SKU: A0.575733

David of the white Rock (Dafydd y Garreg Wen) variations based on a tune composed by the famous blind harpist and composer David Owen in the early 18th century The pdf file contains score and separate melody instrument part. The sound sample is an electronic preview. This is the third in a series of seven folk song variations for the same combination of instruments The complete series comprises: 1. Gilderoy 2. Bobby Shaftoe 3. David of the White Rock 4. Hunting the Hare 5. I have a bonnet 6. The Scottish banana 7. A Hoe-Down in The Ash Grove.

SKU: A0.575739

Hunting the hare (or Hela’r Ysgyfarnog) is a Welsh folk song. I have expanded the theme with variations to represent the hopping of the hare as he tries to escape the hunter. The pdf file contains score and separate melody instrument part. The sound sample is an electronic preview. This is the fourth in a series of seven folk song variations for the same combination of instruments The complete series comprises: 1. Gilderoy 2. Bobby Shaftoe 3. David of the White Rock 4. Hunting the Hare 5. I have a bonnet 6. The Scottish banana 7. A Hoe-Down in The Ash Grove.

SKU: A0.577457

Arrangement of a well-known German folk song about the colours of autumn, based on a melody by Johann Friedrich Reichardt. In this version both instruments have a turn at the tune and the tune itself is subjected to sweet variations as they dance through the autumnal scene. This version is available for flute, cor anglais, alto flute, alto saxophone or clarinet with guitar. The pdf file contains score and parts. The sound sample is an electronic preview.

SKU: A0.577527

Instrumental duo based on an anonymous 15th century macaronic song about a girl who was made pregnant, and then abandoned, by a cleric. The melody is taken by the guitar in with variations in the middle, while the melody instrument has a countermelody, and then, in the final section, the melody instruments provides a few divisions. The sound sample is an electronic preview For interest here are the words of the original song with my translation of the Latin bits: Up I arose in verno tempore [in springtime] and found a maiden sub quadam arbore [under some tree] that did complain in suo pectore [in her bosom] saying I feel puerum movere [the little boy moving] Adieu pleasures antiquo tempore, [in times gone by] full oft with you solebam ludere. [I used to play] but for my sins mihi deridere [they hold me in derision] with right good cause incipio flere [I start to weep] Now what shall I say meis parentibus, [to my parents] because I lay with quidam clericus [some man of the cloth] They will beat me cum virgis et fustibus [with sticks and clubs] and me sore chaste coram omnibus [in front of everybody] With the said child quid faciam [what shall I do] shall I it keep vel interficiam [or kill it] If I slay it quo loco fugiam [where shall I flee to] I shall lose God et vitam eternam [and eternal life].

SKU: A0.576781

Arrangement for 2 melody instruments and piano of the German folk song Im Märzen der Bauer, which tells of the life of the farmer throughout the various seasons. For each verse I modulate to a different key, swap the tune over to the other melody instrument and change the countermelody. I have also made a version with a rather simpler accompaniment on guitar. The sound sample is an electronic preview. The pdf file contains the score and parts.

SKU: A0.578937

Arrangement of Turlough O'Carolan's Concerto. The melody switches between the instruments. The sound sample is an electronic preview.

SKU: A0.809934

Alas and Did My Savior Bleed, also known as At the Cross is a traditional hymn of the church with lyrics by Isaac Watts and music by Ralph E. Hudson.  This arrangement is for one or two flute(s) or other C instruments and guitar.  The form is a theme with variations.  Keys are D major, D minor, and B minor.  It can be preformed as a flute solo or flute duet.  The audio recording included here alternates between solo and duet to give a better idea of how it will sound as a solo or a duet. The parts are labeled solo and duet for the second part.  Suggested fingerings for the guitar are included.  The guitar uses the 6th string set to D. Tempo is moderato (100-112 mm.) Duration is approx. 3:00.

SKU: A0.1182137

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The document contents 26 folk dances for two flutes (49 pages) and a score (52 pages)

Swiss folk music is very lively. Its diversity reflects the small regional and cultural spaces of Switzerland. Influences from other European countries have also shaped this kind of music since the early 19th century. Polka and Mazurka have their roots in Poland, the Scottish in Scotland. The music has been passed on by word of mouth or has been written down in musicians’ notebooks.

Between 1940 and 1960, the ethnomusicologist Hanny Christen travelled through Switzerland and collected thousands of melodies from the period between 1800 and 1960. The musicians played or sang in front of her. Some permitted her to write off their own hand-written dance booklets in full. In 1956, Hanny Christen began to record this music with a tape recorder. It is thanks to her that over 12,000 instrumental dance movements of Switzerland and many other pieces of tradition (costumes, biographies, musical instruments etc.) were saved from being forgotten.

The instruments used in traditional folk music vary depending on the type of dance and region. Flutes are more or less non-existent. The author would like to fill a gap with this publication. She has therefore adapted one folk dance per canton from the Hanny Christen-collection* for two flutes. The pieces from the cantons of Basel City, Thurgau and Geneva do not come from this source, though.

The melodies from the other 23 cantons are taken unchanged from the collection. The second voice was not always composed quite traditional. The melody follows - if possible - a contrapuntal melody of its own and is directed to the flute (difficulty grade 3 +).

The editor, Helene Schulthess, is a flutist with a wide repertoire. She lives in Switzerland. She performs as a soloist, makes chamber music and is active as a music teacher. She is involved in various musical projects (www.helene-schulthess.ch).

* Swiss Folk Music Collection. The dance music of Switzerland of the 19th and first half of the 20th century. From the estate of Hanny Christen. Edited by Fabian Müller under the auspices of the Society for Folk Music in Switzerland (GVS/SMPS). Music print. Mülirad, Zürich 2002.