Hand , F - Samba for Flute and Guitar *Fluteworthy While Mercadante may not have

While Mercadante may not have retained the international celebrity of Gaetano Donizetti or Gioachino Rossini

including technical areas such as articulation and low solos as well as standard orchestral repertoire

Serenata III

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Hand , F - Samba for Flute and Guitar *Fluteworthy While Mercadante may not haveDescription A young Frederic Hand found himself taken with a new sound coming out of Brazil, the Bossa Nova. This new wave, which he calls a fusion of jazz and Samba, moved Hand to create Samba, a piece he would perform, record, and arrange for different ensembles through to the present time. A somewhat intricate distillation of the art form, Samba is immediately recognizable yet new. The piece has been augmented a bit for this new arrangement for