SKU: HL.49043945

ISBN 9790220133503. 8.25x12.0x0.3 inches. English.

Sea Songs, commissioned jointly by Ars Nova Copenhagen and Glasgow Concert Halls, is a kind of sequel to Martland's Street Songs (originally written for the Kings Singers and Evelyn Glennie). As with the earlier piece, Martland made use of to the library of the English Folk Song and Dance Society at Cecil Sharp House in north London.I wanted specifically to find texts that were not just the usual nautical heave-ho sort of thing, but instead explored the dangers and hardships still being experienced by sailors as recently as the early 19th century. I was also very happy to see in these texts the sense of camaraderie and mutual support that existed between the sailors. (Steve Martland)Dance to your Daddy sets the scene of a sailor's wife at home, dandling her baby son and singing to him about his daddy away fishing, and about the future. Both the tune and the words come from the Northumberland area around Newcastle. This song is very well known in the UK and gave the title to a famous television series When the boat comes in.Fire Down Below is about the effects of fire - a constant danger on board wooden ships. At the end of this song the words take on an extended meaning: Fire in our hearts for the friends that we love.The Dead Horse is about the initial month of work without pay in which all seamen had to take part. They referred to it as the dead horse - hence the expression to flog a dead horse when something is a waste of time. The seamen resented this unpaid time, and the text expresses their frustrations metaphorically by listing what they would do to the horse! The music's frantic gallop alludes to the horse's desperation.Although The Sea Martyrs presents itself as a ballad, this text has a more literary feel, and unlike the other songs it doesn't include a chorus refrain. It concerns the sailors' lack of pay, the consequences of asking for pay (being hanged!), and the poverty of their families at home. The poem portrays the sailors' deaths as an almost religious sacrifice to help future seamen.At the end of the work, the opening of Dance to your Daddy returns as a kind of descant, sung by an angel calling to the hanged men. Paul Hillier, 2012.

SKU: BT.DHP-1115113-400

ISBN 9789043139205. 9x12 inches. English-German-French-Dutch.

In Double Bass Starter you will find a variety of tunes for beginner double bass players - young as well as old. It is a fantastic album, with a solid methodical structure. A range of styles is featured, from classical to jazz and pop. The tunes can be picked or bowed. The CD features demo tracks together with play-along tracks for each piece.

In Double Bass Starter zijn verschillende stukken voor beginners op de contrabas verzameld. Het is zowel een geweldig speelboek als een goed doordachte aanvulling op het gebruikelijke lesmateriaal. Allerlei stijlen passerende revue - van klassiek tot pop. Alle stukken kunnen zowel pizzicato als con arco worden gespeeld.

In Double Bass Starter sind vielfältige Stu?cke fu?r Anfänger auf dem Kontrabass versammelt. Es ist zugleich ein fantastisches Spielbuch und sehr lehrreiches Zusatzmaterial fu?r den Unterricht mit einem durchdachten methodischen Aufbau. Allerlei Stile kommen darin an die Reihe - von Klassik u?ber Jazz bis hin zu Pop. Alle Stu?cke können sowohl gezupft als auch gestrichen werden.Die CD bietet sowohl Demo- als auch Play-Along Tracks an.

Double Bass Starter propose de nombreuses pièces de style divers (classique, jazz ou pop), arrangées pour contrebassiste débutant. Chaque partition contient un large éventail de compléments pédagogiques qui sâ??intégreront facilement votre méthode dâ??apprentissage. Ce fantastique ouvrage offre la possibilité de jouer en pizzicato ou en legato.

In Double Bass Starter troverete una variet di pezzi per avviare i principianti allo studio del contrabbasso. Oltre al materiale pedagogico utile a supportare l'insegnamento, vengono anche trattati tutti i generi musicali dalla classica al jazz al pop.