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Music for Flute & Guitar
The listed works form a central part of our repertoire, have received multiple performances, and are musically satisfying for both player and listener. Ø Indicates that this repertoire is recorded on compact disc by the Boland Dowdall Duo.
When did the flute and guitar as a chamber duo catch on in the United States? This question, among others, prompted Lisa Schroeder to write an essay The Flute and Guitar Duo: The Development of an Equal Partnership (University of Iowa, 2015)
Collections
The Red Cedar Collection
for flute and guitar
Pub: Theodore Presser Co.
(catalogue number 144-40414)
A winner of the 2001 competition for Newly Published Music by the National Flute Association.
Ø A collection of six original works for flute and guitar by six composers; each was inspired by a work of visual art from the Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Museum of Art. Recorded on a compact disc titled The Red Cedar Collection –– released and available from Fleur de Son Classics (NY). Read about the project and see images of the visual art here.
Contents
• David Leisner El Coco (The Bogeyman, 1999): Inspired by Francisco Goya’s Que viene el Coco.
* Jerry Owen Hidden Tango , 1999: Inspired by Mauricio Lasansky’s Spring.
• Gary Schocker Caution to the Wind (get over it), 1999: Inspired by Malvina Hoffman’s Bacchanale Frieze.
• John Thow River Bend for alto flute & guitar, 1999: Inspired by Marvin Cone’s River Bend.
• Robert Lindsey Nassif Dear Departed, 1999: Inspired by Marvin Cone’s Dear Departed.
• Jonathan Chenette Fast Track, 1999: Inspired by Sam Gilliam’s Fast Track.
Review
“. . . an innovative commissioning project. While all contemporary in sound, [the variations] feature a range of styles and influences, from modal, improvisatory pieces to Copland-inspired works. I’ll be hunting out the relevant sheet music (and artwork) in due course.” Elizabeth Green, Pan (London)
The Celtic Collection
flute and guitar.arr. Jan Boland & John Dowdall
Pub: ALRY Publications
These Irish and Scottish folk tunes are real audience pleasers and are fun and easy to play. Compiled by the Boland-Dowdall Duo.
Contents
Fanny Power, Margret’s Waltz, South Wind, Untitled Reel, & Swinging on a Gate.
Parlor Music Vol. I
The Foster Collection
for flute and guitararr. Jan Boland & John Dowdall
Pub: ALRY Publications
A Winner of the 1996 Newly Published Music Competition of the National Flute Association. Instrumental music from Stephen Collin’s Fosters Social Orchestra arranged by Boland & Dowdall for flute and guitar. Includes dance tunes like Jennies Own Schottish and ballads like Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair. Rated easy-medium. All of the music in this edition can be found on a compact disc recording on the Koch International Classics label titled Home Sweet Home: Parlor Music from the Civil War.
Ballads for flute and guitar
The Foster Collection Vol. II
arr. Jan Boland & John DowdallPub: ALRY Publications
National Flute Association_ Newly Published Music Finalist 2002. Three lovely songs by Stephen Collins Foster arranged for flute and guitar so that they may take on a Celtic flavor. All music in this edition can be found on a compact disc recording titled Crystal to Gold – on the Fleur de Son Classics label FDS 57932. Recording is on period instruments.
Contents
Ø Maggie by my Side
Ø Old Memories
Ø Little Ella
Flute & Guitar Facsimiles
from the Romantic Salonedited: Jan Boland & John Dowdall.
Pub: Falls House Press / Theodore Presser
A collection of three multi-movement works in facsimile edition from the Romantic Salon – a set of waltzes by Hummel and two opera potpourris. Recorded on compact disc titled Giuliani, Hummel, et al. on period instruments by the Boland-Dowdall Duo on the Titanic label Ti-161.
Contents
Ø Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Six Waltzes for flute & guitar. [Short, charming and easy.]
Ø Giacomo Meyerbeer, Les Huguenots (1836). [Opera arias set by a 19th century arranger Arnold for flute and guitar.]
Ø Daniel-Francois-Esprit Auber, Zanetta (1840). [‘Favorite’ opera tunes set by a 19th century arranger for flute and guitar.]
The Banks of Ayre
for solo fluteedited: Jan Boland.
Pub: ALRY Publications
A Scottish folk tune with variations from Patterson’s New Preceptor (1839). This is not a work for flute and guitar, but a fun Celtic piece I wanted to include on this website. For flute alone. Consists of a theme and two variations. The fun comes when the player creates Celtic ornaments and style to bring this little piece alive.
Other Recommended Works for flute & guitar
Ø Indicates that this repertoire is recorded on compact disc by the Boland Dowdall Duo
• Bela Bartok Rumanian folk dances .Pub: Universal (UE 18661).
• Robert Beaser, Mountain Songs. Pub: Helicon Music Corp.
• John Dowdall, Christmas Medley of 19th-Century Carols. Pub: Alry fg6
• Mauro Giuliani, Grand Duo Concertant op. 85. Pub: Zimmermann and/or Tecla Facsimile Edition.
• Mauro Giuliani Grande Serenade op. 82. Pub: Belwin.
• Mauro Giuliani, Leichtes Duo Op. 77. Pub: Zimmermann.
• Ø Francois Joseph Gossec, Tambourin arr. Almeida. Pub: Brazilliance Music
• Ø Katherine Hoover, Caprice, 1999. Pub: Papagena Press.
• Jacques Ibert Entr’acte for flute & guitar. Pub: Leduc.
• Ø Libby Larson Blue Third Pieces for flute & guitar (2000) Pub: Oxford University Press.
• Ø F. Molino, Nocturne Op. 38 for flute & guitar. Pub: Breitkopf.
• Ø Jerry Owen, Meshquanowat (Red-Tailed Hawk). Written for Boland-Dowdall Duo. Pub: Acoma-Nambe Edition, PO Box 1261, Station I, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M403E5.
• Ø Jerry Owen, Intimate Dances for flute & guitar. (1982) written for Boland-Dowdall Duo). Pub: Southern Music.
• Ø Pierre-Joseph Plouvier, Serenade IV from Trois Serenades. 19th-c. facsimile from the Paris biolioteque nationale. Pub: Jan Boland
• Wilhelm Popp, Hungarian Dance. arr. Boland-Dowdall Duo. Pub: Jan Boland.
• Astor Piazzolla, Histoire du Tango for flute & guitar. Pub: Editions Henry Lemoine.
• Erik Satie, Gymnopedies No. 1 & 3 for flute & guitar Pub: Zalo Publications.
• Ø Andrew Earle Simpson, Fireflies: A Folk Set for Flute and Guitar.
• Ø Franz Schubert, Original Dances for Flute or violin & Guitar. 12 waltzes arranged in the 19th c. from Schubert’s piano pieces–perhaps by Schubert) Pub: Universal.
