RECORDER ARRANGEMENTS
by Deborah Greenblatt

Member of The American Recorder Society,
Master Artist with the Nebraska Arts Council's
Artist-in-the-Schools/Communities Program.

The Alto Recorder 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, Cello, Soprano 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 Bass Recorder 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, Cello, Soprano Recorder, Alto Recorder, and Tenor 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 Renaissance Recorder Player’s Tune Book
  Individual Books for Soprano and Alto 		Book: $ 6.00
These spiral bound collections each include 21 olde tunes composed between the years 1100 and 1650. Love songs, sad songs, dance songs, waltzes, etc., from Germany, France, England, and Italy will add depth and change of pace to your repertoire. Includes helpful hints on playing the tunes and a source list.

“Edi Beo Thu”, “Gabriel From Heaven Came”, “Venes Apres Moi” by Adam de la Halle, “Sophia” by Erasmus Widemann, “J’ai Encore un tel Paste” by Adam de la Halle, “Dit le Bourgignon”, “Trairi Deluriau” by Adam de la Halle, “The Jester” by Deborah Greenblatt, “Anna” by Erasmus Widemann, “Margaretha” by Erasmus Widemann, “He! Robechon” by Adam de la Halle, “Lekhah Dodi” by Solomon Ha-Levi Alkabetz, “Courante” by Samuel Scheidt, “Tanzen und Springen” by Hans Leo Hassler, “Estampie Anglais”, “Bransles de Champaigne”, “Saltarello” (2/4), “Saltarello” (6/8), “Trotto”, “Estampie Royale”, “Nota”, “Galliard” by Susato

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The Soprano Recorder Player’s Book of Rounds Book: $ 10.00
“Designed to encourage young players in ensemble playing, this publication contains 40 short rounds. They have origins in 12 countries, and there are 13 different keys represented--six minor and seven major. More than half of the songs are in the keys of C, D, F, or G major, with the balance in A, Bb, and Eb major or A, B, Bb, D, E and G minor. While I have never introduced 13 different keys to my first or second year recorder players, this collection of rounds may just be the vehicle to do that successfully. Time signatures are varied, also presenting teaching opportunities, and there is one six-part round with alternating 2/4 and 5/8 meters. This is a long piece, with 15 four measure sections, each repeated to allow all six parts of the round to have their say. The 8 1/2 x 11 inch spiral-bound format is easy to read with ample space for writing notes or reminders to students. About 75% of the rounds have lyrics printed in the score, and there is an index listing them. Other indices are by composer, source (country), and key.”
- Bill Linthwaite,
The American Recorder, March 2004

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, Cello, 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 Tenor Recorder 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, Cello, Soprano Recorder, Alto 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 International Recorder Player’s Tune Book
  Volume I for 2 soprano recorders, Volume II for 2 alto recorders 		Each Volume: $ 20.00
“...Music teachers will certainly enjoy the chance to play these charming tunes, both solo and with friends. In addition, many of the tunes can be played by the teacher to generate and enhance movement activities while studying other cultures. I would recommend ths book for the teacher who wishes to extend her playing experience and add a worth while resource of international music to her personal music library.”
- Linda Hill,
The Orff Echo, Fall 1996

This spiral bound collection includes 52 tunes with chords and piano accompaniment for two recorders from 52 places including Argentina, Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Mexico, Pakistan, Poland, etc. Volume I is scored for 2 soprano recorders, and Volume II is scored for 2 alto recorders. Includes many interesting facts, and a source list.

Argentina: “My Farm”, Australia: “Kookaburra”, Austria: “Komm Speilmann”, Belgium: “Donkeys and Carrots”, Brazil: “Shake the Papaya Down”, Bulgaria: “Theodora is Dozing”, Canada: “En Roulant ma Boule”, Chile: “Eternal Refrain (“Cantar Eterno)”, China: “Trot, Pony, Trot”, Chippewa: “Hoot Owl Song”, Croatia: “Ja Posijah Ripu”, Denmark: “Clapping Land”, England: “Looby Lo”, Estonia: “Orchestra”, Finland: “The Sled Race”, Flanders: “Maid From Scheveningen”, France: “Frere Jacques”, Germany: “A Bird in the Woods”, Greece: “The Olive Tree”, Holland:. “A Basketful of Nuts”, Hopi: “Mooki, Mooki”, Hungary: “At the Airport”, Ireland: “The Galway Piper”, Israel: “Kum Bachur Atzel”, Italy: “Come Rowing With Me”, Japan: “Haru Ga Kita (Spring Has Come)”, Korea: “Koltak”, Latvia: “Soldier’s Song”, Lithuania: “Kalvelis”, Luxembourg: “The Washerwoman”, Mexico: “Los Enanos”, Moravia: “Nejezdi Ty Synku”, Navajo: “I Walk in Beauty”, Netherlands: “Trek, Trek, Horses”, Norway: “My Homeland”, Pakistan: “See the Bright Stars”, The Philippines: “One Day (“Isang Araw)”, Poland: “Tell Me, Little Maiden”, Puerto Rico: “The Carpenters (“Los Carpinteros)”, Quileute Indians: “The Molock Song (“The Elk Song)”, Russia: “Volga Boatmen’s Song”, Scotland: “Who Should I”, Shetland Islands: “Day Dawn”, Spain: “Buenos Dias”, Sweden: “How D’Ye Do, My Partner?”, Switzerland: “Vreneli”, Thailand: “Siamese Song”, Thuringia: “Our Own Dear Country”, Ukraine: “Diwocza Widmowa (“Maiden’s Refusal)”, Venezuela: “My Twenty Pennies”, Virgin Islands: “Calaloo”, Wales: “All Through the Night”, Appendix I: “Source List”, Appendix II: “Embassies and Tourist Information Centers”, Appendix III: “National Holidays”, Appendix IV: “Capital Cities/Official Languages”
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Irish Recorder Quartet Collection
  for Soprano, Alto, Tenor, and Bass 		Score: $ 13.00
Parts: $ 30.00
Over 30 minutes of traditional Irish tunes. Program notes and a source list are included!

