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Dorothy
Barth's article about creating Playford Promenade
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Old English and Celtic sheet music arranged for two instruments (6 volumes)
Click on the cover icons below to go directly to the web page for each book. There you will find sound samples, background information, and Paypal order information. You may also order the music on this page. It has taken Dorothy Barth over 3 years to complete this music. If you love Celtic music, you will gain hours of enjoyment from these arrangements. Performers, these volumes are a great resource for duo gigs! Not only are these volumes delightful to play, they are beautifully produced on high-quality paper in a gig-friendly spiral-bound format. Each volume features beautiful cover art with protective plastic overlays. Original Compositions (3 volumes) Finding
the Faerie's Voice
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| Thank you for helping to make my series of Celtic and Old English music anthologies a popular choice for weddings, special events, and recitals! | ||
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Dear Sheet Music Customer: For each of my sheet music volumes, I've listed the number of copies currently in our inventory. Our next printing will likely not be until 2012, since we are anticipating a relocation. |
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NEW Playford Promenade new printing: A new deluxe printing of Playford Promenade is now available. It is printed on heavy white laser stock and features wonderful art by Ruth Sanderson on the front cover. Read more about this new printing. Number of copies currently available: 4 Buy the newly
printed Playford Promenade $24 plus Shipping
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O’Neill’s Music of Ireland provided the melodies and inspiration for Dorothy Barth's second collection of duo arrangements. The theme that emerged is that of the Celtic maiden who inspired the melody. Maidens of Melody Volume One presents five such suites of tunes....35 songs, both lyrical and lively. This anthology is wonderful for Celtic weddings and receptions. Click on the cover for more information and sound samples! Temporarily out of stock--will be reprinted in 2012. Maidens of Melody Volume 2 is available--check it out below! |
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Maidens of Melody
Volume Two includes odes to
Bridget, Catherine, Kathleen, Kitty, Nancy, and Peggy. This anthology includes both
upbeat and lyrical songs arranged as duos and is wonderful for weddings, receptions, St.
Patrick Day events, and Celtic Faires. Number of copies currently available: 13 Buy Maidens of Melody Volume Two $24 plus Shipping |
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Of Castles, Kings, and Courts includes 26 traditional Old English, Irish, and Scottish melodies arranged for two instruments (violin/recorder, violin/flute, or two violins). This collection is great for period weddings, receptions and re-enactments. Click on the cover for more information and sound samples. Number of copies currently available: 7 Buy of Castles, Kings, and Courts $24 plus Shipping
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Flautilla includes 24 Old English, Irish, and Scottish hornpipes, sea songs, and songs dedicated to sea captains. The tunes are arranged for two C instruments: recorder/violin, flute/violin, or two violins. Great for all those who love to sea and for re-enactment at Pirate Faires cropping up across the land! Click on the cover to learn more about Flautilla. Number of copies currently available: 8 Buy Flautilla $20 plus Shipping
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Green: Songs that
Celebrate Our Natural World is Dorothy Barth's sixth volume of Celtic
duo arrangements and includes 35 tunes bearing titles that reflect the Celtic
reverence for and delight in the beauty of their lands.
A great choice for St. Patrick's Day and Earth Day celebrations, Green also makes good wedding music since it contains both contemplative and lively pieces. Click on the cover for more information and sound samples! Number of copies currently available: 1 Buy Green $24 plus shipping
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20 elf
song recorder solos (in seasonal suites) Click on the cover for more information and sound samples. Number of copies currently available: 6 Buy Finding the Faerie's Voice $20 plus Shipping |
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Click on the cover for more information and sound samples! Number of copies currently available: 4 Buy The Faerie Fiddler $20 plus shipping |
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Songs from Euterpe. Sixteen Solos for Meditation, Ritual, or
Sacred Dance. Dorothy's ninth volume of music (and third volume of original
compositions) fittingly honors the nine muses in meditative and dance
pieces written for solo flute or recorder.
Four of the Muse songs can also be adapted for use in belly dance, either on flute, recorder, violin (or any C instrument). The second part of this volume, Island Gaia, contains songs inspired by a trip to the Big Island of Hawaii. Click on the cover for more information and sound samples! Number of copies currently available: 4 Buy Songs from Euterpe $18 plus shipping |
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Where have Dorothy Barth's arrangements and compositions been played thus far? In the U.S.:
Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Maine,
Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon,
Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin,
Wyoming In Europe: England, Scotland, Germany, Spain In Australia:
Victoria,
New South Wales |
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Key words: Celtic sheet music duos, Celtic wedding music, Renaissance sheet music duos, Fairy music, Irish sheet music duos, recorder and violin duo arrangements, flute and violin duo arrangements, Celtic violin duos, Celtic wedding sheet music, Dorothy Barth arrangements and compositions, solo recorder, contradance, contradanse |
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The
recorder is the perfect faerie's voice. Finding the Faerie's Voice includes: