CELLO BOOKS AND RECORDINGS by Deborah Greenblatt

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The Cello Player’s Book of Rounds		Book: $ 10.00
This volume is part of an effort to encourage beginning students to play nicely with others. It has forty tunes in thirteen keys from twelve countries. The lyrics for twenty-seven tunes are included, with handy indexes to organize it all. Volumes with these same tunes are available for Fiddle, Viola, Soprano Recorder, Alto Recorder, Tenor Recorder, and Bass Recorder. Easy to intermediate. “Hine Ma Tov”, “Make New Friends”, “Quarrel For a Penny”, “White Coral Bells”, “Ki V’Simha”, “Ma Tovu”, “Sing Together”, “Listen to the Echo”, “Viva La Musica, Praetorius”, “Shalom Chaverim”, “Kum Bachur Atzel”, “Congo Boat Song”, “Hey, Ho, Nobody Home”, “The Ferry”, “The Singing School”, “Let Simon’s Beard Alone”, “Come, Follow, Follow”, “Grasshoppers Three”, “Tsena Tsena”, “Chairs to Mend”, “Dona Nobis Pacem”, “Donkeys and Carrots”, “Frere Jacques”, “Roses From Fyn”, “Row, Row, Row Your Boat”, “Sweep the Floor”, “Merrily, Merrily”, “Music Alone Shall Live”, “The Hired Man’s Faith in Children”, “Echo”, “David, David”, “Give to Me Your Hand”, “Kookaburra”, “We Are Warming Up Our Voices”, “Happy Days”, “Sumer Is A-Coming In”, “Noah, Here They Come”, “Noah, There They Go”, “Bells”, “On My Roof”

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The Cello Fiddling Tune Book and CD		Book: $ 15.00 CD: $ 10.00
“This book features a collection of fiendishly fun fiddling tunes for cellists of all finger fitness levels! Cellists can really cut loose with these tunes ranging from rags, polkas, waltzes to jigs, and even hoedowns. Most of the tunes are in first position, although some require playing up to fourth position. There are some double-stops and tricky rhythms, but the true challenges in these tunes lie in successfully interpreting the style of the bowing and playing with the ease that real country fiddlers show. Greenblatt has written a little bit about each tune at the end of the book, from notes on how to properly perform each tune so that it swings, to just intereting anecdotes about the tune’s history. I would recommend this book to anyone wanting to venture off the beaten path..” - Amy Catron Flores, American String Teacher, May, 2001 “...an enjoyable and useful album of cello duets. Some of the melodies have their origin in America, but also a pair of Swedish (Boda Valsen and Jenny Lind Polka). Several come from Scotland and Ireland. My favorite is hot Karapieet from Armenia ( a little technical, but not exactly hard), and Duj, Duj a Gypsey Dance with fascinating rhythm. At the back of the book are excellent comments for each melody. There, for example, you can discover that the well known Clarinette Polka ( here in a superb and artful arrangement) originally came from Poland. Titles on some are humorous! “I Don’t Want No Babies in My Bed,” “Smash the Windows”, “Up Jumped the Devil” and “Whiskey before Breakfast.” But I have to observe that the pamphlet puts great demands on the cellists, as well when it pertains to technical capacity, as familiarity with ensemble playing, often in both first and second chair. But gifted and musical students can find it extremely fun!” - Solan Saving, European String Teacher’s Associon Newsletter, 2003 “The book has a wide variety of selections from many countries including the United States, Poland, Armenia, Sweden, Ireland and Scotland, plus a Gypsy dance and several original tunes. The pieces appear in alphabetical order, so the performers don’t feel that they have to start at the beginning and play through the book. At the end of the book, there are descriptions of the pieces and some clues about how to play them. She gave the best definition of the bowing called bariolage that I have ever encountered: “it’s sort of like roller skating across a smooth, hilly surface.” She also tells the performer when to “swing” the notes....there is a great deal of fun and useful material in this volume. If you use it for teaching purposes, you would have to work out what would work for the student at that time. My favorites for cello are: Rights of Man, a wonderful-sounding cello piece; Jenny Lind Polka, a piece I grew up with; Duj, Duj, for its fun rhythmic challenges; Pig Ankle Rag, great tune and chord outlines.” - Carol Tarr, Lamont School of Music, University of Denver This collection includes 27 hoedowns, polkas, jigs, waltzes, and rags arranged for cello, with an optional cello harmony part, and chords for back-up players included. These are the same tunes and in the same keys as in The Viola Fiddling Tune Book, and The Piano Fiddling Tune Book to allow cellists and violists and pianists to play together. If you need some help, there are helpful hints in the back of the book, as well as a source list. “Arkansas Traveller”, “Avoca Polka”, “Banish Misfortune”, “Barefoot Fiddler”, “Boda Valsen”, “Clarinet Polka”, “Crossing Great Glen”, “Dallas Bound”, “Dark Island”, “Day Dawn”, “Down Home Rag”, “Duj, Duj”, “Fiddler’s Waltz”, “Hunt the Squirrel”, “I Don’t Want No Babies In My Bed”, “Jenny Lind Polka”, “Karapiet”, “The Miller”, “On the Road to Boston”, “Pig Ankle Rag”, “Ragtime Annie”, “Rights of Man”, “Rose Tree”, “Smash the Windows”, “Tater Patch”, “Up Jumped the Devil”, “Whiskey Before Breakfast” These are the same tunes that are in the Viola Fiddling Tune Book.
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Danish Fiddle Tunes for Two Cellos		Book: $ 15.00
Enjoy these 31 traditional Danish tunes arranged for two players, with chords for back-up musicians included. The tunes in each book of the Danish Fiddle Tunes for Two series are in the same keys so you can have fun jamming with your musical friends. Program notes and a source list are included. “Alborg Polka”, “Bedstemors Piger”, “Enkemands Dans”, “Festvalsen”, “Forkert Polka”, “Forkert Vals”, “Hopsa”, “Hornpfeifen”, “Ikke Hurtig”, “Jens Lyngses Polka”, “Jysk Fynsk”, “Lars Peter pa Rimmi”, “Moens Hopsa”, “Molbrok”, “Op Med Fokken”, “Petersen & Enkelt Kaede”, “Pindsvine Reinlander”, “Polska From Fyn”, “Rheinlaender”, “Simon Kils Vals”, “Skomagerdansen”, “Smedens Anders Skottish”, “Spraetmazurka”, “Store Smeds Vals, Den”, “Strejkende General, Den”, “Thorvald Hansens Vals”, “To Ting”, “Traedballehus Polka”, “Tripmazurka”, “Vals”, “Vals From Agerkrog”

