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Gervasio Marcosignori (1927-2013), Castlfidardo – Italy
IVème Festival International et IIIème Concours International “Accordion Plus” – Russie
7ème Festival et concours d’Accordéon, Pineto - Italie
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Martynas Levickis at the Royal Festival Hall, London – UKVideo: Nikola Pekovic with Orchestra Performing Anxiety - SerbiaButtons & Bellows Concert, Feldkirchen – AustriaIan Holmes LP ‘Sounds Scottish’ now on CD, Scotland – UKVideo: Oleg Dobrotin with Band in Concert - RussiaVideo: Bjørn-Petter Tøsse Trio Performs Cannon in D, Pachelbel‘14 Years Ago’ – An accordion playing Korean Santa!!
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Editorial - Gervasio Marcosignori (1927-2013)by Accordions Worldwide |
 Son chemin de gloire commença lorsqu’à l’âge de sept ans, il joua pour Benito Mussolini en 1934. Enchanté de l’interprétation, le Duce embrassa le petit Gervasio en disant « Continue comme ça, bon boulot ! ». Son premier professeur fut son père Giovanni . A l’âge de 15 ans Gervasio remportait son premier concours musical.En 1959, il remportait l’Oscar de l’accordéon mondial. Ses trois volumes sur “ La technique de l’accordéon” constituent un leg éducatif de première importance. Au-delà de ses apports techniques, c’est son interprétation unique des musiques originales, des transcriptions pour l’accordéon et autres répertoires qui a fait connaître et apprécier Marcosignori. Il fut en particulier un grand amoureux de la musique classique. Tout le monde de l’accordéon perd un grand musicien. |
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Gervasio Marcosignori (1927-2013), Castlfidardo – Italyby Rob Howard |
 Ci-dessous deux vidéos de 2006, Marcosignori avait 79 ans. Le monde de l’accordéon pleure la mort de Gervasio Marcosignori, probablement le plus aimé et admiré des accordéonistes de sa génération.Gervasio Marcosignori , parfois présenté comme “le poète de l’accordéon”, est né à Castelfidardo, Ancone, Italie, le 3 décembre 1927. Jeune enfant, l’accordéon lui fut enseigné par son père, Giovanni. En 1934, il joue en présence du dictateur italien Benito Mussolini qui est impressionné et prie le jeune Gervasio de « continuer ce bon boulot ». Bien que les années de guerre freinassent grandement les activités autour de l’accordéon, en 1943 Gervasio remporta son premier concours et se mit sur le chemin qui le vit devenir un incroyable compétiteur dans les concours d’après-guerre et tout autant un artiste virtuose de haut niveau. Les années 1950 virent Marcosignori émerger comme artiste international et il voyagea beaucoup à travers l’Europe et au-delà , faisant grosse impression partout où il passait. Il fut aussi membre du jury de nombreux festivals. Ces années-là il jouait sur accordéon acoustique et bien qu’il ait utilisé de nombreux instruments, son nom fut particulièrement associé au Settimio Soprani Artist VI, et plus tard au Scandalli Super V1. En 1959, Marcosignori reçu l’Oscar mondial de la CMA pour sa contribution internationale à l’accordéon. En 1962, Marcosignori collaborait avec une équipe technique de la firme Farfisa, dirigée par Gianfelice Fugazza, autour du design du Cordovox, un accordéon électronique à transistors. A partir des années 1960, Marcosignori fut étroitement associé à l’accordéon électronique et il fit de nombreuses tournées internationales de démonstration des Farfisa ‘Transicord’ et ‘Syntaccordion’. Bien qu’il ait toujours interprété de la musique classique, dans les années 1950, 60 et 70 Marcosignori a joué un large répertoire de musique continentale et Latino, ce qui fut à l’origine de sa popularité. Les annés 1970 le virent tendre de plus en plus vers la musique classique. Marcosignori a joué devant de nombreuses personnalités comme le président italien Sandro Pertini, le Pape Jean-Paul II, la Reine Elizabeth, et bien d’autres. Si l’on considère la longueur de sa carrière et sa réputation, Marcosignori n’a étonnamment fait que peu d’enregistrements et ses albums produits par Decca (en Angleterre) et Cetra (en Italie), comprennent ‘Accordion Travelogue’ (1959), ‘Dancing Continental’ (1961), ‘Record of the Century’ (1962), ‘Accordion Showpieces’ (1972), ‘The Poet of the Accordion’ (1991), et ‘Encore!’ (1995). Gervasio Marcosignori s’est trouvé veuf il y a quelques années lorsque son épouse Lucia mourut d’un cancer. Il tomba alors en dépression. Personne dans le monde de l’accordéon n’avait autant d’amis, mais il ne se remit jamais totalement de la perte de sa femme. Plus récemment il avait donné des signes d’atteintes mentales et ne pouvait plus jouer à son niveau habituel. Le 8 mars, la presse italienne relata une tentative de suicide de Marcosignori et il mourut à l’hôpital de Cesena à l’âge de 85 ans le 9 mars 2013. La mort de ce maestro si aimé a causé un grand choc dans le monde de l’accordéon et il est abondamment pleuré. |
