30 Pieces

Hanks of horse tail Fractured hair Slipping pegs and Rosin dust Memories of these tunes I used to play as a kid Hadn't heard them in many years One page each or Half-a-page In this book with a blue cover - 'Thirty Violin Pieces You Love To Play' - Like hell! Like hell at the time anyway Maybe three or four I liked I liked tunes with flavor - Hot goulash...Hungarian zest Spanish dances Arabian stuff fast with scimitars camels - There were two serenades One by Drdla One by Drigo Mischa Elman played On a 10 inch Victor label I would play the brittle shellac over and over Thread-bare They were in the book - 'Thirty Violin Pieces You Love To Play' Maybe four dog-eared pages The rest? POOF! Then A friend sent me this CD - 'Thirty Violin Pieces You May Have Forgot' Played by ___________ Never mind Let's just say the guy is TREMENDOUS! Not since Elman! No tone like this since Elman! Not since those threadbare serenades He plays all the tunes were in my book I shivered Goose flesh I wept I danced around the room I love everyone I played the disc over and over Contained within - All the tunes I'd skipped over All the tunes I was too young to grasp AND the two serenades Ah Plus Albeniz's Tango Song of India Salute D'Amore of Elgar Scheherezade NAILA! Many more Oh how young I feel! Oh the sound! Oh the images! Oh the love! So? It isn't so bad This getting old