01 Oct 14 - 01:04 PM (#3665090) Subject: Tune Req: Herr Roloff's Farewell From: GUEST,Bob Pegritz Dear Friends, I am tasked to play a funeral next Thursday (Oct. 9) and as a whistler, I know this tune by heart. My problem is that I cannot find any nice piano accompaniment sheet music to give to the pianist that will be playing with me. Any help would be very much appreciated. Thanks a bunch. Bob |
01 Oct 14 - 01:29 PM (#3665105) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Herr Roloff's Farewell From: Phil Cooper Hi Bob, I was checking my copy of The Harp & Claymore and saw there was bass cleff piano part. Are you playing it in F? |
01 Oct 14 - 01:35 PM (#3665108) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Herr Roloff's Farewell From: Jack Campin Two from Skinner's own manuscripts: http://www.abdn.ac.uk/scottskinner/display.php?ID=JSS0183 http://www.abdn.ac.uk/scottskinner/display.php?ID=JSS0626 Roloff wasn't dead, he was just going back to London. |
01 Oct 14 - 01:46 PM (#3665111) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Herr Roloff's Farewell From: Phil Cooper That looks better than the scan I got from my book, Jack. Good luck with it, Bob. |
01 Oct 14 - 02:11 PM (#3665120) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Herr Roloff's Farewell From: GUEST,Bob Pegritz Hey Phil, thank you so much for your help. And Jack, thank you too. You guys are amazing. Many, many thanks. Bob |
01 Oct 14 - 03:49 PM (#3665146) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Herr Roloff's Farewell From: GUEST,PeterC Great tune! I think it was originally written as a lament, but sounds just as good a little bit up tempo. |
01 Oct 14 - 05:16 PM (#3665162) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Herr Roloff's Farewell From: Jack Campin No it WASN'T a lament, Roloff was simply going back to his teaching job in Tooting. One of those sheets says that Roloff did the piano arrangement himself. A bit difficult if you're dead. Nice tune, anyway. We need more session tunes in F. |
01 Oct 14 - 06:38 PM (#3665180) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Herr Roloff's Farewell From: GUEST,Tooting Hey Jack, Was Messr. Roloff a whistle player when he taught at Tooting? Wow. That was bad. Sorry. |
01 Oct 14 - 07:45 PM (#3665194) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Herr Roloff's Farewell From: Jack Campin Nope. Must have been a recorder player - flute a bec. |
01 Oct 14 - 11:27 PM (#3665225) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Herr Roloff's Farewell From: Phil Cooper I remember hearing that tune as a play out on NPR when they were talking about the Dunblane school shooting in the 1990's. It was the version by Aly Bain with Violet Johnson playing piano. It brought tears to my eyes. I learned it on guitar in the original key and still play it once in awhile. |