Baroque and Folk Tunes for the Recorder

*58 Tunes

.* An unusual collection of music arranged for the recorder, containing over 50 pieces from over 300 years of music. Includes introduction and guitar chords.

The collection is comprised of:

1. Introduction

2. English Dance - Johann Christoph Bach

3. Bouree - Johann Sebastian Bach 

4. March -  Johann Sebastian Bach 

5. Musette -  Johann Sebastian Bach 

6. Sarabande -  Johann Sebastian Bach 

7. Waltz - Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach

8. Polovistian Dance from Prince Igor - Alexander Borodin

9. Cradle Song - Johannes Brahms

10. La Diane - Francois Couperin

11. Orientale - Cesar Cui

12. Serenade - Ricardo Drigo

13. Scarborough Fair - English Folk Song

14. Beautiful Heaven - C. Fernandez

15. Poem - Zdenko Fibich

16. Ballet Anglois - Johann Kaspar Ferdinand Fischer

17. Passepied from Melpomene Suite (uncredited)

18. Moscow Nights - Folk Song

19. Corrente - Girolamo Frescobaldi

20. The Lorelei- German Folk Song

21. Andante - Christoph Willibald von Gluck

22. Gavotte - Christoph Willibald von Gluck

23. Anglaise - Georg Friedrich Handel

24. Minuet - Georg Friedrich Handel

25. Allegro - Joseph Hayden

26. Serenade - Joseph Hayden

27. Londonderry Air - Irish Melody

28. The Entertainer - Scott Joplin

29. Original Rags - Scott Joplin

30. Gavotte and Bouree - Johann Philipp Krieger

31. Victory Dance & Festival from Biblica Sonata No 1 - Johann Kuhnau

32. Theme from Symphony No 4 - Felix Mendelssohn

33. Andante Grazioso - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

34. Siciliana - Gottlieb Muffat

35. Santa Lucia - Neopolitan Song

36. Canzoni di Danza - Bernardo Pasquini

37. Siciliana - Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

38. Hornpipe - Henry Purcell

39. Saraband - Henry Purcell

40. Trumpet Tune - Henry Purcell

41. Those Were The Days - Russian Song

42. Theme from Piano Concerto No. 2 - Serge Rachmaninoff

43. Heidenroeslein - Franz Schubert

44. Der Lindenbaum - Franz Schubert

45. Morgengruss - Franz Schubert

46. Serenade - Franz Schubert

47. The Trout - Franz Schubert

48. Romance - Carl Stamitz

49. None But The Lonely Heart - Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky

50. Theme from Romeo and Juliet - Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky

51. Allegro from Heroic Muse - Georg Philipp Telemann

52. Ayre - Georg Philipp Telemann

53. Loure - Georg Philipp Telemann

54. Passepied - Georg Philipp Telemann

55. Amazing Grace - Traditional

56. German Dance - Traditional

57. Allemande - Unknown

58. Ayre - Antonio Vivaldi

The selections contained in this book offer the player a sizable scope of musical moods from lively, catchy pieces that are fun to rip through to those that are just beautifully melodic. While there may be a number of selections a player is not yet familiar with, there are probably many he has heard but never played, such as melodies from famous piano or string works of Haydn, Mozart, Bach and a great variety of others. 

This book contains several centuries of true musical spirit, and hours of musical enjoyment. It gathers together melodies originally written for violin or oboe,sung by trained singers and common people alike, baroque and rag tunes, old and new tunes. Try to maintain the spirit in each which allowed these melodies to remain vital, and experience the joy of making them come alive again. 

Score: 56 pages only.