Animals in Music

21 Original Pieces and Arrangements for Violin and Piano

Edited by Wolfgang Birtel

Again and again composers have been inspired by the animal world and have represented the nature of the most diverse animals in music - be it locomotion, such as the flight of a butterfly or the wriggling of a trout, or the imagery of an animal character. For this thematic volume with a classic-romantic focus, Wolfgang Birtel made arrangements for violin and piano and brought together original works.

Contents

• Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683–1764): La Poule / The Hen / Das Huhn
• Sebastián de Yradier (1809–1865): La Paloma / The Dove / Die Taube
• Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921): Le Rossignol / The Nightingale / Die Nachtigall
• Scott Joplin (ca. 1867–1917): The Silver Swan. Rag
• Peter I. Tschaikowsky (1840–1893): Swan Lake / Schwanensee
• Franz Schubert (Dresden) (1808–1878): Die Biene / The Bee
• Oskar Rieding (1846–1918):  Libellentanz / Dance of the Dragonflies op. 20
• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827): Der Floh / The Flea
• Traditional (Mexiko): La Cucaracha / The Cockroach / Die Küchenschabe
• Karl Rudolf Weinberger (1861–1939):  Der Schmetterling. Walzer / The Butterfly. Waltz
• Gustav Adolf Merkel (1827–1885):  Der Schmetterling / The Buttterfly
• Johann Strauß (Sohn) (1825–1899): Die Fledermaus. Tik-Tak-Polka / The Bat. Tick-Tock Polka op. 365
• Ángel G. Villoldo (1861–1919): El Cachorito / The Puppy / Das Hündchen. Tango criollo
• John Philip Sousa (1854–1932): Black Horse Troop. March / Marsch
• Louis-Antoine Jullien (1812–1860): The Elephant Polka / Elefanten-Polka
• Robert Schumann (1810–1856): Bärentanz / Bear Dance
• Béla Bartók (1881–1945): Bärentanz / Bear Dance
• Joseph Haydn (1732–1809): Der Frosch / The Frog
• Franz Schubert (1797–1828): Die Forelle / The Trout
• Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921): Tortues / Turtles / Schildkröten
• Kurt Weill (1900–1950): Die Moritat vom Mackie Messer. Der Haifisch / The Shark