SKU: A0.1136043

This instrumental arrangement of Joseph Barnby's Easter hymn begins with the original and, as the top melody is taken over by other instruments there are various countermelodies, and eventually a twittering of birds. The original words of the hymn (by Christopher Wordsworth) begin: 1 Alleluia! Alleluia! Hearts and voices heavenward raise: Sing to God a hymn of gladness, Sing to God a hymn of praise: He, Who on the cross a victim, For the world's salvation bled, Jesus Christ, the King of glory, Now is risen from the dead. 2 Now the iron bars are broken, Christ from death to life is born, Glorious life, and life immortal, On this holy Easter morn: Christ has triumphed, and we conquer By His mighty enterprise, We with Him to life eternal By His resurrection rise. Performed by Anita Szabó Ildikó Szabady Iza Nagy Boglárka Dávid.

SKU: A0.576977

Instrumental arrangement of my vocal setting of The Swan - a translation by my father of Sonnet by Stéphane Mallarmé. It is very close harmony and the effect is quite hypnotic with four equal instruments. The pdf file contains score and parts The sound sample is an electronic preview.

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: A0.1182137

You can purchase all 26 folkdances for 30 $ under this link: https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/26-swiss-folk-dances-for-2-flutes-and-accompaniment-digital-sheet-music/21673528
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.