Baritone/Bass Accompaniment CDs. By Various Composers. (Baritone/Bass). Vocal Collection. CD only. Size 9x12 inches. 8 pages. Published by Hal Leonard.

Urtext based on the Brahms Complete Edition of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna. Composed by Johannes Brahms (1833-1897). Partitur-Bibliothek (Score Library). The Double Concerto in A minor op. 102 is Brahms' last work for orchestra. He wrote it in Thun in summer 1887 at the suggestion of the cellist Robert Hausmann, to whom Brahms had also dedicated his Cello Sonata No. 2 op. 99; it was completed just before o. Romantic. Study score. Breitkopf and Haertel #PB 3697-07. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel

Cantor, assembly, keyboard accompaniment, percussion - Beginning

SKU: GI.G-10551

Penitential Act / Kyrie. Composed by Jeffrey Honore. Ritual Prayer. Sacred. Octavo. With guitar chord names. 8 pages. GIA Publications #10551. Published by GIA Publications (GI.G-10551).

Text Source: The Roman Missal

The percussion part is for optional hand drums.

Voice and Piano. By Various. Arranged by F Potter. Vocal Collection. Size 7.5x10.7 inches. 144 pages. Published by G. Schirmer, Inc.

Edited by Richard Walters. Vocal Collection. Piece for the NFMC Vocal event with the National Federation of Music Clubs (NFMC) Festivals Bulletin 2008-2009-2010. Play Along. Softcover Audio Online. 288 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

SATB Choir and Organ

SKU: HL.14016042

Music Sales America. Sacred. Book [Softcover]. Music Sales #NOV030138. Published by Music Sales (HL.14016042).

ISBN 9780853607069.

A collection of fourteen anthems.

Contralto. Music Sales America. Classical. 56 pages. Music Sales #PAT00604. Published by Music Sales

Recorder Duet

SKU: HL.49002245

English Folk Dances. Edited by Edgar Hubert Hunt. Arranged by Edgar Hubert Hunt. This edition: Saddle stitching. Sheet music. Edition Schott. Classical. Playing score. 12 pages. Schott Music #ED 10049. Published by Schott Music (HL.49002245).

ISBN 9790220100567. UPC: 073999475692. 6.0x9.0x0.048 inches.

Soprano and treble recorder.

Band Bass Clarinet, Bass Drum, Bassoon, Bells, Brake Drum, Cabasa, Chimes, Clarinet 1, Clarinet 2, Crash Cymbals, Euphonium, Euphonium T.C., Flute, Flute 2, Hi-hat Cymbal, Horn, Mallet Percussion, Oboe, Percussion 1, Percussion 2, Ride Cymbal and more. - Grade 1.5

SKU: CF.FPS150

Composed by Matthew R. Putnam. First Plus Band (FPS). Set of Score and Parts. With Standard notation. 8+2+4+4+2+5+2+2+4+4+4+6+3 +2+1+3+8+16+2 pages. Duration 2 minutes, 6 seconds. Carl Fischer Music #FPS150. Published by Carl Fischer Music (CF.FPS150).

ISBN 9781491152102. UPC: 680160909605.

The title is a play on words, but the composer had his own ulterior motives in mind when composing this piece. He wanted a piece that was fun to play, but that helped developing musicians work on their rhythmic skills. Matt Putnam uses the feel of action film soundtracks to create the mood of this interesting new piece. Interesting grooves in the percussion throughout add to the piece’s feel of mystery and thrill.
To understand my thoughts in writing this piece, I thought it best to define the two ideas that give the piece its title: ulterior motives and musical motifs. Ulterior motives occur when you believe that a person is doing something for some unknown or hidden reason. Often, they are used in action films or literature to increase the drama and tension of the story. Musically, a motif is a short rhythmic and/or melodic idea. When I wrote this piece, I must confess that I had my own ulterior motives: I wanted to create a piece that was fun to play, but I also wanted a piece that would help students develop their rhythmic counting skills. In this piece, I use a motif of a two eighth-note pattern which jumps from section to section to help me achieve my ulterior motive.Mimicking the mood of action films whose characters often have ulterior motives, the mood of the piece is suspenseful and exciting as the motif jumps from section to section throughout the ensemble. The motif keeps you guessing as it occurs on all four different beats of the measure sometimes ascending, sometimes descending, and occurs sometimes in the interval of a second and sometimes the interval of a third. Interesting grooves in the percussion throughout add to the piece’s feel of mystery and thrill.I have no ulterior motives when I say that I hope you enjoy playing Ulterior Motifs.

