Six Country Dances is an anthology of tunes from Playford’s ‘The English Dancing Master’ selected and arranged by Richard Rodney Bennett. Playford’s collection was first published in 1651 and contained 535 popular tunes for country dancing. Richard Rodney Bennett’s skilful and inspired arrangements are perfect for intermediate standard players adding as they do a contemporary slant to these classics of the English folk repertoire. This edition is for Viola and Piano.

Ed. Otto Deri. 17 pieces appropriate for recital or contest use. Contents: Allegro Maestoso (Handel) - Allegro Spiritoso (Senaille) - Andante (Beethoven) - Andante (Gluck) - Aria (Lotti) - Bourrée I (Bach) - Country Dance - La Cinquantine (The Golden Wedding) - Larghetto (Handel) - Lento (Schumann) - Lullaby - Menuet (Mozart) - Nina (Pergolesi) - Romance - Sicilienne (Debussy) - The Swan (Saint-Saëns) - Village Song (Popper)./ Recueil / Violoncelle et Piano

Out Of The Cradle Endlessly Rocking 'Wave Music' (2007-08) by Per NørgÃ¥rd. Scored for Clarinet Violin Cello and Piano. Parts available: WH30883A Programme note The work was commissioned by the Ebb and Flow Ensemble for premiere at the Maui Arts and Cultural Center Kahului Hawaii 23 November 2008. The premiere performers will be (as of 241108: were) Scott Anderson clarinet Ignace Jang violin Mark Votapek cello and Robert Pollock piano.The title is borrowed from the first line of American poet Walt Whitman’s magnificent poem SEADRIFT a tribute to the sea. The poem forms part of Whitman’s magnum opus LEAVES OF GRASS which he revised extended and worked on practically all his writing life.I had previously drawn some lines from the poem SEADRIFT for another work of mine a work likewise entitled SEADRIFT (1978) for soprano and ensemble.In this present new piece I did not set out to depict in music ‘the soul of the sea’ or anything like that. I did however have an intention of making the piece a sort of outstretched hand from one small country with a multitude of islands and – necessarily – a lot of water around it (I am referring of course to my native Denmark) to another country with many islands: Hawaii with its far-away exotic appeal (at least for a Scandinavian) and its remoteness thousands and thousands of nautical miles away. Folkloristic Hawaiian chant (alluring samples of which were kindly forwarded to me from the commissioner of the work) fascinated and impressed me so much that my melodic repertoire in the new piece sometimes echo a Hawaiian Melodybrother.A latent wave-character is characteristic of the piece. You will hear a simultaneity of different ‘wavelengths’ and often a dense and complex melodic and rhythmic

Folk Strings is a collection of folk melodies from around the world arranged for strings. Unlike classical music, which normally has an authentic version, folk music often exists in many versions, with differences in the melody or lyrics. Sometimes several countries lay claim to a melody because a group of people moved to a new country and took their music with them. Most folk songs were sung and played for many years before they were written down, and their original composer is usually unknown. This collection includes melodies in a variety of moods and with rhythmic patterns which are representative of their country of origin. The arrangements in Folk Strings can be effective with players at a variety of levels. In order to provide maximum flexibility, the collection is available in a number of instrumentations.

These two chamber music works are one of the main focuses in the oeuvre of Ulvi Cemal Erkin. Lively and spirited, they combine Western European tradition with rhythmic and melodic elements from Turkish folk music. Both are perfectly suitable for music lessons and concert recitals, adding a new interesting colour to the common chamber music repertoire.Erkin (1906-1972) is one of the most important composers of Turkey. He studied piano and composition in France and later returned to his home country where he became professor in Ankara. / Quatuor A Cordes

for Cello-Instrumentalists will love this jam-packed collection of 101 timeless pop songs! Songs include Another Brick in the Wall • Billie Jean • Dust in the Wind • Easy • Free Bird • Girls Just Want to Have Fun • Hey Jude • I'm a Believer • Jessie's Girl • Lean on Me • The Lion Sleeps Tonight • Livin' on a Prayer • My Girl • Piano Man • Pour Some Sugar on Me • Reeling in the Years • Stand by Me • Sweet Home Alabama • Take Me Home Country Roads • With or Without You • You Really Got Me and more.

Accompaniment CD for the folio featuring 17 pieces appropriate for recital or contest use. Contents: Allegro Maestoso (Handel) ? Allegro Spiritoso (Senaille) ? Andante (Beethoven) ? Andante (Gluck) ? Aria(Lotti) ? Bourrée I (Bach)? Country Dance ? La Cinquantine (The Golden Wedding) ? Larghetto (Handel) ? Lento (Schumann) ? Lullaby ? Menuet (Mozart) ? Nina (Pergolesi) ? Romance? Sicilienne (Debussy) ? The Swan (Saint-Saëns) ? Village Song (Popper).

