Cat on the Keys Music

Publishing music from the 16th to 19th centuries. Critical editions, performers editions, arrangements and backing tracks for voices and instruments.

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Out now! Four beautiful airs by Jean-Baptiste Bousset with embellished couplets. These are perfect examples of the delicate embellishment style of late 17th-century France and serve as model for all interested in performance French Baroque music. https://t.co/ybcB8drYyA

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In this free supplement to the Early Music Workout: The Art of the Florid Adagio, you can play along to Quantz's embellishment exercises published in On Playing the Flute), 1752. with harpsichord accompaniment.
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Out now! The Art of the Florid Adagio. A new Early Music Workout to guide you through embellishing 18th c. slow movements. Available for Treble, Bass and Alto clef instruments at A=440 and A=415. 125-page Workbook, 60+ videos and 200+ backing tracks! https://t.co/zv8iD497Eu

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New Early Music Workout coming soon!
The 'Art of the Florid Adagio' is for everyone wanting to learn about embellishing 18th-century instrumental slow movements. Here's a freebie! Quantz's 'Embellishments on Simple Intervals' https://t.co/JpEEiDJyOR

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This week's Early Music Backing Track is for all you viola da gamba players. In a week where many of you will not be playing Passion solos, maybe this fiendish sonata by CPE Bach will compensate.... https://t.co/iydnGomeZU

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It's here! Backing tracks for Corelli's amazing 'La Follia' sonata, in both original and recorder versions. Only £3? Madness! Check it out here: https://t.co/nqY1GDhreH

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Finally getting round to sharing my little exploration of a renaissance flute by Marten Root and some gorgeous music 😍 during lockdown no. 1 back in June. Thank you to @Cat_Keys_Music for their brilliant resource of backing tracks! https://t.co/LFuZ4Hd4pt

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This week's backing tracks are all by Telemann - 3 more Methodical Sonatas to download. Do you have a favourite? Let us know! https://t.co/LWwIuw3iwJ

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This week’s early music backing tracks are by Marcello and Daniel Purcell. Check our expanding collection here. https://t.co/p8n416drGV

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New backing tracks for sonatas by Handel, Bach, Telemann, Vivaldi, Leclair and many more. https://t.co/Ry3cEfJvES

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More French Baroque loveliness with this beautiful sonata by Blavet. 50 backing tracks for £4! https://t.co/lOtC8mu1h2

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This week's Backing Track is Leclair's sonata in E minor from Book 4, for flute or violin. 60 mp3 tracks for just £3.50!

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ANNOUNCING!!!! Embellishment Workout Volume 1. Exercises for Improvising Embellishments in Sixteenth & Early Seventeenth-Century Music. Available for use online with computers and mobile devices, and to print out. LAUNCHING MONDAY, 15th SEPTEMBER!

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This week we're issuing our 80th backing track!! Instrumental and vocal works by Albinoni, Babell, Bach, Barsanti, Cima, Corelli, Eccles, Handel, Mancini, Marcello, Monteverdi, Ortiz, Purcell, Telemann ... and more! https://t.co/kBbEFeJDhq

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This week's early music backing tracks are Telemann's beautiful Methodical Sonata no. 3 (in both flute and recorder versions) and Mancini's fiery recorder sonata no.4 in A minor - downloads available for baroque and modern instruments. https://t.co/kBbEFeJDhq

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Final proof-reading underway for our next publication. We're really excited about this one, which combines the scholarly performers' editions with backing tracks. More soon!

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One more Handel sonata added to our growing collection early music backing tracks; this one, the epic B minor sonata for flute, HWV 367b. For just £3 you get 7 movements, 5 or 6 different speeds - 37 tracks! https://t.co/kBbEFeJDhq

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More lockdown backing tracks just uploaded: Cello sonatas by Vivaldi, Recorder sonatas by Babell and Bach, Flute sonatas by Bach and Handel. Get 'em while they're hot! https://t.co/kBbEFeJDhq