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Edward Elgar (1857-1934) completed these two companion works for violin and piano around 1890. Among Elgar's most popular melodies, the dreamy Chanson de nuit (Night Song) and more cheerful Chanson de...

Edited by the famed Soviet-era teacher and violinist, Konstantin Aleksandrovich Fortunatov, this collection of nine works works for violin and piano and three works for two violins and piano have been...

One of his longer works and the last to see immediate popularity, Edward Elgar's (1857-1934) Violin Concerto in B minor, Op. 61 has always found its way on concert programs, even when Elgar's works fe...

A violin and piano transcription of one of Claude Debussy's earliest impressionistic works for piano, containing hints of the composer's developing musical style.

Inspired by Spanish folk music idioms, Isaac Albeniz wrote "Three Spanish Dances". This version is for Violin and Piano. Mallorca (Barcarola), Zambra granadina (Danza oriental), Puerta de tierra (Bole...

This multi-volume collection of Classical Manuscripts includes eighteen violin solos with piano accompaniment, each written in the style of another composer. Book 2 includes: 6. Sicilienne and Rigaudo...

A fiery concert piece. Movements: Allegro moderato; Andante; Moderato; Largo; Finale. Saltarella. Allegro vivace. Reprint edition.

"Legend" is a showpiece by Polish violin virtuoso Henryk Wieniawski.  This piece was instrumental in securing the composer's engagement to Isabella Hampton.  Isabella's parents did...

Though the 1874 tone poem for orchestra is the most familiar version of Danse Macabre, the work actually started out in 1872 as an art song for voice and piano with a French text by the poet Henri Caz...

Written by a young Darius Milhaud (1892-1974) in 1914, LE PRINTEMPS (THE SPRING), Op. 18, offers visions of a Mediterranean spring. The tuneful and beautiful work remains popular and well-known today.

The "Spanish Dances" are a collection of 8 pieces for violin and piano composed between 1877 and 1882 and published in four books, each book containing 2 contrasting dances. They alternate b...

The Spanish Dances are a collection of 8 pieces for violin and piano composed between 1877 and 1882 and published in four books, each book containing 2 contrasting dances. They alternate between fiery...

Serenata andaluza, Op. 28 (Sérénate andalouse; Andalusian Serenade) was composed in 1881 by Pablo de Sarasate (1844-1908), the celebrated Spanish violin virtuoso whose works were designed to showcase...

Vieuxtemps' Trois Romances for solo violin and piano accompaniment are amongst his more famous works. They have been recorded by top name violinists such as Janine Jansen and David Oistrakh. Composed...

Richard Strauss (1864-1949) wrote his VIOLIN CONCERTO IN D MINOR, Op. 8, between 1881 and 1882, and it remained his only foray in that genre. Composed while a teenager and still in school. While still...

This collection across three volumes of eight sonatas for violin and piano by Giuseppe Tartini (1692-1770) has been edited by Gian Francesco Malipiero, with additional edits to the violin part by Mari...

2 concert pieces (2 Konzertstücke), Op. 16 for violin and piano was written by Moritz Moszkowski (1854-1925) in 1878. Titles: 1. Ballade (G minor); 2. Bolero (D major).

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) wrote these short Sixteen Waltzes (Sechzehn Walzer), Op. 39, in 1865, dedicated to the music critic Eduard Hanslick and written as a tribute to Vienna, Brahm's newly adopte...

This collection across three volumes of eight sonatas for violin and piano by Giuseppe Tartini (1692-1770) has been edited by Gian Francesco Malipiero, with additional edits to the violin part by Mari...

Dvorak composed his Op. 75a, Miniatures after his Terzetto Op. 74 while living at his mother-in-law's house where another room was rented to an amateur violinist, Josef Kruis. Dvorak often heard Kruis...

This collection across three volumes of eight sonatas for violin and piano by Giuseppe Tartini (1692-1770) has been edited by Gian Francesco Malipiero, with additional edits to the violin part by Mari...

This multi-volume collection of Classical Manuscripts includes eighteen violin solos with piano accompaniment, each written in the style of another composer. Book 2 includes: 13. Preghiera in the Styl...

Percy Grainger's (1882-1961) love for music of the simple rural folk of the British Isles led to a series of forty-three pieces that he grouped into a series called British Folk-Music Settings, includ...