Alec Templeton ~ Piano Sketches (Intermediate to Advanced Piano Solos)

CONTENTS: My Blue Heaven; Linger Awhile; Sleepy Time Gal; I'll See You In My Dreams; At Sundown; In A Little Spanish Town; Swingin' Down The Lane. From the Forward: Alec Templeton's genius is the result of a unique faculty of applying academic music principles to modern rhythm interpretations, giving a new, refreshing expression to world music. Although his greatest ovations have come from his classical renditions, he is no less gifted at interpreting modern American rhythm music, displaying a dexterous technique that is without equal. He was born in Cardiff, South Wales, England in 1910. Completing his elementary music lessons. Alec Templeton made rapid progress through England's conservatories, finally acquiring the degree of Licenciate of the Royal Academy of Music (L. R. A. M.) After winning the acclaim of European music authorities, both for his concert performances and for his compositions, he arrived in the United States/where he has appeared with a dozen leading symphonic orchestras and scored successes on a half dozen concert tours. Through the medium of radio and best selling phonograph records. Alee Templeton became an established figure in American music. This folio marks his first collection of most popular piano interpretations of famous standard American song hits.