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This is a lively collection of short pieces by some ‘alive and kicking’ contemporary composers, who each supply their name, place and date of birth as well as two of their ‘favourite things’ – details which some children will love. The pieces range widely in style and event the simplest have real character, for example Nikki Iles’ The Wishing Gate which uses only open strings and first and second fingers but is given life by a lovely jazz-tinged accompaniment. Key signatures are kept simple, the better to introduce techniques such as double-stopping, harmonics, glissandi etc, and one piece briefly employs tenor clef. The volume is filled with useful teaching material of a high musical standard….

European String Teachers Association, Summer 2007



Table of Contents
Curious Minuet (Christian Alexander); NYPD TV (Ruth Byrchmore); Ghost note (Charles Dickie); Texting (Charles Dickie); Secret places (Howard Goodall); Bonjour tristesse (Paul Hart); Zig zag (Matthew Hindson); From the sea (Stephen Hough; The wishing gate (Nikki Iles); Song of the rose (Thomas Hewitt Jones); Danny's dance (David Matthews); Ten toads (Elissa Milne); Shaky staircase (Christine Myers); Battle hymn (Richard Peat)

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    A Paperback / softback by William Bruce

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      Publisher Faber Music Ltd
      Published 2 March 2006
      ISBN-13 9780571522972
      978-0571522972
      ISBN-10 0571522971
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      Musical scores, lyrics and libretti

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review

      This is a lively collection of short pieces by some ‘alive and kicking’ contemporary composers, who each supply their name, place and date of birth as well as two of their ‘favourite things’ – details which some children will love. The pieces range widely in style and event the simplest have real character, for example Nikki Iles’ The Wishing Gate which uses only open strings and first and second fingers but is given life by a lovely jazz-tinged accompaniment. Key signatures are kept simple, the better to introduce techniques such as double-stopping, harmonics, glissandi etc, and one piece briefly employs tenor clef. The volume is filled with useful teaching material of a high musical standard….

      European String Teachers Association, Summer 2007



      Table of Contents
      Curious Minuet (Christian Alexander); NYPD TV (Ruth Byrchmore); Ghost note (Charles Dickie); Texting (Charles Dickie); Secret places (Howard Goodall); Bonjour tristesse (Paul Hart); Zig zag (Matthew Hindson); From the sea (Stephen Hough; The wishing gate (Nikki Iles); Song of the rose (Thomas Hewitt Jones); Danny's dance (David Matthews); Ten toads (Elissa Milne); Shaky staircase (Christine Myers); Battle hymn (Richard Peat)

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