The Tunes for Two series is well established, and is used in so many schools throughout the world, thanks to the fine arrangements of such well-known pieces. There are 30 duets in each book (piano books one and two contain 20 each). An excellent introduction to ensemble playing, the familiar tunes make playing-along a rewarding experience. The versatile C and B flat instruments book has one part for each instrument.ContentsAll these tunes for every instrument:All in a garden green - Traditional English melodyAll through the night - Traditional Welsh melodyAutumn from 'The Four Seasons' - VivaldiBist du bei mir - BachBourrée from 'Water Music' - HandelCountry gardens - Traditional English melodyGreensleeves - 16th-century melodyImpromptu - SchubertLargo from 'New World Symphony' - DvorákMarch - HandelMarche militaire - SchubertMinuet from 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik' - MozartMinuet from 'Water Music' - HandelMy bonny lass she smileth - MorleyNon piu andrai from 'The Marriage of Figaro' - MozartOde to joy - BeethovenPapageno's aria from 'The Magic Flute' - MozartPassion chorale - HasslerPavan - 16th-century melodySkye boat song - Traditional Scottish melodySoldiers' march - SchumannSpring from 'The Four Seasons' - VivaldiSteal away - SpiritualTallis' canon - TallisThe entertainer - JoplinThe silver swan - GibbonsTo a wild rose - MacDowellTrumpet voluntary - ClarkeWere you there - SpiritualWhen the saints go marching in - Spiritual / Musique films - comédies musicales / Kendor

A selection of folk ballads from England Ireland Scotland and Wales.A ballad is the blending of words the beauty of melody tone rhythm and expression. They reflect the history of a people their legends religion love and work. British ballads are renouned for their verse melodic construction and for the enormous range of expression.1 The Lass of Richmond Hill is a poem by Leonard McNally a barrister about a lass who became his wife in 1787. The music is by James Hook (1746 1827).2 Sally in our Alley. The words are by Henry Carey who also wrote the original music but this was replaced by the tune we now know an English traditionalmelody in 1790.3 Caller Herrin'. The poem is by Lady Nairne (1766 1845). Nathaniel Gow the famous Scottish violinist wrote the music in 1798 as a harpsichord piece combining the traditional Edinburgh fish wives cry Caller Herrin' with the bells of St Andrew's Church Edinburgh.4 Men of Harlech. The music is traditionally Welsh and the ballad probably originated from North Wales where the native princes had ruled the longest.5 David of the White Rock (Dafydd y Garres Wen). Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) wrote the words to this ballad The Dying Bard. David Owen the Welsh bard of the ballad composed the tune on his death-bed on awakening from a trance in which be believed himself to have heard the tune in heaven.6 Oft in the Stilly Night. The words describe an old man's memories of the smiles the tears of boyhood years. The eyes that shone now dimmed and gone and how oft in the stilly night he remembers other days. The ballad is by the Irish poet Thomas Moore (1779 1852) who set the words to a traditional air.7- The Meeting of the Waters. Written by Thomas Moore music Irish traditional.The Meeting of the Waters is the confluence of the rivers Avonmore and Avonberg in a beautiful valley near Avoca County Wicklow.8 Oh! Charlie is my Darlin'. The

O Waly Waly(Old English Tune)-Thoughtful text by Fred Pratt Green set to a traditional English melody for Maundy Thursday or Communion throughout the year

Traditional English Melody. / Niveau : 3 / Pièce de concert / Répertoire / Concert Band ou Harmonie

Traditional English Melody. / Niveau : 3 / Pièce de concert / Répertoire / Concert Band ou Harmonie

A masterfully crafted arrangement of this simple traditional English melody. Beautiful flowing lines are scored to make your Grade 1 players shine. A wonderful concert number.

The haunting melody of this traditional tune likely dates to the Middle Ages and was published by British composer Ralph Vaughan Williams in the 1906 English Hymnal. Freely adapted by Johnnie Vinson in this setting for young bands the minor melodyis stated first by low clarinets and horns. The next section introduces an original theme which is then combined with the first melody in the moving final section. Beautifully paced and scored largely in choral fashion this is a wonderfully freshand unique offering for holiday or winter concerts.