Debra Wanless Music

Composer: Debra Wanless
Format: Book
Instrumentation: Piano

Felix Firefly Presents His-Story of Music by Debra Wanless is a wonderful collection of 10 piano solos representing various historical periods from the Middle Ages to 20th/ 21st Century Idioms. The composer and Felix include short program notes, 'Bright Ideas' for performance and interesting commentaries about each historical period. Titles are based on the style of a specific composer's work - titles include:

• Trouvere Song (Middle Ages/modal)
• Lizzie's Pavane (Renaissance/dance)
• The Children's Minuet (Baroque/dance)
• Felix's Musical Clock (Classical/ Haydn-style)
• Song Without Words (Romantic/Mendelssohn-style)
• Mermaids (Impressionism/shimmering style)
• Logan's Rag (Ragtime/ stride bass)
• Gotta Have Swing (Swing Era/ dance)
• Catching Fire (Rock Era/ driving rhythm)
• Alley Oop! (20th /21st Century Idiom/aleatoric)

Ideal recreational and educational collection perfect recital, exam and festival repertoire.