Four Scottish Dances

Norfolk is one of the most beautiful counties in England famous for its charming villages and boundless broads a popular centre for sailing holidays. It is also the home of one of the best known of all British composers Sir Malcolm Arnold. The date of the premiere of this piece was to fall close to his 80th birthday so Philip Sparke decided to write something of a birthday tribute. Some of Arnold’s best-loved orchestral works are his sets of dances: there are two sets of English Dances Four Scottish Dances Four Cornish Dances etc. most of which have been arranged for concert band at one time or another. Philip Sparke thought it would be appropriate for the concert band tohave its own set of dances and wrote Four Norfolk Dances very much in the style of Arnold’s suites.

These dances were composed early in 1957 and are dedicated to the BBC Light Music Festival. They are all based on original melodies except one the melody of which was composed by Robert Burns. Arranged for Violin and Piano by David Gedge.

The present edition of the Scottish Dances Op.41 (1877) by Antonín Dvorák is based on a version for piano four hands published by Berlin publisher Bote

A lively collection of great Scottish Irish and Canadian tunes to add variety to your sets! The four books in the series 'The Ceilidh Collection for Fiddlers' have been best sellers in Scotland for more than 20 years with all ages and stages of fiddle players - a testimony to the great Scottish music contained in them. This volume contains some tunes which use more complex rhythms bowings and the keys up to three flats but most of the tunes are in A D or G. Another stunning collection of popular tunes for ceilidh dancing and solo performances. “The Ceilidh Collection has over eighty tunes arranged by type and hereis its real strength: if you’re playing at a ceilidh what you want is a set of tunes suited to the next dance and you want them quickly - mustn’t keep the dancers waiting. Well using this book you just turn to the page and away you go. It’s not just that the tunes are arranged by jigs reels waltzes or whatever but they are also arranged by dance.” “For anyone staring out in the business of playing for dancers the Ceilidh Collection is ideal. It has all the old favourites and a few newer ones for interest. It has nearly all the dances which are usually performed and a few titbits like the set for Burns Nigh and some airs. Nor is it just for fiddlers because everything is chorded. A thoroughly worthwhile publication.” - John Moar Orkney View Magazine

Les volumes de cette nouvelle série contiennent des duos , trios et quatuors , leur degré de difficulté allant de facile à travers intermédiaire à avancé . Chaque pièce est une transcription ou un arrangement, puisque dans l'édition des volumes notre principale préoccupation était de fournir une collection de précieux et des compositions intéressantes , comme variable sous la forme possible en ce qui concerne l'instrumentation , pour les élèves des écoles de musique et aussi pour les adultes qui font de la musique pour leur propre plaisir . l'étendue et le tangage des parties permettent aux travaux à réaliser sur n'importe quelle combinaison nécessaire ou possible de l' proposée instruments . / Trio

Masterpieces of the 20th century arranged for piano solo, including Barber's 'Adagio For Strings' and Holst's 'Venus' from The Planets. / Piano

While one of a kind is a hard rating to achieve at Mel Bay Publications Kevin Allison has done it with The Ceilidh Dance Book. A ceilidh is a traditional Scottish gathering where people share songs stories music and dancingthat is very much alive today. In Scotland there are hundreds of ceilidh bands each of which has their own trademark tune sets making it possible for a man in a kilt to make a living as a performing musician.This booknot only provides 85 Scottish tunes in sets as they might be used in a ceilidh event—it also offers detailed beat-by-beat descriptions of the dance steps for twenty-four dances! From The Highland Scottish to The MooncoinJig with this book in hand you’ll be able to both play in the band and step to the music with the locals. The kilt is optional.Arranged for mandolin or fiddle with suggested chord backup in standard notationonly.

50 kleine Klavierstücke. La collection Mini Maestro en trois volumes présente de petites pièces pour piano de difficulté progressive de très facile à moyenne, datant de cinq siècles, par ordre chronologique, de la musique baroque, classique, romantique, moderne au jazz, à la pop et à la musique minimale. A la fin de chaque volume se trouvent trois pièces bonus à quatre mains - sous la devise ' Plus de plaisir à deux '. Faciles à apprendre, toutes les pièces offrent un répertoire varié qui constitue un complément idéal à toute méthode de piano et convient à des concerts, leçons, examens et concours. Le volume 1 contient des morceaux dans la gamme pentatonique / dans des gammes pentatoniques changeantes, suivis de morceaux dans l'ambitus d'une octave avec un rythme simple et un jeu d'accords facile. D'autres critères sont la différente articulation, la mélodie à la main gauche, les signes d'octave et les pièces en majeur/mineur jusqu'une armure à un dièse/bémol. Le volume 2 contient des pièces dans l'ambitus étendu de deux octaves et avec un jeu des accords à trois ou quatre voix et des renversements. Les autres critères sont le jeu de pédale, des ornements élémentaires, la polyphonie simple, la différenciation de la mélodie et de l'accompagnement et les pièces en majeur/mineur jusqu'une armure à deux dièses/bémols. Le volume 3 contient des pièces avec un ambitus allant jusqu'à quatre octaves, avec un rythme et une vélocité plus exigeants. D'autres critères sont la différenciation subtile des tons, le jeu expressif, la polyphonie dans une main, la polyphonie avancée et les pièces en majeur/mineur jusqu'une armure à trois dièses/bémols. / Niveau : 2 / Classique / Recueil / Piano