Band Bass Clarinet, Bass Drum, Bassoon, Bells, Brake Drum, Cabasa, Chimes, Clarinet 1, Clarinet 2, Crash Cymbals, Euphonium, Euphonium T.C., Flute, Flute 2, Hi-hat Cymbal, Horn, Mallet Percussion, Oboe, Percussion 1, Percussion 2, Ride Cymbal and more. - Grade 1.5

SKU: CF.FPS150F

Composed by Matthew R. Putnam. First Plus Band (FPS). Full score. With Standard notation. 16 pages. Carl Fischer Music #FPS150F. Published by Carl Fischer Music (CF.FPS150F).

ISBN 9781491152782. UPC: 680160910281.

The title is a play on words, but the composer had his own ulterior motives in mind when composing this piece. He wanted a piece that was fun to play, but that helped developing musicians work on their rhythmic skills. Matt Putnam uses the feel of action film soundtracks to create the mood of this interesting new piece. Interesting grooves in the percussion throughout add to the piece’s feel of mystery and thrill.
To understand my thoughts in writing this piece, I thought it best to define the two ideas that give the piece its title: ulterior motives and musical motifs. Ulterior motives occur when you believe that a person is doing something for some unknown or hidden reason. Often, they are used in action films or literature to increase the drama and tension of the story. Musically, a motif is a short rhythmic and/or melodic idea. When I wrote this piece, I must confess that I had my own ulterior motives: I wanted to create a piece that was fun to play, but I also wanted a piece that would help students develop their rhythmic counting skills. In this piece, I use a motif of a two eighth-note pattern which jumps from section to section to help me achieve my ulterior motive.Mimicking the mood of action films whose characters often have ulterior motives, the mood of the piece is suspenseful and exciting as the motif jumps from section to section throughout the ensemble. The motif keeps you guessing as it occurs on all four different beats of the measure sometimes ascending, sometimes descending, and occurs sometimes in the interval of a second and sometimes the interval of a third. Interesting grooves in the percussion throughout add to the piece’s feel of mystery and thrill.I have no ulterior motives when I say that I hope you enjoy playing Ulterior Motifs.

Choral (ShowTrax CD)

SKU: HL.8621757

(from The Addams Family). Composed by Andrew Lippa. Arranged by Audrey Snyder. Broadway Choral. Ballad, Broadway, Light Concert, Musicals. CD only. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.8621757).

UPC: 884088536640. 5x5 inches.

From the hit Broadway musical The Addams Family, this is Uncle Fester's tender moment onstage when he confesses that he is in love with the moon! It is sure to create a sweet moment in your Broadway concert! Available separately: SATB, SSA, 2-Part, ShowTrax CD. Duration: ca. 3:00.

Soprano voice & basso continuo

SKU: HH.HH106-FSP

Composed by Benedetto Vinaccesi. Edited by Michael Talbot. Voice (Soprano) & Basso Continuo. Full score and parts. Duration 8 minutes. Edition HH Music Publishers #HH106-FSP. Published by Edition HH Music Publishers (HH.HH106-FSP).

ISBN 9790708041566.

Sinc e it does not appear in Ottoboni’s Trattenimenti poetici and fails to exhibit one of his most consistent stylistic ‘trademarks’ – the use of end rhyme throughout the recitative stanzas (i.e., not merely in a final couplet) – the text for Filli, un solo tuo sguardo is probably by another, as yet unknown, author. Its subject is the familar one of the timid lover, too embarrassed to confess his love but tormented beyond endurance if he does not do so. The text comprises three arias, each introduced by a short recitative. This ‘RARARA’ structure, common enough in the later seventeenth century, tends to give way to a ‘RARA’ or even ‘ARA’ structure in the eighteenth century and is here a conservative feature.

Orchestra 1(dPicc).0.1.0: 0.0.0.0: Xylo.Harmonium(Glock): Solo Pnos(2): Str (9-8-7-6-5 in set)

SKU: AP.36-A829902

Composed by Camille Saint Saens and ed. Clinton Nieweg/ Nancy Bradburd. Arranged by Clinton Nieweg and Nancy Bradburn. String Orchestra. Nieweg Performance Editions. Masterwork Arrangement; Programmatic. Score and Part(s). LudwigMasters Publications #36-A829902. Published by LudwigMasters Publications (AP.36-A829902).

