English Folk Tunes for Piano

Description

English Folk Tunes presents a collection of beautiful pieces for solo piano drawn from the rich tradition of English folk music. Experienced author and arranger Barrie Carson-Turner 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 all texts are available as pdf downloads from the Schott Music website. Suitable for players of grades 3-8.

Part of the best selling World Music series, which also includes music from England, Ireland, Scotland, Eastern Europe, America, Argentina, India, China and Korea.

Content text:

• Barbara Allen
• Come Lasses and Lads
• The Cottage Well Thatched with Straw
• High Germany
• Early One Morning
• Dumble Dum Deary
• The Oak and the Ash
• Brunswick Waltz
• The Leather Bottel
• The Helston Furry Dance
• The Seven Stars
• Sweet Polly Oliver
• Tommy's Gone to Hilo
• Blow the Wind Southerly
• Country Gardens
• The Dusky Night Rides Down the Sky
• The Keys to Canterbury
• Sailors' Hornpipe
• Blow Away the Morning Dew
• Yarmouth Rell
• Com You Not from Newcastle
• As Down in the Meadows I Chanced to Pass
• It Was a Maid of My Countrie
• O No, John
• The Bold Fisherman
• The Month of May
• The High Level Bridge
• Staines Morris
• Kem's Jig
• The Golden Banity
• Sir Roger de Coverley
• The Woodcutter