Music for new-born babies, often written on the day of their birth!

Music for Babies

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Music for Babies

A little tradition: every new born baby of my acquaintance gets his or her little lullaby, often based on the rhythm of the name ...

Music for Babies: Marlene

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The Tree (Music for Babies)

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The Lake (Music for Babies)

In The Cradle (Music for Babies)

Opus 59, Luxembourg, 1992

Farewell, Aberystwyth! The theme comes right at the end!

Recorded in Brussels by Leonardo Anglani.

Ffarwel i Aberystwyth: Variations for Piano

48 Preludes for Piano: 
Book 1, Opus 19, Luxembourg, 1988

Recorded by Leonardo Anglani in Brussels.

Written during particularly intense weeks in the Autumn of 1988. Following the traditional circuit of chromatically ascending major and minor keys, they are terse yet lyrical both in duration and expression.

Forty Eight Preludes for Piano: Book 1

Catriona's Waltz, Opus 6, Luxembourg 1983.

One of my very early pieces (opus 6 !!!) recorded at the first concert I gave of my own music, on an old video camera with no cat filter: hence the sound quality and odd sound at the end! Archive stuff!

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Catriona's Waltz

Unterwald Suite, Opus 13, Haus Unterwald, Austria, 1988

Searching, written in a thunderstorm, something of a breakthrough for a beginner composer. Opus 20, very early work ... recorded via a lousy video camera.

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Unterwald Suite

Piano Sonata 1: Sonata in Blue
Opus 10, Luxembourg, 1984-1985

1: In Blue
Some of my earliest work, again a video camera recording. Trying to flap my wings in various directions ..... I played this at the first ever concert of my music, in Luxembourg in 1989.

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Piano Sonata 1: 1: In Blue

Music For Babies I

Music for Babies: Jakub

Music for Babies: Amelia

Music for Babies

A little tradition: every new born baby of my acquaintance gets his or her little lullaby, often based on the rhythm of the name ... in this case with a lot of references to another Johannes, Johannes Brahms. Violin and piano because his father plays the violin, and we set up a Duo in the 1980s to play Viennese salon music together .....

Music for Babies: Johannes Martin Lang

Music for Babies: Stephen Wright

Music for Babies: Hannah

Music for Babies: Benedikt

Music for Babies

A little tradition: every new born baby of my acquaintance gets his or her little lullaby, often based on the rhythm of the name ... and the secret of 'who is this generic baby' is now revealed: this is indeed Kate Emily, my daughter.

Music for Babies: Kate Emily

Oliver, born this morning - 02 March 2020 - now with his own Lullaby, Opus 300 no less! Another piece in my 'Music for Babies' series.

Oliver

Acoustic lullabies help babies have sweet dreams.  Our lullabies have been thoughtfully designed to encourage sleep in young children and babies. 

When recording lullabies for babies there are many considerations such as pitch, rhythm, instrumentation, tempo and harmony that should be factored in due to the sensitive hearing of infants.   We know what makes a safe and effective lullaby CD and we ensure all of our releases adhere to our strict guidelines.


Brahm's Lullaby

Serenissima
... the 5th Movement of my Symphony 27, written in Senheim, Germany in September 2020.

Serenissima

Another in my series 'Music for Babies', now for a granddaughter, Emilia Alessa de Nijs, born today, and a name that lends itself to a blue melody in 6/8.

Emilia Alessa

Dafydd Bullock was born in  Llanberis, Gwynedd, Cymru (Wales).

A composer, he graduated in Music (University of Manchester and the Royal Northern College of Music, 1971 - 1976) where he studied with George Hadjinikos, and took a Master's Degree in International Relations (University of Sussex, 1981 - 1983). In 1993 and 1994 he won first prizes at the National Eisteddfod of Wales, and in 1995 he was honoured in Wales by admission to the highest Order of the Gorsedd of Bards. He was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in 2005.

His compositions include 40 symphonies, 19 symphonic poems, 2 operas, 2 Requiems, 2 Mass settings, a Missa Brevis, an oratorio, 40 string quartets, 9 trios and other chamber music and many songs and pieces for piano. He has written scores for 2 films. 

Works have been published in the British Isles by Oriana Publications, Cwmni Gwynn, Curiad and Bardic Edition, in Belgium by Alain Van Kerckhoven Editeur, in the USA and in Luxembourg by Luxembourg Music Publishers, Music Enterprise and Double You. He has made 41 CDs to date, with SAIN (Wales), AVK (Belgium) and LakeSound. His music has been performed and listened to and broadcast in over 140 countries, including Japan, China, USA, Brazil and Colombia as well as widely within Europe.  

Dafydd Bullock has a particular relationship with Prague: his Second Symphony was given its world premiere by Musici de Praga during the 1996 Prague Spring Festival and the Third Symphony, again in Prague, on St. Valentine's Day, 1997. The third and fourth String Quartets were also recorded in Prague (Becher Quartet) as were the complete works for Cello and Piano (Jindrich Ptacek) and five Trios. More recently, Virtuosi di Basso, the twelve solo celli of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra have recorded and performed music especially written for them. Recently he premiered his Requiem for Jan Palach in Luxembourg and in Prague.

Dafydd Bullock wurde in 1953 in Llanberis, Gwynedd, Cymru (Wales) geboren. Er studierte an der Universität Manchester und am Royal Northern College of Music (Professor George Hadjinikos) von 1971 bis 1976, wo er sein Examen in Musik ablegte. Weiterhin studierte er Politikwissenschaft mit dem Schwerpunkt ‘Internationale Beziehungen’ von 1981 bis 1983 an der Universität Sussex. Dieses Studium schloß er mit der Magister Prüfung ab. Er arbeitet als Komponist. 1993 und 1994 gewann er erste Preise im Fach Komposition an der National Eisteddfod of Wales. Im Jahre 1995 wurde er in Wales durch Verleihung des höchsten Grads der Gorsedd of Bards geehrt und in 2005 wurde er Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. 

Zu seinen Kompositionen gehören 40 Sinfonien, 19 sinfonische Dichtungen, 2 Opern, 2 Messen, 2 Requiem, 40 Streichquartette, 9 Trios und weitere Kammermusik und viele Klavierwerke. Er hat 2 Filmmusiken komponiert.
Verschiedene Werke werden von Oriana Publications, Bardic Edition, Cwmni Gwynn und Curiad in Großbritannien, von Alain van Kerckhoven Editeur in Belgien, und von  Luxembourg Music Publishers, LakeSound, Music Enterprise und Double You in Luxemburg veröffentlicht. Bis jetzt hat er 41 CDs unter anderen bei den Firmen SAIN (Wales) und AVK (Belgien) und LakeSound gemacht.  Seine Musik wurde in mehr als 140 Ländern gehört, gesendet und aufgeführt einschließlich in Japan, China, USA, Brasilien und Columbien, sowie in Europa.