SKU: FH.VC0

ISBN 978-1-55440-536-7.

This inaugural edition of the Cello Series offers a sound and progressive collection of Repertoire, Recordings, Etudes, Technique, and Orchestral Excerpts for the aspiring cellist. With an expansive representation of musical styles from all eras, this series addresses the need for a single collection of quality educational materials to foster musical development and instill appreciation for the richness and diversity of music written for cello.
Supporting a balanced course of study, this series organizes repertoire into nine volumes from the Preparatory Level through Level 8. Each level offers music from a range of styles and compositional eras, including standard literature, new arrangements of familiar tunes, and music written for cellists, by cellists. These selections provide the flexibility to choose pedagogically appropriate material suited to each individual, and to motivate students to fully develop their musicianship and technique.
Legato Pieces on a Slower Tempo: Beautiful Dreamer - Foster, Stephen arr. Forrest Kinney Shenandoah - American folk song arr. Jason Gray Waltz of the Elephants - Konicek, Zdenek Cradle Song (Wiegenlied), op. 49, no. 4 - Brahms, Johannes arr. Forrest Kinney Amazing Grace - American hymn arr. Forrest Kinney Loch Lomond - Scottish folk song arr. Christine Donkin Nocturne - Mendelssohn, Felix arr. Jason Noble Early One Morning - English folk song arr. Akiko and Forrest Kinney Austrian Hymn (Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser), Hob. XXVIa: 43 - Haydn, Franz Joseph arr. Jason Noble The Minstrel Boy - Irish folk song arr. Christine Donkin Energetic Pieces in a Faster Tempo: Smash the Windows - Irish jig arr. Jason Gray Grandfather's Clock - Work, Henry Clay arr. Christine Donkin Sonatina in C Major, op. 36, no. 1 - Clementi, Muzio arr. Mark Mrozinski - Third Movement: Rondo Mean Street Chase - Blackwell, David and Kathy Blackwell Forlane (from La reine de Peris, act 3) - Aubert, Jacques arr. Kathleen Wood Allegro, K 3 - Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus arr. Jason Noble Parson's Farewell - English country dance arr. Jason Gray Contredanse, K 106 (588a), no. 1 - attr. Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus arr. Kathleen Wood Melted Mouse and Roasted Rat in Choc'late Sauce - Lumsden, Caroline and Ben Atwood Theme and Variations - Beethoven, Ludwig van arr. Endre Lengyel and arpad Pejtsik.

SKU: HH.HH187-FSP

ISBN 9781905779178.

Like so many of his compatriots, the Czech born Vaclav Pichl spent much of his working life in Vienna (where the Empress Maria Theresa, preferred him to Mozart), but with a period working for Dittersdorf (in what is now Rumania) and nearly twenty years spent in Milan. His compositions were performed at EszterhA!za by Haydn, who had a set of Pichl's new quartets copied in 1780 (he wrote over 30 quartets in all).His compositions were performed at EszterhA!za by Haydn, who had a set of Pichl's new quartets copied in 1780 (he wrote over 30 quartets in all).