The precision of the tango…the rhythmic excitement of a flamenco guitarist…the clicking of wooden castanets…the whirling of great dancers. Such impressions of Spain are captured effectively by Catherine Rollin in this fantastic sequel to Sounds of Spain Book 1. Seven intermediate solos explore many of the diverse dance and harmonic elements that make up the colorful Spanish music tradition. All are very manageable technically, yet contain dramatic sections that sound difficult and showy. Great crowd-pleasers!

The long-awaited third volume in this series delivers more beautiful solos. The lyrical melodies and lush harmonies found throughout are sure to please the romantic at heart. Titles: * Lyric Nocturne * Pure Heart * Remembrance * Summer Splendor * Sweet Elegy * Tenderly. "Lyric Nocturne" and "Summer Splendor" are Federation Festivals 2014-2016 selections.

Teachers and students who love Catherine Rollin's duet series Dances for Two will enjoy this solo collection of pieces based on dance rhythms. Titles: * Chicago Jazzland Dance * French Movie Waltz * Hungarian Gypsy Dance * Island Rhumba * Limbo Lucy * Paso Doble * Tarantella Agitato "Paso Doble" and "French Movie Waltz" were selected for the Federation Festivals 2011-2013.

Accompanying CD contains ... "[all] the sounds described in this book."--Page 4 of cover.

Six of Catherine Rollin's favorite early-intermediate to intermediate sheet music solos are included in this volume. The variety of styles and sophisticated sounds make this music appealing to students of all ages. Titles: Blue Bayou Waltz * Jazz Cat * Malibu Mist * Nights in Spain * Nocturne for the Left Hand * Winter Waltz.

An eloquent odyssey through Spain's dark history journeys into the heart of the Spanish Civil War to examine the causes and consequences of a painful recent past, as well as its repercussions in terms of the discovery of mass graves containing victims of Franco's death squads and the lives of modern-day Spaniards. Reprint.

In Museum Masterpieces, Book 1, composer Catherine Rollin has created musical expressions of some of the great works of art found in museums throughout the world. The paintings that inspired these pieces are beautifully displayed on a four-page color insert at the center of the book, along with historical notes about each painting. Titles: *American Gothic (Grant Wood) *Black Square and Red Square (Kazimir Malevich) *Carmencita (William Merritt Chase) *A Dash for the Timber (Frederic Remington) *L'étoile (The Star) (Edgar Degas) *Le fifre (The Fife Player) (Édouard Manet) *Mona Lisa (Leonardo da Vinci) *The Nut Gatherers (William-Adolphe Bouguereau) *Reeds and Cranes (Suzuki Kiitsu) *Senecio (Paul Klee)