UPC: 654690647641. English.

Following a disastrous concert tour of Germany in 1885-86, Saint-Saëns withdrew to a small Austrian village, where he composed The Carnival of the Animals in February 1886. It is scored for two pianos, two violins, viola, cello, double bass, flute (and piccolo), clarinet (C and B?), glass harmonica, and xylophone. From the beginning, the composer regarded the work as a piece of fun. He wrote to his publishers Durand in Paris that he was composing a work for the coming Shrove Tuesday, and confessing that he knew he should be working on his Third Symphony, but that this work was such fun (... mais c'est si amusant!). He had apparently intended to write the work for his students at the École Niedermeyer, but it was first performed at a private concert given by the cellist Charles Lebouc on Shrove Tuesday, 9 March 1886.

These products are currently being prepared by a new publisher. While many items are ready and will ship on time, some others may see delays of several months.

(40 Kids' Songs Straight from the Bible). Arranged by Pendleton Brown. For C Instruments, Melody/Lyrics/Chords. Lead Sheets: Melody line, lyrics and chord symbols. Softcover with CD. 72 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

By Joel Raney. For choir, rhythm. Blues-Gospel-Spirituals, Gospel, Jazz/SwingStyle, Name of Jesus, Praise, General, Sacred. Rhythm parts. Published by Hope Publishing Company

Study score (picc.2.2.cor ang.2.2. - 4.2.2CaP.3.1. - timp.perc(4) - str)

SKU: BR.PB-5551-07

Festival Overture - Urtext. Composed by Pjotr Iljitsch Tschaikowsky. Edited by Polina Vajdman. Stapled. Partitur-Bibliothek (Score Library).

The piece is a masterful example of program music that seemingly casually interweaves two Russian folk songs, a liturgical melody of the Russian Orthodox Church and two national anthems, the Marseillaise and the Czar's Hymn.

Overture; Romantic. Study Score. 76 pages. Duration 16'. Breitkopf and Haertel #PB 5551-07. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.PB-5551-07).

ISBN 9790004213612. 6.5 x 9 inches.

A Tchaikovsky Urtext is no longer a rarity in Breitkopfs orchestral catalogue. Polina Vajdman has edited a very popular repertoire work that the composer personally did not think very highly of. He even confessed to having written the work without the warmth of love. Nevertheless, the piece is a masterful example of program music that seemingly casually interweaves two Russian folk songs, a liturgical melody of the Russian Orthodox Church and two national anthems, the Marseillaise and the Czars Hymn. The work was written for the consecration of the Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow, which was erected in memory of the victory over Napoleon in 1812. The first edition of the score, which was carefully corrected three times by Tchaikovsky, is the principal source for this Urtext edition. The wording of the title The Year 1812 corresponds to the composers words, but was oddly never included in the first edition.

SATB double choir, a cappella (SATB) - Moderately Difficult

SKU: OU.9780193525733

Composed by Philip Lawson. Secular Choral - Mixed Voices. New Horizons. Secular. Vocal score. 20 pages. Duration 2'. Oxford University Press #9780193525733. Published by Oxford University Press (OU.9780193525733).

ISBN 9780193525733. 10 x 7 inches.

For SATB double choir unaccompanied Lightly come or lightly go is a playful setting of James Joyce's poem of the same name for SATB double choir. The two choirs portray the conflicting emotions expressed in the poem demonstrated by the closing line: Love and laughter song-confessed When the heart is heaviest.

About Oxford New Horizons

N ew Horizons showcases the wealth of exciting, innovative, and occasionally challenging choral music being written today. It encompasses the whole gamut of small-scale choral genres, both secular and sacred, and includes pieces for upper-voice and mixed choirs. With titles by some of the most accomplished choral composers active in Great Britain and abroad, the series introduces new repertoire and fresh talent to a broad spectrum of choirs. New Horizons features composers with growing reputations for quality composition reflecting a strong individual voice. The series is continually expanding and should be the first place to look for attractive and performable contemporary choral music.

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.

30 Creative Intonations on Well-Known Hymntunes. By Michael Young. Instrumental. Sacred. Level: Easy. 20 pages. Published by GIA Publications.

Double Bass

SKU: BT.YE0007

Yorke Edition. Composed by F. Baines. Book Only. Yorke Edition #YE0007. Published by Yorke Edition (BT.YE0007).

