Background Trios for Strings, Volume 1

The 24 upbeat arrangements in this diverse collection of tunes will provide you with a wide variety of different styles and periods of music, designed to enhance the atmosphere of wedding receptions, parties, festivals, reunions, banquets, anniversary dinners, and other happy occasions. This collection includes Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, and some ethnic music. The interesting melodic bits are shared by each part, so that you will all get to enjoy the fun.

Anonymous, “Trio”; Anonymous, “With Horns and Hounds”; Bach, “Minuet in G”; Ball, “When Irish Eyes Are Smiling”; Beethoven, “Six Landlers”; Bloch, “Trio”; “Chihuahua” (“Jesse Polka”); “Funiculi Funicula”; Gabrielli, “Balletto Nono”; Galilei, “Saltarello”; Handel, “Allegro”, from Royal Fireworks; Handel, “Minuet”, from Water Music; Hassler, “Tanzen und Springen”; “Hava Nagila”; “Hoedown Medley No. 1”; Hoffmeister, “Terzetto Scholastico”; Joplin, “Rag-Time Dance”; Lully, “Dans Nos Bois Silvandre S’escrie”; Morley, “Love Learns By Laughing”; “Pig Ankle Rag”; Playford, “The Bonny, Bonny Broom”; “Plinka Plonka Mazurka”; Quantz, “Trio for Three Flutes”; Sousa, “The Liberty Bell March”
Order one of the following “Background Trios for Strings, Volume 1” packages...
Violin, Viola, Cello Trio: $25.00
Violin Trio: $25.00
Viola Trio: $25.00
Cello Trio: $25.00
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Build a trio with each part in the clef that each musician prefers by selecting from the following individual part books....
To build a Background trio select:

1 book from Column A,
1 book from Column B,
1 book from Column C.

You may change the quantity of each item in your shopping cart to accomodate additional musicians.
Column A Column B Column C
Violin A: $ 9.00
Violin B: $ 9.00
Violin C: $ 9.00
Viola A: $ 9.00
Viola B: $ 9.00
Viola C: $ 9.00
Cello A: $ 9.00
Cello B: $ 9.00
Cello C: $ 9.00


Background Trios for Strings, Volume 2

Volume 1 is so much fun, that we just had to create a Volume 2. There are 20 pieces in this collection, and many are a bit more adventurous than Volume 1. Styles represented include Renaissance, Baroque, and Classical music. As with Volume 1, everybody shares the interesting melodic bits.

Anonymous, “Alman”; Beethoven, “Allegro for a Flute Clock”; Cabezon, “Pavaniglia”; Carravaggio, “Sicilian Cascarda”; Dittersdorf, “Trio No. 1”; Greenblatt, “Banana Boy”; Haydn, “London Trio No. 1”; Joplin, “Bethena”; Lalande, “Noels”; Mozart, “Overture, Marriage of Figaro”; O’Carolan, “Si Bheg Si Mhor”; Pepusch, “Allegro, Triosonata in F”; Purcell, “Golden Sonata”; Quantz, “Sonata in D”; Rameau, “Tamburin”; Smetena, “Dance of the Comedians”; Telemann, “Triosonate”; Vredeman de Vries, “N’As-Tu Point?”; Weelkes, “Those Sweet Delightful Lilies”; Wilbye, “O, What Shall I Do?”
Order one of the following “Background Trios for Strings, Volume 2” packages...
Violin, Viola, Cello Trio: $25.00
Violin Trio: $25.00
Viola Trio: $25.00
Cello Trio: $25.00
- or -
Build a trio with each part in the clef that each musician prefers by selecting from the following individual part books....
To build a Background trio select:

1 book from Column A,
1 book from Column B,
1 book from Column C.

You may change the quantity of each item in your shopping cart to accomodate additional musicians.
Column A Column B Column C
Violin A: $ 9.00
Violin B: $ 9.00
Violin C: $ 9.00
Viola A: $ 9.00
Viola B: $ 9.00
Viola C: $ 9.00
Cello A: $ 9.00
Cello B: $ 9.00
Cello C: $ 9.00


Irish Trios for Strings

These 30 arrangements, containing 61 traditional melodies, feature a wide range of emotions for all occasions. There are mystical and inspiring tunes that make you think, lyrical and jubilant tunes to help you celebrate, as well as lively and exuberant tunes to get your feet moving. This collection includes airs, hornpipes, jigs, marches, polkas, reels, slides, slip jigs, waltzes, and some of the melodies composed by the legendary Irish piper, O’Carolan.

