Funny 4 or More.by Martin Klaschka. Musikverlag Doblinger (Postfach 882, A-1011 Wien, Austria), 2001. 18 pp. score and eleven parts for C and B-flat instruments, keyboard and percussion; 18.90 [euro]. Early intermediate. Funny 4 or More contains seven short and easy pieces for variable ensemble. They are original compositions for student groups with four or more players. Two parts are scored in treble clef clef, in music: see musical notation. clef (French; “key” ) Musical notation symbol at the beginning of a staff to indicate the pitch of the notes on the staff. and two parts in bass clef, with suggested instruments listed for each part. The pieces can be used for a quartet of the same type instruments such as strings, recorders, saxophones or wind and brass combinations. Also, multiple players can be used on each of the four parts for a large ensemble. The pieces are fun to play and listen to. The titles appropriately suggest the rhythmic nature and style of each piece--"A Ragy Dagy Day Dream," "Bossa Breeze," "Clocharderie," "Hablamos Espagnol," "Easy Living," "Streetball" and "Subway Flight." Performers will need a strong rhythmic understanding to be secure playing with others while using the beat and style of ragtime ragtime: see jazz. ragtime U.S. popular music of the late 19th and early 20th centuries distinguished by its heavily syncopated rhythm. Ragtime found its characteristic expression in formally structured piano compositions, the accented left-hand , bossa nova bos·sa no·va n. 1. A style of popular Brazilian music derived from the samba but with more melodic and harmonic complexity and less emphasis on percussion. 2. A lively Brazilian dance that is similar to the samba. , waltz, habanera Habanera Carmen’s “love is a wild bird” provokes hearers. [Fr. Opera: Bizet, Carmen, Westerman, 189–190] See : Flirtatiousness , rock funk. Reviewed by Marietta Lanoux, Baton Rouge, Louisiana For the Canadian restaurant, see . Baton Rouge (from the French bâton rouge), pronounced /ˈbætn ˈɹuːʒ/ in English, and . |
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