Born in Oxford in 1917, Francis Baines was a well-known and much respected professional double bass player. He studied at the Royal College of Music in London with Claude Hobday, where he later taught. Something of an eccentric,he immersed himself in early music at a time when few people were taking it seriously. He owned a beautiful Amati bass that he had restored as a violone, which it probably was originally, and he was a regular fixture as aprincipal player in a number of orchestras and ensembles that dedicated themselves to period performing, including those directed by Denys Darlow, with whom he broadcast and recorded frequently.

Besi des playing thedoublebass, Francis Baines was an exponent of the treble viol and led the Jaye Consort of Viols which he founded. He also played several kinds of bagpipe and the hurdy-gurdy. As a composer he dabbled in many styles, one of hisgreatest claims to fame being that of writing for the popular Hoffnung concerts in the 1960s.

He was the author of a number of papers about the history of the double bass, sometimes arriving at scholarly conclusionsthat were colourful, if not always entirely accurate. He discovered the Giovannino del Violone sonatas, subsequently published by Yorke Edition, although today it is thought that they were probably not written for a 16' pitchinstrument at all. His edition of the Capuzzi double bass concerto, published by Boosey & Hawkes, was for many years one of the few solo works available for the instrument. This, however, he largely re-composed because hethought it could be improved: towards the end of his life he confessed that with hindsight he probably should have treated it differently.

Gro unds was written in 1969 as a sort of party piece and was given to YorkeEdition in support of a drive to enlarge the repertoire for the instrument in a wide variety of styles. It was set on the syllabus of the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music for many years.

Francis Baines died.

(Clarinet and Piano). By Max Reger (1873-1916). Edited by Michael Kube. For Clarinet, Piano Accompaniment. Henle Music Folios. Softcover. G. Henle #HN909. Published by G. Henle

For voice, piano and guitar chords. From the broadway musical "Footloose". Format: piano/vocal/chords songbook. With vocal melody, piano accompaniment, lyrics, chord names, guitar chord diagrams, color photos, show credits and introductory text. Broadway. 128 pages. 9x12 inches. Published by Famous Music.

Guitar

SKU: BT.PB1314

Jazz. Book with CD. 63 pages. Paul Beuscher #PB1314. Published by Paul Beuscher (BT.PB1314).

French.

All of me - Honeysuckle Rose - I Can't give you anything but Love - I'll See you in my Dreams - I'm Confessing (That I love you) - Indifférence - Ménilmontant - Out of nowhere - Que reste t-il de nos amours - Some of these days - Sweet Georgia Brown - Undecided - Vero valse - Viper's Dream - Les Yeux noirs.

Fiddle - Intermediate

SKU: MB.30815M

Renaissance, Saddle-stitched. Celtic / Irish. Book and online audio. 48 pages. Mel Bay Publications, Inc #30815M. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc (MB.30815M).

ISBN 9781513466828. 8.75x11.75 inches.

Early Music Gems contains 49 tunes dating from 1300-1791, including Medieval, Renaissance, and ancient melodies as well as a â??best ofâ? John Playford's The Dancing Master. These delightful melodies are perfect for contradance, English country dance and concert settings. Suggested bowings, chords, tempos, and variations are included. An audio recording of each of the tunes includes the fiddle melody with guitar accompaniment. Includes access to online audio.

Double bass (picc.2.2.cor ang.2.2. - 4.2.2CaP.3.1. - timp.perc(4) - str)

SKU: BR.OB-5528-27

Festival Overture - Urtext. Composed by Pjotr Iljitsch Tschaikowsky. Edited by Polina Vajdman. Stapled. Orchester-Bibliothek (Orchestral Library). The piece is a masterful example of program music that seemingly casually interweaves two Russian folk songs, a liturgical melody of the Russian Orthodox Church and two national anthems, the Marseillaise and the Czar's Hymn. Overture; Romantic. Part. 8 pages. Duration 16'. Breitkopf and Haertel #OB 5528-27. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.OB-5528-27).

ISBN 9790004341094. 10 x 12.5 inches.

