Knight's medal for recorder students
Ritter Rost leads children through his adventures with a first playbook based on a soprano recorder school.
Knight Rust lives in the Iron Castle and believes himself to be the bravest, strongest and cleverest knight in all of Scotland. What he lacks in skill he makes up for with an unshakeable cockiness. He bravely signs up for every dangerous adventure - not without immediately regretting it. The brave and strong damsel Bö with her talking hat and the cheeky pet dragon Koks have to help him out of trouble time and again. And yet the lovable anti-hero with his dented cash register belly always manages to emerge as the shining winner in the end.
The knight, also known as "Rösti", is the title character of a popular series of books with so-called "children's musicals"; each story is accompanied by sheet music and a CD with music by Felix Janosa. There are now also Knight Rust DVDs, a movie, a TV series and the usual gadgets and toys. And: an arrangement of the songs for one or two soprano recorders.
As children are probably familiar with Ritter Rost and his pop songs, this booklet offers them the chance to learn more complicated rhythms (such as dotted quavers) or accidentals (up to a sharp and a flat) by ear. Some of the pieces are rather low, but have a range from c' to a''. Knight Rust is suitable as the first playbook after a soprano recorder school, so that the target group is roughly the same age as for the Ritter Rost musicals. The royal court scribe Ratzefummel leads through the story, thanks to whom even children who are unfamiliar with Ritter Rost become familiar with the characters. The motivation is supported by knightly medals - enclosed stickers that can be awarded and stuck on after successful practice. Humorously cheeky illustrations by Jörg Hilbert adorn the sheet music, which is kept entirely in shades of grey.
Jörg Hilbert and Felix Janosa, Ritter Rost for 1 to 2 soprano recorders, ECB 6113, Fr. 23.80, Edition Conbrio (Hug Musikverlage), Zurich 2013
