Instrument : double bass and piano Nombre de Pages : 58 Amazing Solos are amazingly wide-ranging selections of easy pieces. From Bach to Bernstein, a great variety of musical styles is included - folk melodies from England and Peru, baroque and classical 'lollipops', jazz and modern classics. A unique collection of exciting and varied music for the early grades! The edition is part of the Trinity syllabus 2007 (grade 3-6) and of the ABRSM Summer 2006 (grades 2, 4-7). Content : La donna è mobile (Verdi) - Three Moravian Folksongs (Janácek) - Allegro (Mozart) - Allegro (Vivaldi) - Amazing Grace (Trad.) - America (Bernstein) - Basse Danse (Warlock) - Braul, Bucsum Dance (Bartók) - Caprice 24 (Paganini) - Come Neighbours All - Cool (Bernstein) - Ein Jungling liebt ein Madchen (Schumann) - Ein Madchen oder Weibchen (Mozart) - Fiddler's Song (Humperdinck) - Grand March (Verdi) - Green Gravel (Trad.) - Lilliburlero (Trad.) - Minuet (Bach) - Peruvian Dance Tune (Trad.) - Pop goes the Weasel (Trad.) - Solveg's Song (Grieg) - Stars no Moon (Trad.) - There was a Crooked Man (Trad) - Troika (Prokofieff) - Tune Town Shuffle (Basie)

Relatively easy; written for the student. The second of the three movements is a tuneful Quodlibet based on folk songs.