SKU: A0.749240

I am very proud to offer this remake of Irish Tunes for Young @ Heart Fiddlers, Book 1! I am very thankful for the response I have had from students, teachers, and families, who have enjoyed these tunes over the years! Included in this volume are the following tunes: The Ballydesmond Polka and Matt Teehan’s Polka, CaptainO’Kane, The Cliffs of Moher, in Dm and Am, Sally Gardens, The Eagle’s Whistle, Dunmore Lasses, in Am and Em, Harvest Home, The Foggy Dew, Maira’s Wedding, George Brabizon, Hewlett’s, Tobins into The Irish Washerwoman, Southwind, Lanigan’s Ball, Mary Mack, Planxty Fanny Power, The Rights of Man, Slane, Walker Street into Silver Spear. The tunes in this book are very well known traditional Irish tunes, good at any Irish session! There is a link to the first tune of the book to give you an idea of what the music sounds like. They make a very good supplemental resource for growing fiddlers, are fun to play, and can be used with the Cello book of the same name. Please enjoy! Included here is a youtube link to a playlist of these tunes, playedin their entirety by Scott Walker on fiddle, cello and guitar: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1QxSodsD2nH6EPY-NIvVnJfcAMs2LPQW.

SKU: A0.679792

I am very excited to present “Irish Tunes for Young @Heart Fiddlers�, Book 2!! I hope that this collection of tunes will bring more joy and more of the Magic of Irish Music closer to musicians of all ages. Itncluded in this book are the following tunes: Dawning of the Day, Road to Lisdoonvarna, Swallow Tail, Britches full of Stitches and Cuil Adhoa, After the Battle of Aughrim, Star of the County Down, Fig for a Kiss, The Butterfly,Banish Misfortune,Cook in the Kitchen, Planxty Irwin, Tommy Cohen’s, The Banshee,Slane, New Rigged Ship. The tunes in this book are very well known traditional Irish tunes, good at any Irish session! There is a link to the first tune of the book to give you an idea of what the music sounds like. The tunes in this book are very well known traditional Irish tunes, good at any Irish session! I chose these particular tunes first because they are good tunes, but also because they are accessible to the Cello, and in the same key as the Fiddle.. They make a very good supplemental resource for growing fiddlers, fun to play, and can be used with the Cello book of the same name. Please enjoy these great tunes! Included here is a youtube link to a playlist of these tunes, playedin their entirety by cello and fiddle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ON1BBAfVj4&list=PL1QxSodsD2nFp1WDIsjWGargdnp2_fxQt.

SKU: A0.813844

Largo (from Symphony No. 9 in E minor) (From the New World) (Db) (String Orchestra) - Intermediate - Digital Download. This marvelous arrangement of the Largo, based on the second movement of Antonin Dvorak's Symphony No. 9 in E minor, would be a fabulous addition to any music library and could be performed for concerts, recitals and church services, especially Funerals, but would be appropriate any time during the church year. This arrangement is suitable for high school and college students but professional musicians would also enjoy playing this selection. Included are a score and a complete set of parts (23 pages). This selection is one of the many arrangements from the The Regis Bookshar Trumpet Ensemble's extensive music library which are being made available for the first time.

Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 (subtitled From the New World and popularly know as the New World Symphony), was composed by Antonin Dvorak in 1893 while he was the director of the National Conservatory of Music of America from 1892 to 1895. It premiered at Carnegie Hall in New York City on December 16, 1893 and has been described as one of the most popular of all symphonies. The second movement of the symphony, upon which this arrangement is based, is marked Largo, and begins with a harmonic progression of chords which is then followed by a solo instrument playing the famous main theme.

Dvorak was interested in Native American music and the African-American spirituals he heard in North America. While director of the National Conservatory he encountered an African-American student, Harry T. Burleigh, who sang traditional spirituals to him. Burleigh, later a composer himself, said that Dvorak had absorbed their spirit before writing his own melodies. Dvorak stated:
  
  I am convinced that the future music of this country must be founded on what are called Negro melodies. These can be the foundation of a serious and original school of composition to be developed in the United States. These beautiful and varied themes are the product of the soil. They are folk songs of America and your composers must turn to them.

He further explained how Native American music influenced his symphony:

  I have not actually used any of these (Native American) melodies. I have simply written original themes embodying the peculiarities of the Indian music, and, using these themes as subjects, have developed them with all the resources of modern rhythms, counterpoint, and orchestral colour.

In 1893, a newspaper interview quoted Dvorak as saying, I found that the music of the negroes and of the Indians was practically identical, and that the music of the two races bore a remarkable similarity to the music of Scotland. Most historians agree that Dvorak is referring to the pentatonic scale, which is typical of each of these musical traditions.

