In spite of the best efforts of publishers, editors and composers, mistakes are made in published works. The following is a list of known errors in Gary Schocker's music. As editions are reprinted, corrections are made. These are errors in first or other early editions.












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10 Etudes for Solo Flute, published by Theodore Presser
Etude II, measure 20, last note should be G-natural.
Etude III, measures 19 and 20, first note of each should be B-natural (B-4).
Etude III, measure 21, last grouping of notes should be a set of 15, with a C-natural added to the end of the grouping.
Etude VI, measure 15, the fourth beat should start with an E-flat, not E-natural.
Etude VIII, first full measure, first note of beat 3, instead of repeating B-double-flat, the note should be B-flat, and the same in measure 5, measure 17, measure 21, measure 33, measure 37, measures 49 and 53.

Airheads, Duet for Flute and Clarinet, published by Theodore Presser
Movement 2, measure 42 should be piu mosso, metronome marking c 126.

American Suite, published by J.P. Publications

Piano part, at the bottom of page 5, measures 39-41, right hand of the piano should be in the bass clef. It returns to treble clef for the last measure.

Blip, Blip, Blip, published by Theodore Presser
Movement 1, Allegro, page 1, last staff, first measure, beat 3, first note should be an F-natural, not F-sharp.
Movement 1, Allegro, page 2, second staff, first measure, beat 2, last note should be an F-sharp, not G-natural.
Movement 3, Tarantella, second page, third staff, second measure, beat 3, first note should be an E, not D.

Blue Bossa, Red Bossa, published by Theodore Presser
In the Blue Bossa, after the poco rit. in measure 36, the tempo accelerates to tempo I in 38, midway through that bar.

Conversations, published by J.P. Publications
Flute part, Movement 3, measure 60, should be marked "a tempo."
Piano part, Movement 1, measure 163, right hand, should be F-sharp.
Piano part, Movement 1, measure 169, right hand, half note should be eighth note.
Piano part, Movement 1, measure 169, both hands accent on "and" of second beat. 
Piano part, Movement 1, measure 182, flute and right hand should be in 4/4 time like left hand
Piano part, Movement 1, measure 200, left hand, E should be E-flat.
Piano part, Movement 2, measure 75, right hand, half note G should be G-sharp.
Piano part, Movement 3, measure 51, left hand, lowest note in first chord should be A-flat.
Piano part, Movement 3, measure 55 right hand, G should be a half note.

A Fond Farewell: Meditations on September 11, published by Theodore Presser
Piano part, Movement 1, measure 40, treble clef half note on beat 3 should be octave F's, not an F with a G.
Piano part, Movement 2, measure 4, bass clef chord on beat 1 should be first space A as written with a fourth space G. 

The Further Adventures of Two Flutes, published by Theodore Presser
Piano part, Movement 2, page 13, measure 35, should be a crescendo.
Piano part, Movement 3, page 18, measures 35 through 40, right hand, each E-flat should be E-natural.
First flute part, Movement 3, page 5, measures 46 and 48, first note of each should be an F, just below the A that is written.
Second flute part, Movement 3, page 6, measure 94, key signature is missing, should still be key of B-flat.

Green Places, published by Theodore Presser
Movement 1, measure 118, replace the first 16th B-flat with a rest.

Lovebirds, published by Theodore Presser
Second flute part, Movement 1, measure 10, no breath at the end of measure. 
Both First and Second flute parts, Movement 1, measure 14, should have a breath mark before the third beat (quintuplet). 
First flute part, Movement 1, measure 16, no breath mark.
Both First and Second flute parts, Movement 2, measure 8, should read molto rit. 
Second flute part, Movement 2, measure 15, grace note should be a B-flat.
Second flute part, Movement 2, four measures before the end, grace note should be a B-flat. 
Both First and Second flute parts, between measures 32 and 33, as well as between measures 40 and 41, no breath.

