Songs Without Words - Hand, Colin

Previously set on the ABRSM oboe grade 3 & 4 syllabus, this is a volume of eight attractive pieces for oboe (or flute/tenor recorder) and piano in varied styles and moods:

1. A Mirror Melody
2. Merry Andrew
3. The Millwheels Song
4. Sea Shanty
5. Yodelling Song
6. Spring Song
7. Moonlight Murmurs
8. Jonah-Man Jazz

Colin Hand studied organ with Dr Melville Cook at Trinity College, Dublin. He composed steadily throughout his career and spent fifteen years as a lecturer in further education and another fifteen years as an examiner for Trinity College of Music, London. His works comprise choral, orchestral and chamber music, with several pieces for teaching purposes and performed regularly both at home and abroad.