By Marilyn Carlson. For Violin. Solos. Sacred. Level: Multiple Levels. Book. Size 8.75x11.75. 32 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc.

Violin. By Various. Arranged by Jochen Rieger. This edition: ED9701. Schott. Book with CD. 32 pages. Published by Schott Music.

(Three Pictures of Chassidic Life) Composed by Ernest Bloch (1880-1959). Set of performance parts for violin and piano. With bowings and fingerings. 14 pages. Published by Carl Fischer.

The world's first rhythmic primer for violinists, violists, and cellists!. By Julie Lyonn Lieberman. DVD. DVD . Size 5.25x7.5 inches. Published by Huiksi Music Company.

By Ola Gjeilo. For Cello, Choral, Viola, Violin 1, Violin 2 (FULL SCORE ONLY). Walton Choral. 38 pages. Walton Music #WW1490B. Published by Walton Music

Chamber Music Violin

SKU: PR.144407380

Composed by Ellen Taaffe Zwilich. Performance Score. 4 pages. Duration 4 minutes. Merion Music #144-40738. Published by Merion Music (PR.144407380).

ISBN 9781491133903. UPC: 680160683475. 9 x 12 inches.

In her powerful Foreword to the music, violinist Kelly Hall-Tompkins has written: “There are great works which give voice to important moments for generations, and this is one of them.” The tragedy of Elijah McClain’s murder has moved us all, and for many musicians the image of this gentle young man playing his violin for kittens at an animal shelter has added a poignant extra layer. Zwilich was a professional violinist before turning exclusively to composing, and A LITTLE VIOLIN MUSIC is a memorial from the heart of one violinist to another.
[THESE NOTES MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED OUTSIDE OF THE PUBLICATION; OK TO QUOTE A BIT AND GIVE AUTHOR CREDIT]We often research important pieces of music to gain some glimpse into the mind of the composer by understanding the times in which a piece was written. The times that brought this piece into being, 2020, has been a year like no other in our lifetimes.With the suffering of a once in a century pandemic raging in ever higher waves, and millions of people around the world confined to their homes with a shared attention span for the first time in generations, we watched in horror the 8 minute 46 second killing of George Floyd, a man previously unknown to us, but now unwillingly joining a long list of names of unarmed African Americans killed by police. The anguished backlash of citizens around the world, from Japan to New Zealand to Germany to the United States, of every age, color, and creed, has rallied for weeks and months on end to demand enough and that “Black Lives Matter.”And yet, in the midst of it all is an America starkly divided against itself with some defiantly pushing back, emboldened by authoritarian-style government actions against its own citizens occurring all over the country. It is against this backdrop that we ever had a chance to know of Elijah McClain. Here in quarantine I sometimes practice my scales in front of the news. And one day the mirror image looking back at me from the screen was a slight young man, warm, affable brown eyes, and also a violin under his chin. The newsreel-style camera pan so familiar now, I knew the only reason we were gazing upon his unfamous face was that he too had been killed by police nearly a year before. But the revelation of it in the broadcast hit me particularly hard.Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, who is not only one of the great composers of our time, is also a dear friend, and called me the next day, also deeply saddened by the news. It was from Ellen that I learned that Elijah used to play for the kittens at the local animal shelter so they wouldn’t be lonely. This kind, gentle soul was aggressively taken into police custody while saying, “I am an introvert. Please respect the boundaries that I am speaking... I’m going home.” He was never seen alive again.Ellen and I spoke of the sadness and the injustice of this several times. She felt a powerful calling to contribute something in a statement and the result is the piece you now hold in your hands. I am deeply honored to be the dedicatee of the piece, to have worked together with Ellen on some of the final details, and to pen this score note. As an invited alumna of the Eastman School of Music, I premiered the work for their virtual event on Diversity and Inclusion. Each time I play it, there is a persistent lump in my throat because Ellen has captured something poignant and powerful here.There are great works which give voice to important moments for generations, and this is one of them. We humbly offer this piece in memory of Elijah McClain.Foreword © 2021 by Kelly Hall-Tompkins. Used by permission.

By Antonio Vivaldi. For Soli SSAT, SATB Choir, 2 Oboes, 2 Violins, Viola, Basso continuo (Soli SA, SATB Choir, 2 Violins, Viola, Basso continuo). RV 610. Full score available separately - see item CA.4000200. Magnificat; Stuttgart Urtext editions; Occasions: Feasts of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Hymns in praise of the Virgin Mary; Use during church year: Christmas. Choral score. Language: Latin/English. 12 pages. Duration 15 min. Published by Carus Verlag (German import).

Violin - Level 6

SKU: BA.BA11433

Composed by Zsigmond Szathmary. In a folder. Performance score. Composed 2010. 12 pages. Baerenreiter Verlag #BA11433_00. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag (BA.BA11433).

ISBN 9790006568215. 29.7 x 21 cm inches. Preface: Zsigmond Szathmary.

In ancient times, language and music were already regarded as an inseparable unit. Homer’s epic poems, for example, were sung, and in the highly developed art of rhetoric, words were used to communicate reason, while music spoke to the soul. Since Monteverdi’s time, musical delineation of text has become even more important: rhetoric terms such as “exclamatio”, “saltus duriusculus”, and “climax” were applied to music in order to render the emotional content of the text in even more expressive ways.

Szathmàry used this compositional method as a model when he drafted his work for violin “Rhetorica”. He wrote about this work: “My aim was to instill a “speaking quality” into even the tiniest musical elements in order to allow for the music to become a powerful narration of the moments experienced in a human life with all its highs and lows – entirely without the use of words.”

Violin and Piano

SKU: AY.VLP3237PM

Composed by Herbert Rothgarber. Strings - Violin. Score & Parts. Duration 17'. Periferia Publishing #VLP3237PM. Published by Periferia Publishing (AY.VLP3237PM).

ISBN 9790543574014.

It may be said to represent an attempt, by the composer, to reconcile the yearnings of soul with the restricting and conflicting tensions of earthly existence.

Movt. 1 (Adrift)
We find ourselves adrift in the ocean of life, flung about mercilessly by the tempestuous waves. We try to find meaning.

Movt. 2 (In The Stillness)
We glimpse the shadow of another possibility, - an otherness.

Movt. 3 (Whirling)
Everything, from the tiniest atom to the heavenly bodies, is in a perpetual state of whirling. Our lives are spent whirling to the Waltz Of Existence.

Movt. 4 (Another Place, Another Time)
So much of our inner lives is spent in the movement of memories. We are forever seeking relief from the anxieties of the present, in the nostalgia of the past.

Movt. 5 (Earth Song)
We celebrate our earthly existence.

(Violin). For Violin. Book; CD; Play-Along; String Series. Ultimate Pop Instrumental Solos Series. Pop. Grade 2; Grade 3. 88 pages. Published by Alfred Music Publishing

By Rich Heffler. For Violin. Solo for Violin. Traditional. Grade 4. Published by Rich Heffler Music

(Violin). For Violin. Play-Along; String Series. Easy Instrumental Solos. Rock. Book and CD. 64 pages. Published by Alfred Music Publishing