Musique Francaise, published by Theodore Presser
Flute part, Movement 1, Cafe Music, measure 36, dotted half note should have a trill.
Flute part, Movement 3, Dans le Pays, early editions, measure 90, second beat should have eighth notes, A, A, G, and third beat should have eighth note B.
Piano part, Movement 1, Cafe Music, measure 53, half note on first beat should be an E. Measure 82 dynamic marking should be "p." Measure 92, beat three should be a quarter note. The B-flat on beat four should then be played on the "and" of beat four, as in the two measures following. In measure 96 beat 3 of 8, the chord is printed G,B-flat,C but instead should be G,A,C.
Measure 122, the left hand chord on beat four should have an F-flat instead of an F-double flat.
Piano part, Movement 3, Dans le Pays, measure 90 in flute score, second beat should have eighth notes, A, A, G, and third beat should have eighth note B. Measure 91 should have dynamic marking "p" on the fourth beat. Last two measures should have tempo marking "piu mosso."

Partita in A Minor, "Ghost," published by Theodore Presser
"Ghost" part, Movement 1, measure 37, first C should be a C-sharp. The other C's in the measure are C-naturals.

Short Stories, published by Theodore Presser
Movement 5, measure 6, last note of beat 2, tied into beat 3, should be a D-natural, not a D-flat. The next note after the tie is a D-flat.

Soliloquy, published by Theodore Presser
Measure 5, G on the and of beat 2 should be a G-natural.
Measure 46, piano note on the third beat should be an A.

Sonata for Saxophone, published by Theodore Presser
Movement 4, tempo marking should be m.m. 150 to the half note

Sonata Op. 32, published by Theodore Presser

The following corrections were incorporated into the 2003 reprinting. Older copies titled SONATA lack these updates. The title becomes SONATA NO. 2 starting with this printing.
Movement 2
Measure 6, trill to E-natural
Measure 11, beat 2: dot the second rest and the E becomes a 32nd note.
Measure 60, flute's trill continues through this bar
Measure 92, trill to E-natural
 
Movement 3
Measure 58, piano's second chord in right hand should be G-sharp; last right hand chord of that measure should be an eighth note.
Measure 70, move the "a tempo" to measure 71.
 
Movement 4 
Measure 93, add slur from E-flat to C.
Measure 97, delete the ' (breath mark) before the barline, remove dashes from measure

Springsongs, published by Theodore Presser
Movement IV, measure 7, first note should be quarter, second note eighth
and the same in measure 17, and measure 35.
Movement V, measure 60, first note should be A-natural.

Three Dances for Two Flutes and Piano, published by J.P. Publications
First flute part, measure 25, second beat, third note should be E-natural and fourth note should be E-flat, as in measure 10
This piece is incorrectly titled Three Pieces for Two Flutes on one printing of Gary Schocker's CD "Airborne."

Two Flute Rag for Two Flutes and Piano, published by T.D. Ellis
Both First and Second flute parts, tempo marking should be 84 to the half note, not quarter note.
Both First and Second flute parts, end of measure 16, remove coda mark since there is no coda. 
First flute part, measure 41, last note should tie into measure 42 with no articulation.

Views from Falls House, published by Falls House Press
Second flute part, Movement 1, measure 11, first note should be F-sharp.

Fourth flute part, Movement 3, measure 27, should tie over from beat 4 into the whole note
in measure 28.
First Flute, Movement 3, measure 29 lower note of the Flute 1 divisi, the D-flat on beat 4
should tie into the whole note of measure 30.

First Flute part, Movement 4, measure 11, the D on beat three should be an eighth note
followed by an eighth rest.
All parts, Movement 4, measure 47, should have a slur on the fourth beat going into the first
beat of measure 48.

All Parts, Movement 5, measure 1, should be marked F at the beginning of the first measure.
Second Flute part, Movement 5, measure 39, last note should be a D-flat, and then the first note of
measure 40 should be a D.
Bass part, Movement 5, measure 40,  first note should be a B-flat.

Xynoglyko for Flute and Piano, published by Theodore Presser
Both Flute and Piano parts, measures 14 and 64 should be marked poco piu mosso. 
Both Flute and Piano parts, measure 78, should be "sub mp" instead of "p." 
Piano part, measures 86, 87 and 88, left hand, add a line (for emphasis) over the D.
Piano part, measure 156, right hand, change line to an accent.







 

 

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