Les 45 duos 'gentils' sont une introduction facile aux Etudes de jeu pour violoncelle petits et grands. Si les triades échelle balançoires sonores à la musique country et rpeggien accompagnant une ballade pop, sont ensuite pratiquer, c'est amusant. Toutes les pièces sont dans le 1er Capable de jouer. Méthodologiquement, le livre est divisé en trois parties: la première partie contient des pièces faciles dans le premier serré L'emplacement, les deuxièmes coupes dans la position de saisie de largeur. Dans la troisième partie, il ya un peu plus exigeants morceaux mais bien réalisable avec des tâches spécifiques telles que des chaînes changeantes, des arpèges et des exercices d'accords. Droit, gentil ces duos nice! / 2 Violoncelles

This work was commissioned by the Strover family for the Maggini Quartet on the occasion of Rosalind Strover’s 100th birthday. It was first performed by the MagginiQuartet on 5th November 2004 at Stoke-by-Nayland Country Club Essex.

String Quartet-Based on My Country 'Tis of Thee uses elements of jazz blues and rock.

Three Small Pieces for String Quartet. Par AYRES RICHARD. Richard Ayres’ Three Small Pieces for String Quartet each have distinct characters that illustrate the composer’s vivid imagination and skill for combining energetic, touching and sometimes wild music. The first piece is a short tribute to the Romanian singer Maria Tanase, a long forgotten performer who was once a star in her country. The second is a rough, fast and folk-like section in 11/16 time and the third, subtitled “Countess Eva von Spendu (on a horse) gallops through the forest (pausing four times to contemplate natural splendour)”, contains (in the words of the composer) “hunting gallops, a Feldmanesque 19 bar blues, some devilish fiddling, moments of repose and contemplation, and a lyrical finale.”/ Recueil / Quatuor à Cordes

Description Solos For The Cello Player Seventeen intermediate level pieces representing various stylistic periods. Songlist Allegro (Violin Sonata Op.1 No.15) [Handel, George Frideric] Allegro Spiritoso [Senaille, Jean Baptiste] Andante [Beethoven, Ludwig Van] Andante (Orfeo) [Gluck, Christoph Willibald] Aria [Lotti, Antonio] Country Dance [Weber, Carl Maria Von] La Cinquantaine (Air In The Olden Style) [Marie, Gabriel] Larghetto (Violin Sonata Op.1 No.13) [Handel, George Frideric] Lento (Five Pieces In A Popular Mood) [Schumann, Robert] Lullaby [Brahms, Johannes] Menuet (Divertimento In D, K334) [Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus] Nina (Canzonetta) [Pergolesi, Giovanni] Romance [Debussy, Claude] Sicilienne [Faure, Gabriel] The Swan (Carnival Of The Animals) [Saint-Saens, Camille] Two Bourrees (Third Cello Suite] [Bach, Johann Sebastian] Village Song [Popper, David]

This work was commissioned by the Strover family for the Maggini Quartet on the occasion of Rosalind Strover’s 100th birthday. It was first performed by the MagginiQuartet on 5th November 2004 at Stoke-by-Nayland Country Club Essex.

CELLOWISE is an exciting new collection of arrangements from the popular classics. The standard is from Grade 3 upwards and included are Bach Badinerie Handel Sarabande Haydn Gipsy Rondo Gossec Gavotte and Tambourin Brahms Hungarian Dance and other favourites with attached CD of top quality performances making a pleasant and varied recital programme both to listen to and of course to play. Cellowise is featured on the 2014 Bauhinia Cup String Competition in Hong Kong and is on the current syllabuses of Trinity College London the Musik-PrüfungsKommission in Vienna and the Royal Irish Academy of Music in Dublin 2015-2018.FOOTNOTE TO CONTENTSOriginally a folk-dance from Medieval Spain the Sarabande became the spiritual centre-point of the 18th. Century dance suite and well-known to cellists through the Bach Suites.The Badinerie is a musical haiku stunning in its precision and economy of means and like a poem condenses much meaning and expression into few words.Sir Yehudi Menuhin once called the 'Erbarme Dich' solo the most beautiful piece of music ever written for the violin. This poignant duet for voice and obligato is about remorse betrayal and the universal theme of suffering. It is one of the centre-pieces of the St. Matthew Passion and is sung after Peter has denied Christ betraying him to the authorities and to his Crucifixion.Gavotte and Tambourin. These two Dances reflect the political opposites of the French Revolution - one a popular dance for partying and celebration the other more courtly and considered a favourite of Marie Antoinette.Rondo all'Ongarese and Hungarian Dance.Hungarian Folk music is fiery and impassioned with virtuoso techniques of embellishment and improvisation. Haydn and Brahms incorporated these elements into Classical forms.Like other Romantic and early-Romantic composers (Mendelssohn and Schubert) Brahms was attracted to Scotland as a wild and beautiful country of myth and