This book is the second volume of arrangements for the Celtic harp by MonikaMandelartz. The material encompasses diverse songs and tunes from the British Isles, commonly described as 'Celtic Music'. This type of music is often associated with the English publisher John Playford. In the 17th century, he published The English Dancing Master, which contains traditional music as well as tunes of his day (up to the Renaissance). Author Monika Mandelartz, a specialist in historical performance practice, followsPlayford's tradition by arranging parts of the collection for Celtic harp. Thereby, Mandelartz points out that her arrangements constitute a 'snapshot in time'. Her workemphasizes the idea that lively music always allows for change and variation - it must in order to survive. The book includes tunes such as De`il Take the Wars, Scot Cap (Edinburgh Castle), Upon a Summer's Day, Parson's Farewell, Welcome Home Old Rowland, Dissembling Love (The Lost Heart), An Italian Rant, Porter's Lament, Greenesleeves and Pudding Pies (Greenesleeves and Yellow Lace), Jenny Pluck Pears, Remember Me My Deir, Enfield Common, The Sword Dance, and Drive the Cold Winter Away. This book is the second volume of arrangements for the Celtic Harp by Monika Mandelartz. The material encompasses diverse songs and tunes from the British Isles, commonly described as 'Celtic Music'. This type ofmusic is often associated with the English publisher John Playford. In the 17th century, he published The English Dancing Master, which contains traditional music as well as tunes of his day (up to the Renaissance). Author Monika Mandelartz, a specialist in historical performance practice, follows Playford's tradition by arranging parts of the collection for Celtic Harp. Thereby, Mandelartz points out that her arrangementsconstitute a 'snapshot in time'. Her work emphasizes the idea that lively music always allows for change and variation - it must in order to survive. The book includes tunes such as De`il Take the Wars, ScotCap(Edinburgh Castle), Upon a Summer's Day, Parson's Farewell, Welcome Home Old Rowland, Dissembling Love (The Lost Heart), An Italian Rant, Porter's Lament, Greenesleeves and Pudding Pies (Greenesleeves and Yellow Lace), JennyPluckPears, Remember Me My Deir, Enfield Common, The Sword Dance and Drive the Cold Winter Away./ Recueil / Harpe

From 1651 to 1728 John Playford his son Henry and John Young published multiple editions of the Dancing Master-collections of dance instructions and musical accompaniment. Over 500 distinct tunes were printed in these volumesand they give us one of the best pictures of English popular dance music in the 17th and early 18th centuries. This book presents 121 of these tunes adapted for the Mandolin-all are written in standard notation and tablature withchord symbols. Several pieces have been transposed into more mandolin-friendly keys. Suitable for use in teaching and performance many of these tunes are still played by musicians today both for pleasure and danceaccompaniment.This book presents 121 of these tunes adapted for the Mandolin. All are written in standard notation and tablature with chord symbols. Several pieces have been transposed into more Mandolin-friendly keys.Suitable for use in teaching and performance many of these tunes are still played by musicians today both for pleasure and dance accompaniment.

Good friends good ale and merry music – these are the makings of a good holiday gathering! Dean Rishel's frolicking arrangement of “To Drive the Cold Winter Away” uses a seventeenth-century text and is awonderfully festive addition to your winter concert or festival. For SATB voices piano and optional C-instrument.

Beginning in 1651 John Playford released a series of dance instructions with corresponding melodies. After their initial success he named them ?The Dancing Master?. Editions continued to be published up until 1728. They incorporated traditional as well as new song themes of the day with powerful and memorable Baroque melodies.The most beautiful of these songs have been arranged here for descant or treble recorder and piano accompaniment. Included among others are ?Newcastle? ?Black and Gray? and ?Nobody?s Jigg?.The arrangements include an optional part for a second flute. The editorNikolaus Newerkla is a cembalist arranger and ensembledirector. He founded and directs the internationally-renowned early music ensemble ?Quadriga Consort?.

22 fiddle tunes from the golden age of sail, featuring dance tunes, shanties (work songs), recreational 'forebitters' and composed melodies which give the landlubber's take on the romance of the sea. Edward Huws Jones explains that 'during the heyday of sail, the busiest sea-routes of all were the North Atlantic crossings, especially between Liverpool and the American cotton ports- it was the heady mixture of African-American and Irish music which gave birth to the mid-century flowering of the sea shanty. Meanwhile English-speaking vessels were sailing to the Cape, India, Australia and many other far-flung destinations, carrying a two-way traffic of song and dance.? The tunes in this collection can all be played as unaccompanied fiddle tunes, which is how they would have been played in the days of sail. But as in other books in the Fiddler series, the flexible format allows a wide variety of different combinations and ensembles. Suitable for intermediate and elementary standard performers. / Violon

To every young musician, the first concert is a special experience. It is a motivation to study the instrument and its music even further. A suitable selection of technically and musically manageable pieces is an important prerequisite for first successes. The selection of the mostly original works has been arranged according to epochs, thus providing a small overview of the history of guitar and lute music from John Dowland via Gaspar Sanz to Leo Brouwer. / Guitare