Library and Archive: I. Music
ENGLISH CONCERTINA (with a few entries for "Anglo"
and "Chemnitzer" indicated)
1. The Victorian Tradition (treble concertina and
piano unless otherwise noted; items marked with an asterisk
have been reprinted in the series Music for the English
Concertina. Helmond, NL: The Concertina Connection Publications
)
Barnett, John. Spare Moments
Benedict, Julius. Andantino *
Blagrove, Richard. Fantasia on Airs from Gounold's Opera
of Faust
- - - - -. Fantasia on National Airs
- - - - -. Morceaux (unaccompanied treble--facsimile
in Atlas, The Wheatstone English Concertina in Victorian
England, see section
III) *
- - - - -. Recollections of Scotland
Campana, Fabio. Quando da te lontano (treble, piano,
and voice)
Case, George. Air by Hummel. . .Introduction & Variations,
Op. 9 (concertina part only)
- - - - -. Introduction & Variations. . .Austrian
Air, Op. 4 (concertina part only)
- - - - -. Introduction & Variations. . .Tyrolean
Air, Op. 10
- - - - -. Serenade (unaccomapnied treble) *
Diabelli and Godbe. Reminiscences of Rossini. . .Vieni!
vieni fra queste braccia (concertina part only)
Eulenstein, Charles. Three Divertimentos (unaccompanied
treble or symphionum) *
Ford, T.R. The Moss Rose (Sketch)
Harcourt, James. Sonata for violin or concertina and
piano, Op. 2 *
King, Rosina. Original Melodies for the Concertina
Leslie, John. Les Premier Pensées Musicales
(unaccompanied treble) *
Macfarren, George Alexander. Barcarolle *
- - - - -. Geraldine: A Romance
- - - - -. Romance (originally for treble concertina,
violin, viola, cello, and bass--facsimile in Atlas, The
Wheatstone English Concertina in Victorian England,
see section
III)
- - - - -. Violetta: A Romance
Millars, Haydn. "Le Carnival de Venise" with
Variations (= No. 8 in Roylance's Gems. . .for the
English Concertina)
Molique, Bernhard. Concerto in G, Op. 46 (original
orchestral accompaniment lost; with piano accompaniment)
- - - - -. Flying Leaves, Op. 50
- - - - -. Six Characteristic Pieces, Op. 61
- - - - -. Sonata, Op. 57
- - - - -. Six Melodies (see Regondi)
Pelzer, Anne. Carnival de Venise
- - - - -. Morceau de Salon. . .Nel cor più
Pelzer, Catherina (= Madame R. Sydney Pratten). Home,
Sweet Home (unaccompanied treble only?)
- - - - -. Two Romances
- - - - -. Francesca: Romance
Regondi, Giulio. Andante & Allegro/Concerto No.
1 in D (accompaniment in piano reduction)
- - - - -. Ecco ridente il ciel [from Rossini's
Barber of Seville] (unaccompanied treble) *
- - - - -. Favorite Airs. . .Donizetti's. . .Lucrezia
Borgia
- - - - -. Introduction & Variations. . .Austrian
Air, Op. 1
- - - - -. Introduction et caprice
- - - - -. Hexameron du concertiniste: Six Etudes de
concert
- - - - -. Leisure Moments
- - - - -. Les Concerts de Societé (transcriptions
of songs for treble [based on an obbligato part, usually
for violin or 'cello], piano, and voice); the original poems
are in German):
No. 6 J. Lewy, "Magic Pow'r my Soul Enthralling"
No. 10 A. Zeri and Fr. Schubert, "Oh See the Moon's
Silv'ry Light"
No. 11 L. Lenz, "Lamp of the Night"
No. 13 J.W. Kalliwoda, "See'st thou at Even",
Op. 98
No. 14 - - - - -, "Spring's First Breezes"—concertina
part only
No. 15 Fr. Schubert, "In Silent Woe I Wander By"
(= "Der Wanderer)--concertina part only
No. 16 H. Proch, "Fleecy Clouds", Op. 14
No. 17 - - - - -, "By a Brook a Youth was Lying"
No. 19 - - - - -, "From the Alp the Horn Resounding"--
concertina part only
No. 21 - - - - -, "The Captive Nightingale"
No. 23 L. Spohr, "A Bird Sat on an Alder Bough"—concertina
part only
No. 24 - - - - -, "Be Still My Heart"
No. 25 - - - - -, "All is Quiet"--concertina
part only
No. 26 - - - - -, "When Silent Grief Oppresses"
No. 27 - - - - -, "Wake up Love"
No. 53 J.W. Kalliwoda, "Happy, Quiet, Peaceful Vale,"
Op. 117
No. 54 I. Lachner, "When in the Dark Midnight"
No. 56 - - - - -, "Art thou Mine?"
