Carol Stringfest presents popular carols in flexible arrangements for string quartet beginner strings and duet. The books in the series can be used independently or in conjunction with one another. The inclusion of very simple parts for absolute beginners and an optional piano accompaniment to support less confident groups makes the series valuable to a wide range of abilities. Lyrics are also provided so there is something for everyone a must for Christmas!

Paganini's Variations on the G String have been skilfully transcribed for Viola with Piano accompaniment by Alan Arnold. This arrangement will provide the advancing Violist with an enjoyable challenge.The solo Viola part is also included on a separate insert.

for Viola and Piano-Brahms had already announced his 'retirement' from composition when in the spring of 1894 he played chamber music with the cellist Robert Hausmann and the clarinettist Richard Mühlfeld. This encounter apparently renewed his enthusiasm for Mühlfeld?s much admired playing and inspired him to write two Clarinet sonatas in the summer of the same year. It remains unclear when exactly Brahms drafted Viola parts to his two sonatas. In any case the Viola and Clarinet versions of the works were first published by Simrock at the same time in 1895. Today there is no doubt about Brahms? authorship of the Viola parts. They include important differences fromthe Clarinet original in order to do justice to this string instrument.An important part of this edition is the extensive preface. Firstly it informs about the sonatas? origins their compositional process pre-publication performances their publication history as well as early reception. Truly remarkable is the unique Performance Practice Commentary. Here the editors start from the premise that already a few decades after Brahms' death a widening gulf developed between the composer's expectations and the performance practices of the early 20th century. On the basis of manifold sources which include memoirs by pupils and chamber music partners treatises and essays early instructive editions and historical recordings the editors deal with key issues in understanding Brahms' notation. By a section-by-section analysis of rhythm and timing dynamics and accentuation dots and strokes slurring and non legato Piano pedalling and overholding Piano arpeggiation and dislocation string instrument fingering string instrument harmonics and vibrato the editors provide an indispensable assistance for a historically informed interpretation of the works.At the same time the edition offers an exciting and often surprising insight into musical interpretation of the German Romantic Era in general.A pioneering Urtext editionWith an unmarked Urtext partWith a second part including fingering and bowing based on the practices of contemporaries of BrahmsWith an extensive Performance Practice

A third book of 21 pieces for beginner Instrumentation : viola and piano Number of Pages : 36 Series : Easy String Music Fast Forward, part of the Colledge's highly regarded Easy String Series, has long been the repertoire choice of string teachers. The pieces help reinforce basic elements of technique, rhythm and fingering patterns ranging from pieces for beginners - intermediate players. The edition is part of the Trinity syllabus 2007 (grade 2) Contenu - At Harvest Time - Boogie-Woogie - Clever Clogs! - Drifting - Fast Forward - Hallowe'en - Hornpipe - Hustle, bustle - Lazy-bones - Once Upon a Time - Polly's Polka - Singapore Sunset - Snake Charmer - Something or Other! - Sweet Dreams - The Ceilidh - Weeping Willow - What's the Time? - Windmills - Winter's Night - Wondering

18 Vortragsstücke für Anfänger-18 concert pieces for beginner Viola players. Ideal Concert pieces which appeal to the imagination - and sense of humour - of young players and their audiences. Ideal Concert pieces which appeal to the imagination - and sense of humour - of young players and their audiences. Player-friendly melody lines powered along by racy Piano accompaniments (availably seperately)in pop and jazz idioms. The different instrument books are compatible as the string parts are in unison or octaves making them ideal forindividual or group lessons and for string ensembles. ?

Sixteen favorite Christmas hymns and songs for viola. These arrangements are easily accessible with no page turns or double stops. Suggested bowings are included. This book contains both melody and harmony parts with pianoaccompaniment which can be used with the violin and cello books in the same series. The pieces can be enjoyed in a number of instrumental settings either as solos duets or in ensembles with other string instruments. Suggesteduses are: solo viola with piano accompaniment viola duets with cello violin and/or piano and trios with cello and violin. Pull-out viola part.

For the first time the series 'Bärenreiter?s Concert Pieces' presents arrangements of concertos for viola and violoncello. The editions are an ideal continuation of the Sassmannshaus string methods but can of course also be used independently. Since concerto op. 35 only employs the first position it is suitable for beginners and young students. The piece has been transposed to make it easier to play.The concise foreword by renowned string pedagogues Christoph and Kurt Sassmannshaus introduces the work and points out its relevant technical requirements.

Paul Hindemith's Trauermusik for string orchestra with solo viola. This version is for solo viola with piano reduction arranged by Franz Willms.

20 sehr leichte Stücke für junge Spieler-Twenty very elementary pieces for young players written and arranged by the world's favourite string teacher Sheila Nelson. Note reading is introduced one finger at a time building up finger pattern 0-1-23-4 (semitone space between 2nd and 3rd fingers) - the only finger pattern used in this book. A number of rhythmic bowing patterns set out at the beginning of the book may be practised on any of the earlier tunes once they have been memorised. The rhythms are assimilated by the pupil with the aid of strongly rhythmic easily memorable words. All the tunes can be sung to the verses provided in order to develop a secure sense of rhythm and pitch. Pupils learn right from thestart to move freely from string to string to play with confidence and to pay close attention to pitch.

21 pieces-Part of the Easy String Music Series this collection of 21 pieces are an ideal method to increase manual dexterity and melodic confidence for the early Viola student. Viola part only.

Music through the Ages-Take a journey through time with More Time Pieces For Viola. These two volumes contain well-crafted arrangements presented in chronological order to take you from the seventeenth century right up to the present day.   Pieces that regularly feature on the ABRSM Viola syllabus. Invaluable source of recital repertoire. Contrasting styles from Schubert to Stravinsky and from Wagner to Weill. Arrangements that practise the note ranges and keys of the grades.   Maggy Lamb played the Viola with English National Opera and the Philharmonia Orchestra before taking up the post ofHead of Strings at St Peter’s School in York. She now divides her time between teaching performing and examining. Rachel Meredith is a Bristol University graduate. After a period performing both in the UK and abroad she now teaches upper strings in York. Rachel is also a syllabus selector and examiner for ABRSM.

Born in Nottingham England in 1862 Edmund Severn moved to the United States at the age of four along with his family who settled in Hartford Connecticut. Severn began to study the Violin with guidance from his father who taught the instrument professionally. He later studied with Franz Milcke and Bernard Listemann concertmaster of the Boston Symphony Orchestra before moving to Berlin to study bowing technique under Emanuel Wirth the first assistant of Joseph Joachim at the Berlin Hochschule. As a composer Edmund Severn wrote mainly orchestral music as well as many pieces for the Violin including a concerto; he also wrote three stringquartets.To this day the Polish Dance for Violin and Piano has remained Severnâ??s most famous work. The piece is arranged here by Alan Arnold for Viola and Piano.

Serenata Cantabile is a beautiful transcription and arrangement for Viola with Piano Accompaniment of Mozart's Quartet for Flute and Strings K.285. This piece has been skilfully arranged by Alan H. Arnold.The solo viola part is also included on a separate insert.