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July 10 ~ Daily Listening Assignment

Tuesday, July 10, 2018 by Mary O'Connor | OCMS

 

Today's piece is Solfeggietto by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (aka C.P.E. Bach). The piece is commonly assigned to piano students and appears in many books because it fosters the playing of an even sixteenth note rhythm by alternating hands.

 



 

Bass guitar



Clarinet starting about a minute in:



On harp



Find it on IMSLP,  in several anthologies of music at the O'Connor Music Studio, in Piano Pronto: Encore 

July 9 ~ Daily Listening Assignment

Monday, July 9, 2018 by Mary O'Connor | OCMS

 

Today's Listening Assignment is Country Gardens by Percy Grainger.

"Country Gardens" is an English folk tune collected by Cecil Sharp from the playing of William Kimber and arranged for piano in 1918 by Percy Grainger.

The tune and the Grainger arrangement for piano and orchestra is a favorite with school orchestras, and other performances of the work include morris dancing.

A piano version:



Piano duet (four-hands)



Clarinet solo


 

Orchestra



From the Muppets



And, how a Morris Dance is done:



Find Country Gardens on IMSLP, Piano Maestro (under the method book section) and Piano Pronto: Movement 2

July 8 ~ Daily Listening Assignment

Sunday, July 8, 2018 by Mary O'Connor | OCMS