A James Hook Album

Easy to moderately difficult pieces by Haydn Mozart and Beethoven the three great classics of the ? Viennese School ? form the main focus of this album. But these three ?greats? were not the only composers to leave an imprint on piano music between 1760 and 1827.Accordingly this collection also contains appealing pieces by Mozart?s pupils Thomas Attwood and Johann Nepomuk Hummel and the composer-publisher Anton Diabelli . Works by such contemporaries as Anton Benda Daniel G. Türk and James Hook also introduce pianists to the great expressive range of classical piano music.As appealing in its contents as in its appearance this collection is rounded offwith annotated color illustrations of contemporary keyboard instruments. It consists entirely of original compositions accompanied by reliable fingering.By focusing on relatively short pieces in a wide range of forms the volume is ideal for adding variety to piano lessons while conveying a vivid impression of the major genres of classical piano music from dances and variations to the nascent sonata form.Rich selection of easy to moderately difficult original piano pieces by great classical composersJudicious fingering suggestionsReadily affordable volume for piano lessonsColour photos of historical instruments

A selection of folk ballads from England Ireland Scotland and Wales.A ballad is the blending of words the beauty of melody tone rhythm and expression. They reflect the history of a people their legends religion love and work. British ballads are renouned for their verse melodic construction and for the enormous range of expression.1 The Lass of Richmond Hill is a poem by Leonard McNally a barrister about a lass who became his wife in 1787. The music is by James Hook (1746 1827).2 Sally in our Alley. The words are by Henry Carey who also wrote the original music but this was replaced by the tune we now know an English traditionalmelody in 1790.3 Caller Herrin'. The poem is by Lady Nairne (1766 1845). Nathaniel Gow the famous Scottish violinist wrote the music in 1798 as a harpsichord piece combining the traditional Edinburgh fish wives cry Caller Herrin' with the bells of St Andrew's Church Edinburgh.4 Men of Harlech. The music is traditionally Welsh and the ballad probably originated from North Wales where the native princes had ruled the longest.5 David of the White Rock (Dafydd y Garres Wen). Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) wrote the words to this ballad The Dying Bard. David Owen the Welsh bard of the ballad composed the tune on his death-bed on awakening from a trance in which be believed himself to have heard the tune in heaven.6 Oft in the Stilly Night. The words describe an old man's memories of the smiles the tears of boyhood years. The eyes that shone now dimmed and gone and how oft in the stilly night he remembers other days. The ballad is by the Irish poet Thomas Moore (1779 1852) who set the words to a traditional air.7- The Meeting of the Waters. Written by Thomas Moore music Irish traditional.The Meeting of the Waters is the confluence of the rivers Avonmore and Avonberg in a beautiful valley near Avoca County Wicklow.8 Oh! Charlie is my Darlin'. The

1 Traditional: 'Red River Valley'2 Neapolitan Song: 'Santa Lucia'3 Traditional: When The Saints...4 F. Schubert (1797-1828): 'Who is Sylvia?'5 L. Mozart (1719-1787): Bourrée6 J. Hook (1746-1827): Sonata No 1 (1st movement)7 G. F. Händel (1685-1759): Passacaglia

Die in diesem Band enthaltenen leichten Duette für Sopran- und Alt-Blockflöte entstammen teilweise den 12 Duettinos op. 42 teilweise sind es Gelegenheitswerke ohne Opuszahl.