!

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