No. 58 M. Ganz, "The Rose"
No. 59 - - - - -, "Know'st thou the Land?"
No. 60 - - - - -, "Prithee, Prithee"
No. 61 - - - - -, "Lullaby"
- - - - -. Les Oiseaux, Op. 12
- - - - -. Morceau de Fantaisie: Larghetto e capriccio
- - - - -. Morceau de salon: Andantino et capriccio-mazurka
- - - - -. Petites Fantasies irlandaises, No. 6
- - - - -. Remembrance (unaccompanied baritone)
- - - - -. Scène champetre
- - - - -. Serenade (edited in Atlas, The Wheatstone
English Concertina in Victorian England, see section
III) *
- - - - -. Six Melodies (Lieder ohne Worte) by B.
Molique
- - - -. Thou art gone from my gaze: Linley's popular
ballad (unaccompanied baritone) *
- - - - -. Three Waltzes (unaccompanied treble)
- - - - -. "Voyage Lyrique", 24 Politico-National
Airs (unaccompanied treble)
Regondi and Charles Oberthur. Oberon. . .Weber: Grand
duo concertant (accompaniment for piano or harp)
Roe, George L. Andante and Scherzo
- - - - -. Gavotte in G
- - - - -. Recollections of England
Ward, John C. Nocturne
Warren, Joseph. A Collection of Psalm & Hymn Tunes
arranged for the Baritone Concertina
- - - - -. Grand fantasia in which is Intoduced
"Deh! con te" from Bellini's opera Norma
- - - - -. Six Airs Varied (unaccompanied treble)
2. Ensemble pieces—Victorian tradition (listed
by arranger)
Astley, J.A. Overture Chevalier breton (treble/baritone)
Birch, W.H. Donizetti's Daughter of the Regiment
(2 trebles/piano)
Blagrove, Richard. Duo concertante. . .Meyerbeer's Les
Huguenots (treble/baritone)
- - - - -. Mozart's Don Giovanni Overture (treble/baritone)
Case, George. Jansa's Six Progressive Duets (2 trebles--Nos.
1, 2, and 3 only)
Chidley, Edward Auber's Masaniello Overture (treble/baritone)
- - - - -, Rossini's La gazza ladra Overture (treble/baritone)
Regondi, Giulio. Mozart's Magic Flute (treble/baritone)
- - - - -. Verdi's La traviata (2 trebles/bass/piano,
with a baritone part that can be used instead of the bass,
realized by Lesley Alexander)
Roylance, Charles. Roylance's 27 Easy Duets on Popular
Christy's & other Melodies. . .violin & concertina,
with original cadences by Haydn Millars (primo part
only)
- - - - -. Roylance's English Concertina Band Journal,
No. 1-- for 2 trebles, tenor, and bass (lacking tenor
and bass)
Ward, John C. Minuet and Trio (2 trebles/bass/piano--edited
in Atlas, The Wheatstone English Concertina in Victorian
England--see
section III)
Warren, Joseph. A. Berbiguer's Second Duet, Op.
45 (2 trebles or treble/flute) *
3. Full orchestral score
Grainger, Percy. Shepherd's Hey (contains a part
for baritone concertina)
4. Twentieth-century works
Amos, Keith. Compositae (1987)
- - - - -. Sonata (1987)
Anderson, Alistair, On Cheviot Hills -- for English
concertina and string quartet
Borzova, Alla. Pinsk and Blue. Concertina Connection
90301 (Helmond: Concertina Connection, 1999)
Christie, Michael Christie. Introduction and Allegro
(1982--unaccompanied treble)
Hunt, Oliver. Song of the Sea (1985)
Jackman, Stephen. Jazz Menagerie. Concertina Connection
90302 (Helmond: Concertina Connection, 1999).
- - - - - - -. Sonatina. Concertina Connection 90303
(Helmond: Concertina Connection, 1999).
- - - - - - -. Two Jazz Duets for two treble concertina.
Concertina Connection 90308 (Helmond: Concertina Connection,
1999).
McGuire, Edward. Prelude 11 for concertina (1994—unaccompanied
treble)
Regan, Michael. Fantasia for concertina (1983--unaccompanied
treble)
Snoeren, Rien Snoeren. Due scherzare per concertina
solo (1997--unaccompanied treble)
- - - - -. Intermezzo voor concertina en piano (1996)
- - - - -. Tempesta (1996--unaccompanied treble)
Van der Reijden, Paul R. Thema con variazioni per violino
e concertina. Concertina Connection 90307 (Helmond:
Concertina Connection, 2000).
