God Bless America ® (arr. Kevin Frecker) by Celine Dion Sheet Music for Piano Duet at Sheet Music Direct

Product Details

Artist Celine Dion

Score Type

PDF, Included with PASS

Composer Irving Berlin

Arranger Kevin Frecker

Format Digital Sheet Music

Pages 28

Arrangement Piano Duet

Publisher Kevin Frecker

Level 4

Product ID 1602063

Genre Religious Christian Patriotic Standards

Instruments 1 Piano 4 Hands

Product Description

This arrangement of Irving Berlin's famous patriotic song is presented as a 4-hand piano duet. It includes a newly composed theme by the arranger in place of the song's original introduction. This new material is in a dark, minor key to musically portray the "storm clouds" as they gather "across the sea." The "God Bless America" theme follows with a much calmer, lighter character, but the dark theme returns and intensifies. A second appearance of "God Bless America" comes in a four-part, hymn-like setting, and then is followed by a final statement of "God Bless America," this time in a heightened, excited drive toward the end. The difficulty level is moderately advanced, and is best suited for a solid, well-trained pair of pianists. The score includes both parts together in a traditional orchestral-score format, and then each part included separately. The separated parts are designed so that they can be used at separate pianos, or or so that they can be placed in the same score holder in a typical piano-duet secondo/primo format.

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