String Orchestra - Level 4 - Digital Download
SKU: A0.861800
Composed by Mark O'Connor. 20th Century,Contemporary,Folk. Score and parts. 47 pages. Mark O'Connor Musik International #6202123. Published by Mark O'Connor Musik International (A0.861800).
Strings & Threads Suite (score - for violin and string orchestra) MO134A
Score (violin and string parts available)
Music by Mark O’Connor
43 pages - 15:00 minutes in length
I. Fair Dancer Reel - p. 1
II. Sailor’s Jig - p. 6
III. Captain’s Jig - p. 9
IV. Off To Sea - p. 11
V. Pilgim’s Waltz - p. 12
VI. Road To Appalachia - p. 15
VII. Shine On - p. 18
VIII. Cotton Pickin’ Blues - p. 21
IX. Pickin’ Parlor Rag - p. 23
X. Queen Of The Cumberland - p. 27
XI. Texas Dance Hall Blues - p. 30
XII. Swing 11:11 - p. 33
XIII. Sweet Suzanne - p. 37
Strings & Threads Suite for violin and string orchestra is a piece comprising thirteen tunes composed by Mark O’Connor. In 1986, the Tennessee Dance Theater commissioned the Suite to be performed at Nashville’s Summer Lights Festival. A few years later Edgar Meyer provided the beautiful string orchestra arrangement that is contained in this score. The individual tunes are in various folk styles appearing in a chronological order O’Connor says, not only represents the evolution of American folk music, but also mirrors his own family’s migration from Ireland and Holland to America. It traces the family’s route through the thirteen colonies initially, and then eventually West during WWI nearly 300 hundred years later. O’Connor wrote the pieces in a manner and style he felt his family could have heard along the way. The Suite begins with Irish music, perhaps similar to the music O’Connor’s family brought with them. Then in a thoughtful progression, he reveals music they must have encountered living in early America. Strings & Threads musically describes how folk music styles hundreds of years apart are interconnected – possessing a common thread – from an Irish reel to jazz. The music is suited for advanced and intermediate levels but portions of the piece can be appropriate for beginners.
Original music printed from the composer’s manuscripts.
Music editing, copying and engraving by Mark O’Connor
using Finale on Apple Macintosh 1986
Composed By Mark O’Connor
String Orchestra arrangement by Edgar Meyer
Strings & Threads Suite (violin and string orchestra version) can be heard on American Seasons Sony Classical
Mark O’Connor – violin, Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra, Scott Yoo
Catalogue Number MO134A
Copyright © 1986 by Mark O’Connor Music International
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