Flute,Instrumental Duet,Viola - Level 2 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1281599

Composed by Patty and Mildred Hill. Arranged by David McKeown. Folk,Jewish,Multicultural,Traditional,World. 2 pages. David McKeown #872941. Published by David McKeown (A0.1281599).

Happy Birthday Klezmer is a duet arrangement of Happy Birthday in a Jewish Klezmer style by David McKeown, written for one Flute and one Viola.

This duet is ideal for players at an early intermediate level, with an easily accessible range and a reasonably fast tempo. 

Click the YouTube link to hear and see a full performance of the Clarinet version of this duet.

This duet also appears in the collection, 10 Happy Birthday Duets, (in 10 Different Styles) for Flute and Viola. Copy and paste the title to the Sheet Music Plus search box to find it.

Happy Birthday Klezmer is

• Perfect for concert performances large and small; 
• Perfect to perform on anyone’s Special Day;
• A special birthday gift for musicians of all ages.
• Fully articulated to help develop that sense of style;  
• Great for helping with simple rhythms and keeping the pulse; 
• Road tested with students; 
• Fun to play; 
• Ideal material for teachers to help celebrate students’ birthdays.
• Designed to be fun for both players, with the melody in both parts.

There are thousands more duets available for all standards and styles, in many different instrumental combinations at https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/publishers/david-mckeown/6203.

Instrumental Duet Flute,Instrumental Duet,Viola - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.589755

Composed by Various. Arranged by David McKeown. Jewish,Wedding,World. Score and parts. 34 pages. David McKeown #6090953. Published by David McKeown (A0.589755).

10 Klezmer Duets is an exciting collection of traditional Jewish dances and songs arranged by David McKeown as duets for one one Flute and one Viola.

These Duets explore different styles and flavours of Jewish music, from the freylachs, horas and bulgars used for dancing at weddings and Bar Mitzvahs, to bittersweet songs and gentle lullabies. Click the Youtube link above to listen to excerpts of all ten duets performed on Clarinet.

Most of these duets are ideal for players of an Intermediate standard, with two or three more suitable for Advanced Intermediate.

10 Klezmer Duets for Flute and Viola are

• perfect for concert performances large and small; each piece lasts around three minutes.
• fully articulated to help develop that Klezmer style.
• great for helping with complex rhythms.
• road tested with scores of students and performed all over the world.
• fun to play.
• an exciting introduction to the world of Jewish music.
• 32 pages adding up to more than half an hour of quality music.

The ten titles are, 7.40pm, Ale Brider, Bublitschki, Hava Nagile, Kandel’s Hora, Mazel Tov, A Nacht in Gan Eden, Odessa Bulgar, Shlof Mein Kind and Silver Wedding, (Die Silberne Khasene).

There are many more top quality arrangements and compositions by David McKeown for you to browse at https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/publishers/david-mckeown/6203

Instrumental Duet Flute,Instrumental Duet,Viola - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.589537

Composed by Traditional. Arranged by David McKeown. Jewish,Wedding,World. Score and parts. 4 pages. David McKeown #6078899. Published by David McKeown (A0.589537).

Odessa Bulgar is a Jewish Folk tune, often performed by Klezmer musicians. This version is arranged as a duet for one Flute and one Viola.

For many traditional Klezmer tunes, the first clues of their existence comes from bands making discs at the dawn of the recording era. In this case, Odessa Bulgar first appeared in a 1919 recording by Abe Schwartz’s Orchestra. Schwartz was born in Romania and emigrated to the USA around 1900, thereafter enjoying a long career in the music industry. Odessa Bulgar is a happy piece designed for dancing at celebrations.

Odessa Bulgar is simply arranged in a key and range best suited to the instruments. The melody is in three sections; overall the tune is played twice with a coda and with constant variations in the accompaniment. Odessa Bulgar is suitable for players at an intermediate level and above. With a performance time of around two and a half minutes, this version of Odessa Bulgar is perfect for weddings, celebrations and concert performances, both formal and informal. Click the link above to listen to a full Youtube performance of the Clarinet version of this duet.

There are many more top quality arrangements and compositions by David McKeown for you to browse at http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/publishers/david-mckeown/6203 

 

Instrumental Duet Flute,Instrumental Duet,Viola - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.588821

Composed by Traditional. Arranged by David McKeown. Jewish,Wedding,World. Score and parts. 4 pages. David McKeown #6020743. Published by David McKeown (A0.588821).

