Various :: English Airs and Dances

The Baroque Around the World series for flexible ensemble with keyboard can be used in the home, in schools and in music centres - ideal for informal music-making, as well as student and professional performance. Each publication includes a CD with listening and play-along tracks, performed by the outstanding musicians Sharon Lindo (violin), Jennifer Stinton (flute), Nick Stringfellow (cello) and Jeremy Barlow (harpsichord). The collection is 16 easy to intermediate pieces for violin (flute or oboe), keyboard and optional cello (bassoon). From 18th-century England, the collection includes country dances, Cheshire rounds, hornpipes and pantomime tunes, plus examples of the march, minuet, siciliana, gavotte and jig. Featured composers include Arne, Earl of Abingdon, Hebden, Holcombe, Linley, Roseingrave, Stanley, Thackray.

Contents

• Portsmouth — Anonymous
• Two Cheshire Rounds — Anonymous
• Bloomsbury Market — Anonymous
• Excuse Me — Anonymous
• New Perro — Anonymous
• Black Joke — Anonymous
• Cackling of the Hens — Anonymous
• Air in E minor — Holcombe, H
• Gavotte — Roseingrave, T
• Lsrgo e Siciliano — Hebden, J
• Minuet With Variation — Stanley, J
• The Sprite Mirth in Distress for the Loss of Harlequin — Linley Sr, T
• The Yorkshire Buffs' March — Thackary, T
• Hop Tops — Earl of Abingdon
• The Blossoms of May — Earl of Abingdon
• Hornpipe — Arne, TA