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Here are versions of the VERY GREATEST MUSIC (in our opinion), with J. S. Bach a central focus, that can be adapted for the people’s instrument—alto recorder—and keyboard, for alto and bass recorder duet, and other combinations.
- About this Site
- Background of this Project
- Level of Difficulty
- Technical Problems Addressed by Pieces on this Site
Uses of these transcriptions for you, for any students you may have, maybe even for your teacher(s):
- Études for technique improvement.
- Ways of becoming acquainted with a wide swath of musical history, such as many astounding but little-known Bach cantata obbligatos.
- Secondary emphasis on bass recorder repertoire, including solos without the sneaking suspicion that the alto is more appropriate.
- Don’t listen to great music and consider it done, but continue discovering it from the inside by playing it in transcription. Expand your recorder horizons!
- And of course, put these on your concert programs.
- Solos and Duets for Intermediate-plus level Players
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Other works of about the same difficulty level: Aria from Cantata 51, Bourrée I & II from English Suite No. 1, BWV 1046 Trio, Scarlatti K. 208, Satie Gnossiennes 1-3, Sonata, BWV 1021, “Son binocle” and Petite ouverture by Satie, WTC 2 Prélude no. 22
Arrangements for alto and kbd. (mostly)
- Ever a favorite, from Bach’s Schübler Chorales: BWV 650
- For advanced players: arr. of Kbd. concertos, 5 organ trio sonatas, 1st, 3rd and 4th Cello Suites, all with newly composed bass lines, the Passacaglia, “Dorian” Toccata, BWV 540/1, 541, 542, 544/1, the “Italian Concerto”, Brandenburg Concerto #3, and #2 & 4 in kbd. reduction versions
- “Goldberg” Aria & 10 Variations
- Lute suites BWV 996-7, arias etc., from Cantata 7, 114, 29, 94, 97
- The exquisite Schubert fragment, D. 571, with a new completion
- Arrs. of works by composers long unheard for various reasons, e.g.: Strozzi, Chabrier, Joplin, F. Caccini, Jacquet de la Guerre, Fanny Mendelssohn, St.-Georges, a huge specialty of this website, and von Martinez, another particularly remarkable & neglected composer
- In the past few years, huge additions from Mozart, such as 12 Sonate da Chiesa, Schubert, such as D. 574, 1st mvt., and Mahler, such as the famous Adagietto
- For bass & kbd: Bach’s “Deathbed” Chorale, Lento assai from Beethoven’s Op. 135 (doubling alto)
- Bach’s “Das alte Jahr vergangen ist” and Radetzky March, both appropriate for New Year’s Eve
- 12 large (c. 80-150+ pp.) groupings—very inexpensive—of solo pts. from the following sections: 1. Bach Concertos 2. Bach Organ music 3. Bach Keyboard Works, Pt. One 4. Bach Keyboard Works Pt. Two 5. Bach Chamber Works, Pt. One 6. Bach Misc. Chamber & Vocal Works 7. Bach Cantatas 8. Pre-Mozart, non-Bach No. 1 9. Pre-Mozart, non-Bach No. 2 10. Early Mozart 11. Later Mozart & Early 19th c. 12. Post-Schubert
Arrangements for recorder duet/trio/quartet, etc.
- Complete W.F. Bach Flute (6) and Viola (3) duets transcribed for 2 altos
- Many duets for alto & bass (or S&T), e.g. Mahler’s “Das himmlische Leben”, “Von der Jugend”, Excerpt from 2nd Symphony, appropriate for memorial services
- Set of 24 Duets from Mediæval to Mahler, primarily for soprano & alto
- Set of 30 English Country Dances arr. for S&A
- From Dufay to de Falla, a large group for different duet combinations
- Wa is me, what mun I do!— 8 duets
- Duets from Bartok’s Mikrokosmos
- The sublime Bach’s Cantata 4/3, arr. for 3 recs
- Quartets/Quintets from Bach, Beethoven, Satie, and a group of 19th-c. composers looking backward
- The beloved duet “Wir eilen,” from Cantata 78
Stand-alone solos, etc.
- From the “difficult” modernists: Schoenberg, Berg, and Webern
- From their quasi-godfather Mahler
- R. Strauss
and many, many more in 5 different categories, ever-growing as long as Arranger/Composer Scheide can draw breath. Please see also jscheidemusic.com.