Gardening Fiddling Tunes for Two Cellos		Book: $ 15.00
These 26 traditional Gardening tunes are arranged for two instruments, with chords for back-up musicians included. The tunes in each book of the Gardening Fiddling Tunes for Two series are in the same keys so you can all play together. You may discover that a steady diet of jigs, reels, and waltzes are an essential part of a healthy growing environment for you and your plants. “Apple Blossom”, “Blackberry Blossom”, “Blackberry Quadrille”, “The Blooming Meadows”, “Bunch of Flowers”, “Bunch of Roses”, “The Bunch of Roses”, “The Bush On the Hill”, “Cauliflower Cotillion”, “Five Leaved Clover”, “The Flax In Bloom”, “Flowers of Cahirciveen”, “Flowers of Edinburgh”, “Flowers of Limerick”, “Flowers of Michigan”, “Flowers of St Petersburg”, “The Garden of Daisies”, “The Gardener’s March”, “The Gooseberry Bush”, “Green Grow the Rushes”, “The Holly Bush”, “Passion Flower”, “The Poppy Leaf”, “The Poppy”, “The Rose Garden”, “Rose Tree”, “Rosebud Reel”, “Short Grass”, “Sweet Bunch of Daisies”, “Swinging On a Gate”, “Tater Patch”, “Where Lilies Bloom”, “Wild Rose of the Mountain”

Irish Fiddle Tunes for Two Cellos		Book: $ 15.00
Enjoy these 32 traditional Irish tunes arranged for two instruments, with chords for back-up musicians included. The tunes in each book of the Irish Fiddle Tunes for Two series are in the same keys so you can have fun jamming with your musical friends. There’s a great source list included, just in case you haven’t had enough Irish tunes. “Banish Misfortune”, “Beauty in Tears”, “Crabs in the Skillet”, “Dark Haired Lass”, “Dennis Murphy’s Polka”, “Down Went McGinty to the Bottom of the Sea”, “Drowsy Maggie”, “Fisher’s Hornpipe”, “Five Leaved Clover”, “Haste to the Wedding”, “Irish Washerwoman”, “Jack Mitchel’s Polka”, “John Ryan’s Polka”, “Larry O’Gaff”, “Leather Away the Wattle O!”, “Little Burnt Potato”, “Londonderry Air”, “The Miller”, “My Wife Is a Wee Wanton Thing”, “Off She Goes”, “Paddy Whack”, “Red Haired Boy”, “Repeal of the Union”, “Rights of Man”, “Rose Tree”, “Saint Anne’s Reel”, “Si Bheag Si Mhor”, “Smash the Windows”, “Sporting Molly”, “Tater Patch”, “Temperance Reel”, “Whiskey Before Breakfast”