Hava Nagila is a Hebrew Folk tune, often performed by Klezmer musicians. This version is arranged as a duet for one Flute and one Viola.

Hava Nagila was originally a Nigun melody thought to have originated in the Ukraine. In 1918 a professor and musicologist at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, set the tune to words adapted from Psalm 118. Hava Nagila was first performed at celebrations at the end of the Great War and quickly spread throughout the Jewish diaspora. In the fifties and sixties, performances by singers as diverse as Harry Belafonte and Bob Dylan popularised the song far beyond its original Jewish audience. Hava Nagila remains one of the best-known and loved Klezmer standards today, traditionally performed at Jewish celebrations.

Hava Nagila is simply arranged in a key and range best suited to the instruments. After a steady beginning, the melody gradually increases in tempo, with constant variations in the accompaniment. Hava Nagila is suitable for players at an intermediate level and above. With a performance time of around two and a half minutes, this version of Hava Nagila is perfect for celebrations, weddings and concert performances, both formal and informal. Click the link above to listen to a full Youtube performance of the Clarinet version of this duet.

There are many more top quality arrangements and compositions by David McKeown for you to browse at http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/publishers/david-mckeown/6203

Instrumental Duet Flute,Instrumental Duet,Viola - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.589617

Composed by Traditional. Arranged by David McKeown. Jewish,Wedding,World. Score and parts. 4 pages. David McKeown #6082273. Published by David McKeown (A0.589617).

Ale Brider is a Yiddish Folk song, often performed by Klezmer musicians. This version is arranged as a duet for one Flute and one Viola.

The music for Ale Brider is a traditional East European melody of unknown origin. The lyrics were written by Morris Winchevsky, a Lithuanian writer who became a prominent socialist/communist in early twentieth century London and New York. The title Ale Brider, (We Are All Brothers), reflected his socialist beliefs.

Ale Brider is simply arranged in a key and range best suited to the instruments. The melody is in two sections and is played three times with constant variations in the accompaniment. Ale Brider is suitable for players at an intermediate level and above. With a performance time of three minutes, this version of Ale Brider is perfect for concert performances, both formal and informal. Click the link above to listen to a full Youtube performance of the Clarinet version of this duet.

There are many more top quality arrangements and compositions by David McKeown for you to browse at http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/publishers/david-mckeown/6203  

Instrumental Duet Flute,Instrumental Duet,Viola - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.589656

Composed by Harry Kandel. Arranged by David McKeown. Jewish,Wedding,World. Score and parts. 4 pages. David McKeown #6083765. Published by David McKeown (A0.589656).

Kandel’s Hora is a Jewish dance tune, often performed by Klezmer musicians. This version is arranged as a duet for one Flute and one Viola.

Kandel’s Hora was written and named after Harry Kandel. Born in Lvov, and after a short period in the Russian army, Kandel emigrated to the USA in 1905 and quickly found work as a clarinettist in vaudeville, Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show and JP Sousa’s band. A brief but productive period as band-leader and recording artist followed, after which Kandel retired from performing to run a music shop.

Kandel’s Hora is arranged in a key and range best suited to the instruments. A slow Hora in triple meter is followed by a faster Freylach version of the same melody in 4. Kandel’s Hora is suitable for players at an advanced intermediate level and above. With a performance time of three minutes, this version of Kandel’s Hora is perfect for concert performances, both formal and informal. Click the link above to listen to a full Youtube performance of the Clarinet version of this duet.

There are many more top quality arrangements and compositions by David McKeown for you to browse at http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/publishers/david-mckeown/6203 

 

 

Flute,Instrumental Duet,Viola - Level 2 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1279709

Composed by Patty and Mildred Hill. Arranged by David McKeown. Folk,Jazz,Jewish,March,Multicultural,World. 11 pages. David McKeown #871177. Published by David McKeown (A0.1279709).

10 Happy Birthday Duets, (in 10 Different Styles) is a new set of original duets by David McKeown, written for one Flute and one Viola.

Each duet presents the best-known song in the world, Happy Birthday, in a different fun style. The styles are Calypso, Irish Jig, Klezmer, Mambo, March, Oompah, Ragtime, Rock, Swing and Waltz. Each duet lasts over one minute. The duets are ideal for players between early intermediate and intermediate levels. 

