Repertoire

How to Use the Repertoire to Choose Music for Your Event

The Repertoire is the main section of my website. There you can browse through different categories, listen to excerpts of each piece, and search directly using the search bar.

When you enter, you will first find the Classical Music category. To avoid mixing different periods of classical music, this main category cannot be used directly: you must click on one of its subcategories and choose between the different styles, from Baroque to the 20th century.

This section is organised alphabetically by the composer’s surname.

If you are not sure which period a specific piece belongs to, you can use the search bar. In this case, styles will be mixed, so if you type, for example, Mozart, results from both the Classical music category and the Religious Music category will appear. The latter is organised in the same way as classical music, that is, alphabetically by the composer’s surname.

In the case of the Movies and Disney categories, results are ordered alphabetically by the name of the movie. In contrast, in categories such as Pop, Evergreens or Italian, pieces are ordered alphabetically by the song title.

How did I decide which category a song belongs to?

Sometimes it is not easy. There are titles that could be classified as evergreen/pop, film music and/or religious music. An example of this is Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen. It is a classic, although many people discovered it through the movie Shrek and, nowadays, it is also frequently used in the Catholic rite as an alleluia.

At first, I considered including pieces like this in several categories, but in the end I decided to classify them according to their origin. Therefore, Hallelujah can be found in the Evergreens category. When in doubt, using the search bar is always the best solution.

This song also presents another issue: how should it be spelled correctly?

If you are searching for a piece suitable for the religious moment of the alleluia, I recommend trying all these spelling options: Aleluya, Alleluia and Hallelujah.

In the specific case of Leonard Cohen’s song, the correct spelling is Hallelujah, while other alleluias may appear written using different variants.

As for arrangements written specifically for a movie, these titles – which could be considered part of the pop genre – can be found in the Film music category. Examples include Wildest Dreams from Bridgerton (Taylor Swift) or Tango from Time of the Gypsies by Goran Bregović.

There are some exceptions that can be found in two different categories. For example, Londonderry Air appears both in 20th-century classical music (as it is Fritz Kreisler’s transcription) and among the Evergreens under the title Danny Boy. Likewise, Shallow can be found in the Pop category as well as in Film music, since it was written for a movie A Star Is Born.

Another example is I Will Always Love You, which appears among the Evergreens in its original version written by Dolly Parton, and also in the Film music category as the song from The Bodyguard.

All evergreens and pop songs by Italian performers are included entirely in the Italian category.

An Evergreen or a Pop Song?

After careful consideration, I decided to classify as Evergreens those famous songs written before 1990. From that year onwards, popular songs are included in the Pop category.

Therefore, among the Evergreens you will find a wide variety of musical styles, ranging from evergreens to tangos, boleros, bluegrass, swing, and more.

“I need to choose music for my celebration and I can’t find a piece I love. Is it possible to make requests?”

Of course! The Repertoire is a list of pieces that I usually perform from memory. Most of the accompaniments have been prepared by me (except for the songs from my album Ballads).

For an event, I can prepare a song especially for your occasion, as long as it is possible to create the accompaniment. After the event, this piece will become part of my Repertoire.

The Repertoire is a section that is constantly growing. For a new piece to appear on the website, it must go through a process that includes the following steps:

• Preparing the accompaniment
• Learning the piece by heart
• Recording the excerpt for the website

This means that after an event with a special request, the excerpt still needs to be recorded before the song can officially become part of the Repertoire.

Some pieces may not yet appear on the website because the corresponding clip has not been prepared.

To request a special piece, you can write to info@laviolinista.es