Air Medley: “The Edge of the White Rock”, “Sheela Nee Guira”, “Boulavogue”; Dark Haired Lass; Down Went McGinty to the Bottom of the Sea; Five Leaved Clover; Hornpipe Medley: “Off to California”, “Sailor’s Hornpipe”, “Fisher’s Hornpipe”, “The Belfast Hornpipe”; Jig Medley No. 1: “Crabs in the Skillet”, “The Sons of Fingal”, “King of the Pipers”; Jig Medley No. 2: “Irish Washerwoman”, “The Irish Lass With the Golden Tresses”, “Boys From Tandragee”; Jig Medley No. 3: “Off She Goes”, “Banish Misfortune”, “Smash the Windows”; Larry O’Gaff; Londonderry Air; Madame Maxwell; Maggie in the Woods; March Medley No. 1: “Boyne Water”, “Song of the Chanter”, “The Halting March”, “Drunken Sailor”; March Medley No. 2: “The Croppies’ March”, “The Maguire’s March”, “The Return From Fingal”; The Miller; Polka Medley No. 1: “John Ryan’s Polka”, “Jack Mitchell’s Polka”; Polka Medley No. 2: “Rose Tree”, “Dennis Murphy’s Polka”; Reel Medley No. 1: “Drowsy Maggie”, “The Morning Dew”, “Red Haired Boy”; Reel Medley No. 2: “Temperence Reel”, “Whiskey Before Breakfast”, “Fairy Dance”; Rights of Man; Si Bheg Si Mhor; Slide Medley No. 1: “The Kilcummin”, “The Scattery Island Slide”, “Paddy McFadden’s”; Slide Medley No. 2: “The Ballintore Fancy”, “The Meenotogues Lad” Slip Jig Medley: “The Piper’s Whim”, “Here We Go Up, Up, Up”, “The Foxhunter’s”; Tater Patch; Waltz Medley No. 1: “The Enchantment of Finn MaCool”, “Planxty John Irwin”; Waltz Medley No. 2: “Beauty in Tears”, “Lord Inchiquin”; Waltz Medley No. 3: “The Star of the County Down”, “Flowers of Limerick”, “The Rose of Tralee”; When Irish Eyes Are Smiling; Young Terence McDonough
Order one of the following “Irish Trios for Strings” packages...
Violin, Viola, Cello Trio: $25.00
Violin Trio: $25.00
Viola Trio: $25.00
Cello Trio: $25.00
- or -
Build a trio with each part in the clef that each musician prefers by selecting from the following individual part books....
To build an Irish trio select:

1 book from Column A,
1 book from Column B,
1 book from Column C.

You may change the quantity of each item in your shopping cart to accomodate additional musicians.
Column A Column B Column C
Violin A: $ 9.00
Violin B: $ 9.00
Violin C: $ 9.00
Viola A: $ 9.00
Viola B: $ 9.00
Viola C: $ 9.00
Cello A: $ 9.00
Cello B: $ 9.00
Cello C: $ 9.00


Wedding Trios for Strings

The 29 arrangements in this collection are organized to help you negotiate the wedding ceremony festivities in a step-by-step manner.

Prelude: “Sheep May Safely Graze”, by J. S. Bach; “Flute Suite in G”, by G. F. Handel; “Allegro, from Spring”, by A. Vivaldi
Candle Lighting: “Minuet in G”, by J. S. Bach; “Greensleeves”; “Morning Has Broken”; “O'Carolan Medley”
Seating of Family: “Air, from Water Music”, by G. F. Handel; “Hine Ma Tov”; “Londonderry Air”; “Tamburin”, by J. Rameau
Bridesmaids: “Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring”, by J. S. Bach; “Canon in D”, by Pachelbel; “Trumpet Tune”, by H. Purcell; “Tantst, Tantst Yidelekh”
Bride: “Rondeau”, by J. Mouret; “Prince of Denmark's March”, by J. Clarke (previously known as “Trumpet Voluntary”, by H. Purcell); “Bridal Chorus”, by R. Wagner
During the Ceremony: “Erev Shel Shashanim”; “Ave Maria”, by F. Schubert; “Amazing Grace”
Recessional: “Ode to Joy”, by L. von Beethoven; “Hornpipe”, by G.F. Handel; “Wedding March”, by F. Mendelssohn; “Siman Tov/Mazel Tov”
Postlude: “Hava Nagila”; “Allegro, Eine Kleine Nachtmusik”, by W.A. Mozart; “Od Yeshoma”; “Allegretto”, by J. Quantz
Order one of the following “Wedding Trios for Strings” packages...
Violin, Viola, Cello Trio: $25.00
Violin Trio: $25.00
Viola Trio: $25.00
Cello Trio: $25.00
- or -
Build a trio with each part in the clef that each musician prefers by selecting from the following individual part books....
To build a Wedding trio select:

1 book from Column A,
1 book from Column B,
1 book from Column C.

You may change the quantity of each item in your shopping cart to accomodate additional musicians.
Column A Column B Column C
Violin A: $ 9.00
Violin B: $ 9.00
Violin C: $ 9.00
Viola A: $ 9.00
Viola B: $ 9.00
Viola C: $ 9.00
Cello A: $ 9.00
Cello B: $ 9.00
Cello C: $ 9.00