Filled with dynamics, key changes, time changes, double stops, glissandos, percussion, and fun pizzicato in the cellos and basses, Barn Yard Hoe-Down, is perfect for advanced, chamber or youth orchestras and is sure to be a crowd pleaser.

I wanted to do a fun piece for awhile. So, I decided to do my take on a hoe down, "Barn Yard Hoe-Down". While it is important to milk all dynamic markings, this piece is meant be played as playful as possible. Hope you and your students enjoy this as much as I enjoyed composing it!!!

Barn Yard Hoe-Down (Original String Orchestra Version)

Traume Der Nacht Wanderer (Dreams Of The Night Wanderer) Suite I.) Introduction, attacca

0:00- I.) Introduction: The Old Castle, The Secret Garden of the Nymphs, The Stone Guests
3:12- II.) Mosaic
7:30- III.) Mystic Rain
11:42- IV.) Kingdom of Hearts

Traume der Nacht Wanderer (Dreams Of The Night Wanderer)Suite

Tryptich for String Orchestra 2.) Andante, with movement

Tryptich for String Orchestra 3.) Allegro Moderato

1.) Allegro giocoso
2.) Andante, with movement
3.) Allegro Moderato

Tryptich for String Orchestra Complete

Tryptich for String Orchestra 1.) Allegro giocoso

Concerto For Violin And String Orchestra 1.)Allegro Barbaro Dorico Version

Concerto For Violin And String Orchestra 2.) Andante Religioso Dorico Version

Suite Bergamasque 3.) Clair de Lune

Suite Bergamasque 1.) Prelude

Suite Bergamasque 2.)Menuet

Suite Bergamasque 4.) Passpeid

About Suite Bergamasque
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suite_bergamasque
The composer was initially unwilling to use these relatively early piano compositions because they were not in his mature style, but in 1905 he accepted the offer of a publisher who thought they would be successful, given the fame Debussy had gained in the intervening fifteen years. While it is not known how much of the Suite was written in 1890 and how much was written in 1905, it is clear that Debussy changed the names of at least two of the pieces. "Passepied" had first been composed under the title "Pavane", while "Clair de lune" was originally entitled "Promenade sentimentale". These names come from poems by Paul Verlaine. The title of the third movement of Suite bergamasque is taken from Verlaine's poem "Clair de lune", which refers to bergamasks in the opening stanza:

Votre âme est un paysage choisi
Que vont charmant masques et bergamasques
Jouant du luth et dansant et quasi
Tristes sous leurs déguisements fantasques.

Your soul is like a landscape fantasy,
Where masks and bergamasks, in charming wise,
Strum lutes and dance, just a bit sad to be
Hidden beneath their fanciful disguise.

0:00-  1.) Prelude
The first piece in the suite, entitled "Prélude", is in the key of F major and marked moderato tempo rubato. Its legato phrases give it a smooth, flowing feel.

3:40-  2.) Menuet
The second movement of Suite bergamasque is the "Menuet", in A minor. Rather than mimicking the articulations of a baroque minuet from the start, Debussy eschews the accent on the downbeat of the first measures. The light, fluttery embellishments Debussy writes throughout the movement give it the character of an arabesque.

7:24-   3.) Clair de lune
The third and most famous movement of Suite bergamasque is "Clair de lune", in D♭ major. It is written in 9/8 meter and marked andante très expressif. Its title, which means "moonlight" in French, is taken from Verlaine's poem "Clair de lune". It is not to be confused with the two settings of the poem composed by Debussy for voice and piano accompaniment.

11:28-  4.) Passepied
The final movement, entitled "Passepied", is in F♯ minor, marked allegretto ma non troppo. A passepied is a type of dance that originated in Brittany. This movement is fast and light, with the left hand playing an almost continuous quaver accompaniment.

Suite Bergamasque

A Little Night Music 1.) Allegro

A Little Night Music 2.) Adagio

A Little Night Music 3.) Allegro Assai (Rondo)

Traume Der Nacht Wanderer (Dreams Of The Night Wanderer) Suite IV.) Kingdom Of Hearts

Traume Der Nacht Wanderer (Dreams Of The Night Wanderer) Suite II.) Mosaic

Traume Der Nacht Wanderer (Dreams Of The Night Wanderer) Suite III.) Mystic Rain

Flight Of Fantasy: Only The Beginning

Piano Sonatas, Preludes, Fantasies etc. Piano pieces that I have arranged/transcribed for solo strings and string orchestra.

Piano Sonata No. 14, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight Sonata" 1.) Adagio Sostenuto

Piano Sonata No. 14, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight Sonata" 2.) Allegretto

Piano Sonata in C Sharp Minor No. 14, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight Sonata" i & ii

Ivan Howard

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