IVème Festival International et IIIème Concours International “Accordion Plus” – Russieby Alexander Poeluev |
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 Vidéo ci-dessous : Motion Trio "Stars" au Nikolaisaal - Postdam.Le service Culture de Rostov-sur-le-Don et le centre international de musique "Harmony" organisent le 4ème festival et le 3ème concours internationaux de Bayan et accordéon “Accordion Plus” à Rostov-sur-le-Don, du 29 mars au 1er avril 2013. Le festival Accordion Plus comprend également le concours Accordion Plus qui est devenu cette année une compétition internationale. Le président du jury est le célèbre musicien et compositeur Victor Vlasov. Le festival inclut également de nombreuses rencontres et masterclasses. La cérémonie d’ouverture du festival commence au Rostov State Philharmonic Hall avec un concert intitulé « De l’est à l’ Ouest » présentant le fameux artiste russe Yuri Shishkin. Est également prévu un concert du fameux compositeur russe Eugeny Derbenko avec le “Dontsi” Ensemble. Le 30 mars se produira le compositeur Alexander Dorensky (de Rostov-sur-le-Don) et le 31 mars se tiendra un concert intitulé "Bravo, Accordion Plus!" présentant Vladimir Murza (Odessa, Ukraine), AlexShalygin (Rostov-sur le-Don), Alexander Poeluev (Rostov-sur le-Don), et des lauréats du Grand Prix Accordion Plus 2011 et 2012, Alain Bulatetskaya (Rostov-sur le-Don), Anna Kryshtaleva (Novokubansk) et l’orchestre folk russe "Don", directeur artistique et chef d’orchestre, Krikor Hurdayan. Le grand concert de clôture du 1er avril aura lieu au Centre Dramatique Gorki et il présentera des gagnants du 3ème concours de bayan et accordéon ainsi que le trio Motion (Pologne) qui remporte un vif succès partout dans le monde. Massimo Pigini de Pigini srl, Italie, sera présent et remettra les prix des sponsors. Roland Russie et Dmitry Avralev, directeur d’Akko sont aussi partenaires et participeront. |
7ème Festival et concours d’Accordéon, Pineto - Italieby Harley Jones |
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  L’Associazione Promozione Arte, en collaboration avc la Ville de Pineto (TE, Italie), le Club Voglia d'Arte et des partenaires privés organisent le 7ème Festival d’Accordéon les 15 et 16 juin 2013.Les compétitions du prix “Italie” sont ouvertes aux candidates(es) de tous les pays. Vous pouvez télécharger le règlement et les modalités d’inscriptions à : 2013 Pineto. La clôture des inscriptions est le 10 juin. Les compétitions incluent la sélection nationale italienne pour le Trophée Mondial 2013 de la CMA. Un élément important du festival est le prix Orphéus – le seul prix Italien de la critique pour les CDs et MP3 divisé en catégories classique, jazz et musiques du monde. Le directeur artistique est le célèbre accordéoniste de jazz Renzo Ruggieri (photo de droite), le directeur artistique pour le prix Orpheus est Gerlando Gatto, et le président est le populaire accordéoniste Salvatore Cauteruccio (photo de gauche). |
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by Roland Williams
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 A classical accordion recital at London’s Royal Festival Hall is a rare event. On Sunday February 24th Martinas Levickis gave an hour-long pre-concert recital in the South Bank’s main hall before a large audience. The recital was made possible by an award from the Martin Music Scholarship Fund for promising young artists.Martynas Levickis comes from Lithuania and in his own country is already well known as the winner of the 2010 television contest, ‘Lithuania’s Got Talent’. Video above from a more recent TV performance in Lithuania. Martynas is a graduate of London’s Royal Academy of Music, tutor Owen Murray, who has won many awards including the 2010 Coupe Mondiale Piano Accordion category. His program in the Royal Festival Hall was classical beginning with César Franck’s ‘Pastoral in E major (Op.19)’, Efrem Podgaits’ ‘Sonata No.1’ and then J S Bach’s ‘Fantasia and Fugue in A minor (BWV 561)’ – three large and lengthy works. Martynas concluded his recital with a friend, Abraham McWilliams (violin), with arrangements for violin and accordion of the popular ‘Hungarian Dance No 5’, by Brahms, and ‘Jewish Folk Tunes on the Theme of Hava Nagila’. Such was the audience enthusiasm that Martynas received a standing ovation. His encore was a movement from Vivaldi’s ‘Four Seasons’, the ‘Winter Concerto’. This recital was indeed a wonderful example of refined virtuoso accordion playing. During 2013, date yet to be announced, Decca Classics (London) will release a CD by Martynas Levickis. |
