SKU: HL.51487045

ISBN 9790201870458. UPC: 888680745318. 6.75x9.5x0.244 inches.

In autumn 1895, after returning from New York once and for all, Dvorák took up his former position as teacher at the Prague Conservatory. This clearly had an inspiring impact on him because in the space of just four weeks he composed a new string quartet in G major. Together with the Quartet in A-flat major op. 105, it forms a glorious close to his chamber music oeuvre. Echoes of Bohemian folk music are here mixed with cantabile themes, while his motivic working shows him to be a master at the height of his powers. Even today, it seems almost as if we can feel the composer's satisfaction with this work: “I am working so easily and it is going so smoothly that I could not wish it better.”.

SKU: FG.55011-598-9

ISBN 9790550115989.

The volume G of the popular Colourstrings violin tutors by Géza Szilvay studies every position of the violin in a separate volume: G1 the second position, G2 the third position, G3 the fourth position, G4 the fifth position and the last one, G5, the high positions (sixth and seventh). These books form an all-embracing, rich collection of shifting exercises, position playing studies, excerpts from the literature, chamber music (mainly duos), and performing pieces, piano accompaniment offered as a separate publication (Books G1, G2 & G2 supplement 9790550116467; Books G3 & G4 9790550116931 and Book G5 9790550116948).

The extensive Book G5 - Sixth and Seventh Position (9790550116948) follows the key principles of Colourstrings methodology - the use of natural harmonics and constant developing of inner hearing for instance - but it can be fully utilized also without any previous use or knowledge about the Colourstrings method. The innovative and unique visual presentation of the “house of the positions and preparatory exercises for the challenging passages help the young and older students to fully understand, why and where the different positions are needed. The performance pieces with piano accompaniment in the Book G5 (alphabetical order):
Bériot, Charles de: Air varié
Bohm, Carl: Introduction and Polonaise
Brahms, Johannes: Hungarian Dance No. 5
Dancla, Charles: Second Solo
Drdla, Frantisek: Souvenir
Glazunov, Alexander: Spanish Serenade
Kodály, Zoltán: Kallo Double Dances I-III
Kuula, Toivo: Chanson sans paroles
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Minuet
Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista: Siciliana
Pugnani-Kreisler: Tempo di Minuetto
Rachmaninov, Sergei: Vocalise
Sibelius, Jean: Romance
Sonninen, Ahti: Karelian Dance
Wieniawski, Henryk: Mazurka
Žilinskis, Arvīds Mazurka

Duos for two violins in the Book G5:
B. Campagnoli: Duo (Andantino)
F. J . Mazas: Duos in six positions (Moderato)

Excerpts from the violin literature: Prokofieff - Bartók - Tartini - Rachmaninoff - Bériot - Pugnani - Rode - Weiner - Schubert - Dancla - Rieding

More about the Colourstrings method: https://www.fennicagehrman.fi/sheet-music/colourstrings/.