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Euro Swing Parade
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A Swingin' Euro Tour
Our swinging tour of Europe is a musical salute to those states, which introduced the Euro as their common currency on January 1, 2002. The introduction is followed by unmistakable echoes of the European anthem. Then musical fragments from the following countries were strung together: France, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Ireland, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Belgium, Austria, and finally Germany with a swinging version of “Muss I denn, muss I denn” (“Got to go, got to go”). You must not be afraid, as you will not be seriously examined, how many or which of these motifs you really know. It is rather simple, and you will not have much trouble if you attempt to associate the individual musical fragments with a specific country. The composer helps you here, as he artfully selected such tunes that will tell you something about the nature of the country and its people, which are musically portrayed in our tour. You therefore should listen carefully. Finally there is a lot of confusion towards the end of the piece, such as will also frequently occur in the European Parliament. Our score bears the annotation “tumultoso” in this instance. Do not worry, when well-known musical fragments (from Austria, Spain and the Netherlands) show up again: our swinging tour of Europe will come to a peaceful conclusion.
Grade Level GB: 4-5
Grade Level USA: 3 (Intermediate)
Composer: Vlak, Kees
Genre: Concert Piece, Swing
Performance time: 3,04
Publisher: Rundel
Size: DIN A4
Info: Full Score + Condensed Score + Parts
Rundel Order Number: MVSR2367
Release Date: 2003
https://www.rundel.de/en/
A Swingin' Euro Tour
Our swinging tour of Europe is a musical salute to those states, which introduced the Euro as their common currency on January 1, 2002. The introduction is followed by unmistakable echoes of the European anthem. Then musical fragments from the following countries were strung together: France, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Ireland, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Belgium, Austria, and finally Germany with a swinging version of “Muss I denn, muss I denn” (“Got to go, got to go”). You must not be afraid, as you will not be seriously examined, how many or which of these motifs you really know. It is rather simple, and you will not have much trouble if you attempt to associate the individual musical fragments with a specific country. The composer helps you here, as he artfully selected such tunes that will tell you something about the nature of the country and its people, which are musically portrayed in our tour. You therefore should listen carefully. Finally there is a lot of confusion towards the end of the piece, such as will also frequently occur in the European Parliament. Our score bears the annotation “tumultoso” in this instance. Do not worry, when well-known musical fragments (from Austria, Spain and the Netherlands) show up again: our swinging tour of Europe will come to a peaceful conclusion.
Grade Level GB: 4-5
Grade Level USA: 3 (Intermediate)
Composer: Vlak, Kees
Genre: Concert Piece, Swing
Performance time: 3,04
Publisher: Rundel
Size: DIN A4
Info: Full Score + Condensed Score + Parts
Rundel Order Number: MVSR2367
Release Date: 2003
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Cornelis (Kees) Vlak was born on 30th September, 1938 in Amsterdam. He was influenced by music at young age and when he was eight years old he got his first piano lessons. Later he played the trumpet in the fanfare orchestra “Waterland“. Vlak studied piano and trumpet at the Amsterdam Conservatory (exames 1959 and 1961), and composition and conducting at the Musiklyzeum Amsterdam.
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