G&S Jig Medley, 1 (“If You Wanna Play With the Turfmen”, “Running Aground”, “Economizing)
G&S Jig Medley, 2 (“Blow Harmonica Blow”, “Crossing Great Glen”, “Thingama Jig”)
Irish Medley, No. 1 (“Rights of Man”, “Down Went McGinty to the Bottom of the Sea”, “Banish Misfortune”, “Irish Washerwoman”)
Irish Medley, No. 2 (“Dark Haired Lass”, “Rose Tree”, “St. Anne’s Reel”, “Tater Patch”, “The Miller”)
Irish Medley, No. 3 (“Repeal of the Union”, “Jack Mitchell’s Polka”, “Smash the Windows”, “Whiskey Before Breakfast”)
Irish Medley, No. 4 (“Crabs in the Skillet”, “Larry O’Gaff”, “Haste to the Wedding”, “Brian’s March”)
Londonderry Air
O’Carolan Medley, No. 1 (“Young Terence McDonough”, “Beauty in Tears”, “Planxty John Irwin”, “Si Bheag Si Mhor”)
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Jewish Recorder Quartet Collection
  for Soprano, Alto, Tenor, and Bass 		Score: $ 12.00
Parts: $ 27.00
This collection features traditional Jewish and Yiddish folk songs, wedding music, as well as some original Greenblatt & Seay melodies in the Klezmer style, suitable for weddings, parties, and dances.

G&S Klezmer Medley (“Beepin’ Faces”, “Farmer Francis”, “Somebodies Wives”), “Hava Nagila”, “Hine Ma Tov”, “I Just Adore a Hora”, Medley No. 1 (“Bim Bom”, “Haida Haida”, “Araber Tantz”, “Zemir Atik”), Medley No. 2 (“Achshav”, “Mayim”, “Yesh Lanu Tayish”, “Frailach”, “Od Yishama”, “Kum Bachur Atzel”), Medley No. 3 “Debka”, “Der Shtiler Bulgar”, “Od “Yishama”), “Miserlou”, “Noah Doesn’t Know-A”, “Siman Tov”/“Mazel Tov”, “Tantst Tantst Yidelekh”
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Polka Recorder Quartets
  Soprano, Alto, Tenor, and Bass 		Score: $ 7.50
Parts: $ 20.00
Each spiral-bound collection contains some well-known polkas, as well as tunes from the Ukraine, Sweden, Ireland, Poland, and Nebraska.

“Avoca Polka”, “Chihuahua”, “Clarinet Polka”, “Kalle Pe”/“Grashoppornas”, “Laughing Polka”, Medley No. 1 (“Ebba Polka”,“Play or Give Back the Money”), Medley No. 2 (“Dennis Murphey’s Polka”,“Jenny Lind Polka”,“John Ryan’s Polka”,“Jack Mitchell’s Polka”,“On Two Feet Polka”)
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Polka Recorder Trios
  Soprano, Alto, and Tenor 		Score: $ 7.50
Parts: $ 15.00
Each spiral-bound collection contains some well-known polkas, as well as tunes from the Ukraine, Sweden, Ireland, Poland, and Nebraska.

“Avoca Polka”, “Chihuahua”, “Clarinet Polka”, “Kalle Pe”/“Grashoppornas”, “Laughing Polka”, Medley No. 1 (“Ebba Polka”,“Play or Give Back the Money”), Medley No. 2 (“Dennis Murphey’s Polka”,“Jenny Lind Polka”,“John Ryan’s Polka”,“Jack Mitchell’s Polka”,“On Two Feet Polka”)
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Swedish Recorder Quartet Collection
  for Soprano, Alto, Tenor, and Bass 		Score: $ 10.00
Parts: $ 22.00
This collection features light-hearted and pensive dance tunes from Sweden. These elegant and joyous pieces are suitable for intermediate level groups, and provide a charming change of pace for the professional as well.

“Branninnsolang”, “Kalle Pe”/“Grashoppornas”, “Mazurka Medley”, “Polska”, “Schottishe Medley”, “Slangpolska Medley”, “Tamankyllen”/“Skaneland”, “Waltz Medley”
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Telemann Recorder Quartet Collection
  for Soprano, Alto, Tenor, and Bass 		Score: $ 11.00
Parts: $ 28.00
“Concerto in C”, “Concerto in G”, “Menuet”, “Sonatina in Bb”, “Sonatina in E”
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