Dvorak was influenced not only by music he heard, but also by what he had seen, in America. He wrote that he would not have composed his American pieces as he had if he had not seen America. It has been said that Dvorak was inspired by the wide open spaces of America, such as the prairies he may have seen on his trip to Iowa in the summer of 1893. Notices about several performances of the symphony include the phrase wide open spaces about what inspired the symphony and/or about the feelings it conveys to listeners.

The theme from the Largo was adapted into the spiritual Goin' Home (often mistakenly considered a folk song or traditional spiritual) by Dvorak's pupil, William Arms Fisher, who wrote the lyrics in 1922. Regis Bookshar thought it would be wonderful if other instrumentalists could have the opportunity to play this beautiful melody, so, he has created this version for a String Orchestra. Parts included with the purchase are a 1st Violin, a 2nd Violin, a 3rd Violin, a 1st Viola, a 2nd Viola, a 1st Violon.

SKU: A0.1353588

This is a String Orchestra Arrangement of the Tango De Roxanne from the Movie Moulin Rouge.  It can have two Solo Violins in it and optional Timpani.  It can be performed with an Advanced MIddle or HIgh School String Orchestra Ensemble.  This is a fun arrangment.  I have tested it on my students and they love it.  In the attached youtube video I am conducting (Vivian).  We were testing out the arrangment.

SKU: A0.1201464

“Mountain Goats and Other Creatures� was Commissioned by Rachel Jayson and the Lexington High School Symphony Orchestra.

It was inspired by the folk music of my native land of Bulgaria, informed by my experience as a rock musician, reimagined through the lense of my place inside of a community of like-minded artists and musicians, where I have made my real home today. 

The first movement - Mountain Goats - is a sort of celebration of renewal, promise, and hope. It represents the tenacious will of grass growing through the snow of early spring, the powerful longing for human connection, the warmth of the sun against your skin on a bright chilly day. It carries both the pristine optimism of youth, and the nervous energy of trying something for the first time. 

The second movement - Samodivi - in contrast is dark, heavy and full of passion and desire. According to Balkan myths, Samodivi are gorgeous nymphs who live in the woods and often seduce men with their beautiful song and dance. They are feared and envied at the same time. The music of the second movement represents the mysterious dark forest at night - lower strings create the moss under your feet, higher strings use extended techniques to simulate the noise of branches clicking the wind, a few soloists represent different creatures - both real and imaginary - scurry through the woods above your head. Then you hear the lone song of a Samodiva in the distance, your heart is beating hard, your steps are leading you straight towards the call against your better judgement. It is the ancient story of fear and desire, of self control and complete abandon. You, the listener, become witness to a wild dance, fire in the woods, snakes in their long blond hairs, slender bodies dressed in white clouds dancing to an imaginary beat.  Then it all ends abruptly and you left to wonder: Was it real? Did I see it? Am I safe?


The third and final movement of the piece is based on a popular rhythmic folk dance in Bulgaria called Kopanitsa, while the melody creates a fugue between the different voices of the orchestra. The Kids are the little of the mountain goats - free to frolic high above tree line, above any human traces, as close to the clouds as one can get and still be touching the ground below. They are carefree, daring, and somewhat naive, yet safe under the watchful gaze of their parent. The movements ends in cascading repetitions of a musical motif in 5/8 representing the relentless passing of time or at least our perception of it.

SKU: A0.521446

THERE SHE GOES - The La's

String Orchestra of 2 violins, viola, cello and string bass chords (such as Am, G, etc)

score: 10 pages 

parts: 10 page

time: 2'50

MY QUARTET VERSIONS, in short notice work fine for solo, two parts and three parts 

however I also offer individual versions for one, two and three parts that are more detailed for these ensembles.

Please visit  https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/search?Ntt=sherry+lewis+publishing for all of the titles I offer.

If you can’t find a title then contact me through stringquartet@hotmail.com and I’ll give you the link back to Sheet Music Plus’s listing.

VERSATILE Titles that include four parts are written with the idea that they can be performed with 1, 2, 3 or 4 musicians. Most of the contemporary/popular titles include a chord chart for a bass instrument.

PRACTICE needs would vary according to the level of the performers but my goal is to be sight-readable for most performers and groups. 

AUDIO SAMPLE The 30 second mp3 is frequently shortened and may not start at the introduction to get to the reprise. The actual introduction will be in the sheet music.

LISTENABILITY I have performed thousands of weddings and special events. I make it a goal for the music to carry as well as possible through loud and large space situations. 

ARRANGEMENTS usually follow the original version. There is an mp3 where you can hear 30 seconds and get a feeling of the originality of the work.

EXCELLENT for corporate events, weddings, social gatherings and recitals.

APPROPRIATE for students and schools.

CHURCH REPERTOIRE I’m always adding more titles.

Thank you for your purchase