Felix Burns' Dickens Dance Album - lead sheets

Felix Burns was a prolific composer of light classical and popular dance music.  He published 16 dance albums, each containing a complete evening's programme of traditional dances. The varied programmes include tunes of different moods, from light waltzes and easy saunters, to dramatic tangos, brisk military two-steps and lively Schottisches.  The dance albums usually included a country dance and ended with Sir Roger de Coverley and God Save The King.

The pieces are eminently accessible, and suitable for players looking for easy to intermediate pieces to extend their repertoire; they were originally written for piano, with other band parts separately available.  This product is a new edition of the music, edited and re-created in modern format, we do not sell scans.

The Dickens Dance Album was published in 1922, two years after Felix Burns' death, by his eldest son, Felix junior.  The tunes have titles from characters of Charles Dickens, or places associated with him.

The 20 pieces in this album are:

Little Em'ly - Waltz
The Pickwick Club - Slow Fox Trot
Mr Micawber
On Broadstairs Jetty
Dan'l Peggoty
Old Curiosity Shop
Sam Weller's - Fox Trot
Dolly Varden - Waltz
Jarley's Waxworks - Schottische
Fagin's Kitchen - Jazz
Little Nell - Waltz Cotillon
Tiny Tim's - Barn Dance
Old Rochester - Quadrilles
The Old Maypole - Barn Dance
The Artful Dodger - One or two-step
Bill Sykes - Clog dance
Swedish Dance
Haymakers - Country Dance
Sir Roger de Coverley
God save the King

Click below to hear audio samples.

If you buy this product, you will be able to download a Zip file containing a separate file of sheet music (PDF) for each piece, with audio file (Midi) for each piece, as listed. 

Please note that the audio files and sample audio files on this site are generated from the sheet music; they will give you a good idea of how the tune goes, but will not necessarily capture the spirit of it. 

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