When Ligeti taught composition at the University of Stockholm in the 1960s, he met his famous Swedish fellow composer Hilding Rosenberg (1892-1985). Ligeti wrote this musical greeting on the occasion of Rosenberg's 90th birthday.
The little piece is easy to play, composed in an extremely instrument-related manner and sounds really good. It shows that Ligeti, like Bach, Schumann and Bartok, was able to write easily playable and at the same time tonally convincing music in his personal style. Whether at an audition in a music school class or (as an encore) at a concert, it is impossible to resist the immediate charm of this composition.

33 pieces for violin and piano which are fun to play - this is what the new anthology of Wolfgang Birtel in the Violinissimo series has to offer! In addition to Joplin's eponymous work The Entertainer, the volume contains many other pieces .from classical .to .music on the lighter side, e.g. Fucik, Einzug der Gladiatoren, Rubinstein, Melody in F or Abreu, Tici Tico, Villoldo, El Choclo, Lincke, Berliner Luft, and other easily playable, but also lesser known, yet rewarding pieces.

The Violinissimo series attempts to make the rich repertoire of five centuries of violin music accessible for lessons, concerts and private music-making. The anthology Serenade contains a selection of 36 intermediate arrangements for violin and piano which can be used for performance purposes to enlarge the educational standard repertoire and make it more interesting and may therefore be a constant companion of every advanced pupil in his/her lessons.

The Easy Concert Pieces series .for Violin and Piano is intended for tuition purposes and are particularly suitable for performance at auditions and school concerts, for competitions, examinations . - and for music making at home too, of course. Volume 3 (intermediate) requires familiarity with the first four positions.
Besides well-known works such as the famous Air by Bach, the Largo from Handel's opera 'Xerxes' and a movement from Vivaldi's Four Seasons, there are rewarding concerto and sonata movements by Kuchler and Fiocco, as well as less familiar Romantic compositions by Rieding and Trowell. .Modern music is represented in two lovely pieces by Hermann Schroeder, also inspired by the theme of the seasons. . Young violinists will enjoy the four pop pieces that round off the selection

Close your eyes and relax: these pieces are as pleasant and .evocative for the listener as a cup of coffee, and they're charming to play too! Together with the .audio online material .and the piano accompaniment, the pieces are suitable for lessons, concerts or just music-making at home. .Chord symbols facilitate accompaniment with guitar, accordion, .or other instruments.
Other editions: My Blue Violin (ED 21767) and The Merry Fiddler (ED 21768).

Item Number: S9.Q19675

The second volume in the Violinissimo series, 'La Follia', offers a great selection of 25 original compositions for . intermediate to advanced level violin with piano accompaniment.

The material ranges from the Baroque period to the 21st Century and contains popular pieces - from Corelli, Vivaldi and Mozart, Faure, Brahms and Dvorak as well as modern composers.

Fingerings, tempo suggestions and information on ornaments and embellishments complement the collection.

The Violinissimo series is not only an ideal companion to lessons, school concerts and competitions, but also a treasure trove for lovers of classical violin music.

For a New Year's concert with a small ensemble: lively polkas, hearty marches and fast waltzes are included in this volume. Wolfgang Birtel has written more than 20 wonderful and rousing arrangements for violin and piano of well-known and lesser-known pieces. In addition to important composers such as Strauss father and Strauss son, the collection also includes lesser-known names such as Fucik or Komzak.