(Also available as download from melbay.com)

• Ideal works for the study of tone and vibrato
• Encore pieces for the recitalist; many works also popular for weddings
• An introduction to late nineteenth-century French musical styles
• Includes written information about the composers and French musical styles
• Arrangements include:
  • Boisdeffre's Orientale, Op. 31, No. 2
  • Debussy's Le petit berger, La fille aux cheveux de lin, Clair de lune
  • Satie's Gymnopédie I
  • Fauré's Pavane, Sicilienne de Pelléas et Mélisande
  • Pessard's Rêverie
  • Saint-Saëns' Le Cygne, and Romance, Op. 37

The book now includes a CD containing piano accompaniment tracks for all pieces in the book. A native French speaker provides introductory comments for each piece and correctly pronounces composer's names and performance markings. Accompaniment tracks are set at a performance tempo and can be used in the practice, studio or recital setting.

Timeless works are all presented in keys that will highlight the tonal brilliance and expressive range of the flute. Accompaniments are arranged for ease in playing yet they maintain the integrity of each original work. A delightful addition to the flutist's repertoire.

(Only available as download from melbay.com)

• Features a wide variety of works by Mozart arranged for flute and piano
• Famous masterworks in the collection include: Eine kleine Nachtmusik (A Little Night Music) and the Andante which served as the theme music for the movie Elvira Madigan
• Standards of Mozart's repertoire for the performing flutist are also represented: Andante for flute and orchestra, Rondo for flute and orchestra (originally for violin) and the Andantino from the flute and harp concerto
• Masterworks in the collection are complimented by a Sonata for Flute and Piano written by Mozart as a child prodigy, as well as a performance edition of his Variations on Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.
• A fine collection for use in the studio, as well as for recital and contest programming.

The book now includes a CD containing piano accompaniment tracks for all pieces in the book. Enjoy the ensemble experience by playing along with CD accompaniment tracks at home or in the studio--a classic experience from a classical master!

Celebrate the holiday season with Mel Bay's collection of Christmas carols arranged for flute and piano. Contemporary tonal colors and harmonic progressions are found in these delightful arrangements. Carols are extended through variation to add length and melodic interest for the performance setting and each work modulates to the next such that the entire collection may be performed as an extended suite. The diversity of styles ranging from a quasi-jazz rendition of We Three Kings of Orient Are to a contemporary version of Deck the Halls With Boughs of Holly will delight performers and audience alike.

Contents include: The Holly and the Ivy, He is Born, the Holy Child (Il est Ne, lé Divin Enfant,Ballade de Jesús-Christ (Ballad of Jesus Christ),O How Joyfully (O Du Fröhliche),The Cherry Tree Carol,Bring a Torch, Jeannette Isabelle (Un Flambeau, Jeannette, Isabelle),We Three Kings of Orient Are,It Came Upon a Midnight Clear,O Little Town of Bethlehem,March of the Kings (La Marche des Rois),O Come, Little Children (Ihr Kinderlein, Kommet),Joy to the World,Once in Royal David's City,Deck the Halls with Boughs of Holly, O Christmas Tree (O Tannenbaum)

The book now includes a CD containing piano accompaniment tracks for all pieces in the book. Accompaniments are presented at both a moderately slow practice tempo and faster performance tempo. Play with the performance tempo tracks in sequence to create an extended Christmas suite. The accompaniment track to O Christmas Tree is looped several times for those interested in improvisatory practice.

Listed as a Level H work in Selected Flute Repertoire: A Graded Guide for Teachers and Students (NFA Pedagogy Committee, 2001).

A three-movement contemporary (tonal) work for the advanced player.

I. Hearing without listening

Expressive melodic line with engaging harmonic movement

II. Seeing without looking

Exquisite theme and variations

III. Feeling without touching

Brilliant cadenza, and exciting finale with rhythmic drive to the finish

Contents include: Air from Handel's Messiah; Schubert's Ave Maria; Bach's Air from Overture in D, Sheep May Safely Graze from Cantata No. 208, Chorale from Cantata No. 147, Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring, Sinfonia from Cantata No. 156; Massenet's Meditation from Thaïs; Corelli's Saraband from Sonata No. 8, Op. 5; and Pachelbel's Canon

Book now includes accompanimental CD. Accompaniment tracks for all pieces in the book are played twice; once on organ and once on piano. Organ accompaniments performed by Dr. Gretchen Franz, Director of Music at Mount Lebanon United Methodist Church, Pittsburgh, PA. CD is designed for use in the practice or performance setting!