Williams, Richard. Summer Song
(2002---concertina and harp or piano).
- - - - - - -. Toccata (2002---unaccompanied
treble).
- - - - - - -. Nocturne (2002---concertina
and piano).
- - - - - - -. Reeds and Strings
(2002---treble concertina, clarinet, violin, cello).
- - - - - - -. Duos for Concertinas (2001---for
treble and baritone)
- - - - - - -. The Wheatstone Suite (2001---for
three trebles and baritone or treble and piano; commissioned
by the International Concertina Association as part of the
Wheatstone Bicentenary celebrations, 2002).
5. 19th-Century Tutors
Alsepti, "Signor". The Modern English Concertina
Method
Anon. Instructions for Performing on Wheatstone's Patent
Duett Concertina
Blagrove, Richard. Instruction Book. . .Concertina
Case, George. English Concertina Tutor (in Boosey's
Musical Instructors series)
- - - - -. Instructions for Performing on the Concertina
- - - - -. The Baritone Concertina: A New Method
Howe's Eclectic School for the Concertina (Boston:
Elias Howe, 1879)
Howe's Western German Concertina School (Boston:
Elias Howe, 1879)
Jones, George. The Chromatic Anglo-German Concertina
Tutor (London: G. Jones, 1876); facsimile reprint: ed.
J.M. Cowan (Bellingham, WA: Concertina & Squeezebox
Magazine, 1989)
Minasi, Carlo. A Concise Method for the Study of
the Concertina
Prussak, W.F. Schule für englische Concertina
(reprint/ Frankfurt: Zimmerman, 1982)
Regondi, Giulio. New Method for the Concertina
- - - - -. Rudimenti del concertinista
Roylance, Charles. Concertina Tutor (incomplete)
- - - - -. Anglo-German Concertina Player's Companion
- - - - -. How to Learn the Chromatic Anglo-German Concertina
- - - - -. Diagram shewing the scale of the Chromatic
Anglo-German Concertina
Sedgwick, Alfred B. Complete System of Instructions
for the Concertina
- - - - -. Improved and Complete Instructions for the
German Concertina (Boston: Oliver Ditson, 1865)
Warren, Joseph. Instructions for the Concertina,
9th ed. -- an original copy and the facsimile edition published
by Hands on Music (Oxford, 1998)
Winner, Septimus. Winner's Easy System for the German
Concertina (Philadelphia: Lee and Walker, 1869)
6. 20th-Century Tutors
Atlas, Allan. Contemplating the Concertina: An
Historically-Informed Tutor
for the English Concertina (Amherst, MA: The Button Box,
2003)
Adrian, C.F. Adrian's Concertina-Instructor (A Self
Instructor) for the 30-Key-Concertina (Chicago: Forster
Music, 1938)
Edwards, Alfred. Wheatstone's Instructions for the English
Concertina (London: C. Wheatstone, 1960)
Branchett, Les. Conquering the Concertina: A Comprehensive
Guide to the English Concertina (Gloucester: Sherborne
House Publications, 2002)
Miles, Dick. The Concise English Concertina (n.p.:
Milestone Publications, 2001)
Ryan, Sidney. Ryan's True Concertina Instructor
(Cincinnati: John Church 1903)
Silberhorn, Henry. Instructor for the [Chemnitzer] Concertina
(Downer's Grove, IL: Vitak-Elsnic, 1911)
Stephano, Charles. Wickins' Easy Concertina Tutor.
Sunbeam Self-Instructors, 12 (London: Bosworth, n.d.; facsimile
edition: Oxford: Hands on Music, [1998]) -- for Anglo concertina
Synnberg, Margaret J. New Standard Concertina Course--for
the Anglo concertina; no indication of place, publisher,
date; Ms. Synnberg, however, is designated as being of the
McKinley High School, Chicago; this particular copy sold/purchased
in Melbourne, AUS
Wakker, Wim. Tutor for the Jackie English
Concertina (Helmond, NL: Concertina
Connection, 2003)
Wetstone, J. The First Step: How to Play the Anglo-Chromatic
Concertina (London: Keith, Prowse, [1935])
7. Miscellaneous
Anderson, Alistair. Steel Skies (Oxford: Serpent
Press, 1988)
Clifford Bevan, arr., Marches 4 Concertinas. Westminster
[UK] and Columbia, SC: Piccolo Press, 2000--arrangements
of twenty marches for concertina band.
Hopkinson, Phil, ed. Dancing with Ma Baby (Newbiggin-by-the
Sea: Dragonfly Music, 1994)
Townsend, Dave, ed. English Dance Music, vol. I
(Oxford: Serpent Press, 1993)
