Wolfgang Birtel

Ottorino Respighi (1879–1936) wrote his three-movement "Sonata in Re minore per violino e pianoforte" (P 15) - according to the title page of the piano part - in November 1897, i.e. 20 years before hi...

Maurice Ravel's melancholy popular 'Pavane for a Dead Princess' composed in 1899 was originally written for piano before he arranged it for orchestra in 1910. Though dedicated to a real princess, the...

A 'Last Night of the Proms' without this march - unthinkable! 'Pomp and Circumstance Military March No. 1' with its middle section, the hymn-like 'Land of Hope and Glory' by Edward Elgar (1857-1934),...

The music of small forms and of chamber-music instrumentations was to become the focus of the French composer Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924). In 1874, after many years spent in the 'provinces', the teacher...

The music scene took notice of Erik Satie (1866-1925) all of a sudden: The world premiere of his ballet 'Parade' on 18 May 1917 [siehe dt. Text!] caused quite a scandal. The production which involved...

'Novelty of form, selected modulations, strange tone colours, the use of completely unexpected rhythms', this is how Camille Saint-Saëns praised the debut work of a young colleague and continued: 'Abo...

The famous Golliwogg's Cakewalk is the final piece from Debussy's cycle Children's Corner which consists of 6 miniatures for piano, written for his daughter in the years 1906-1908.The style correspond...

The second volume in the Violinissimo series, 'La Follia', offers a great selection of 25 original compositions for intermediate to advanced level violin with piano accompaniment.The material ranges f...

Best of Violin Classics' contains popular performance pieces from four centuries for violin and piano. The easy to intermediate original works are ideal repertoire for music lessons and private music-...

On 18 January 1887 Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904) started composing his Romantic Pieces for violin and piano, opus 75 (B 150), completing that version on 25 January. They were performed for the first ti...

Musical miniatures are among the typical forms of the 19th century. In contrast to monumental creations for the opera stage and concert hall, these small-scale compositions proceeded from the idyll of...

The Belgian violinist and composer Henri Vieuxtemps (1820-1881) was one of the most important violin virtuosos of the 19th century. Concert tours took him throughout Europe and to the USA; for only a...

Brilliant encore pieces, virtuoso pièces de résistance and reflective melodies by Faurè, Raff, Elgar, Wieniawski, Rachmaninoff, Massenet, Tchaikovsky, Paganini, de Falla, Sarasate, and many more. A tr...

To mark its 250th anniversary, the Schott publishing house has dug up and reedited treasures from its historical publishing archives. This anthology is aimed at professional musicians and advanced ama...

For a New Year's concert with a small ensemble: lively polkas, hearty marches and fast waltzes are included in this volume. Wolfgang Birtel has written more than 20 wonderful and rousing arrangements...

This edition for violin and piano is all about love. The collection includes original works and arrangements - some by contemporaries of the composers. The 14 pieces include popular and well-known mel...

With the collection ‘Best of Violin Solos’, Schott presents a varied selection of solo works for advanced violin players. The volume contains compositions by Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767), Johann...

Ferdinand Küchler is regarded as one of the great violin teachers of the 20th century, not least because of his violin method. His Concertino in G major Op. 11 still is a popular entry-level piece of...

Today, Edward Elgar is mainly known as composer, but apart from this work he also gave violin lessons. This edition contains six short studies by Edward Elgar, all ascending in difficulty and didactic...

Among violinists and teachers, Oskar Rieding (1840-1918) is mainly known for his easily playable violin concertos especially for beginners. His beautiful pieces thrive on charming aesthetics which del...

Among violinists and teachers, Oskar Rieding (1840-1918) is mainly known for his easily playable violin concertos especially for beginners. His works written for music lessons are easy to master, beau...

Joseph-Hector Fiocco (1703-1741) is regarded as one of the most important Belgian composers of the late Baroque era.The Allegro in G major originally was a movement from Fiocco's Harpsichord Suites (P...