Group Music
(Helen Butterworth)
& Ian Butterworth
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Music Catalogue - Helen Butterworth
Group pieces are available for violins, violas, flutes or cellos.
Some pieces can be found on http://www.youtube.com/. Search for the piece title or "Helen Butterworth".
mp3s of backing tracks are also available
Guide to Playing Levels:
A - Beginning (up to Suzuki Book 1 / Grade 1)
B - Elementary (Suzuki Books 1 (late) & 2 / Grade 2)
C - Junior (Suzuki Book 2 (late) & 3 / Grade 3-4)
D - Intermediate (Suzuki Book 4 & 5 / Grade 5-6)
E - Senior (Suzuki Book 6+ / Grade 7+)
COMPOSITIONS for Violin Groups
Creepy Crawly (open string pre-twinkle tune) A
Grand Can(y)on (up to 6 part violins + piano) (+ pre-twinkle part) A-C
Up Bow Waltz (violins + piano) (+pre-twinkle part) A/B
Hungary Mungary (3 part violins + piano) B/C
Lisdoonvarna (4 part violins + piano) A/B
Never-Ending Round (4 part violins + optional cello) B
Two Tone Tune (violin using 0-1-2 + piano) A
Samba Twinkle (samba rhythms in the melody + piano too) A
Round Dance (up to 15 part violins + piano) A-C
Clock Song (4 part violins + piano) A/B
First Fanfare (3 part violins + piano) A/B
Timbuktu Trains (4 part (round) violins + piano) (+ 2 pre-twinkle parts) A
Quincy Dillons High D Tune (2 part violins + piano) (+ optional pre-twinkle part) B/C
Filipino Frolic (3 part violins + piano) A/B
ARRANGEMENTS for Violin, and Violin Groups
Solo Violin
French Folk Song (fits with violas and cellos) A
Violin & Piano
Go tell Aunt Rhody (with [sad] F# minor piano accompaniment for playing slowly!) A
Pop Goes the Weasel (pizz. open string version - piano plays melody) A
Danish Folk Tune - In Forest and Meadow A
Canadian Folk Song - The Silver Birch B
Dorset Reel - trad. A
Ian Butterworth - Hungarian Dance B
Soldier's Joy - trad. A
Two Japanese Songs A
French Folk Song (fits with violas and cellos) A
Bile them Cabbage Down A
Two Violins & Piano
Czech Carol (trad.) A
J.Strauss & H.Butterworth - Czech Polka (has optional pre-twinkle part) B
Swedish Folk Song - Karin und Kalle B
Chopin - Anniversary Étude C
Sullivan - The Yum-Yum Song (from The Mikado) B/C
Franck - Panis Angelicus C
Gyldmark - Ave Maria B
Lisdoonvarna (Irish Jig) (violins 3 & 4 are easy parts) B
Svenska B
Sebba - Scaley Samba B+C
Colin Evans - Lotus Talk (Violin 1 uses 3rd position) C
Ally Bally Bee A
Beswick - Twilight C
Bohemian Folk Song (can be played in 3 parts + piano) A+C
Farewell to Summer A
Dorset Reel - trad. (2nd violin has open string part) A
Tongo - a Polynesian Melody A
Wikfors - Minisnoa A+B
Hickory Dickory Dock (can be played with violin 3 too, on open strings part)
Three Violins & Piano
Fauré - Cantique de Jean Racine (HB+IB) D
Fauré - Tantum Ergo D
Hungary Mungary - arr. Helen Butterworth B/C
Sullivan - So please you, Sir C/D
Sullivan - Three Little Maids C/D
Sullivan - How-De-Do! C/D
Bohemian Folk Song (can be played in 2 parts + piano) A+C
Swedish Folk Tune - Appelbo Walking Tune B/C
Hickory Dickory Dock (violin 3 has only open strings) A
Ship's Carpenter - arr. Helen Butterworth B
Skye Boat Song (trad.) A
Susato Fanfare A
Filipino Frolic B
O Waly Waly C
Czech Polka (3rd violin has open strings) B
Ian Butterworth - Go, Lassie Go D
Four Violins & Piano
Sullivan - Mikado Madrigal B/C
Lisdoonvarna (Irish Jig) (violins 3 & 4 are easy parts) B
Swedish Folk Tune - Sara und Kalle (can be played with 1/2/3/4 parts + piano) A-E
Five Violins & Piano
Handel - Arrival of the Queen of Sheba E+D+C+B+A
Vivaldi - Concerto Grosso Op.3 No.8 E+D+C+B+A
(Up to) Sixteen Violins & Piano
Bile 'em Cabbage Down A-C
Flying Saucer A-C
Round Dance A-C
Chatterbox A-C
Rounds for Violins
Never-Ending Round (4 part violins + optional cello) B
Swedish - Snowflakes, Wind, Mist and Moon (4 part violins) A/B
Rounds for violins 1 : Laughing, Sailing, Time for my Tea A
Rounds for violins 2 : Make New Friends, One Two Three Four Five Six Seven A
Rounds for violins 3 : The Clock (tick tock), Viva La Musica B
White Coral Bells (2 part violins) B
Vegetable Round (very easy) A
COMPOSITIONS & ARRANGEMENTS for Viola Groups
Celtic Canon (3 part violas + piano) B
Dilley Dance (2 part violas + piano) B
Doodle Dots (2 part violas + piano) (+pre-twinkle part) A
Dream Days (2 part violas + piano) B
Glenorchy Grizzle (2 part violas + piano) B
Heather's Humbug (3 part violas + piano) C
Hungarian Hop (3 part violas + piano) B
Laura's Lullaby (2 part violas + piano) C
