Baroque Around The World: Thistle and Minuet 16 Easy Pieces from the Scottish Baroque (Bok + CD)

Beskrivning

Stämmor

Violin/(flöjt, oboe), Piano och/eller Cello/(fagott)

ed.: David Johnson

– Meet Scotland’s 18th-century composers!
– Classical pieces influenced by folk, and vice versa
– Dance tunes celebrating new bridges in Scotland (1769-1809)
– Scottisch love songs
– First modern edition of James Oswald’s ’Thistle’ sonata
– Two pieces by Stamitz’s Scottish pupil the Earl of Kelly
– Creative use of 1st position on the violin
– Also suitable for flute and oboe
– Simple, effective accompaniments
– Newly researched, authentic texts

Innehåll:

Gigue (John Clerk of Penicuik)
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Four Scots songs:
The blathrie o’t
The yellow-hair’d laddie
Low down in the broom
Hey Jenny, come down to Jock
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Five tunes celebrating new bridges:
The New Bridge of Edinburgh
The South Bridge of Edinburgh
The Bridge of Perth (Daniel Dow)
The New Bridge of Ballater (Robert Petrie)
The New Bridge of Rutherglen
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Marches:
Count Sax’s March (William McGibbon)
March for the 22nd Regiment (General Reid)
Largo (Earl of Kelly)
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Minuets:
Mrs. Ker’s Minuet (Earl of Kelly)
Minuet in A, with variations (William McGibbon)
Sonata in G, ”The Thistle” (James Oswald)
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About the composers
Notes on the music
About the performers
CD track list
Difficulty: easy