Cello Solo - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1017148 Composed by James Babcock. Romantic Period. Individual part. 8 pages. James Babcock #6348751. Published by James Babcock (A0.1017148). A short easy cello solo with piano accompaniment. Like Shenandoah and Red River Valley, this simple bittersweet melody calls to mind America’s rural past and the sadness of its Civil War. Written on a long-past Memorial Day, its cover evokes an emotional remembrance of regret and yearning with these words, It is 1861. A young farm boy, called to war, waltzes with his girl for the last time. The slow tune calls to mind a warm summer night’s barn dance, a sweet romance, and a sad farewell forever. The piece is easy to play, but also worth playing well. I have listened to and played your compositions. They are charming and very melodic and would be most useful, both for training and performance.-Thomas Lindsay, former concertmaster, Virginia Beach Symphony, New Jersey Pops Orchestra, the Atlantic Symphonette and the FAME Festival Orchestra.
