Sheet Music for String Instruments

Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967) composed Adagio for violin and piano in 1905 and dedicated it to the outstanding violinist Imre Waldbauer. In 1910 Kodály made versions of the work for both viola and cello,...

Béla Bartók composed his 44 Violin Duos in 1931, at the urging of the German violin pedagogue Erich Doflein. With two exceptions, all the pieces are based on original folk music themes, most of which...

'Based on my own performing experience of many decades, these cadenzas are written on Haydn's musical ideas (themes, motifs, materials from his orchestral ritornellos). My intention was to follow the...

The title of the cycle, Crossing, invites the listener to an imagined journey, whose end is foreign and far away. During the journey, the wayfarer leaves their earlier, familiar life behind themselves...

The latest volume in this popular series expands the repertoire of intermediate violoncello pupils with some unusual transcriptions. This time the editor, Árpád Pejtsik, has arranged Ave Maria setting...

In 1952, one of the most prolific years of his life, Pál Járdányi composed his Vörösmarty Symphony, several choral works and a chamber piece for music education. During this period, he also wrote the...

An ABRSM syllabus title, 2010-16, Grade 2.

The volumes of the series cover the entire music literature from the earliest centurties to our days. The material of the individual volumes containing short, easy pieces to be played in the first thr...

An Evening in the Village was composed in 1908 as no. 5 of the Ten Easy Piano Pieces. It has become one of Béla Bartók s favourite works, which the composer himself was fond of playing at recitals. As...