Solos For Soprano Recorder Collection 8

This collection is a treasury of melodies originating in Russia, Latvia, Poland, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, and Hungary, including several from Yiddish and Klezmer sources. the solos are especially well suited to performance on the soprano recorder, and they provide excellent material for developing skills in rapid tonguing, extended breath-control, and the playing of high notes. Arrangements of charming Russian folk tunes include Against the Red Sun and Jump Little Rabbit. Among old favorites are March Slav and In the Field Stood a Birch. Jewish melodies include Hava Nagilah, Hevenu Shalom Alechem and Varnitschkes. Although arranged primarily for soprano recorder, most of these solos can be played on tenor or alto recorder. (On the alto, use C fingerings.) A separate flute edition is available.

These 45 early-American melodies work especially well on the soprano recorder. They provide excellent material for developing skills in rapid tonguing, extended breath-control, and the playing of high notes. Many of these melodies have roots in the Old World. for example, La Cachucha, La Cracovienne, and La Smolenska were brought to America by the amazing ballerina Fanny Elssler. (For her White House performance, Congress adjourned early!) Although arranged primarily for soprano recorder, most of the solos can be played on tenor or alto recorder. (On the alto, use C fingerings.) A separate flute edition is available.

These English, Scottish, and Welsh melodies are especially well suited to performance on the soprano recorder. They also provide excellent material for developing skills in rapid tonguing, extended breath-control, phrasing and the playing of high notes. Although arranged primarily for soprano recorder, most of these solos can be played on tenor or alto recorder. (On the alto, use C fingerings.) Old favorites include Bunessan, Colonel Bogey, My Eyes are Fully Open, and a few masterpiece solos by Handel and Purcell. Among the newly re-discovered gems are Earl Grey, I Wish You Would Marry Me Now, Kiss Me Quick My Mother Is Coming, and Small Birds Sweetly Singing. A separate flute edition is available.

A collection of repertoire adapted and composed for the more advanced musician. All pieces are arranged for descant/soprano recorder with piano accompaniment. Selections include works by Brahms, Schubert, Ravel, Grieg, Massenet and more.

Collection of 50 traditional melodies for solo Soprano Recorder, comfortable range and key, easy for beginners. Contents: Amazing Grace - Arirang - Bamboo Flute, the - Banks of the Don, the - Bella Ciao - Big Rock Candy Mountain - Cockles and Mussels - Day-O - Down By The Sally Gardens- Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes - El Cóndor Pasa - El Noi de la Mare - El Testament d'Amèlia - El vito - Foggy Dew - Frère Jacques - Furusato - Galway Piper, the - Happy Birthday! - Home on the range - Homeward from the Mountains - House of rising sun,The - I’se the B’y That Builds the Boat - Indiana - Kalinka - Londonderry Air -Manang Biday - Mary Don't You Weep - Mexican Hat Dance - Oh! Susanna - Old MacDonald - Raggle Taggle Gypsy,the - Rising of the Moon,the - Sakura Sakura - Santa Lucia - Scarborough Fair - Simple Gifts - Siúil a Rún - Skye Boat Song,the - Spanish Romance - Star of the County Down - Suo Gân - The Oak and the Ash -Turkey in the Straw - Waltzing Matilda -Water is wide,the - Wayfaring Stranger,the - When Johnny Comes Marching Home -Yankee Doodle - Yellow Rose of Texas,the.

Twenty-four solos for soprano (descant) recorder based on famous classic melodies by Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Corelli, Dvorak, FaurÈ, Grieg, Mozart, and others as well as several folk songs and original pieces by the author. This music is specially arranged for the beginning-level pupil. Piano accompaniment included.

A collection of repertoire adapted and composed for the more advanced musician. All pieces are arranged for descant/soprano recorder with piano accompaniment. Selections include works by Brahms, Schubert, Ravel, Grieg,Massenet and more. PDF of piano accompaniment online

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