Tobias Morgenstern, whose chamber music compositions for accordion (such as "Trio" for oboe, guitar and accordion, NM1309) published at Verlag Neue Musik, has released a playing book with pieces for accordion named "Morgenstern's Accordion" and the AMA Verlag.

After studying at the Academy of Music "Franz Liszt" in Weimar, he has worked as a freelance accordionist, composer, arranger, producer and studio musician. His concert tours have taken him to Italy, Czech Republic, Poland, Switzerland, USA and Canada. As a founding member of the band "L'art de Passage" and the Brazilian band "Sanfoneiro nordestino" he has been the artistic director of the "Theater on the edge" in Oderbruch since 1998. In addition to his apprenticeship for improvisation and accordion at the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler" in Berlin, he has been a juror since 2003 at the International Accordion Competition Klingenthal. Through his countless musical experiences, Tobias Morgenstern is an artist who can arouse emotions of all art-dimensions and beyond. Thus, stars like Gerhard Schöne, Bettine Wegner, Reinhard Mey, Rio Reiser, Andreas Dresen, Wenzel, Winnie Böwe or Barbara Thalheim rely on his skills.

His new work "Morgenstern's Accordion" is a collection of 60 pieces that connect the philosophy of the composer and musician and reflects on different styles of modern music. The compositions contain musicals styles from classical, country, folk music, tango, jazz, Latin and pop. Yet his compositions are designed so that the sounds and rhythms, that sound easy on other instruments like the guitar, can be easily adapted on the accordion. For this purpose, he has changed phrases and rhythms, which are then played in a way which mixes well with other instruments.

Therefore Morgenstern's compositions are pervaded by different chord combinations in the bass in which he exploits the untapped sonic resources of the instrument. So in most cases, the rhythms and groove are played in both hands, he deals with a strict division in tune, treble and the bass in most pieces. These compositions are intended for advanced musicians, but are given little assistance for the interpretation of the pieces. They also contain little fingering, they are found as recommendations in the bass notation. With the MP3 CD with play-backs that give a recommendation on the interpretation of the pieces, players get an easy access to the pieces and the opportunity to expand their repertoire.

 Swing-in

 Old Mac Kansy

 Rendezvous with Elisabeth

 Erik, the Hidden Comrade

 Jazz Exercise

 Last Year

 About Elise

 Imagine ...

 Before the Crossing

 Little Waltz for A

 Little Swing

 Little Melody

 Between E and A

 Evening Song

 Mr. Joplin

 Boogie in A

 The First Snow

 Always Straight Ahead

 Carl on the Sofa

 Folk Style

 The Old Tractor

 Oldtimer

 Lucky Sixth

 Already  After

 Circus Tango

 The Excursion

 In Praise of Music

 Hernando

 Waltz for A

 Tango La Strada

 Lullaby

 Going Home

 Don’t Stay Too Long

 The Morning

 Reverie

 Ostinato

 Forro

 Flowers on the Table

 Aquarelli

 Fall Melancholy

 Jazz Exercise

 Forro

 Indian Country

 Jazz Exercise

 Bossa or Nova

 Blues

 New Day

 Boogie Sam

 The Old Sailboat

 Early Evening

 Mornings in the Mountain Lodge

 Late Evenings in the Mountain Lodge

 Samba Brazil

  Becomes

 Start the Samba

 Marvelous World

 On the Road to Opelousas

 Little Improvisation

 Turn on

 Desayuno Español

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