Piesa Concertanta Café-Concert

Score for C instruments with bowing indications for violin. Transcription of Piesa Concertanta played by Benone Damian (Romania) and Orchestra on the album Café-Concert. Engraved with Lilypond 2.19.81.

Motto Perpetuo Café-Concert

Score for C instruments with bowing indications for violin. Transcription of Motto Perpetuo played by Benone Damian (Romania) and Orchestra on the album Café-Concert. Engraved with Lilypond 2.19.81.

Hora Romania/Moldavia

Ion Petre Stoican plays Hora from the album Sounds From a Bygone Age Vol. 1. Dear violin players, bowing indications are not exactly the way that Ion Petre Stoican plays. Just my way to play this song.

Ion Petre Stoican: violin, Nicu Sapteluni: violin, Marian Grigore: violin, Matei Niculescu: violin, Mihai "Rita" Gheorghe: doublebass, Fane Negrila: doublebass, Ionica Minune: accordion, Viorel Fundament: accordion, Guta "Toi" Vasile: violin, Toni Iordache: cymbalom, Mieluta Bibescu: clarinet, Grigore Vasile: clarinet, Costel Vasilescu: trumpet, Nicu Manole: violin. Score for C instruments with bowing indications for violin. Engraved with Lilypond 2.19.81.

Melodie de ascultare Romania/Moldavia

Score for C instruments. Extract of Melodie de Ascultare from the album Mărgăritare lăutăreşti, Adam Stîngă (trumpet). Engraved with Lilypond 2.19.81.

Hora lautareasca Romania/Moldavia

Score for C instruments. Bowing indications for orchestra part. From the album Din zestre de lautari (2005), Adam Stînga (trumpet). Engraved with Lilypond 2.19.80.

Hora lui Nutu Romania/Moldavia

Score for C instruments. From the album Din zestre de lautari (2005), Adam Stînga (trumpet). Engraved with Lilypond 2.19.80.

Melodia lui Sile Romania/Moldavia

Ion Petre Stoican plays Melodia lui Sile from the album Sounds From a Bygone Age Vol. 1. Dear violin players, bowing indications are not exactly the way that Ion Petre Stoican plays. Just my way to play this song.

Ion Petre Stoican: violin, Nicu Sapteluni: violin, Marian Grigore: violin, Matei Niculescu: violin, Mihai "Rita" Gheorghe: doublebass, Fane Negrila: doublebass, Ionica Minune: accordion, Viorel Fundament: accordion, Guta "Toi" Vasile: violin, Toni Iordache: cymbalom, Mieluta Bibescu: clarinet, Grigore Vasile: clarinet, Costel Vasilescu: trumpet, Nicu Manole: violin. Engraved with Lilypond 2.19.81.

Bătută de la Sauceşti Romania/Moldavia

Ion Drăgoi plays Bătută de la Sauceşti. Dear violin players, bowing indications are not exactly the way that Ion Drăgoi plays. Just my way to play this song. Score for C instruments. Engraved with Lilypond 2.19.81.

Pantino kolo & Dejanovo kolo Serbia

Here are two Serbian kolos that I especially like. First, a transcription of Pantino kolo, played by Aleksandar Aca Šišić:

Second, a transcription of Djanovo kolo, played by Milovan Milovanović 'Zeka':

Scores for C instruments. Get the individual violin practice tracks: Violin I (Violin II is muted), Violin II (Violin I is muted).

I recorded the two kolos myself in 2015 and was happy to hear them again. The home-produced track below starts with Pantino kolo, and Dejanovo kolo begins at 03:07.

Credits: Violin I & II, bratsch: JC Gairard, bass: JC Gairard with octaver !, score editing: JC Gairard with Lilypond/frescobaldi, sound mixing: JC Gairard with Pro tools/reaper. Engraved with Lilypond 2.19.81.

Târnăveană Transylvania

Below is the transcription of Târnăveană, played by Ansamblul Folcloric Mărțișorul. Score for C instruments. Engraved with Lilypond 2.19.81.

Actually, the transcription above is personal mix of three different versions. The two other are this one, played by Marcel Râmba:

and this one, played by Nelu Gabor:

Score for C instruments. Engraved with Lilypond 2.19.81.