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| Issue: # 46
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January/2010 |
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Dear 
Here's your JB Linear Monthly.
This month the free music download is "Le Coucou" (The Cuckoo) by Louis Claude Daquin - 1694-1772. This is in honor of the new JB Linear series called "It isn't Easy Being a Cuckoo" See more about it below. This freebie is set for duets of 2 flutes, 2 oboes/saxophones, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons and flute/clarinet. The parts are not interchangeable this time to allow for instrument differences. +++Just click on the "Freebie Download" link to the left.+++
You can access the freebies of the past in the JB Linear Music Archive. Click on "Freebie Archives" at the left.
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It Isn't Easy Being a Cuckoo 
Cuckoo music of the ages from the 13th century to the 20th century. The minor 3rd sound of the cuckoo bird's call has long been attractive to composers, mostly in a light-hearted way. There is lots of variety for you here. This set has 20 minutes of music that can be played as a whole or as separate pieces. Many, many cuckoos!
1. Sumer is icumen in (1250) - anon.
2. Capriccio on the Cuckoo's Call (1624) - Girolamo Frescobaldi
3. Allegro from "The Cuckoo and the Nightingale"(1739) - from
Organ Concerto #13 in F HWV 295 by Handel
4. The Cuckoo in the Forest (1886) - from Carnival of the
Animals - C. Saint-Saens
5. The Cuckoo's Courtship Waltz (1874) - H. D. Sofge
6. On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring (1912) - Frederick Delius
7. In Praise of Higher Understanding (a singing contest between
a cuckoo and a nightingale, judged by a donkey) - (1896) -
Gustav Mahler
Available for woodwind quintet, flute quartet, clarinet quartet, woodwind quartet (flute, oboe, clarinet, and bassoon) and clarinet choir (Eb, Bb clarinets 1-3, alto, bass, and contra - includes only pieces 4 - 7). Arrangements by John Gibson.
Want to hear some of it? Here are clarinet quartet versions of 4 of the pieces all played by John Gibson recorded on a Zoom H4 digital recorder.
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This month's Player's Hint is about sharing your music with other musicians. One of this newsletter's long time subscribers is Dr. Len Anderson, who is a world-class sharer of his music. Several of his recordings are in the JB Linear " honored recordings" section, but take a look at what Len has accomplished on free-scores.com. He records all the instruments himself. I always look forward to hearing Len's music! | |
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Next month's Freebie Download: Schumann's "The Wild Horseman" as you've never played it before (or may not want to again).
Player's hint of the month:
"Sharing your love of music with someone else and having other musicians to help foster your creativity can help make learning your instrument more enjoyable while also further increasing your skills." - New Year's Resolutions for music students, Top College Blogs
Have fun playing!
Sincerely,
John Gibson
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