Funeral March for a Marionette is,perhaps, composer Charles Gounod's most famous composition. This is largelybecause it was used as the theme song of the popular 1950s television series AlfredHitchkok Presents.

Gounod wrote the piece in 1872. Thepiece, originally for piano, describes the story of a marionette who is killedin a duel. In the original score, Gounod included comments in French matchingthe action in the story to the music:

· La Marionnette est cassée!!!(The marionette is broken!!!)

· Murmure de regrets de la troupe(Murmurs of regret from the troupe)

· Le Cortège (The procession)

· Ici plusieurs des principaux personnages de la troupes'arrêtent pour se rafraîchir (Here many of the principalpersonages stop for refreshments)

· Retour à la maison (Return to the house)

The picture on the cover is thefirst page of the original publication.

You are welcome to try some of myother arrangements. In addition to the songs offered on this site (you can seethem at http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/search?Ntt=Yoel Epstein), I have arranged three songs from the Holocaust, which I arranged anddistribute for free on IMSLP. You can find them at http://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Ravpapa.If you need arrangements of any of these songs for specialcombinations of instruments, feel free to contact and#8233;me,and I will try to accommodate. Write me at yoelepst@gmail.com. Hope you enjoy.

The Holly And The Ivy

Auld Lang Syne

Deck The Halls

Sussex Carol

Go Tell It On The Mountain

Angels We Have Heard on High

We Three Kings John Henry Hopkins Jr.

It Came Upon The Midnight Clear Richard Storrs Willis

Tu Scendi Dalle Stelle Alfons Maria de Liguori

Gesu Bambino (The Infant Jesus) Pietro A. Yon

Viktor Kosenko (1896-1938) was a Soviet Ukrainian pianist and composer. He wrote mainly for his two instruments, the piano and the violin, including concerti for both instruments. In the early 1930s, sensing a void in the educational offerings for children, Kosenko began to write beautiful, yet simple tunes for his piano students. The arranger fond these works suitable for the violin (there is a viola version available as well). Melody, Olden Dance, Scherzino and March all take abut six minutes to perform and are excellent recital works for young violinists. All four are playable in first position in friendly keys like A Minor, G Major, D Minor and D Major.