Die 'Eliza Aria' aus Kats-Chernins Ballettsuite 'Wild Swans' verdankt ihre Popularität ihrer schlichten, gefühlvollen Art. Damit eignete sie sich bestens für die Unterlegung eines animierten Werbespot...
Augen zu - und einfach genießen: Diese Stücke sind für das Publikum wohltuend und entspannend wie eine Tasse Kaffee! Aber auch der Musiker selbst wird viel Freude beim Spielen dieser reizvollen Charak...
In his Violin Sonata, the internationally renowned Turkish pianist Faz?l Say combines the classical western form with folk music elements of his home country, spiced with jazz-like intensified rhythms...
Nikolai Kapustin is regarded as pioneer of the Soviet jazz scene. In his music he combines typical jazz idioms with classical forms. The Sonata Op. 70 in three movements for violin and piano was writt...
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...
Charles Gounod's Ave Maria contains a melody of the composer's own making played atop a slightly modified version of Johann Sebastian Bach's 'Prelude No.1 in C Major, BWV 846', from Book I of The Well...
According to the latest research findings, 'Sicilienne' was not written by Maria Theresia von Paradis, but by Samuel Dushkin.The edition is part of the Trinity syllabus 2007 (grade 5) - This edition i...
This work unites all passages from almost the entire literature that are important for study. It is intended as a reliable preparation for the aspiring orchestra violinist, but also to give those alre...
In 2011, the International Violin Competition 'Henri Marteau' for the first time commissioned a composer to write the compulsory piece for the competition. This composer was Faz?l Say who forms a mean...
Silvestrov's violin sonata 'Post scriptum' is another of his chamber music postludes. The composer once stated that the title of the work signifies that it is 'a postscript to Mozart and the whole cla...
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...
This work unites all passages from almost the entire literature that are important for study. It is intended as a reliable preparation for the aspiring orchestra violinist, but also as a reassurance f...
Dieses Werk vereint alle zum Studium wichtigen Stellen aus der nahezu gesamten Literatur. Es soll für den angehenden Orchestergeiger eine zuverlässige Vorbereitung sein, aber auch dem bereits im Beruf...
As can be seen from the dedication, this piece is the first violin concerto Mozart wrote in spring 1766 while staying at the French court for several weeks when he came to Paris for the second time wi...
'Fit in 15 Minutes' is intended for occasional players who are very short of time and want to maintain and improve their violin technique in a concentrated and effective quarter of an hour, or equally...
Irish Fiddle Solos presents sixty-four superb Irish traditional fiddle tunes, including jigs, reels, polkas, hornpipes and slow airs, arranged in sets for concert performance or for informal sessions....
Anniversary edition on the occasion of the 75th birthday of Valentin Silvestrov: 'This work could well be called (in analogy to Bach's 'Art of Fugue') 'Art of Melody' if there were a didactic mission....
With this homage, the composer bows to J.S. Bach by repackaging seemingly familiar things and listening sensitively after melody fragments and harmonies. The violin part, mostly supported by the piano...
In a conversation with the violinist Peter Herresthal, we touched on the “invitation' in the score of Ligeti's Violin concerto to provide a cadenza for the work. Peter suggested that I answer this inv...
A course of violin instruction combined with musical theory and practice in duet-playing
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My blue violin draws both musicians and listeners into the world of swing and jazz. Fast cheerful pieces alternate with pensive ones. Titles like My Cat and Me or Die Radtour [The Bicycle Ride] make t...
This lively setting of a traditional 19th-century English text (interspersed with a Latin refrain) recaptures the spirit of Bullard's earlier Angel Alleluias. With its straightforward harmony, snappy,...
With lively quavers and stately rhythms, this Gavotte by Bach is arranged here for violin by Kathy and David Blackwell, who are award-winning authors of OUP's educational string series. Originally pub...