SKU: A0.702581

Wind Quintet (Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, French Horn, Bassoon) arrangement of Debussy's orginal Piano work.

SKU: A0.563528

This quirky, rhythmic piano piece from 'Children's Corner' works really well for small ensemble - the constant interplay between consonance and dissonance is really heightened. Difficult standard, but very playable by a good group.

SKU: A0.1047848

Debussy composed his Children's Corner Suite for piano in 1908. One of the most popular pieces from that suite Golliwogg's Cake Walk is arranged here for bassoon trio. This updated arrangement is for 3 equal bassoons with the melody being shared around. Included is a Fakechart with chords in case a jazz piano or guitar performance is desired.

SKU: A0.591146

The Candy Cakewalk is a fun and original duet written by David McKeown for one Oboe and one Bassoon.

The Candy Cakewalk is one in a series of ten Easter-themed duets each written in a different American dance style. The Cakewalk was popular in the early twentieth century but its origins go back to slave plantations in the nineteenth century where dancers would often compete for a prize of cake. The music was a marriage of European March and African-American syncopation and was a forerunner of Ragtime.

The Candy Cakewalk is suitable for players at an intermediate level and above, with the accessible key and range balanced by the fast tempo, some syncopated rhythms and accidentals. The playing-time is around one and a half minutes, but can be lengthened by adding repeats at the performer’s discretion. The Candy Cakewalk is a perfect upbeat addition to any performance program, formal or informal. Click on the link above to hear a full YouTube performance played on 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

SKU: A0.805292

From Debussy's Children's Corner, Cakewalk, arranged for Wind Quintet. This lively ragtime piece is an excellent challenge for the intermediate/advanced ensemble, with the melody passed around all members of the ensemble. For more updates on new arrangements follow my Facebook page on https://www.facebook.com/a.middletonmusic/ Or subscribe to my Youtube page at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCClIYqddA2wMpdaxSq3BKEw?view_as=subscriber.

SKU: A0.805354

Children's Corner was composed by Debussy between 1906 to 1908 and was dedicated to his daughter, Claude-Emma Debussy. This arrangement for wind quintet includes the full six movements Debussy composed: 1. Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum 2. Jimbo’s Lullaby 3. Serenade for the Doll 4. The Snow is Dancing 5. The Little Shepherd 6. Cakewalk Each movement is also available for individual purchase too. For more updates on new arrangements follow my Facebook page on https://www.facebook.com/a.middletonmusic/ Or subscribe to my Youtube page at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCClIYqddA2wMpdaxSq3BKEw?view_as=subscriber.

SKU: A0.942429

Claude Debussy was, by all accounts, totally devoted to his daughter Claude-Emma (affectionately known as Chouchou) The suite Children's Corner (for solo piano) is dedicated to Chouchou. She outlived her father by scarcely a year, succumbing to the diphtheria epidemic of 1919. (with information from Wikipedia). The naming of one or two among Debussy's piano works can raise issues in the light of current trends. These were not an issue during the composer's life, but are unlikely to be ignored today. The word Golliwog may have unwanted implications, but its omission may cause confusion with another of the composer's short piano works known simply as Cakewalk. The cakewalk was a dance developed from the prize walks (dance contests with a cake awarded as the prize) held in the mid-19th century, generally at get-togethers on Black slave plantations before and after emancipation in the Southern United States.... It was originally a processional partner dance danced with comical formality, and may have developed as a subtle mockery of the mannered dances of white slaveholders. Following an exhibition of the cakewalk at the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, the cakewalk was adopted by performers in minstrel shows, where it was danced exclusively by men until the 1890s. At that point, Broadway shows featuring women began to include cakewalks, and grotesque dances became very popular across the country. [Wikipedia] 
The grotesque aspect of some later cakewalk dance steps may well be heard in the accompaniment to this work: the oboist's endeavors to produce a soft low B-natural (!) will help create this effect.
Technically this piece is intermediate, but the range of the bassoon (especially), oboe, and (to a lesser extent) horn parts are an additional challenge for those players.

