The Ballads Blues and Folksongs Of Cisco Houston-Cisco Houston was a balladeer and folksinger whose life and songs bridged the generations. Guitar in hand he traveled all over America absorbing the sounds of his time translating those sounds into folksongs. In 1961 at the age of 42 Cisco's life was cut short by cancer. But the tragedy of Cisco's death made many people realize how fine a sing…

This choral suite captures all the drama emotion and history of America's Civil War past. John Jacobson's strongly evocative narration will make this a program meaningful to students and audiences alike. Songs include: TheBattle Cry of Freedom; Battle Hymn of the Republic; The Blue Tail Fly; The Cruel War Is Raging; Goober Peas; Good News; Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier; Oh! Susanna; Shenandoah; …

Fantasia for Violin and Piano-Born in Erfurt the composer Edward Mollenhauer (1827 1914) achieved success in America as a soloist and teacher. His best-known pieces for young violinists are The Infant Paganini and The Boy Paganini.The Mollenhauer fantasia The Infant Paganini is a charming introduction to early virtuoso techniques. It calls for bowing techniques such as detaché legato spiccato a…

Argentinian Tango and Folk Tunes for Piano presents a collection of beautiful pieces arranged for solo piano drawn from the rich tradition of Argentinean music. Highly regarded performer, author and teacher Julian Rowlands provides notes on all of the pieces, explaining their background and history. The volume is accompanied by a CD with a recording of all tunes. German and French translations of …

Arch Gwyn (Arranger). Par ARCH GWYN. Gwyn Arch presents some hot and spicy choral arrangements of five classics of Latin America, written specially for SSA chorus and guaranteed to thrill and delight at any occasion! The pieces include Sloop John B , Guantanamera and, of course, Jobim's much-loved Girl From Ipanema . Full Piano accompaniments are included where required. Add a funky dash of sunshi…

2002 marks the 100th birthday of one of America's top Broadway composers. Richard Rodgers' contributions to the musical theatre of his day were extraordinary and his influence continues even today. This new medley for choir bandand optional strings salutes the achievements of this Broadway legend. Songs include: Do-Re-Mi I Whistle A Happy Tune June Is Bustin' Out All Over The March Of The Sia…

A Must-Have Collection of Well-Known Songs Including Several Bells Features!-If you've been taking Glockenspiel lessons for a while you're probably eager to learn some familiar songs. The First 50 Songs You Should Play on the Bells/Glockenspiel includes a wide variety of favorite songs from pop hits and movie themes to folk songs and classical melodies several of which originally featured bell…

Perfect for Earth Day celebrations this is the book for any nature lover! Many of the songs can be used for camp-outs hiking or just pure fun. Includes 'I Love the Mountains ' 'Land and Sea ' 'Morning Song ' 'America theBeautiful ' 'Down the River ' 'Earth Day Is Every Day' (a children's musical) and many more. Written for voice and piano with guitar chords.

The newest series from Hal Leonard for young players brings the unique talents of ?America's Conductor? Leonard Slatkin to school orchestra programs. His latest holiday collection is once again a great opportunity tofeature student pianists with their school string orchestra. Always fresh and inventive Leonard's arrangements bring a new style of holiday programming that's interesting and educatio…

Traditional From Argentina-Diana Saez is a specialist in the field of Latin American music and one of America's finest arrangers of Latin American Folk music.This arrangement for SA choir and Piano with optional Guitar is a beautiful and simple setting of a northern Argentinian folk melody.