Essential Exercises

Caprices for solo violin have a long tradition; the list of collections in which virtuoso violinist-composers archived testimonies of their virtuoso violin art ranges from Locatelli to Paganini, from...

Carl Albert Löschhorn (1819-1905) was one of the most sought-after piano teachers in the Berlin area. His Children's Studies Op. 181 was originally published in two volumes with 20 studies each. The n...

Catherine Vickers, winner of the Busoni Prize in 1979, has been a professor of piano at the Folkwang Hochschule Essen and the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts for many years. Her inst...

Catherine Vickers, winner of the Busoni Prize in 1979, has been a professor of piano at the Folkwang Hochschule Essen and the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts for many years. Her inst...

The Listening Hand is a collection of exercises intended for all pianists who wish to develop their skills through 20th and 21st century music. Volume 3 focuses on rhythmic studies with examples selec...

Rooted in European music history due to his acquaintance with Chopin, Liszt, Berlioz and Schumann, Stephen Heller (1813-1888) is one of the most important representatives of the Romantic character pie...

Moszkowski's Studies Op. 72 are among the standard works of medium difficulty. Due to their wide-ranging tasks, they appeal to a wide range of advanced piano pupils. The 15 studies are arranged in an...

Saxophone Training' provides all players with helpful exercises and tips so that they can successfully master the basics for ensemble and solo performance. The exercises, designed for beginners and ad...

This volume is a compendium of study literature from five centuries for the student, beginning with the first trumpet methods such as that of Fantini via the heyday of virtuoso literature in the early...

Most trumpet players blow downward a bit too much; as a consequence, the pressure point lies on the lower lip. The result: a thick, dull tone without treble and smoothness. The present technical exerc...

This volume is a compilation of exercises of various authors which have already been tried and tested in practice. The editor has added some new pieces of his own to the selection. The exercises are m...

There is hardly a violinist who has not dealt with some or even all 42 'Kreutzer etudes' sometime or other: Études ou caprices form part of the standard repertoire. Rodolphe Kreutzer (1766-1831) has n...

24 Etudes-Caprices Op. 41 by Delphin Alard (1815-1888) are excellent study material. Alard, the violin teacher of Sasasate, composed these studies in the 24 keys. Due to their musical variety, melodic...

Camillo Sivori galt zu seiner Zeit als Wunderkind. Er begann das Geigenspiel bereits im Alter von 2 Jahren. Später wurde er der einzige Schüler von Niccolò Paganini. Seine 12 Etude-Caprices für Violin...

Henry Schradieck chose the modest designation studies for his exercises. Their musical substance, however, goes far beyond that of a study. They are character pieces which get their captivating musica...

The studies by Charles Dancla (1817-1907) are more than mere technical exercises. They demand a special sense of tone, an elegant, softly flowing and swinging way of playing. They challenge the violin...

Often in a humoristic manner and always with musical expression in focus, these eight pieces are perfect for every violinist to practice playing techniques and to enhance the enthusiasm to experiment...

Als Mondolinvirtuose war Federigo Fiorillo an sämtlichen europäischen Fürstenhöfen gefragt. Doch mit der abnehmenden Popularität des Instrumentes wandte er sich der Violine und Viola zu, für die er za...

The Austrian violinist and composer Jakob Dont (1815-1888) very early became a member of the Vienna Hofburg Theatre, later of the Court Chapel. Although he had made a name for himself as a soloist, he...

after the Quartet for Clarinet and String Trio

Two swinging waltzes from the pen of the Englishman Leslie Searle, born in 1937. Easy to play, popular in style, a welcome addition to the repertoire for strings in the well-known Schott series MODERN...

In this volume, the teacher Robert Winn from the Cologne Academy of Music has compiled a collection of 133 tunes which shall spur on and encourage flutists to listen to and play also music composed fo...