Viennese music has become almost synonymous with Johann Strauss II and his great waltzes. But of course there were other luminaries: his father Johann Strauss I his talented brothers Josef and Eduard as well as their colleagues friends and rivals. This collection includes music by some of these; and apart from waltzes we have polkas (slow and fast) a couple of melodies from operettas and a march. The selection ranges from shorter eminently playable miniatures to a handful of more extended and challenging arrangements. The waltz kings were first and foremost fiddlers. They led their orchestras from the front instrument and bow in hand. As a young man JohannStrauss II used to practise his Violin in a full-length mirror so he would look every inch the part. They knew how to write for the Violin how to make it sing and dance and this helps to make the repertoire a perfect foil to the other volumes in this series. The arrangements in this collection can be performed as solos duets or trios or by larger ensembles. In fact here are all the resources to recreate a Viennese café orchestra! The full range of traditional fiddle repertoire is now at your fingertips! Using these generous collections you can create your own ceilidh barn dance jazz club Sarajevo street-café or Gypsy gathering. Some of this music is familiar some more exotic but all of it is absolutely authentic faithfully arranged and above all hugely enjoyable. Each title in the series is available in two formats: the Violin edition (with an optional easy Violin part and Guitar chords); or the complete edition which also includes both Keyboard and Violin accompaniments. Either format is hugely flexible which means the music can be played as solos duets or trios as well as with larger ensembles. Edward Huws Jones has travelled extensively researching fiddle-playing traditions. In each book he explains the background of the particular musical style giving his own suggestions for a lively performance. And to help recreate the spirit of the music every book in the series is beautifully illustrated.

Violin and Piano reduction of Three Dances Op. 7 for Violin and Orchestra. The Three Dances are delightful miniatures written in 1915 in relatively carefree student days (relatively because the Great War was already a year old and Howells through ill health which nearly killed him in 1917 was exempted from active service). They were composed for a young fellow-student George Whittaker a highly gifted violinist who had entered the College aged only eleven. Certainly the music has no hint of the momentous events beginning to take shape and which would fundamentally affect one of his closest friends Ivor Gurney and kill a number of others.

Par GERSHWIN GEORGE. Jascha Heifetz (1901-1987) and George Gershwin (1898-1937), two of the best known figures in American music, were good friends and often played together. Heifetz had urged Gershwin to write a violin concerto for him, but unfortunately Gershwin died before the project got off the ground. These transcriptions by Heifetz are the next best thing. The five excerpts from Porgy and Bess?« and the Three Preludes are well known and Heifetz often played them as encores, but the substantial concert excerpt from An American in ParisTM has never been published before and may not have been performed by Heifetz in public at all. The infectious rhythms and gorgeous tunes of thisAmerican classic are brilliantly served by Heifetz as transcriber, and the Porgy excerpts (which include 'Bess, You Is My Woman Now,' 'Summertime' and 'My Man's Gone Now') sizzle with virtuoso pizzazz in these wonderful arrangements. This edition is a must-have for lovers of the violin and the music of Gershwin! / Date parution : 2022-11-04/ Recueil / Violon et Piano

Par ADOLPHE BRUCE. This work was commissioned by violinist Solomiya Ivakhiv to celebrate and commemorate the life of her namesake, Solomiya Krushelnytska. A Ukranian soprano, Krushelnyts (1872-1952) left home at the age of 21 to study voice in Italy, where she became a very successful opera performer and close friends with Puccini. She is often credited with saving Madama Butterfly from obscurity by taking on the role after a failed premiere with a different cast. Visiting her family one summer, she was suddently trapped as Ukraine was absorbed by the Soviet Union and all borders were closed. Realizing that she would never be able to return to Italy to resume her solo career, she joined the faculty of the Lviv Conservatory, where she raised a generation of very fine singers. She died in poverty, never being able to access her savings or property in Italy, but she contributed to the growth of the Lviv Conservatory where Solomiya Ivakhiv studied. Krushelnyts became a well-known symbol of hope for young women in Ukraine, where much of the population knows her name, and many streets are named after her. / Date parution : 2022-06-14/ Répertoire / Violon et Piano

Traditional fiddle music from around the world. Par . Le répertoire complet de musique traditionnelle pour violon est maintenant à votre portée ! Avec ce grand choix de recueils vous pourrez recréer l'ambiance de votre propre 'ceilidh', des danses folkloriques, du club de jazz, des cafés concerts comme à Sarajevo. Certains de ces morceaux de musiques sont connus, d'autres sont plus exotiques, mais tous sont absolument authentiques et leurs arrangements sont faits sans compromis, mais ce qu?il y a de plus important, c'est qu'ils vous donneront énormément de plaisir. Chaque titre de la série est disponible en deux versions : la Violin Edition (avec en option une partie violon simplifiée et des accords de guitare), ou la Complete Edition qui comprend des accompagnements pour clavier et pour violon. Chaque version permet de jouer la musique en solo, en duo ou en trio aussi bien que dans des ensembles plus importants. Edward Huws Jones a beaucoup voyagé lors de sa recherche de styles traditionnels pour violon. Dans chaque livre il explique l'histoire d'un style particulier, offrant ses propres suggestions pour obtenir une exécution vivante. / Niveau : Moyen / Date parution : 2024-02-16/ Recueil / Violon et Piano (Guitare ad lib.)

Conçus pour l'enseignement ou les tous premiers concerts, les albums 'Easy Concert Pieces' pour violon et piano contiennent des pièces faciles et connues, allant de la Renaissance à l'époque moderne, soigneusement choisies en accord avec leurs exigences techniques et musicales : volume 1 facile, volume 2 intermédiaire. Toutes les pièces sont jouables dans la première position. À côté de pièces originales de Milán, Purcell, Corelli, Duval ou Telemann, figurent des arrangements faciles de classiques célèbres, comme 'Les Quatre saisons' de Vivaldi, 'Fireworks Music' (Musique pour les feux d'artifice royaux) de Haendel ou encore 'La Flûte enchantée' de Mozart, ainsi que des compositions modernes de pop, jazz, spiritual, bossa nova et tango. Toutes les pièces sur le CD existent en version complète et en play-back./ Recueil / Violon et Piano