Birds and Beasts - Fly, Leslie

Birds and Beasts is an attractive pre-grades album of 13 simple pieces and four duets for the learner who has mastered the first elements of notation and time. Suggested grade 0-1.

Leslie Fly was one of several house composers working for Forsyth Brothers Limited in the early 1920s, at a time when our music publishing department was based in London. Fly was music master at Caterham School and his imaginative compositions, marked by literary themes such as fairy tales, Arthurian legends and the tales of Robin Hood, were often composed specifically for teaching purposes.

His works are still regularly to be found on the exam syllabi. Other popular editions still in print include Canterbury Tales, Partnership Pieces, Robin Hood and the newly re-engraved classic Snow White.

Contents

• The Robins Song
• The Ostrich
• The Drowsy Dormouse
• Jenny The Grey Mare
• Peter The Playful Terrier
• Mother Tabby
• Old Dobbin
• The White Owl
• Three Little Kittens
• The Proud Peacock
• The Jackdaw
• Bruin The Black Bear
• Penguins and the duets The Huntsman
• The Golden Eagle
• Reindeer
• The Blackbird And The Throstle