THE CEILIDH COLLECTION VIOLON

by Edward Huws Jones

Traditional Fiddle Tunes from England, Ireland & Scotland Violin (or 2 violins), guitar ad lib. The Fiddler Collections are taken from traditional fiddle repertoire for you to have at your fingertips! Using these collections you can create your own ceilidh, barn dance, jazz club, Sarajevo street café or Gypsy gathering. Some of the music is familiar, some more exotic, but all of it is absolutely authentic, faithfully arranged and, above all, hugely enjoyable. The music is arranged for flexible strings, so you can play as solos, duets, trios or with a larger band. Available in two Violin edition (with an optional easy violin part and guitar chords) and the Complete edition (also includes keyboard and violin accompaniments). Suitable for players of all ages, including beginners and mixed ability groups Beautifully illustrated, each book includes notes on the musical style, performance tips. Contents - Mairi's Wedding - Athol Highlanders - Barwick Green - Biddy of Sligo - College Hornpipie - Cooney's Reel - De'il among the Tailors - From the New Country - Galopede - Greensleeves and Pudding Pies - Lannigan's Ball - Lilli Burlero - Miss Lyall - Mrs Hamilton of Pencaitland - Mrs McLeod's Reel - Napoleon crossing the Alps - Paddy on the Railroad - Parson's Farewell - Pool's Hole - Sir Roger de Coverley - Skye Boat Song - Star of the County Down - Staten Island - The Blackthorn Stick - The Flower of the Queen - The Hundred Pipers - The Irish Washerwoman - The Oyster Girl - The Peacock Followed the Hen - The Pullet - The Steam Boat - The Temperance Reel - Timour the Tartar Athol Highlanders, Barwick Green, Biddy of Sligo, College Hornpipe, Cooney's Reel, De'il among the Tailors, From the New Country, Galopede, Greensleeves and Pudding Pies, Lan... Printed Music VIOLIN & PIANO BEST SELLER!

108 pages, Sheet music

First published July 1, 1996

About the author

Edward Huws Jones is a composer, arranger and music educationalist with a particular interest in music for young string players. His music is played and enjoyed all over the world.

Edward draws on a rich and varied musical background. After the University of York and the Royal Academy of Music his early career was as a specialist in renaissance and baroque music. Edward went on to gain extensive experience as a string teacher, with a particular focus on effective group teaching within the state system. His numerous original compositions for children and young people have a firmly-established place in the educational repertoire. He is the founder of the Mostar Strings Project, a project initiated to provide group musical activities and violin teaching to children and families in Bosnia.

Edward has also travelled the globe researching fiddle playing traditions and has endeavoured to make much of this colourful music available in print for the first time. His enormously popular Fiddler series for Boosey & Hawkes now comprises more than 15 collections, including Jigs, Reels and Hornpipes, The Klezmer Fiddler and The Tango Fiddler. A recent addition to the series, The French Fiddler, was published in 2011 and The Nordic Fiddler is planned for release in 2014.

Since 1996 he has acted as a consultant and editor for ABRSM and has worked on numerous projects including the selection of five successive violin examination syllabuses. He was also involved in the development of Music Medals, an innovative approach to encouraging and assessing the achievement of young students taught in groups.