Product Description
Strings & Threads Suite (adapted for violin and guitar) MO171A
Score (violin and guitar parts available)
Music by Mark OConnor
24 pages - 15:00 minutes in length
I. Fair Dancer Reel
II. Sailors Jig
III. Captains Jig
IV. Off To Sea
V. Pilgims Waltz
VI. Road To Appalachia
VII. Shine On
VIII. Cotton Pickin Blues
IX. Pickin Parlor Rag
X. Queen Of The Cumberland
XI. Texas Dance Hall Blues
XII. Swing 11:11
XIII. Sweet Suzanne
Strings & Threads Suite adapted for violin and guitar is a piece comprising of thirteen tunes composed by Mark OConnor. In 1986, the Tennessee Dance Theater commissioned the "Suite" from OConnor to be performed as a violin solo at Nashvilles Summer Lights Festival. The individual tunes are in various folk styles appearing in a chronological form for which OConnor says not only represents the evolution of American folk music, but also mirrors his own familys migration from Ireland and Holland to America. It traces the familys route through the thirteen colonies initially, and then eventually out West during WWl nearly 300 hundred years later. OConnor wrote the pieces in a manner and style in which he felt his family could have heard along the way. The "Suite" begins with Irish music, maybe similar to what OConnors family brought with them. Then in a thoughtful progression, reveals music they must of encountered living in early America. "Strings & Threads" musically describes how folk music styles hundreds of years apart are interconnected - possessing a common thread, from an Irish reel to jazz. The music is suited for advanced and intermediate.
Original music printed from the composers manuscripts.
Music editing, copying and engraving by Mark OConnor
using "Finale" on Apple Macintosh 1986
Composed By Mark OConnor
Adaptation for violin and guitar was commissioned by Sharon Isbin in 2006, and won a Grammy for "BEST INSTRUMENTAL SOLOIST PERFORMANCE (WITHOUT ORCHESTRA)" IN 2009
Strings & Threads Suite (adapted for violin and guitar) can be heard on "Journey to the New World" by Sharon Isbin, Sony Classical
Mark OConnor violin, Sharon Isbin - guitar
Catalogue Number MO171A
Copyright © 1986 by Mark OConnor Music International
For more information on violinist and composer Mark O'Connor, OConnor String Camps, Touring Ensembles, Discography, Bio, Repertoire and more, please visit
www.markoconnor.com
For information on the "OConnor Method" instructional book series for violin, viola, cello and school string orchestra programs:
www.oconnormethod.com
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