David Starobin's Variations On A Theme By Carl Nielsen for Guitar (2010). Premiered by David Starobin at the Carl Nielsen Hall Odense4 June 2011. This short set of variations for solo guitar is based on Carl Nielsen’s Sang bag Ploven (Song Behind the Plow) originally a song for voice and piano from Nielsen’s opus 10 first published in 1899. The original Danish text is by Nielsen’s contemporary and friend the poet Ludvig Holstein.The piece is a personal celebration of my love affair with Danishmusic and musicians and the composition is dedicated to my friend the composer William Bland.David Starobin August 2010

Sangbogen Greatest indeholder de 250 bedste sange fra SANGBOGEN 1-4 inden for emnerneDANSK POP·ROCK·BEATDANSKE EVERGREENSUDENLANDSK POP·ROCK·BEATUDENLANDSKE EVERGREENSBecifret melodilinje med underlagt tekst. Konceptet i Sangbogen Greatest er anderledes i forhold til de foregående bind i serien da her udelukkende er tale om sange som allerede indgår i Sangbogen 1-4. Sangbogen Greatest indeholder helt nyredigerede versioner efter samme principper som i Sangbogen 4 ligeledes med fokus på den rytmiske musik: pop rock beat og evergreens. Evergreenkategorienindeholder sange fra blandt andet operetter musical og film.

Specially transcribed and arranged for beginning and intermediate guitar players this anthology of 49 classics includes such perennial favourites as 'Beautiful Dreamer ' 'Amazing Grace ' 'Aura Lee ' 'On Top of Old Smoky ' 'Blue Tail Fly ' 'Camptown Races ' 'Dixie's Land ' 'Yankee Doodle ' 'Sweet Betsy from Pike ' 'John Henry ' and many more.