18 Easy Gospel Duets Vol.1 for Violin and Viola is a beautiful collection of your best-loved Gospel Hymns and Spirituals. They are arranged simply in the most suitable range and keys for one Violin and one Viola.

The standard is early intermediate to intermediate. Players with a year or two?s experience will enjoy playing these duets, with plenty of interest in both parts and imaginative arrangements. These duets are ideal for use in concerts or worship, formal or informal. Click on the link above to hear samples of these duets performed on YouTube, performed on Clarinet.

The hymns are in alphabetical order and are as follows

� Abide with Me,

� Amazing Grace,

� Blessed Assurance,

� Deep River,

� Down by the Riverside,

� Go Down Moses,

� Go Tell It on the Mountain,

� He?s Got the Whole World in HIs Hands,

� Higher Ground,

� Jesus on the Mainline,

� Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho,

� Just a Closer Walk with Thee,

� Just as I Am,

� Just Over in the Glory Land,

� Kumbaya My Lord,

� Love Lifted Me,

� Nobody Knows the Trouble I?ve Seen,

� Nothing but the Blood of Jesus.

If you like these duets, then there are another eighteen just like them in Volume 2. To find them copy and paste 18 Easy Gospel Duets Vol.2 for Violin and Viola in the Search Bar above. There are also longer and more challenging arrangements available in 10 Gospel Duets for Violin and Viola.

Shlof Mein Kind is a Yiddish lullaby, often performed by Klezmer musicians. This version is arranged as a duet for one Violin and one Viola.

There are two melodies in use for Shlof Mein Kind. The melody in this arrangement is the lesser known one, as sung by Paul Robeson. There is no record of the tune?s composer, but the words are a setting of a poem by the Jewish Ukrainian writer, Sholem Aleichem. Aleichem is best known as the creator of the ?Tevye? short stories, which later inspired the musical ?Fiddler on the Roof?.

Shlof Mein Kind is arranged in a key and range best suited to the instruments. The simple melody is played three times with varying accompaniment. Shlof Mein Kind is suitable for players at an intermediate level and above. Around three minutes long, this version of Shlof Mein Kind invites an expressive performance andis perfect for concert performances, both formal and informal. Click the link above to listen to a full Youtube performance of the Clarinet version of this duet.