Pathway to the Proms - Piano Transcriptions of Orchestral Favourites - Dalmaine, Cyril

Pathway to the Proms is a set of attractive arrangements of themes from well-loved orchestral works, and is designed to give the young pianist a taste of musical pleasures to come, as well as to provide adults with a means of re-creating orchestral works previously heard. Includes a brief description and analysis of each work. Suggested grade 3.

1. Symphony No. 94 in G Major (Surprise) - Haydn
2. Symphony No. 8 in B Minor (Unfinished) - Schubert
3. Symphony No. 5 in C Minor - Beethoven
4. Symphony No. 104 in D Major (London) - Haydn
5. Symphony No. 7 in C Major - Schubert
6. Symphony No. 7 in A Major - Beethoven
7. Capriccio Italien - Tchaikovsky
8. Symphony No. 4 in A Major (Italian) - Mendelssohn
9. Symphony No. 9 in D Minor (Choral) - Beethoven
10. Symphony No. 1 in C Minor - Brahms

Composer and critic Cyril Carr Dalmaine graduated from the Royal College of Music and was Music master at Uppington School before going on to become chorus master to the BBC. He is most famous for coining the term 'Lord Haw-Haw' in his work as radio critic of the Daily Express under the pseudonym Jonah Barrington, in reference to the Nazi propaganda broadcasts of William Joyce during the Second World War.

Dalmaine was also a record presenter in the pre-1955 days and responsible for the 'discovery' of the then deceased Italian tenor, Alessandro Valente, giving Valente enjoyed a considerable posthumous vogue. As a composer Dalmaine wrote chamber music, and transcribed the cantatas of J.S. Bach to piano as well as a wide range of piano and string works published by Forsyth.
His works such as Variation from Versailles and Pathway to the Proms remain in print and are well worth re-discovering, while his arrangements of popular classics in our Silhouette Series remain best sellers.