Name: Variation On Carulli's Waltz by Miller-Reece Dulcimer Duo
Duration: 1 min 24 s
Description: “Variation on Carulli’s Waltz” is based on a waltz (Op. 241, No. 1) by Ferdinando Carulli (1770 - 1841), a prolific composer for the guitar.

Paul Gerhardt (1600's)translated into German the Latin text of Bernard of Clairvaux (1153) and Johann S. Bach (1729)composed several harmony arrangements of this popular Passion Hymn. The melody derives from a popular love song: "Mein G'muth ist Mir Verwirret" (My Mind is Confused)by the Renaissance composer, Hans Leo Hassler.

O Sacred Head, Now Wounded

“Variation on Carulli’s Waltz” is based on a waltz (Op. 241, No. 1) by Ferdinando Carulli (1770 - 1841), a prolific composer for the guitar.

Variation On Carulli's Waltz

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Variation On Carulli's Waltz

Miller-Reece Dulcimer Duo

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