Arranged for solo violin. Great for lessons, recitals, church services, caroling, and Christmas parties.

Includes:

Deck the Halls
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Good King Wenceslas
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
I Saw Three Ships
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
O Little Town of Bethlehem
Still, Still, Still
The Twelve Days of Christmas
We Wish You a Merry Christmas

Caprices No.?s 1 - 6 (for unaccompanied violin) MO112

Violin Solo

Music by Mark O?Connor

36 pages - 20:00 minutes in length



Caprice No. 1 In A Major - p. 1

Caprice No. 2 In G Minor - p. 7

Caprice No. 3 In A Major - p. 13

Caprice No. 4 In D Major - p. 19

Caprice No. 5 In F Major - p. 25

Caprice No. 6 In G Major - p. 31



Caprices No.?s 1 - 6 for unaccompanied violin are among Mark O?Connor?s most critically acclaimed works. Receiving great interest from performers, teachers and students of the violin, O?Connor has contributed music here which will challenge even the most gifted virtuoso. O?Connor?s caprices, like Nicolo Paganini?s and Pietre Locatelli?s, push the violin into a new direction, musically and technically, furthering the possibilities of the instrument. ?Caprice?s No.?s 1 - 6? feature demanding techniques which are desirable for study purposes, and at the same time, are accessible to concert audiences. The violinist will find passages containing complex rhythms, broken chord arpeggios, two-handed pizzicato, various spicatto and double-stopped runs. In addition to these specialized skills, the violinist must master the works? driving and aggressive rhythms in order to perfect the performance of them. This collection is appropriate for the advanced student but isolated selections could be valuable for the intermediate.



Original music printed from the composer?s manuscripts.

Music editing, copying and engraving by Mark O?Connor

using ?Finale? on Apple Macintosh 1986 - 1994



Composed By Mark O?Connor

Caprices No.?s 1 - 6 can be heard on ?Midnight On The Water? Warner Bros. Records

Mark O?Connor - violin



Catalogue Number MO112

Copyright © 1986 by Mark O?Connor Music International

Poem For Carlita (for unaccompanied violin) MO149

Violin Solo

Music by Mark O?Connor

5 pages - 7:30 minutes in length



Poem For Carlita In contemporary vocal music, there is a form called a story song. It is an odd form in that it does not contain any departure from the central idea; therefore there is no ?return.? The story has a beginning and ending but uses subtle variation to push the idea along its way. .. much the way loving relationships evolve. The equivalent of the story song in classical music is a Poem, and this is what I have called this piece. An inspiration I used for my musical poem was the ocean and it?s repetition of waves as they fall in to the shoreline. I grew up near the ocean and remember how the sounds of the relentless waves used to calm me. While it was the repetitive sound of the sea that moved me as a child, today, I observed that each wave was not the same but in fact slightly different. I was amazed that it seemed that no two waves looked or sounded the same to me. This natural occurrence seemed to mirror my love for wife Carla. Each day was just something a tiny bit different. It was very natural to make these kinds of life experience connections. Bridges that joined nature, love and art. The poem begins slowly and inquisitively and builds through in intensity with loud and mightily passionate moments of emotion before the music comes down peacefully and reflectively, until the last statement played by the violin signifies that the sea is calm once again.

This book includes "O Come, O Come Emmanuel", "Silent Night", "Joy to the World", "Good King Wenceslas" and "Go Tell It On the Mountain" arranged for unaccompanied violin solo. Each of these are also available individually on Sheet Music Plus. .

Christmas Solos for Violin, Vol. 2, is a compilation of 15 well-known Christmas Carols arranged for solo violin at the intermediate level. Songs include; The First Noel, We Wish You a Merry Christmas, Up on the Housetop, and many more. These interesting arrangements are perfect for performance and do not need any accompaniment. Volume 1 is also available with an additional 15 songs.

This is a book of 6 Christmas solo arrangements with piano accompaniment (or backing tracks). It contains popular Christmas classics, each of which has at least 2 verses which are arranged in different ways. You can try them all and see which you like best! They range from Easy-Intermediate to Advanced-Intermediate in difficulty; a solo part and a piano accompaniment are provided for each piece, as is a backing track on YouTube. This is the full list: 1. Jingle Bells 2. Ding Dong Merrily On High 3. Joy To The World 4. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen 5. O Little Town of Bethlehem 6. Silent Night Free backing tracks are provided for each piece; these can be heard in the video above and the link is also printed in the front of the book for future use.

Christmas Solos for Violin, Vol. 1, is an arrangement of 15 well-known Christmas Carols for Intermediate Violin. All the pieces can be performed without accompaniment, and are interesting and revitalized versions of the original songs. Silent Night, Deck the Halls, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen and many more songs are included. Volume 2 is also available with 15 more carols.

Arranged for the unaccompanied violin soloist, "Loving You Easy" is a great addition for wedding, cocktail hour, dinner reception or other gig music. Performance time - 2:20.

Somewhere Only We Know

Solo Violin

parts: 3 pages

time: 3' 36"

MY QUARTET VERSIONS, in short notice work fine for solo, two parts and three parts

however I offer individual versions for one, two and three parts that are more detailed for these ensembles.

Please visit https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/search?Ntt=sherry+lewis+publishing for all of the titles I offer.

If you can?t find a title then contact me at stringquartet@hotmail.com and I?ll give you the link back to Sheet Music Plus?s listing.

Violin solo part from the Leshan Buddha (magic violin) scene from the movie Abominable (2019).

Violin solo sheet music for DNA song by BTS.

Arranged for unaccompanied violin solo, this fun version of "All You Need Is Love" works well for wedding recessional, cocktail hour or dinner music. Songs from "The Beatles" are always crowd pleasers.