WORLD FAMOUS MELODIES + CD / alto saxophone
| Publisher | Fentone Music |
| Genre: |
classical & sacret
spirituals, folk, country & traditional |
| Arrangement: | melody |
| Cast: | solo |
| Difficulty: | Intermediate |
| Format: | book + CD |
| Series: | World Famous Melodies |
Related products
Parameters
| Product code: | F793 |
| Composer: | Various Composers |
| Arranger: |
De Smet, Robin
Cowles, Colin |
| No. of songs: | 16 |
| Pages: | 22 |
| Language: |
English
German French Dutch |
| Size: | 23 x 30 cm |
| ISBN: | 9789043153072 |
| ISMN: | 9790230007931 |
| Weight: | 138 g |
Audio examples
Songlist (16)
- American Patrol (Meacham/DeSmet)
- Beautiful Dreamer (Foster/DeSmet)
- Can Can from Orpheus (Offenbach)
- Dixie (Traditional/DeSmet)
- Down By The Riverside (Traditional/DeSmet)
- Floral Dance (Traditional/DeSmet)
- Grand March from Aida (Verdi/Cowles)
- He's Got The Whole World (Traditional/DeSmet)
- Little Brown Jug (Traditional/DeSmet)
- Londonderry Air (Traditional/DeSmet)
- Men Of Harlech (Traditional/Cowles)
- Scarborough Fair (Traditional/Cowles)
- The Yellow Rose Of Texas (Traditional/DeSmet)
- Toreador's Song from Carmen (Bizet/DeSmet)
- When The Saints (Traditional/DeSmet)
- With Cat-Like Tread from Pirates of Penzance (Sullivan/Cowles)
Product description
This book contains 16 traditional light classical melodies known throughout the world. The CD includes piano accompaniment for the soloist as well as a full performance of each piece. Pieces include: Beautiful Dreamer • Can Can • Down by the Riverside • Londonderry Air • Scarborough Fair • and more.
Cowles Colin (* 1940) is an English composer and music teacher. He studied at Trinity College of Music at Cambridge and London University. He worked as a pedagogue until 1980 and has since became a freelance composer and performer. He has coached and conducted many County Youth Bands, Symphony Orchestras and Jazz Orchestras, and has adjudicated at music festivals. His work is almost always inspired by the English countryside and he has written more than 400 compositions. Colin plays a wide variety of instruments and has a wonderful sense of humour, which is also reflected in his pieces.