SKU: A0.1474103

I’m a bassoonist, and I don’t like the teaching materials for bassoon that are out there. There’s not enough depth and engagement in them, and nothing that supports the everyday music teacher. So I set out to create something that I would feel comfortable giving to my private students to help them grow as musicians.

There are many types of music in the book: etudes, exercises, warm-ups, backwards and upside down duets (one person plays normally, the other person reads the music in an unusual way), improvised music, and composition. Musical styles range across a variety of cultures and genres such as classical, blues, fiddle tunes, marches, contemporary, musicals, and more.  

Using carefully crafted etudes, exercises, and songs in a variety of styles, your bassoon students are going to to find immediate success. The bite-sized examples encourage students to focus on tone, as they extend their technique and range on this wonderful instrument. 

Examples from the book:
1.1 - Memories
1.2 - Can-Can
1.3 - Baby-Back Blues
1.4 - Somewhere Nice
1.5 - Go Down, Moses
1.6 - Magenta Sky (A Backwards Duet)
1.7 - Cakewalk
1.8 - Red River Valley
1.9 - Symphony No. 6, Mvt. 2 (Tchaikovsky)
1.10 - Arkansas Traveler
1.11 - Give My Regards to Broadway (key of B Flat Major)
1.12 - In The Hall of the Mountain King
1.13 - Landlord Fill The Flowing Bowl
1.14 - It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo'
1.15 - Shalom Chaverim
1.16 - Londonderry Air
1.17 - Theme & Variations, Für Elise
1.18 - Ominous (A Backwards Duet)
Create & Improvise: St. Louis Blues (W.C. Handy)
1.19 - Interlude
1.20 - L'Adieu Des Bergers
1.21 - Washington Post March
1.22 - The Sea Monster - A Short Improvised Piece
1.23 - Give My Regards to Broadway (key of G Major)
1.24 - Anna Lisle (The Alma Mater Song)
Critical Hit - Bassoon Concert Piece
2.1 - More Memories
2.2 & 2.3 - Ten Little Indians
2.4 - Parliament (An Upside-Down Duet)
2.5 - Bassoon Warm-Up
2.6 - F Major Studies
2.7 - Airang
2.8 - Arpeggio In Blue
2.9 - C Major Studies
2.10 - Mazurka in A-flat Major
2.11 - Etudes With Flats
2.12 - Take Me Out To The Ball Game
2.13 - Arpeggios (Part 1)
2.14 - Etudes With Arpeggios
2.15 - The Sar Spangled Banner
2.16 - Arpeggios (Part 2)
2.17 - More Arpeggio Studies
2.18 - Battle Hymn of the Republic
2.19 - Arpeggios (Part 3)
2.20 - Kolme Varista
2.21 - Swallowtail Jig
2.22 - Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
2.23 - St. Anne's Reel
2.24 - Dear Old Stockholm
2.25 - Esprit De Corps
Sketch On a Theme From The Sorceror's Apprentice - Bassoon Concert Piece.

SKU: A0.1266180

This is an arrangement for euphonium tuba quartet of Golliwogg's Cakewalk from Children's Corner, a piano cycle said to have been composed by Claude Debussy for his beloved daughter, Claude Emma. This extremely rhythmical piece is based on the Cakewalk, a two-beat dance music that is said to be one of the origins of jazz, but Debussy is said to have hated this music. The piece also includes a passage from Wagner's Tristan and Isolde, which he also disliked, and is ironic in its own way.

It is best to play it humorously, without the heaviness that comes with playing it in the bass clef. 

SKU: A0.857855

Golliwogg's Cakewalk, from Children's Corner
Composed by Claude Debussy, arranged for String Orchestra by Adrian Mansukhani

Duration: 2:40
Level: Intermediate
Instrumentation: Vlns 1 and 2, Vla, Cello, Bass

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