The great composer Manuel de Falla created his song cycle of Seven Spanish Folksongs for voice and piano, based on tunes originating in different regions of Spain. The work became very popular and was subsequently transcribed for various instruments in lieu of voice. NSM has just published our own adaptation of Siete Canciones populares Españolas for alto flute. 
Several years ago, our friend John Pratt decided to liven up the traditional Thanksgiving hymn when he plays it at his extended family's annual feast, and we decided to make his version freely available to others similarly inclined. The first stanza is traditional, the second adds all the octaves John is able to play, and the third replaces the usual bass line with one which marches along step-wise, mostly in eighths, leading to a few nontraditional harmonies. For 2022 he added an optional piccolo part to accompany the piano and voice score. He has also made a version without octaves for two players at one piano. Download the free pdfs under Sing Along Materials.
Arranging Brahms’s Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op.23 as a quintet for piano and four winds allows realization of its implicit orchestral effects and incorporation of contrasting and beautiful woodwind sonorities while preserving its many special piano sonorities and its personal, chamber music qualities. Check out this appealing new arrangement by John Pratt.
Mot d'Amour (Love's Word) was written for violin and piano by the English composer Edward Elgar, who conceived it as a companion piece for his earlier work Salut d’Amour. Both pieces are light, charming, and highly romantic, and both works have now been adapted by NSM for alto flute. Check out our new edition of Mot d'Amour for alto flute and piano duet..
John Pratt has now completed his series of arrangements of Bartók’s For Children folksongs for winds, with publication today of his adaptations of seventeen Book 2 Slovakian songs for wind quartet. Visit the common listing article to learn more about For Children and all the duo, trio, and quartet wind arrangements created from Books 1 and 2, view preview pages of the scores, and listen to audio clips.