Mayo Morrins (2 part violas + piano) A
Popcorn Pizza (3 part violas + piano) (+ pre-twinkle part) A & B
Russian Rumpus (4 part violas + piano) C
Stamping Song (2 part violas + piano) B & C
Tweet Tweet (2 part violas + piano) (+ pre-twinkle part) B & C
Wiggen Wiggle (5 part violas + piano) C
Lonely Lady (4 part violas + piano) B
Dooby Doo Doo (4 part violas + piano) B
Legato Lines (3 part violas + piano) A & B
Double Dazzle (2 part violas + piano) C
Fiddlers' Folly (2 part violas + piano) (+ pre-twinkle part) C
Sh! Sh! (3 part violas + piano) ( + pre twinkle part) A & B
Cheeky Czardas (3 part violas + piano) B
Willow Wands (3 part violas + piano) B/C
Settlers' Song (2 part violas + piano) B/C
Chopin - Anniversary Etude (2 part violas + piano) C
Cabbages (5 part violas + piano) ( + pre-twinkle part) A/B
Czech Carol (2 part violas + piano) A
Dorset Reel (3 part violas + piano) A
Czech Polka (2 part violas + piano) (+ pre-twinkle part) B
Gaelic Gold (3 part violas + piano) ( + pre-twinkle part) A
Echo Effect (4 part violas + piano) A
Pizzicato Peril (2 part violas + piano) B
Filipino Frolic (3 part violas + piano) B
Jelly Jam (4 part round + piano) A
Rumpty Rumba (3 part violas and easy part + piano) A/B
Yum-Yum Song (2 part violas + piano) B/C
First Fanfare (3 part violas + piano) A/B
Timbuktu Trains (4 part violas + piano) A
Five Fun (3 part violas + piano) B
Susato Fanfare (3 part violas + piano) A
Minisnoa (2 part violas + Piano) A/B
Swedish Shoemaker (2 part violas + piano) ( + pre-twinkle part) A
Never-Ending Round (4 part violas + piano) B
Slurring Skirmish (2 part violas = piano) B/C
O Waly Waly (3 part violas + piano) C
Swing Song (2 part violas + piano) (+ pre-twinkle part) A/B
Franck - Panis Angelicus (2 part violas + piano) C
Skye Boat Song (3 part violas + piano) B
Handel - Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (5 part violas + piano) E+D+C+B+A
Vivaldi - Concerto Grosso Op.3 No.8 (5 part violas + piano) E+D+C+B+A
COMPOSITIONS & ARRANGEMENTS for Cello Groups
Farewell to Summer (2 part cellos + piano) A
Skye Boat Song (trad.) (3 part cellos + piano) B/C
Sullivan - The Yum-Yum Song (from The Mikado) (2 part cellos + piano) B/C
Franck - Panis Angelicus (2 part cellos + piano) C
Sullivan - Mikado Madrigal (4 part cellos + piano) B/C
Up Bow Waltz (cello + piano) (+pre-twinkle part) A/B
Bohemian Folk Song (can be played in 1, 2 or 3 parts + piano) A+C
Hickory Dickory Dock (cello 3 has only open strings) A
Susato Fanfare (3 part cellos + piano) A
Never-Ending Round (4 part cellos + optional cello + piano chords) B
Grand Can(y)on (up to 6 part cellos + piano) (+ pre-twinkle part) A-C
Dorset Reel - trad. (2nd cello has open string part) A
Ship's Carpenter (3 part cellos + piano) B
Chopin - Anniversary Étude (2 part cellos + piano) C/D
Czech Carol (2 part cellos + piano) A
Chatterbox (up to 6 part cellos + pre-twinkle cello + piano) A-B
Czech Polka - J.Strauss & H.Butterworth (2 cellos + piano) (+ optional pre-twinkle part) B
First Fanfare (3 part cellos + piano) B
O Waly Waly (3 part cellos + piano) C
Slurring Skirmish (2 part cellos + Piano) B/C
Swing Song (2 part cellos + pre-twinkle cello + piano) A/B
Timbuktu Trains (4 part (round) cellos + piano) (+ 2 pre-twinkle parts) B
COMPOSITIONS & ARRANGEMENTS for Flute Groups
Bohemian Folk Song (can be played in 1, 2 or 3 parts + piano) A+C
Czech Polka (2 part flutes + piano) (+ easy part) B
Farewell to Summer (2 part flutes + piano) A
Grand Can(y)on (up to 6 part flutes + piano) (+ pre-twinkle part) A-C
Mikado Madrigal (4 part flutes + piano) B/C
Never Ending Round (4 part flutes + piano chords) B
Franck - Panis Angelicus (2 part flutes + piano) C
Skye Boat Song (trad.) (3 part flutes + piano) A
Spring Waltz (flute + piano) (+pre-twinkle part) A/B
Sullivan - The Yum-Yum Song (from The Mikado) (2 part flutes + piano) B/C
Susato Fanfare (3 part flutes + piano) A
O Waly Waly (3 part flutes + piano) C
Czech Polka (2 part flutes + Piano) (+pre-twinkle part) B
COMPOSITIONS for STRING ORCHESTRA
Creepy Crawly -A (very easy)
Double Trouble A (very easy)
Hubble Bubble A (very easy)
Thorpe Cloud A (easy)
Dum Diddle Dum A
Clock Song A
Ukrainian Dance A
Stringdilley A
Tick Tock A
French Forest Song A
Gaelic Gold A
Ship's Carpenter B
Rutland Reel A
Gaudeamus (Let's all Celebrate!) A
ARRANGEMENTS for STRING ORCHESTRA
Handel - Fireworks Minuet A/B
Church Bells A
Susato Suite A
Dorset Reel A/B
Saint-Saëns - Danse Macabre C