Cello and Piano
SKU:
HL.14016246
Composed
by Ludwig van Beethoven.
Arranged by Hugo Cole.
Music Sales America.
Classical. Book
[Softcover]. Music Sales
#NOV120308. Published by
Music Sales
(HL.14016246).
8.25x11.75x0.054
inches.
It is a
surprising fact of
Beethoven's life that of
all the categories of
pieces he composed, there
are more settings of
Irish songs than of any
other type of music.
Scottish poet Robert
Burns convinced a
Scottish music publisher
to commission Beethoven
to set his own words to
Irish airs. The death of
Burns in 1796 ended the
project, but Beethoven
went on to harmonise and
arrange the songs in 1814
through 1816, mainly, and
they were published,
though never achieved as
great a popularity as a
rival set by Thomas
Moore.This simplified
version for easy Cello
and Piano was arranged by
composer Hugo Cole, an
accomplished cellist who
was for many years a
music critic for
theGuardian
newspaper.
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