Balkan Music from the Danube for Flute or Violin

Includes Online Audio

From the Publisher

This book is for Instruments in C (Violin, Flute, Accordion etc.)

An alternative volume is available for Instruments in B flat. (e.g. B flat Clarinet, Trumpet, Saxophone…)

I chose a reverse journey, starting in Ukraine and Eastern Romania, near the Danube Delta where the Danube meets the Black Sea, and then traveling westward. The pieces are presented individually, as each has unique features and performance practices. Some pieces are written for a single voice, whilst others have up to three voices. I had to juggle the widely varying ranges of C instruments — whilst violins and accordions, for example, sound amazing and expressive in a lower octave, a flute or recorder cannot reach that range. To offer more flexibility, I have notated higher and lower versions on a duet stave or included separate arrangements in both versions. Details can be found in the Performance Notes below each piece.

Contents

• U Hayu Pry Dunayu
• Dunaio, Dunaio
• Hora Dobrogeană
• Daičovo Horo
• Izruchanka
• Čerkezko Horo
• Pomaško Sirto
• Hora From Oltenia
• Dunăreanca
• Gankino Horo
• Călușul Romanesc
• Kolišar
• Hora Turceasca
• Alunelul — Alunelul De La Urzica
• Pascui Calul Pe Razoare
• Romanian Instrumental
• Bojerka
• Biserka
• Svilen Konac
• Vesela Sedmorka
• Nišava Kori Pani
• Hungarian Funeral March
• Megy a Gőzös Lefelé
• Gama
• Odoy Mange Dzava
• Dunava Valcetis
• Zu Pressburg an der Donau
• Wo Die Donau fließt nach Süden
• Nihavend Sigan ­— no guitar intro

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