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As a composer, Merikanto was primarily a miniaturist, and his extensive œuvre includes songs and piano pieces (he wrote over 100 of each). [ 4 ] : 55 Of the latter, he is best remembered for: Summer Evening Waltz ( Kesäillan valssi , Op. 1), Romance ( Romanssi , Op. 12), Summer Evening Idyll ( Kesäillan idylli , Op. 16/2), Valse lente (Op ...
The Fantasia on British Sea Songs was first performed by Henry Wood and the Queen's Hall Orchestra at a Promenade Concert on 21 October 1905. [1] [2] It comprises nine parts which follow the course of the Battle of Trafalgar from the point of view of a British sailor, starting with the call to arms, progressing through the death of a comrade, thoughts of home, and ending with a victorious ...
Concertante for Three Solo Wind Instruments and Orchestra ... Water Music (1920) Piano Sonata in E-flat ... 3 Songs [high voice] ...
During the Last Night of the Proms in London, when the tune is played as part of Sir Henry Wood's Fantasia on British Sea Songs, the spectators bring miniature foghorns and party horns and blow them along to the music, creating a loud, frenetic finale as the music reaches its fastest speed. [6]
Country Dance Hornpipe (a modern rendition of Purcell's Hornpipe "Hole in the Wall" (1698) in Playford's Dancing Master) (accessed 14 May 2009) Barockmusik: "Alla Hornpipe" (excerpt from Handel's Water Music) (accessed 14 May 2009) Newer 4 4 hornpipes: Lancashire Clog Dance (accessed 11 March 2011) Irish Step Dance: Hornpipe (accessed 11 March ...
Rawsthorne's compositions and arrangements are found in many contemporary collections of organ music. His Hornpipe Humoresque is an amusing set of variations on the familiar Sailor's Hornpipe, in the styles of Bach (Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, 1st movement), Vivaldi ("Spring," 1st movement, from The Four Seasons), Arne (Rule Britannia) and Widor ("Toccata" from Symphony for Organ No. 5).
XVIII:6 in F major for violin and organ (or harpsichord) with string orchestra (1766) Haynes, Battison. Organ Sonata in D minor, op. 11 (1883) Hindemith, Paul. Kammermusik No. 7 for organ and chamber orchestra, Op. 46, No. 2 (1927) Organ Sonata No. 1 (1937) Organ Sonata No. 2 (1937) Organ Sonata No. 3 (on ancient folk songs)(1940) Organ ...
Saint-Saëns's Organ Symphony employs the organ more as an equitable orchestral instrument than for purely dramatic effect. Poulenc wrote the sole organ concerto since Handel's to have achieved mainstream popularity. Because the organ has both manuals and pedals, organ music has come to be notated on three staves. The music played on the ...