Loeb - Japanese Tone Poems for Solo Piccolo Saxophone Christmas it has the nickname "Regenlied

it has the nickname "Regenlied Sonata" (literally "rain-song sonata") because of the quotation from a song that appears in the finale

"This project began when I started to search through scores at the Australian Music Centre in an attempt to assemble a program of music for flute and piano by Australian composers

The idea for this project was based on his having an outstanding group of young flautists at his school that he would like to feature in some special way

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It is also a good introduction to 6-8 time

Loeb - Japanese Tone Poems for Solo Piccolo Saxophone Christmas it has the nickname "RegenliedDavid Loeb's Japanese Tone Poems for piccolo alone collects particularly evocative Japanese works from his ouevre Nightcolors (P 15), Piccolo Perspectives (P 21), and Snowsounds (P 24), unique in their vivid portrayal of ancient mountainous forests, winter scenes, and ekphrastic musical descriptions of images inscribed on woodblocks and ceramics; a double set of tone poems, perhaps. Despite the name, this collection also includes two works that use