Woodwinds - Beginning
SKU: MB.30965
Classical,
Saddle-stitched. World.
Book. 44 pages. Mel Bay
Publications, Inc #30965.
Published by Mel Bay
Publications, Inc
(MB.30965).
ISBN
9781513470849. 8.75x11.75
inches.
Recorder
specialist Marcia Diehl
presents 41 favorite
melodies from the
Renaissance and early
Baroque periods, each
with suggested
accompaniment chords.
This era of music is
particularly attractive
on the recorder not only
because of its lyrical
qualities but also
because the recorder was
already one of the most
popular, accessible
instruments of the
day.
The
collection features many
dance tunes by
Praetorius, Susato,
Gervaise and John
Playford plus familiar
themes like
â??Greensleeves,â?
â??Drive the Cold Winter
Away,â? and Thomas
Morleyâ??s â??It Was a
Lover and His Lass,â?
which may have been used
contemporarily onstage
with William
Shakespeareâ??s As
You Like It. The
book closes with two
pieces by Beatrice de
Dia, a
trobairitz or
female troubadour who
wrote songs of
courtly
love.
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