10 Happy Birthday Duets are

• Perfect for concert performances large and small; 
• Perfect to perform on anyone’s Special Day;
• A special birthday gift for musicians of all ages.
• Fully articulated to help develop that sense of style;  
• Great for helping with simple rhythms and keeping the pulse; 
• Road tested with students; 
• Fun to play; 
• Ideal materials for teachers to help celebrate students’ birthdays.
• Designed to be fun for both players, with the melody in both parts.

 
Click the link to hear and see samples of all ten duets on YouTube. There are thousands more duets available for all standards and styles, in many different instrumental combinations at https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/publishers/david-mckeown/6203.

Instrumental Duet Flute,Instrumental Duet,Viola - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.589694

Composed by Sholem Aleichem. Arranged by David McKeown. Hanukkah,Jewish,World. Score and parts. 3 pages. David McKeown #6088163. Published by David McKeown (A0.589694).

Shlof Mein Kind is a Yiddish lullaby, often performed by Klezmer musicians. This version is arranged as a duet for one Flute and one Viola.

There are two melodies in use for Shlof Mein Kind. The melody in this arrangement is the lesser known one, as sung by Paul Robeson. There is no record of the tune’s composer, but the words are a setting of a poem by the Jewish Ukrainian writer, Sholem Aleichem. Aleichem is best known as the creator of the Tevye short stories, which later inspired the musical Fiddler on the Roof.

Shlof Mein Kind is arranged in a key and range best suited to the instruments. The simple melody is played three times with varying accompaniment. Shlof Mein Kind is suitable for players at an intermediate level and above. Around three minutes long, this version of Shlof Mein Kind invites an expressive performance andis perfect for concert performances, both formal and informal. Click the link above to listen to a full Youtube performance of the Clarinet version of this duet.

There are many more top quality arrangements and compositions by David McKeown for you to browse at http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/publishers/david-mckeown/6203

Instrumental Duet Flute,Instrumental Duet,Viola - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.590772

Composed by David McKeown. Holiday,Jewish,Love,Wedding,World. Score and parts. 4 pages. David McKeown #6235757. Published by David McKeown (A0.590772).

×�ַהֲבָה, (Ahava, Hebrew for Love), is a beautiful original composition by David McKeown, arranged as a duet for one Flute and one Viola, and is one of series of pieces celebrating Love in different languages around the world.

This duet is inspired by the slow formal dances used in traditional Jewish weddings in Israel and elsewhere. Klezmer music originated in Eastern Europe but has since spread around the world, its bitter sweet melodies and instruments imitating the human voice perfectly reflecting the complex emotion of love.

If you play to an intermediate standard and upwards, then you and your audience will enjoy this piece. The melody is always expressive and following the articulation in the score will help convey the style. ×�ַהֲבָה has a performance time of around three and a half minutes. Click the link above to listen to a full YouTube performance of the clarinet version of ×�ַהֲבָה 

There are many more top quality arrangements and compositions by David McKeown for you to browse at http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/publishers/david-mckeown/6203

Instrumental Duet Flute,Instrumental Duet,Viola - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.589496

Composed by Traditional. Arranged by David McKeown. Jewish,Wedding,World. Score and parts. 4 pages. David McKeown #6077169. Published by David McKeown (A0.589496).

A Nacht in Gan Eden, (A Night in the Garden of Eden), is a Jewish Folk tune, often performed by Klezmer musicians. This version is arranged as a duet for one Flute and one Viola.

Little is known of the origin of this traditional tune. A Nacht in Gan Eden is in the Freylekh style, a happy piece played at medium to fast tempo for dancing.

A Nacht in Gan Eden is simply arranged in a key and range best suited to the instruments. The melody is in three sections; overall the tune is played twice with a final repeat of the first section and with constant variations in the accompaniment. A Nacht in Gan Eden is suitable for players at an intermediate level and above. With a performance time of around four minutes, this version of A Nacht in Gan Eden is perfect for weddings, celebrations and concert performances, both formal and informal. Click the link above to listen to a full Youtube performance of the Clarinet version of this duet.

There are many more top quality arrangements and compositions by David McKeown for you to browse at http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/publishers/david-mckeown/6203 .