Welsh Folk Tunes for Piano

Description

Welsh Folk Tunes presents a collection of beautiful pieces for solo piano drawn from the rich tradition of Welsh 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.

Contents:

• At Early Dawn
• The Ash Grove
• Gwenno from Penygelli
• The Melody of Cynwyd
• The Seven Wonders
• The Lullaby Song
• Lambs' Fold Valley
• Innocence
• The Welsh Whim
• Huw Puw's-flatboat
• Good Beer
• All Through the Night
• The Rejected Maiden
• Black Sir Harry
• Longing
• The Marsh of Rhuddlan
• The Gower Reel
• David of the White Rock
• The Maid of Sker
• The Weaver's Song
• The Bishop of Bangor's Jig
• Men of Harlech
• White Snowdon
• Llewelyn Alaw's Polka
• Megan's Fair Daughter
• The Glyn Cynon Air
• Llanover Reel
• The Blackbird
• The Nightingale
• Land of My Fathers
• Lady Owen's Delight
• St David's Day