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| Published on Mar 14, 2013 Nikola Pekovic (accordion) with orchestra "Crvcanin" from Kraljevo. Video from festival "Constantinus" in Niš performng Anxiety by Astor Piazzolla. Nikola Pekovic won the CMA 2010 National Trophée category in Spain and is also a winner of Serbian Got Talent competition. |
by Rob Howard
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 Buttons & Bellows duo of Petar Maric (Coupe Mondiale, Trophee Mondiale, Kingenthal and Castelfidardo Winner) and Aleksandar NIkolic (Director of the Beltango Quintet) have just performed a successful concert in Feldkirchen, Austria on March 2nd. The public were impressed with the unique combination of bandoneon and four different accordions and many styles of music. Their program started with classical repertoire played by Maric alone, after that Nikolic joined the concert stage and they performed tango and world music. Petar also showed new modern music played on a Roland digital accordion followed by a few encores. The duo, with their combination of bandoneon and 4 different accordions will play in Zagreb, Croatia, for a big concert on World Accordion Day on May 6th. Trilogia Pack Of Three CD's by Beltango |
by Rob Howard
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  ‘Sounds Scottish’, a 1963 LP by the Ian Holmes Scottish Dance Band, has just been released on CD, also available as a download.Ian Holmes led one of Scotland’s leading dance bands, and has since composed, performed and recorded much dance music in Scandinavian and Swiss styles. Originally a piano accordion player, the still very active Ian Holmes nowadays plays Continental chromatic and various diatonic button systems. Tracks: Jean’s Reel/High Level Hornpipe/Tony Reid of Balnakilly; Beauty of the North/ Marchioness of Huntly/Pat Cushnie's Strathspey/Caerlaverock Castle; Maiden Of Morven / In Praise of Islay/Farewell to Fuinary; Duchess Of Edinburgh/Eilean Donan Castle; The Mason's Apron; The Atholl Highlanders/Wade's Welcome to Inverness/There Cam' A Young Man; Teetotaler's Reel/Peter Davidson/The Moving Cloud; Madge Wildfire’s Strathspey/Mrs Garden of Troupe/Lady Charlotte Campbell/The Lass of Corrie Mill; The Devorgilla Reel/The Earl Of Dalhousie/David Findlay; The Firelight Waltz/Doreen/The South West Wind; The 78th Highlanders/Flett From Flotta/Hills of Alva; The Honeymoon/The Newhaven Jig/Ian Holmes' Compliments to Jimmy Shand For further information email: support@allcelticmusic.com |
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| Oleg Dobrotin with Band at the concert FSIN of Russia March 11, 2013, Ministry of Justice. |
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| Canon in D by Pachelbel performed by Bjørn-Petter Tøsse. In this recording, the arranger and performer Bjørn-Petter Tøsse plays all three accordion parts (overdubbed) himself. |
by Rob Howard
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 The Accordions Worldwide news for the week ending March 19th 1999 included an unusual and slightly wacky article about Kim Yong-nam, South Korea’s accordion playing Santa. Eccentrics like Kim Yong-nam help make life interesting. We wonder if he is he still doing his Santa act somewhere?Musical Santa Skis at the Asian Games - South Korea Contributed by Reuters News Service Santa Claus was seen skiing and playing the accordion on the slopes of a Yongpyong, South Korean resort recently! The resort was hosting the Asian Winter Games and Kim Yong-nam (alias Santa) helped to relax competitors with his music. The Saint Nicholas impersonator claims to be Korea's first Santa Claus and said he plays over 20 musical instruments. He was also a former a professor at Sangmyung University Education College, South Korea. Since he began his musical activities on the slopes 10 years ago, Kim has suffered broken ribs, implanted steel rods in his right ankle and had all of his upper teeth replaced because of ski accidents! It seems that playing the accordion is definitely safer! (Wayne Knights, Editor) |
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by Holda Paoletti-Kampl
