Selections From Songs Without Words, Volume 1
by Mendelssohn Arr. by Harry Stanton
The Felix Mendelssohn collection “Songs Without Words” is a set of many short piano character pieces. Although firmly entrenched in the Romantic idiom, some of these delightful pieces foreshadow the Impressionistic style. The grade 4 pieces in this collection have been expertly adapted for woodwind quintet by Harry Stanton, and include: Morning Song (Op. 62, No. 4), Venetian Boat-Song (Op. 19, No. 6), Venetian Boat-Song, No. 2 (Op. 30, No. 6), Venetian Boat-Song, No. 3 (Op. 62, No. 5), The Shepherd’s Complaint (Op. 67, No. 5), and The Joyous Peasant (Op. 102, No. 5). series: Woodwind Quintet features: Flute, Oboe, Bb Clarinet, French Horn and Bassoon
The Felix Mendelssohn collection “Songs Without Words” is a set of many short piano character pieces. Although firmly entrenched in the Romantic idiom, some of these delightful pieces foreshadow the Impressionistic style. The grade 4 pieces in this collection have been expertly adapted for woodwind quintet by Harry Stanton, and include: Morning Song (Op. 62, No. 4), Venetian Boat-Song (Op. 19, No. 6), Venetian Boat-Song, No. 2 (Op. 30, No. 6), Venetian Boat-Song, No. 3 (Op. 62, No. 5), The Shepherd’s Complaint (Op. 67, No. 5), and The Joyous Peasant (Op. 102, No. 5).