O'Connor Violin Method III - Piano Accompaniment - Digital Download

The vision of Book III is grounded in lessons presented in a format similar to that used in Books I & II of the Method representing the American Music system” and its 400-year history. From additional Boil ‘em Cabbage Down” variations introducing 2nd and 3rd positions and an arrangement of this classic tune including a second part, through four centuries of American musical history to the most recent pieces that I have composed and arranged, Book III offers a broad and interconnecting compendium of American music.

Continuing the theme that the American Music System includes the music of our immediate neighbors to the South and North, the well-known Mexican tunes Over the Waves” and Jessie Polka” as well as the popular Canadian tune Rippling Water Jig” are featured.  Other foundational music included are my arrangements of the soulful spiritual Deep River” and perhaps the greatest melody from the pen of Stephen Foster, Old Folks at Home.”

Also included is another Spiritual, widely popular during the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s - We Shall Overcome” - and an arrangement of the Jewish song Hava Nagila” which was popular all over America when I was a child and presents a(more...)