Amazing Solos
Instrument: double bass and piano
Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
Song List:
There Was a Crooked Man (Traditional) - Pop Goes the Weasel (Traditional) - Green Gravel (Traditional) - J.S. Bach: Come, Neighbours All (from 'The Peasant Cantata) - Peruvian Dance Tune (Peruvian traditional) - W.A. Mozart: Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen (from 'The Magic Flute') - Lilliburlero (Traditional) - Amazing Graze (Traditional) - N. Paganini: Paganini Caprice no. 24 - G. Verdi: Grand March (from 'Aida') - L. Janacek: Three Moravian Folk Songs (Budicek, Psanicko, Stalost) - C. Basie: Tune Town Shuffle - B. Bartok: Braul (from 'Roumanian Folk Dances') - J.S. Bach: Minuet (from 'C Major Flute Sonata') - W.A. Mozart: Allegro - S. Prokofieff: Troika (from 'Lieutenant Kijé') - R. Schumann: Ein Jüngling liebt ein Mädchen (from 'Dichterliebe') - A. Vivaldi: Larghetto - A. Vivaldi: Allegro - L. Bernstein: Cool (from 'West Side Story') - B. Bartok: Bucsum Dance (from 'Roumanian Folk Dances') - E. Humperdinck: Fiddler's Song (from 'Königskinder') - Stars, No Moon (Peruvian traditional) - E. Grieg: Solveig's Song - P. Warlock: Basse Danse (from the 'Capriol Suite') - L. Bernstein: America (from 'West Side Story') - G. Verdi: La donna è mobile (from 'Rigoletto')
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).