Description
Book SynopsisTime Pieces is an exciting new series of repertoire which explores the wealth of music written from the sixteenth century to the present day. The pieces are presented chronologically within each volume and all include the year in which they were written too so you can map your journey through time. Time Pieces for Cello is a three-volume anthology providing a graded selection of well-crafted and idiomatic arrangements, as well as some original pieces, for cello and piano. All of them have been carefully written to provide practice of the keys, note ranges and fingering patterns encountered in the early grades, and there are suggestions for position work and varied bowing patterns. Each volume balances well-known pieces with less familiar music, and the emphasis throughout is on tuneful repertoire perfectly suited to the cello with a simple supportive piano accompaniment. From Tallis to Tchaikovsky and from Haydn to Britten, Time Pieces for Cello allows the pupil to get a real feel for the different styles of music through time and will prove an invaluable, varied source of further study and recital repertoire. Perfect for learners exploring repertoire for the own-choice piece in ABRSM's Performance Grade exams
Trade ReviewIf you send your students out to buy only one book this year, make it one of these ... they're must buysfor any elementary cello student. All of the arrangements are good, many outstandingly so. * Music Teacher *
...well presented and an excellent concept to help children become more aware of differing periods of music and the consequent interpretations. * Arco (ESTA) *
The well-presented volumes would be useful in the teaching studio, from approximately Grade 1 through to 6, providing extra list exam pieces, or to play for fun and additional study. * Stringendo *
Table of ContentsLondonderry Air (irish tune from County Derry) [Anon.] ; Pieta, Signore [Stradella] ; Music for a while from Oedipus [H. Purcell] ; Es ist vollbracht from St John Passion [J. S. Bach] ; Scherza, infida from Ariodante [George Frideric Handel] ; Come fill, fill, my good fellow [Ludwig van Beethoven] ; Standchen from Schwanengesang [Franz Schubert] ; Prelude from Modern Suite, Op. 122 [Georg Goltermann] ; Entr'acte from Carmen [Georges Bizet] ; Chant de Veslemoy (Mosaique) [Johan Halvorsen] ; Easy Winners [Joplin] ; Tom Bowling from Fantasia on British Sea Songs [Henry Wood] ; Theme from Caprice hongroise [Emile Dunkler] ; Shepherd's Hey [Percy Grainger] ; Captain Cockchafer from The Fairy Ring [Frederic Austin] ; Robots' March [Gordon Jacob] ; The Flycatcher [Thomas Hewitt Jones]
