This collection is a treasury of melodies originating in Russia, Latvia, Poland, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, and Hungary, including several from Yiddish and Klezmer sources. The solos are especially well suited to performance on the soprano recorder, and they provide excellent material for developing skills in rapid tonguing, extended breath-control, and the playing of high notes. Arrangements of charming Russian folk tunes include Against the Red Sun and Jump Little Rabbit. Among old favorites are March Slav and In the Field Stood a Birch. Jewish melodies include Hava Nagilah, Hevenu Shalom Alechem and Varnitschkes. Although arranged primarily for soprano recorder, most of these solos can be played on tenor or alto recorder. (On the alto, use C fingerings.) A separate flute edition is available.

A Geneyve      
Against the Red Sun      
Ah, We Sowed, Sowed the Millet      
Ah, Why Did It Happen?      
Ah, Why Sit So Sadly      
Along the Stone-Paved Road      
At the Gates      
Captain’s Daughter, Don’t Go Strolling at Midnight      
Chatskele      
Fair-Faced Girl      
Genzelech      
Hava Nagilah      
Hechalutz (Zum Gali Gali)      
Hevenu Shalom Alechem      
Hushaby My Little Bird      
I Bought My Misfortune      
I Was Walking in the Meadows      
I, A Young Woman, Shall Walk along the Danube      
In the Field Stood a Birch      
In the Meadows, In the Meadows, Still in the Meadows      
Jump Little Rabbit      
Kaz Dziedaja      
Kolomeyka      
Marche Slav      
Mari of Volga      
Mayn Yingelev      
Oh, Thou Vaniushka      
Over the Valleys, Over the Mountains      
Polka Mazurka      
Polka One      
Polka Three      
Polka Two      
Sha, Shtil, Macht Nisht Kayn Geruder!      
Should I Go to the River?      
The Cossack Rode beyond the Danube      
Trink Bruder, Trink Oys!      
Twas in Our Wide Lawn      
Twas in the City of Kazan      
Varnitshkes      
Winter      
Yisrael V’Oraita      
Z’Polska      
Zapacho      
Zapanska      
Zapunzel      
Zusa