A Tchaikovsky Urtext is no longer a rarity in Breitkopfs orchestral catalogue. Polina Vajdman has edited a very popular repertoire work that the composer personally did not think very highly of. He even confessed to having written the work without the warmth of love. Nevertheless, the piece is a masterful example of program music that seemingly casually interweaves two Russian folk songs, a liturgical melody of the Russian Orthodox Church and two national anthems, the Marseillaise and the Czars Hymn. The work was written for the consecration of the Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow, which was erected in memory of the victory over Napoleon in 1812. The first edition of the score, which was carefully corrected three times by Tchaikovsky, is the principal source for this Urtext edition. The wording of the title The Year 1812 corresponds to the composers words, but was oddly never included in the first edition.

Violoncello (picc.2.2.cor ang.2.2. - 4.2.2CaP.3.1. - timp.perc(4) - str)

SKU: BR.OB-5528-23

Festival Overture - Urtext. Composed by Pjotr Iljitsch Tschaikowsky. Edited by Polina Vajdman. Stapled. Orchester-Bibliothek (Orchestral Library). The piece is a masterful example of program music that seemingly casually interweaves two Russian folk songs, a liturgical melody of the Russian Orthodox Church and two national anthems, the Marseillaise and the Czar's Hymn. Overture; Romantic. Part. 8 pages. Duration 16'. Breitkopf and Haertel #OB 5528-23. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.OB-5528-23).

ISBN 9790004341087. 10 x 12.5 inches.

A Tchaikovsky Urtext is no longer a rarity in Breitkopfs orchestral catalogue. Polina Vajdman has edited a very popular repertoire work that the composer personally did not think very highly of. He even confessed to having written the work without the warmth of love. Nevertheless, the piece is a masterful example of program music that seemingly casually interweaves two Russian folk songs, a liturgical melody of the Russian Orthodox Church and two national anthems, the Marseillaise and the Czars Hymn. The work was written for the consecration of the Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow, which was erected in memory of the victory over Napoleon in 1812. The first edition of the score, which was carefully corrected three times by Tchaikovsky, is the principal source for this Urtext edition. The wording of the title The Year 1812 corresponds to the composers words, but was oddly never included in the first edition.

SATB Choir and Organ

SKU: HL.14031277

Composed by Charles Villiers Stanford. Music Sales America. Sacred. Choral Score. Music Sales #NOV500021. Published by Music Sales (HL.14031277).

(Revised Edition). By Johannes Brahms (1833-1897). Edited by Andreas Boyde and Katrin Eich. For Piano. Henle Music Folios. Softcover. 18 pages. G. Henle #HN1042. Published by G. Henle

Piano

SKU: AY.PN3058PM

Composed by Gloria Rodriguez. Keyboards - Piano. Sheet music. Duration 4'. Periferia Publishing #PN3058PM. Published by Periferia Publishing (AY.PN3058PM).

ISBN 9790543573789.

Acco rding to the distinguished musicologist Juan Bautista Varela, the Galician Treboada is a musical term out of the songbook, as its sense is merely musical. From a lexicographical point of view it means thunderstorm, storm, squall, etc. It is almost an onomatopoeic sense, due to the great noise that the bass drums, fundamental elements of the Treboada, make. The Treboada is played always on the eves of celebrations or feasts and it is played by three or five bass drums, one or two Galician bagpipes and a drum.
The dispersion area of the Treboada is much reduced, according to the poet and essayist Eliseo Alonso Rodriguez, it comprises the parishes of Forcadela and Estas, both of them belong to the town of Tomino. Xose Hernique Rodriguez Portela, from Tomino, says that they also play it on the feast of the Virgin of St. Mary of Tomino eve (Virgen del Alivio de Santa Maria de Tomino). I owe him the idea of this piece, because Xose Henrique described to me how the bass drums sound in the distance, early in the morning, like great roars along with blank bullets that are shot every time a particular house donates money for the feast and they gradually approach the house until it trembles. He sang the melody I wrote and he confessed he had heard it not long ago in the rehearsal of a popular folk group where there was only a percussionist and a Galician bagpipe player, as with the drums it is difficult to appreciate the bagpipe. I also mix the Treboada with an Alborada, because in Galicia almost all the churches have loudspeakers that play this melody at around nine o'clock in the morning, the same time that the Treboada of Tomino starts playing. Gloria Rodriguez Gil.

Horn in F & Piano

SKU: ST.C131

Composed by Mark Tanner. Wind & brass music. Clifton Edition #C131. Published by Clifton Edition (ST.C131).

ISBN 9790570811311.

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 horn players
Grades 1–4 (ABRSM Grade 3)
Former Spartan Press Cat. No.: SP1216.