Bassoon and Piano SKU: ST.C130 Composed by Mark Tanner. Wind & brass musi...(+)
Bassoon and Piano
SKU:
ST.C130
Composed by
Mark Tanner. Wind & brass
music. Clifton Edition
#C130. Published by
Clifton Edition
(ST.C130).
ISBN
9790570811304.
As I
sit myself down to write
this brief foreword, I
ask myself can there be
music more stirring than
these old Cornish folk
melodies? Though not
Cornish myself (I confess
to being born a little
further up the road, in
Bristol), I feel I have
spent sufficient time in
these 'ere parts to
resonate with the sturdy
brass band tradition that
continues to permeate
this incomparably
beautiful, rugged county.
One can almost detect a
French 'accent' when
listening to the piano
music of Debussy, and
likewise, speaking as a
lapsed brass player,
there is undoubtedly
something of the Cornish
twang about Trelawny when
played on a cornet or
euphonium. Then again,
one gets a different, yet
entirely convincing
effect upon hearing these
melodies rendered on
woodwind instruments;
hence, with a little
gamesmanship on my part,
I am pleased to see my
collection of these
fifteen delectable
ditties come to fruition
in the form of
arrangements for treble
clef brass instruments
(in B flat and E flat),
trombone and tuba (bass
clef), horn in F, flute,
clarinet and bassoon.
While many will find
themselves humming the
likes of Going up
Camborne Hill, Lamorna or
The Helston Furry Dance
even before they have
turned to the first page
- for these are indelibly
intertwined with Cornish
culture – I wonder if I
might draw your attention
to The Cornish Squire,
The Pool of Pilate and
Cold Blows the Wind Today
Sweetheart, which are
quite simply sublime
melodies, perhaps needing
that extra bit of help in
bringing them to mind
nowadays. In the best
tradition of musical
hand-me-downs, Cornish
folk music works equally
ideally sung and played,
and only by doing so on a
regular basis can such
traditions hope to
continue forward with
vigour and authority. A
legitimate way of
achieving this is to
revitalise the harmonic
scheme of these ancient
tunes and bring them up
to date for a modern
audience; after all, it
was such an approach that
fuelled the imagination
of Benjamin Britten and
Ralph Vaughan Williams in
decades past, while
skilfully paying homage
to the underlying charm
and, for want of a better
word, simplicity, of the
original music. But this
is only a start – for
without an energetic
response from younger
generations, Cornish folk
music is destined to
wither on the vine in
much the same way as is
happening with the
Cornish dialect. So, put
your instrument to your
lips and proceed, not
with caution, but with
enthusiasm and a smile,
for your great
grandparents (and perhaps
even their grandparents)
would surely raise a
glass if they could hear
you doing your bit to
ensure the survival of
this splendid
heritage. Timeless
Cornish melodies, cooked
up for hungry clarinet
players Grades
1–4 Former Spartan
Press Cat. No.:
SP1219.
Bassoon and Piano - intermediate SKU: BT.AMP-430-400 Arranged by Philip S...(+)
Bassoon and Piano -
intermediate
SKU:
BT.AMP-430-400
Arranged by Philip
Sparke. Anglo Music
Play-Along Series. Book
with CD. Composed 2015.
40 pages. Anglo Music
Press #AMP 430-400.
Published by Anglo Music
Press (BT.AMP-430-400).
ISBN 9789043148610.
English-German-French-Dut
ch.
Part of the
Anglo Music Play-Along
Series, Philip
Sparke’s 15
Intermediate Christmas
Carols is aimed
at the young
instrumentalist who can
play about an octave and
a half and follows on
from Sparke’s
15 Easy
ChristmasCarols.
Specifically tailored to
suit the individual
instrument, this book
introduces the developing
player to the
world’s most
popular Christmas tunes
by selecting simple yet
attractive melodies that
fit their limited range.
The book willprovide
invaluable additional
material to complement
any teaching method and
includes both piano
accompaniment and a
demo/play-along
CD.
Philip Sparkes
15 Intermediate
Christmas Carols
sind Teil der Reihe Anglo
Music Play-Along und
richten sich an junge
Instrumentalisten, die
einen Tonumfang von
ungefähr eineinhalb
Oktaven beherrschen. Die
Ausgabe schließt sich
anSparkes 15 Easy
Christmas Carols
an. Für diesen Band
wurden einfache und
zugleich ansprechende
Melodien ausgewählt,
die genau auf das
jeweilige Instrument
zugeschnitten sind, sich
für dessen begrenzten
Tonumfang eignen, und den
soSchüler an die
weltweit beliebtesten
Weihnachtslieder
heranführen. 15
Intermediate Christmas
Carols bietet
damit wertvolles
Ergänzungsmaterial,
das zu jeder
Instrumentalschulepasst
und sowohl eine
Klavierbegleitung als
auch einePlay-Along-CD
enthält.