Violin Beginner Music

FOLK MUSIC FOR THE VIOLIN LEARNER

Halamus Publishing -

Archived Articles from 2002, 2003 and 2004 Newsletters,
and Special Articles, from 2005, 2006.

FOLK MUSIC VIOLIN

The Articles from the Monthly Newsletters

Written by

M. Lesley Halamek

Archived Articles:-

#1, April, 2002	Song: "The Rybuck Shearer" - Australia
#2, May, 2002	Theme: Tierce de Picardie; Song: "The Coventry Carol" - England
#3, June, 2002	Theme: Lombardic Rhythm - Scotland and Hungary
#4, July, 2002	Song: "Simple Gifts" - Joseph Brackett, Jr. (1848), USA
#5, August, 2002	Song: "Sur le Pont d'Avignon" - France
#6, September, 2002	Theme: A California Gold Rush Song from the Hanseatic Port of Hamburg      Song: "Ick heff mol in Hamborger Veermaster sehn"      (I once saw a Ship's Captain in Hamburg...) - Hamburg, Germany
#7, October, 2002	Theme: Northumbrian Bagpipes      Song: "Wi' A Hundred Pipers"      Dance: "The Durham Reel" - Northumbria (SE Scotland and NE England)
#8, November, 2002	Song: "Stenka Razin" - Russia
#9, December, 2002	Song: "The Overlander (The Queensland Drover)" - Australia
#10, January, 2003	Song: "Barbara Allen" - England/Scotland/USA
#11, February, 2003	Song: "Beautiful Dreamer" - Stephen Collins Foster (1826-1864), USA
#12, March, 2003	Song: "Oranges and Lemons" - England
#13, April, 2003	Song: "Click Go the Shears" - Australia, from an American Song (included)
#14, May, 2003	Song: "The Pretty Maid Milking the Cow" - Ireland, arr. Beethoven
#15, June, 2003	Song: "Rosin the Bow (Beau)", "The Catalpa", etc. - Ireland, Australia, etc.
#16, July, 2003	Song: "Vive La Canadienne" - Canada
#17, August, 2003	Song: "The Vicar of Bray" - England
#18, September, 2003	Song: "Nine Miles from Gundagai" - Australia
#19, October, 2003	Song: "Chevy Chase" - England/Scotland
#20, November, 2003	Song: "March the Men of Harlech" - Wales
#21, December, 2003	Song: "Song of the Volga Boatmen" - Russia
#22, January, 2004	Theme: Cumulative Songs (and ad lib songs)      Songs: "Old MacDonald Had a Farm", "The Barnyard Song", "The Farmyard"
#23, February, 2004	Song: "Amazing Grace" - England; Traditional American Folk Hymn Melody
#24, March, 2004	Song: "Bound for South Australia" - Australia (English Sea Shanty)
#25, April, 2004	Song: "Carolan's Lament" - Turlough O'Carolan, Ireland
#26, May, 2004	Song: "Bushes and Briers" - Essex, England
#27, June, 2004	Song: "Ten Thousand Miles Away" - Australia, from an old Sea Shanty
#28, July, 2004	Song: "The Cavalier", or "Polly Oliver" - England
#29, August, 2004	Song: "Augathela Station" - Australia
#30, September, 2004	Song: "Dumbarton's Drums" - Scotland
#31, October, 2004	Song: "The Reedy Lagoon" - Australia
#32, November, 2004	Song: "All Through the Night" - Wales
#33, December, 2004	Song: "A Collection of Christmas Songs from the 4 'Folksongs' Books"