Violin Etudes

I. bis V. Lage

I.-II.-IV. Lage/Etüden durch alle Tonarten I.-II.-IV. Lage

Volume two deals with double and multiple stops by way of scale and arpeggio exercises and will serve as an efficient tool for building a technique to master the violin repertoire of the past and pres...

With this new publication the 24 Capricci from L'Arte del Violino by Pietro Locatelli are available for teaching again. Their independence, extent and structure as well as their virtuosity earned them...

The Etudes may be played individually or as a collection in any order. Many of these are not etudes in the normal sense. They are more biographical, touching on Beethoven’s thoughts in his letters and...

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...

Paul Hindemith is one of just a few composers whose principal instrument was not the piano but a string instrument. We owe it to his interest in education which in turn was owed not only to his profes...

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...

Charles Dancla (1817-1907) is considered to be the last great representative of the French Violin School. He knew, in a special way, how to implement the principle 'no music without technique, no tech...

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...

The fourth volume of the Violinissimo series features the most important studies for the early years of violin lessons. Violin Studies contains selections from the standard works by Kayser, Dont, Wohl...

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...