Bruce Shawyer: classical repertoire from the TuneViva catalogue

About Bruce Shawyer

Bruce Shawyer appears in the catalogue as the credit for 18 scores. There is no reliable biography on file, so the page treats the name as a catalogue heading and focuses on the classical repertoire it covers.

Across 18 files there are about 17 minutes of music and 3,085 notated notes. Difficulty is concentrated at the easy end: 0 at index 0, 18 at index 1 and 0 at index 2. Lyrics are present in 0 scores.

Titles are recorded as uploaded, so the same piece can appear with the composer's name appended or under a different spelling. Check the scoring and editorial marks on each file before printing. The list below links to the most-viewed works, and the related composers share the same broad repertoire. Every entry can be previewed in the browser, transposed into a comfortable key and downloaded as a PDF. MusicXML and MIDI files are available where the uploader provided them, and the score view is rendered from the notation file. The catalogue records duration, note count, track count and complexity for each file, so settings can be compared before opening them. Titles are preserved as uploaded, so the same piece may appear under more than one spelling or with the composer's name appended.

Listening and playing notes

These are notated scores rather than recordings. Expect the texture described by the complexity index: the easiest entries use block chords and a clear melody, while the index-1 and index-2 pieces add passing notes and independent lines. The collection runs to about 17 minutes, so most individual pieces are short. Check the scoring named on the file before printing. The complexity index is a rough proxy for notation density, not a formal grade.

Selected scores

1. Boler Road

   13 views; complexity index 1; roughly 2.0 minutes long.

2. the Border Reivers

   9 views; complexity index 1; about 2.1 minutes.

3. Benjamin Armstrong Wright

   A classical repertoire piece with 3 views, complexity index 1 and a running time of about 0.4 minutes.

4. 40 years together

   3 views; complexity index 1; about 0.4 minutes.

5. The Hopping Ground

   A classical repertoire piece with 2 views, complexity index 1 and a running time of about 0.4 minutes.

6. Ann Marie Alacoque

   A classical repertoire piece with 2 views, complexity index 1 and a running time of about 0.4 minutes.