Mel Bay Beautiful Melodies from Around the World: Music for Two Violins - Cooper - Violin Duet/Optional Cello - Book/Insert

Author/Composer:

COOPER, ASHLAND

Instrumentation:

VIOLIN DUET

Model #:

30859

Arranger: Ashland Cooper
Format: Book with Insert
Instrumentation: Two Violins and Selected Optional Cello Parts

Imagine a campfire! Envision sitting around the bright flames with your friends and family singing songs out in the great expanse. Imagine that those melodies you sing stir up joy, hope, and belief in the great wonders of the world. Melodies have connected different kinds of people for many, many years. Music brings us closer, and music makes any occasion more festive and memorable. This book was written to promote the love of old folk melodies, provide processional music for special celebrations, and to include players of all levels. Music educators will find that there are many possibilities and combinations for practice and performance. Includes a 16-page pull-out section of twelve selected pieces for an optional cello part.

It is my great hope that music students, families, and educators will all enjoy this very special collection of Beautiful Melodies from Around the World.

Song List:

• Old Round (Hungarian)
• The Ash Grove (Welsh Folk Song)
• Song of the Sea (Russian Folk Song)
• Auld Lang Syne (Times Gone By) (Old Scottish Air)
• Tum Balalaika (Yiddish Folk Song)
• Santa Lucia (Italian Folk Song)
• May Carol from Fowlmere Village (English Traditional Melody)
• Thanksgiving Canon (Traditional)
• Good Night Canon (Thomas Tallis)
• For the Beauty of the Earth (Conrad Kocher)
• Shenandoah (American Folk Melody)
• Michael, Row the Boat Ashore (Spiritual)
• Hymn (Ignace Pleyel)
• God, Our Loving Father (Finnish Folk Melody)
• America (Old English Air)
• Old Rosin the Beau (Traditional)
• The Star-Spangled Banner (John Stafford Smith)
• Himno Nacional Mexicano (National Anthem of Mexico) (Jaime Nuno)
• Paisir d'amour (The Joys of Love) (Jean-Paul Martini)
• Fantasia (Georg Philipp Telemann)
• Trumpet Tune (Henry Purcell)
• Trumpet Voluntary (Wedding March) (Jeremiah Clarke)
• Caprice from "Alceste" (Christoph Willibald von Gluck)

SELECTED CELLO PARTS

• The Ash Grove (Welsh Folk Song)
• Song of the Sea (Russian Folk Song)
• Auld Lang Syne (Times Gone By) (Old Scottish Air)
• Tum Balalaika (Yiddish Folk Song)
• May Carol from Fowlmere Village (English Traditional Melody)
• For the Beauty of the Earth (Conrad Kocher)
• Hymn (Ignace Pleyel)
• God, Our Loving Father (Finnish Folk Melody)
• America (Old English Air)
• Old Rosin the Beau (Traditional)
• Paisir d'amour (The Joys of Love) (Jean-Paul Martini)
• Fantasia (Georg Philipp Telemann)