Concert Settings for Stradella and Free Bass Instruments

All carefully edited with fingering marked and register changes given.

LEVEL: [I]-Easy [II]-Intermediate [III]-Early Advanced [IV]-Advanced

Ave Verum -W. A. Mozart [II] $3.50 Also known as "Jesu, Word of God Incarnate," the piece reflects upon Christ's crucifixion. An accordion setting of Mozart's well known church piece for choir, organ and strings composed during the last year of his life, 1791. This piece is arranged for either stradella bass with register changes or free bass. Helpful performance suggestions are given as to pitch, bellows and fingering schemes. View/Print

Columbia, The Gem Of The Ocean -19th Century American anthem [III] $3.00 This spirited 19th Century anthem makes a good concert piece and can be played on free bass, or on stradella bass instruments with register changes. View/Print

Hava Nagila -Israeli Folk Tune [II] $3.00 This arrangement is for stradella bass instruments. View/Print

Londonderry Air -Irish Ballad [IV] $4.00 The composer of this splendid Irish folk song ("O Danny Boy") is unknown, but it dates from the mid-19th Century. The accordion is widely popular in Ireland. This arrangement fully exploits the harmonic combinations of the stradella bass. View/Print

O Come, O Come Emmanual -Christmas carol [II] $3.00 Here is an especially effective arrangement of this Christmas carol of Plain Chant origin from the 12th Century. It is accessible to the intermediate player. View/Print

Rule Britannia -Thomas A. Arne [II] $3.00 The national song of Great Britain first heard in 1739, it is a spirited anthem for the intermediate player. View/Print

Shall We Gather at the River -Robert Lowry [III] $3.00 Here is a beautifully harmonized setting of a well known American folk hymn from the mid-19th Century. View/Print

Silent Night -19th Century Christmas carol [III] $3.50 New harmony for this Christmas favorite gives the piece a fresh flavor. This arrangement can be played on instruments with either stradella or free bass. Helpful performance suggestions for register changes, fingering and bellows are given. View/Print

Star-Spangled Banner-John Stafford Smith [II] $3.00 A full harmony arrangement of the national anthem of the United States. Accessible for the intermediate player with left hand chord and bass positions indicated. View/Print

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