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 Hungarian accordionist performs concerts this month in Russia, as follows: March 15th – Chelyabinsk, March 17th – Smolensk, March 18th – Moscow, March 22nd – Kemerovo, March 24th – Kemerovo. Zoltán Orosz studied the accordion and the organ at the Bela Bartok Conservatory and the Franz Liszt Music College in Budapest, and at the age of 13, made his name at the international accordion competition in Klingenthal, Germany. He has since become a virtuoso performer, with an international repertoire and appeal, and with several recordings to his credit. CD's available online at: Zoltán Orosz |
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| The New Hampshire Accordion Association monthly meeting takes place on Saturday March 16th, 12.30pm until 4pm. The agenda is: 12.30pm - Informal Pre-meeting Jam Session/Warm-up 1pm - Open Mike – ALL accordionists, including guests, are welcome to play 1.30pm - Business Meeting • Welcome to guest visitors, invitation to join NHAA • News of members’ recent and upcoming activities • Details about Catfish Howl performance at May meeting • Update on ACCORDIONS NOW! 2013, August 9th -11th • Other Business 1.45pm - Social Time – Snacks by NHAA, beverages by Accordion Connection LLC 2.15pm - Just-for-Fun (JfF) Music-Making • New music to be distributed for sight-reading • Members’ selections – Sylvia Miskoe will coach the group 2.50pm - Break – Non-orchestra members may leave or stay to listen silently to the rehearsal 3pm - Orchestra Rehearsal – Bring your parts for ‘Historia de un Amor’ and ‘Rock Medley’ NHAA meets at Accordion Connection, LLC, 136 Route 106, Gilmanton, NH 03237. For further information email: regisdonna@yahoo.com |
by Rob Howard
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 Bulgarian accordionist Petar Ralchev holds an online master class via the Iconic Music Academy, 12 until 2pm, on Saturday March 16th. The topics will be Balkan music, jazz, and improvisation. For further information email: office@iconicacademy.com |
by Rob Howard
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 Diatonic button accordionist John Nolan celebrates St Patrick’s Day on Sunday March 17th, 4pm until 8pm, at the Blackthorn Restaurant, 735 Rte 46, Parsippany, NJ.New York-based John Nolan, specializing in 2 and 3 row diatonics, repairs, tunes, sells and teaches accordions, and has his own website. Born and raised in the Bronx, John Nolan’s first introduction to Irish music was listening to his father play a Baldoni D/C# button accordion. He learned the fundamentals of the B/C accordion from John Glynn and Billy McComiskey. In 1982, John journeyed to Listowel, County Kerry, to compete in the All Ireland Fleadh Cheoil Na hEireann and became the first American to win the Senior All Ireland Championship on both the two and three row button accordions. For further information email: john@accordionwizard.com |
by Holda Paoletti-Kampl
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 Concert by ‘Carte Blanche’ take place at l'Amphithéâtre de la Cité de la Musique, Paris, on March 17th and June 14th, as follows:March 17th, 3pm – 1st half: Manuel Vioque-Judde, alto, Cédric Lorel, piano, performing music by Brahms and Hindemith; 2nd half: Vincent Lhermet, accordion, performing music by JP Rameau, B. Mantovani, Couperin, Lievonen June 14th, 8pm – Vincent Lhermet – accordion, Cécile Kubik – violin, François Robin – cello, performing music for trios by Bernard Cavanna, Philippe Hersant, Jexper Holmen, Philippe Leroux, Wolfgang Rihm For further information email: lhermet.vincent@gmail.com |
by Rob Howard
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 Tynedale Accordion and Fiddle Club start their 2013 season on Thursday March 21st at 7.30pm with a concert starring Dick Black's Band.Tynedale Accordion and Fiddle Club meet at the Hexham Ex-Service Club, 1 Hallstile Bank,Hexham, Northumberland NE46 3PQ, NE England. For further information email: secretarytafc@hotmail.co.uk |
by Rob Howard
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| The 16th Grand Prix International competition for ‘Jeunes Talents’ (young accordionists) takes place at the JOA Casino, Montrond-les-Bains (42), on March 20th and 21st. The jury members include Vogan Vasovic (Serbia), Alexander Selivanov (Russia), Xia-Qing Cao (China), Franck Angelis, Andréas Nebl (Germany), Bernard Albaynac, Grayson Masefield (New Zealand), Domi Emorine, Jérôme Chassagneux, Crystal Wang (China), Gorka Hermosa (Spain). For further information email: jeunes-talents@montrond-les-bains.fr |
by Rob Howard