Contents include: Bach-Gounod Ave Maria, Bach's Chorale from Cantata No. 140-Wachet auf, Marcello's Sonata in F, Telemann Sonata from Der Getreue Musikmeister (1728), Medley of Traditional Christmas Carols, and Handel's Largo from Xerxes

Book now includes accompanimental CD. Accompaniment tracks for all pieces in the book are played twice; once on organ and once on piano. Organ accompaniments performed by Dr. Gretchen Franz, Director of Music at Mount Lebanon United Methodist Church, Pittsburgh, PA. CD is designed for use in the practice or performance setting!

Practice your favorite hymns with an accompanist at home or in your studio! Hymns for Flute and Piano Made Easy (Book/CD) is a collection of fifteen traditional hymns arranged for flute solo with piano accompaniment.

A Mighty Fortress is Our God
All Glory Laud and Honor
Amazing Grace
Christ the Lord is Risen Today
Come, Ye Thankful People, Come
Crown Him With Many Crowns
Faith of our Fathers
Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken
God of Our Fathers
Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty
Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise
Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming
All People That on Earth Do Dwell

The flute score includes both the hymn tune and an easy descant part that will add variety to the performance setting. The CD contains two accompaniment tracks for each hymn; the first is played on piano, and the second on pipe organ. The collection is perfect for the flutist who wishes to play familiar hymns in the church setting.

Sacred Classics for Flute and Piano Made Easy presents beautiful sacred melodies that can be used as processional, meditative or incidental music in the sacred setting. The easy arrangements of renaissance, baroque and classical works are lovely in their simplicity, and the range and rhythmic complexity of all works are suitable for the developing flutist.

• Andante from Tolomeo by G.F. Handel
• Where'er You Walk from Semele by G.F. Handel
• Ave Verum Corpus by W.A. Mozart
• Remember, O Thou Man (an English Christmas carol) by Thomas Ravenscroft
• Sonnerie de Ste. Genevieve du Mont de Paris (variations on a ground) by baroque composer Marin Marais
• Adagio from Sonata IV, Op. 2 by Benedetto Marcello
• Bist du bei mir from Anna Magdalena Bach's Claverbüchlein (attributed to G.H. Stölzel and J.S. Bach)
• Air and Variation from Harpsichord Suite #5 (Harmonious Blacksmith) by G.F. Handel
• Suite from Water Music (Air, Bouree, Allegro) by G.F. Handel

Background information on the pieces are also included in the book. The background notes are excellent instructional tools for placing each work in its historical context. The accompanimental CD contains two rehearsal/performance tracks for each piece. The first track in each set is played on piano and the second on pipe organ. This sacred collection introduces the developing player to the art of solo performance in the sacred setting and provides a body of easy literature for a variety of occasions.

• Second in the Solo Pieces series

• Includes well-known works for the developing player

• All works are of moderate range and technical difficulty

• Excellent contest/recital pieces

• Represents a range of musical styles

• Use of contemporary techniques

• Recommended preparatory pieces for the introduction of more advanced solo literature

Contents include: Andalouse--Emile Pessard, Dance of the Blessed Spirits--Christoph Willibald Gluck, Menuet from L'Arlésienne, Suite No. 2--Georges Bizet, Menuetto and Trio from Eine kleine Nachtmusik--Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Petite Suite: I. Reflections, II. Algorhythm, III. Dusk, IV. Fiesta--Dona Gilliam and Mizzy McCaskill, Sonata in F Major, Op. 1, No. 11--George Frideric Handel, String Quartet Op. 3, No. 5, Second Movement--Joseph Haydn

The book now includes a CD containing piano accompaniment tracks for all pieces in the book. Accompaniment tracks are set at a performance tempo and can be used in both the practice and performance setting.

The Petite Suite from Solo Pieces for the Intermediate Flutist was performed at the 1995 NFA Convention as a part of the Pedagogy Potpourri session, and it is included as a Level F work in Selected Flute Repertoire: A Graded Guide for Teachers and Students (NFA Pedagogy Committee, 2001).

Petite Suite was compiled from the contemporary etudes found in Mel Bay's Flute Handbook. The accompaniments for these etudes were never published (only recorded on an accompanimental CD). We had so many requests for the piano parts that we arranged three of them for inclusion in our intermediate solos book as a suite. The rest of the accompaniments will be placed in the free music section of our web site as soon as we have the time to post them. Keep checking for site updates.

(Also available as download from melbay.com)