Product Description
Strings & Threads Suite (adapted for violin and piano) MO133A
Piano Score (violin part available)
Music by Mark OConnor
19 pages - 15:00 minutes in length
I. Fair Dancer Reel - p. 1
II. Sailors Jig - p. 3
III. Captains Jig - p. 5
IV. Off To Sea - p. 6
V. Pilgims Waltz - p. 6
VI. Road To Appalachia - p. 7
VII. Shine On - p. 9
VIII. Cotton Pickin Blues - p. 10
IX. Pickin Parlor Rag - p. 11
X. Queen Of The Cumberland - p. 12
XI. Texas Dance Hall Blues - p. 13
XII. Swing 11:11 - p. 15
XIII. Sweet Suzanne - p. 17
Strings & Threads Suite adapted for violin and piano is a piece comprising thirteen tunes composed by Mark OConnor. In 1986, the Tennessee Dance Theater commissioned the "Suite" to be performed at Nashvilles Summer Lights Festival. A few years later Edgar Meyer provided the beautiful string orchestra arrangement on which OConnors piano reduction was based. The individual tunes are in various folk styles appearing in a chronological order 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 West during WWI nearly 300 hundred years later. OConnor wrote the pieces in a manner and style he felt his family could have heard along the way. The "Suite" begins with Irish music, perhaps similar to the music OConnors family brought with them. Then in a thoughtful progression, he reveals music they must have 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 levels but portions of the piece can be appropriate for beginners.
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
Strings & Threads Suite (violin and string orchestra version) can be heard on "American Seasons" Sony Classical
Mark OConnor - violin
Catalogue Number MO133A
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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