Step Back Sally
Traditional folk songs from many cultures, arranged for percussion, piano, recorder, guitar, harp, violin, mandolin and voices. An Orff-influenced music education resource meant to stimulate listening, dancing, moving and creating.
Nino Tsitsishvili-Jordania voice, percussion, piano
Joseph Jordania voice, percussion, piano
Antony Maubach vocals
Emilia Maubach vocals
Andy Rigby harp
Heather McLaughlin violin
Gary King guitar, mandolin
The music supports the Orff Music and Movement Education programme.
Christoph Maubach developed the arrangements with Nino Tsitsishvili-Jordania and Joseph Jordania.
A 16-page booklet supplies notational sketches from the recorded tracks, with dance descriptions and movement activities to help children listen, dance, move and create.
Orff music education workshops are strongly recommended for anyone using Step Back Sally as a classroom resource.
Artist

Christoph Maubach
Christoph Maubach migrated from Germany to Australia in 1979 after completing the ‘A’ Course at the Orff-Institute in Salzburg. From 1980 onwards he conducted many Orff music education workshops throughout Australia and abroad.
Audio previews
Tracks
- Step Back Sally (Afro-American) (Traditional) Arr: Christoph Maubach Nino Tsitsishvili-Jordania Joseph Jordania 1:46
- King of the Fairies (Ireland) (Traditional) Arr: Christoph Maubach Nino Tsitsishvili-Jordania Joseph Jordania 3:03
- Rabbit Polka (France) (Traditional) Arr: Christoph Maubach Nino Tsitsishvili-Jordania Joseph Jordania 1:22
- Tarantella (Italy/Sicily) (Traditional) Arr: Christoph Maubach Nino Tsitsishvili-Jordania Joseph Jordania 1:06
- Setnja (Serbia – former Yugoslavia) (Traditional) Arr: Christoph Maubach Nino Tsitsishvili-Jordania Joseph Jordania 2:40
- Oina Oi (Philippines) (Traditional) Arr: Christoph Maubach Nino Tsitsishvili-Jordania Joseph Jordania :53
- Carpet Maker (France) (Traditional) Arr: Christoph Maubach Nino Tsitsishvili-Jordania Joseph Jordania 1:20
- Marco Scace (Slovenia) (Traditional) Arr: Christoph Maubach Nino Tsitsishvili-Jordania Joseph Jordania 1:16
- Chava (Israel) (Traditional) Arr: Christoph Maubach Nino Tsitsishvili-Jordania Joseph Jordania 2:59
- I Like the Flowers (England/America) (Traditional) Arr: Christoph Maubach Nino Tsitsishvili-Jordania Joseph Jordania 1:26
- Kumm to mi (Germany) (Traditional) Arr: Christoph Maubach Nino Tsitsishvili-Jordania Joseph Jordania 1:56
- Sascha (Russia) (Traditional) Arr: Christoph Maubach Nino Tsitsishvili-Jordania Joseph Jordania :54
- Hello Dance (Austria) (Traditional) Arr: Christoph Maubach Nino Tsitsishvili-Jordania Joseph Jordania 2:23
- Branle de Quercy (France) (Traditional) Arr: Christoph Maubach Nino Tsitsishvili-Jordania Joseph Jordania 2:47
- Ramno Velesko (Macedonia) (Traditional) Arr: Christoph Maubach Nino Tsitsishvili-Jordania Joseph Jordania 2:17
- Alfred Calypso (Australia) Christoph Maubach Arr: Christoph Maubach Nino Tsitsishvili-Jordania Joseph Jordania 2:24
- Le’ Or Chiyuchech (Israel) (Traditional) Arr: Christoph Maubach Nino Tsitsishvili-Jordania Joseph Jordania 2:50
- Kutschi Tschi (France/Germany) (Traditional) Arr: Christoph Maubach Nino Tsitsishvili-Jordania Joseph Jordania 2:23
- Pata Pata (South Africa) (Traditional) Arr: Christoph Maubach Nino Tsitsishvili-Jordania Joseph Jordania 2:15
- Fisherman’s Dance (North Germany) (Traditional) Arr: Christoph Maubach Nino Tsitsishvili-Jordania Joseph Jordania 2:34
Performers
- Christoph Maubach · voice, recorder, flute, percussion
- Nino Tsitsishvili-Jordania · voice, percussion, piano
- Joseph Jordania · voice, percussion, piano
- Antony Maubach
- Emilia Maubach
- Andy Rigby
- Heather McLaughlin
- Gary King · guitar, mandolin
Composers
Joseph Jordania
Joseph Jordania is an Australian–Georgian ethnomusicologist and singer whose research and performance centre on traditional Georgian vocal polyphony. Based in Melbourne, he is known for low voices and percussion with the vocal ensemble Golden Fleece.
Nino Tsitsishvili-Jordania
Nino Tsitsishvili-Jordania is a performer and arranger working with voice, percussion and piano.
Where to listen
Step Back Sally is available for streaming through Apple Music. It can also be purchased through the iTunes Music Store.
Step Back Sally is available as a CD. It can be purchased online through Buywell Music or the Australian Music Centre which both offer online ordering.
Product details
- Catalogue number
- MCD 095
- List price
- $25.00 AUD
- Total playing time
- 40 minutes 34 seconds
- Recording Engineer
- Leslie Craythorn (tracks 3, 7, 13 and 18)
Vaughan McAlley - Editing Engineer
- Vaughan McAlley
- Mixing Engineer
- Vaughan McAlley
- Venue
- Melba Hall (tracks 3, 7, 13 and 18)
Move Records Studio - Release date
- 30 Jun 1997
- Musical work
copyright - © 1997 Christoph Maubach
- Sound recording
copyright - ℗ 1997 Move Records
- Category
- Folk music
- Genres
- Folk, Children's, World & Cross-cultural
- Barcode
- EAN 9314574009521
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