Walden Hughes' Piano Ensemble Compositions

Dr. Walden Hughes has written 88 compositions and transcriptions for his university piano ensembles, and by commission for performing pianists and piano faculty in the United States and Europe. These works have been performed widely in 49 different countries by various performing ensembles.   The compositions can be heard below as MIDI files. 

The full scores can be attached to email for instant delivery & printed with Acrobat Reader, which is a free download if you don't have it already - or with 'Finale Notepad' which is also a free download (click on Finale Notepad icon below for the free download). 

For information concerning how to obtain performance scores of the compositions represented by the MIDI files below, contact Dr. Hughes through E mail at (or go to this web site for availability - http://myweb.cableone.net/wdhughes):

walden.hughes@juno.com

DUET (1 piano 4 hands)

Russian Rag MIDI  

Watch VIDEO performance of Russian pianists Olga Bogdanova and Irina Kopteva in performance of Russian Rag

RagTime Dance NEW

Watch VIDEO performance of Russian pianists Olga Bogdanova and Irina Kopteva in performance of Ragtime Dance

Stoptime Rag NEW

Joplin's Solace (A Mexican Serenade) NEW

Pineapple Rag NEW (no pineapples required)

Joplin's Entertainer NEW

Joplin's Maple Leaf Rag Watch a VIDEO Performance of Jenna Hagemeier and Rebecca Clark

Albeniz Prelude NEW
Commissioned by University of Louisiana at Monroe Piano Faculty for the Louisiana Music Teacher's Convention.

Joplin's Elite Syncopations NEW

Prokofiev's Gavotte from the Classical Symphony NEW

Prokofiev's March from the Love for Three Oranges NEW

Joy to the World NEW

Couperin's Rondeau: Mysterious Barricades NEW

Bach's "Wachet auf " (Sleepers Awake) MIDI  

Bartok's "Rumanian Folk Dances"

. . . . . "Rumanische Polka" MIDI

. . . . . . . . . . "Schnell Tanz" MIDI

Gershwin's "Clap Yo' Hands" MIDI

. . . . "Fascinating Rhythm" MIDI  Watch a VIDEO Performance by Geoff Harmon and DorthyAnn Isaackson

. . . . . "I Got Rhythm" MIDI  Watch a VIDEO Performance by Lindsy Glaze and Johanna Hamilton

. . . . "Oh Lady Be Good" MIDI  

. . . .  "Rialto Ripples" (Rag)  MIDI  
Recorded by the Kipnis-Kushner Piano Duo January 2000 (Parnassus Records - PACD 96030)

Watch VIDEO performance of Russian pianists Olga Bogdanova and Irina Kopteva in performance of Rialto Ripples

Grainger's "Children's March" (short version) MIDI  
Commissioned by Igor Kipnis for the Kipnis-Kushner Piano Duo

Grainger's "Children's March" (virtuosic version) MIDI
Commissioned by Igor Kipnis for the Kipnis-Kushner Piano Duo

Grieg's "In the Hall of the Mountain King" MIDI 

Gottschalk's "The Banjo" MIDI  

Haydn's "Surprise" Symphony MIDI  
Commissioned by Paul Ressel, Katholische Universitaet Eichstaett, Germany

Ibert's "Little White Donkey" MIDI  

Tchaikovsky's "Polonaise" from "Eugene Onegin" MIDI

"Duet for 4 Grapefruits" MIDI  Watch a VIDEO Performance by Hughes Students
This piece is performed by 2 duet partners (at 1 piano) and 4 grapefruits, one in each hand. Oranges may be substituted in the absence of suitable-sized grapefruits, or if the players' hands are too small to adequately wield 2 grapefruits. The composer allows a change of title under these circumstances. Tennis balls and baseballs may also be substituted, with the appropriate title change. Pomegranates and nectarines are not recommended.

Trios (1 piano 6 hands)

Duets (1 piano 4 hands)

Quartets & Sextets (2 pianos 8 hands, 2 pianos 12 hands, 4 pianos 8 hands & 4 pianos 16 hands)

Duos (2 pianos 4 hands)

Original Compositions

VIDEO performances of Hughes arrangements & Hughes students' performances

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Last updated:  November 20, 2007