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Original CompositionsBelow you'll find a list of our original compositions and their pricing. For purchasing information, please see our order form. Virginia Franklin Campbell embraced the Keyboard orchestra concept at the birth of Electronic Keyboards, which have developed into today's modern, sophisticated Digital Pianos. Her beliefs in the Keyboard Orchestra as a motivator for student retention, as well as an enhancement for all aspects of student musicianship, have influenced her many orchestrations for this medium. At the present time the following Compositions and Orchestrations are available for Piano Ensemble or Keyboard Orchestra from Campbell Music Press. Prelude:
Ave Maria which is Prelude Number 1 in C Major, Well-Tempered
Clavier This orchestration of Prelude #1 in C Major, by Johann Sebastian Bach, includes the familiar melody which Charles F. Gounod superimposed over the Prelude at least 100 years later. For the purpose of the keyboard ensemble, a bass line has been added. It is suggested that the performance begin with presentation of the Bach Prelude as a solo. (The original Bach Prelude was only altered by Gounod with the addition of measure number 27.)
Gymnopedie,
Number 1
Eric Satie wrote three piano pieces titled "Gymnopedie" in 1888. Gymnopedies were Greek Ceremonial dances performed in the 4th and 5th centuries B.C. in Sparta. Men and boys, divided into three age groups, sang and danced. Ironically, Satie's instructions to the performer in French, Lent et douloureux, is translated to mean "Slow and painful or grieving". This is typical of Satie's wry desire that music be less affected than what had been produced so abundantly in the Romantic Period, and later through French Impressionism. He felt musicians, up to this time, were taking themselves and their music too seriously! The tempo which he recommended is M.M. q = 69-72.
Goldberg
Variations: The delightful story behind the Goldberg Variations is enjoyable for all even as we enter the 21st Century. For although written in the 18th Century, we can still relate to the frustrations of sleeplessness. The variations were written for J.T. Goldberg, a pupil of Bach's, who was to perform them for Count Kaiserling, former Russian Ambassador to the Court of Saxony, who suffered from insomnia. The 30 Variations include 9 canons at different intervals. Two of those contained in this collection are canons; Number 3 is a Canon at the Unison, and Number 27 is a Canon at the Ninth. Number 10 is in fugue form. Orchestrated in this fashion, the student can aurally experience the canon, or the fugue theme, entering. Most students might not achieve the necessary skill to play these variations in their entirety, but these unaltered orchestrations permit even a young student to be an essential part of the whole.
Three
Christmas Carols for Keyboard Orchestra Huron Indian
Christmas Carol
Concerto
in D Major (Second Movement) for Lute Strings and Continuo
This very lilting melody stays with you long after hearing it. It is important that the tempo be controlled, for speeding it up can destroy the mood. It is a delightful piece to work on 6/8 rhythm, since it truly "rolls" in two, and students learn to feel 6/8 in 2.
Michael,
Row the Boat, HALLELUJAH!
This blending of the familiar "Michael, Row the Boat Ashore", "Row, Row, Row the Boat", and a motive from Handel's "Hallelujah Chorus", is a fun piece to play. It is scored entirely in the treble clef, as it was originally written for treble voices. Therefore, it also could be sung by the performers, or another group of students. The Chord symbols are included, and it is suggested that a rhythm be added for a single fingered accompaniment on a Digital Piano. 50' Folk is the suggested rhythm.
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