Klezmer Fiddle Tunes for Two Cellos		Book: $ 15.00
These 33 traditional Klezmer tunes are arranged for two instruments, with chords for back-up musicians included. The tunes in each book of the Klezmer Fiddle Tunes for Two series are in the same keys so you can all play together. The handy program notes will help you decide whether each tune is good for dancing, or for particular events in a Jewish wedding, etc. A source list is also included, to encourage further research. “Achshav”, “Bim Bom”, “Bulbes”, “Dayenu”, “Dee Mizinkeh”, “Der Gasn Nigun (The Street Tune)”, “Dire Gelt”, “Dodi Li”, “Finjan”, “Haida Haida”, “Harmonika”, “Hava Nagila”, “Hine Ma Tov”, “Hop Mayne Homentashn”, “Hora Shalom”, “I Had a Little Overcoat”, “In Odessa”, “Kol Dodi”, “Mayim”, “Mazel Tov”, “Miserlou”, “Modzitz”, “Mustafa”, “My Old Sieve”, “Nigun Atik”, “Od Yeshoma”, “Patsh Tantz”, “Rad Halaila”, “Rebbe’s Waltz”, “Siman Tov”, “Tantst, Tantst Yidelekh”, “Yesh Lanu Tayish”

Renaissance Fiddling Tunes for Two Cellos		Book: $ 15.00
These 28 traditional Renaissance tunes are arranged for two players, with chords for back-up musicians included. The tunes in each book of the Renaissance Fiddling Tunes for Two series are in the same keys so you can have fun jamming with your musical friends. Program notes and a source list are included. “Anna”, “Branles de Village”, “Bransles de Champaigne”, “Courante”, “Dit le Bourgignon”, “Edi Beo Thu”, “Estampie Anglais”, “Gabriel From Heaven Came”, “Galliard”, “He! Robechon”, “Horse’s Bransle”, “J’ai Encore un tel Paste”, “The Jester”, “Lekhah Dodi”, “Margaretha”, “Newcastle”, “Nota”, “Officcial Bransle”, “Parson’s Farewell”, “Rufty Tufty”, “Saltarello”, “Saltarello la Regina”, “Sophia”, “Tanzen und Springen”, “Tourdion Quand Je Bois”, “Trairi Deluriau”, “Trotto”, “Venes Apres Moi”

Russian Fiddle Tunes for Two Cellos		Book: $ 15.00
These 31 traditional Russian tunes are arranged for two instruments, with chords for back-up musicians included. The tunes in each book of the Russian Fiddle Tunes for Two series are in the same keys so you can all play together. Program notes and a source list are included. “Barinya”, “Bunnies All Furry”, “The Concertina (Talyanochka)”, “The Cornflower”, “Cuckoo”, “Curly Forelock (Chupchik)”, “Down the Kasanka”, “Fire, Fire (Gari, Gari)”, “Freedom”, “From the Volga to the Don (At Volgi Da Dona)”, “Goodbye My Village (Proschai)”, “I Never Meant to Love (Polso bylo Lyulatse)”, “Kalinka”, “Kamaryns’ka”, “Kanava-Barinya”, “Katiusha”, “Korobochka”, “The Lonely Birch”, “Meadowland”, “Minka”, “Moscow Nights (Padmaskovniye Vyechera)”, “My Beloved (Suliko)”, “The Packman”, “The Red Sarafan (Krasny Sarafan)”, “The Returned Exile”, “Sadden Me Not, My Love”, “Sleigh Song”, “Song of the Volga Boatmen”, “Stenka Rasin”, “Vo Sadu Ly, V Ohorode”, “Warm Boots”

Singing Fiddling Tunes for Two Cellos		Book: $ 15.00
These 34 traditional and original tunes are arranged for two instruments, with chords for back-up musicians included. The tunes in each book of the Singing Fiddling Tunes for Two series are in the same keys so you can all play together. “Alice Johnson’s Jig”, “A Banjo Player Closed My Door”, “Boil Them Cabbage”, “Cactus Pete”, “Call Me”, “Cindy”, “Follow the Lead Sheet”, “The Fox”, “Gig On Time”, “Goin’ Down to Cairo”, “Have Mercy”, “How Many Biscuits”, “I Can Learn to Play This Song”, “Ida Red”, “It Ain’t Gonna Rain”, “It Starts With Your Feet”, “Liza Jane”, “Love Somebody”, “Mary Ann the Fiddler”, “Oh, I Love to Play My Fiddle”, “Oh, My Fiddle”, “Old Bald Eagle”, “Old Dan Tucker”, “Overalls”, “Play Harmony”, “Practice, Practice, Practice”, “Railroad Whistles”, “Sail Away Ladies”, “Sally Goodin’”, “Shortnin’ Bread”, “Sourwood Mountain”, “Train On the Island”, “Tumbalalaika”, “Waltzing’s As Easy As 1, 2, 3”