Old Folks

Contents: J.S. Bach: Minuet in F • Beethoven: Little Rondo in G, Minuet in G • Behr: French Child's Song, Op. 575, No. 1; In May, Op. 575, No. 2 • Bishop: Home, Sweet Home • Brahms: Cradle Song; Hungarian Dance No. 6; Waltz, Op. 39, No. 15 • Carnival of Venice • Chopin: Cantabile from Fantaisie Impromptu; Military Polonaise, Op. 40, No. 1; Nocturne, Op. 9, No. 2; Valse Brillante, Op. 18, No. 1 • Cougill: Wood Magic • Deep River • Eckstein: The Three Trolls • Endres: In a Sailboard, Singing Birds • Fichandler: Talking it Over • Foster: Old Black Joe, Old Folks at Home • Gurlitt: The Fair, Op. 101, No. 8 • Handel: Largo, Sarabande • Haydn: Serenade • Home on the Range • Hopson: Dancing Buttercups • King: Banjo Pranks, Pony Trot, With Flying Colors • Liszt: Liebestraum, No. 3 • Mendelssohn: Song Without Words • Mozart: Minuet from Don Giovanni, Turkish March • Rolseth: Arpeggio Waltz, Op. 35, No. 4; The Ballet-Dancer, Op. 40, No. 6; The Dancing Lesson, Op. 39, No. 1; Norwegian Country Dance, Op. 40, No. 8 • Rubinstein: Melody in F • Saxton: Teddy Bear March • Schubert: Dance from Rosamunde • Schumann: The Merry Farmer, Traumerei • Seuel-Holst: Singing Bells, Op. 21, No. 1; Three-and-Twenty Pirates, Op. 21, No. 5 • Short'nin' Bread • Strauss: Pizzicato Polka, Tales from the Vienna Woods • Streabbog: Little Fairy Waltz, Op. 105, No. 1 • Swing Low, Sweet Chariot • Tchaikovsky: Marche Slave, Op. 31; Nocturne, Op. 19, No. 4; Romance, Op. 5; Waltz of the Flowers • Turkey in the Straw • Wigham: Old Cowboy Trail.

Charles Tomlinson Griffes is said to have originally written these pieces to assist in his own teaching of the Piano, as he could not find any music suitable for his students. He published them under the pseudonym 'Arthur Tomlinson' - combining his brother's name with his own middle name - as he did not want his name as a 'serious' composer tarnished by association with simple childrens' music!

It seems inconceivable that he would have been seriously embarassed by them, since the pieces themselves are well-crafted, attractive and interesting educational material. This book includes 'Six Short Pieces', 'Six Bugle-Call Pieces', 'Six Patriotic Songs', 'Six Familiar Songs' and 'Six Pieces For Treble Clef'.

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The Red White And Blue (Six Patriotic Songs)
The Star-spangled Banner (Six Patriotic Songs)
To The Colours (Six Bugle-call Pieces)
Waltz (Six Short Pieces)
Yankee Doodle (Six Familiar Songs)
Yankee Doodle (Six Patriotic Songs)
Adjutant's Call (Six Bugle-call Pieces)
America (Six Familiar Songs)
America (Six Patriotic Songs)
Assembly March (Six Bugle-call Pieces)
Dance Song (Six Short Pieces)
Dixie (Six Patriotic Songs)
Evening Song (Six Short Pieces)
March (Six Short Pieces)
Marching Song (Six Short Pieces)
Marching Through Georgia (Six Patriotic Songs)
Maryland My Maryland (Six Familiar Songs)
My Old Kentucky Home (Six Familiar Songs)
Old Folks At Home (Six Familiar Songs)
Parade March (Six Short Pieces)
Reveille (Six Bugle-call Pieces)
Six Pieces For Treble Clef
Taps (Six Bugle-call Pieces)
The General's March (Six Bugle-call Pieces)
The Old Oaken Bucket (Six Familiar Songs)