Bitter Suite Schott Publisher: Wilhelm Hansen

Publisher:    Wilhelm Hansen

Item No: 494-03333

The composer describes GAZE as “something of a song without words

Songs include: Good Morning Blues • Confessin' the Blues • Roll 'Em Pete • Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out • Jitterbug Waltz • Everyday I HAve the Blues • Money's Getting Cheaper • Goin' Down Slow • Goin' to Chicago • Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do • Dearly Beloved • Till Tomorrow • You Got Me Runnin'

Bitter Suite Schott Publisher: Wilhelm HansenComposer(s): Martin Bresnick The title of this work for clarinet and piano by Martin Bresnick is a play on the words "suite" and "bittersweet." Each of the four movements is based on a Yiddish folk song, which in English translate to On the Road, My Resting Place, Black Cat, and Dona, Dona. Each of the four pieces is primarily based on a Jewish folk song, but re envisions them in a modern context, akin to Bartok and Kodaly. The composer noted, I found