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 The Arizona Accordion Club Orchestra (Jack Dermody) will present a concert on Sunday April 21st, 2pm, at the Franciscan Renewal Center Chapel, 5803 East Lincoln Drive, Scottsdale, AZ.The program will include classical and standards. In addition, there will be solos, duets, trios to round out a 90 minute program. rector. The AZACO will play along with Gabe Hall-Rodrigues, 2010 AAA Virtuoso Champion, and Quinn and Liam Collins, 2012 AAA award winning accordionists. The AZAC monthly meetings are held on the third Monday of each month at St. Stephen's Church Hall, 8141 North 16th Street, Phoenix AZ 85020. Pre-meeting music begins at 5.45pm, and the main program starts at 6.30 PM. Local accordionists, musicians and music lovers are invited to attend and to participate as well. For further information email: dermody@cox.net |
by Rob Howard
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 The festival ‘Accordions at the Castle’, organised by Heather Smith (pictured left), takes place from May 12th/17th at the Norbreck Castle Hotel, Blackpool. The guests this year include Stefan Andrusyschyn & Denise Leigh, Giancarlo Caporilli (Italy), David Vernon (Scotland), Gennaro Ruffolo (Italy), Harry Hussey, Roy Hendrie & Dave Morrice (Scotland), Rosemary Wright, and Bert Santilly. Caroline Hunt will be there with a display of her fantastic antique accordions. There are concerts, workshops, dancing, and a trade show. There is also an organ/keyboard festival at the Norbreck Castle at the same time, with many great guest organists booked, so if organs or keyboards are your thing, it’s virtually two festivals for the price of one! To book, tel 01780 782 093 during office hours (Sceptre Productions). For further information email: heather@accordions.karoo.co.uk |
by Rob Howard
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 This year’s Accordion Festival in Zagreb, Croatia, takes place June 11th to 15th in the square Zrinjevac. There will be 5 world famous accordionists in 5 days performing, duets, orchestras – for all who love the accordion. The Festival Director is Semir Hasic, and the event is supported by the Ivana Art Studio and the Zagreb Tourist Board.For further information email: semir.sammy.hasic@gmail.com |
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| Accordionist Paulo Jorge Ferreira guests with the chamber string ensemble Quarteto de Cordas in a concert at the Sala Principal, Theatro Circo, Braga, Portugal, on Saturday March 16th, 9.30pm. The programme includes music by A. Piazzolla, R. Galliano, Klaus Paier, and Paulo Jorge Ferreira. For further information email: pjorgef@hotmail.com |
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by Gary Dahl
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 Updated Site: Following on the big success of the Gary Dahl graded specials series of eSheet music (able to be sent to you by email), Gary Dahl has now released four Music eBooks.Cat No: DH01 Collection #1 Latin Spectacular - 10 titles, Besame Mucho, Amapola, Tico Tico, Brazil, Beyond the Sea, El Cumbanchero, Adios Muchachos, Spanish Eyes, A Day in the Life of a Fool, Amour, over 26 pages of high quality arrangements for only US$24.95 or Euro equivalent. Cat No: DH02 Collection #2 Favorite French Standards - 10 titles, La Vie en Rose, Les Bicyclettes de Belsize, Moulin Rouge, Clair de Lune, Pigalle, Domino, Michelle, Padam Padam, Under Paris Skies, The River Seine, 32 pages of high quality arrangements for only US$24.95 or Euro equivalent. Cat No: DH03 Collection #3 The American Songbook - 10 titles, Tenderly, Angel Eyes, Misty, September Song, Moon River, Summertime, Sentimental Journey, Crazy, The Godfather, Autumn Leaves, over 32 pages of music for only US$24.95 or Euro equivalent. Cat No: DH04 Collection #4 Favorite Waltzes & Polkas - 18 titles, Achtung Los, Amazing Grace, Beer Barrel Polka, Beer Barrel Polka (adv), Champagne Polka, Chicken Dance, Clarinet Polka, Edelweiss, Just Because, Let's Have A Party, Maria Elena, Liechtensteiner Polka, My Wild Irish Rose, Red River Valley and You Are My Sunshine, Sunrise Sunset, Vienna My City Of Dreams, Tulips From Amsterdam, You Can't Be True Dearover 56 pages of music for only US$24.95 or Euro equivalent. You can view sample pages of the music online (DH01, DH02, DH03, DH04) and order from the shopping basket which links to the high security eCommerce site run by Worldpay.com, one of the world's largest internet payment processing systems. There are nearly 200 arrangements on his MusicForAccordion.com website of Gary Dahl. |
by Franco Cambareri
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 Franco Cambareri - accordionist, composer, producer, releases 2 new composition for accordion available for purchase nline. 'A Lonely Soul', catalog:cfranco164 and 'Burnt Pot', catalog:cfranco165. The music is in eSheet format, able to be emailed to your computer. Purchase with credit card. |
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