Violin and Piano. By Giuseppe Tartini. Arranged by Enrico Polo. (Violin). String Solo. Size 9x12 inches. 92 pages. Published by Ricordi.

Chamber Music Violin

SKU: PR.144407530

Composed by Lauren Bernofsky. 12 pages. Duration 10 minutes, 30 seconds. Merion Music #144-40753. Published by Merion Music (PR.144407530).

ISBN 9781491136614. UPC: 680160687992.

A violinist herself, Lauren Bernofsky has described SONATA FOR SOLO VIOLIN as drawn from autobiographical inspiration, including gestures from Bachâ??s beloved Partita in E Major. Bernofsky opens with a Preludio movement whose references to Bach may be disguised, but they are surely lurking. The second movement is lusciously contrapuntal with the idiomatic finesse of a violinist composing for her own instrument, while musically journaling the emotional pain of living through 2020. The third and final movement is aptly marked â??white-hot,â? and the music certainly is.
My SONATA FOR SOLO VIOLIN was commissioned by violinist Megan Healy as part of The Maud Powell Project, which celebrated the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment. The project included the creation of five new works for solo violin inspired by and dedicated to the memory of pioneering American violinist Maud Powell (1867-1920). Healy premiered the sonata on May 8, 2021 at PianoForte Studios in Chicago.Among the works Powell most frequently performed in her recitals was the â??Preludioâ? movement from Bachâ??s E major Partita, and I decided to refer to that music in my own first movement, also titled â??Preludio.â? The beginning subtly reflects Bachâ??s opening three-note motive, wherein the music dips down a semitone and then comes back up. This melodic material returns throughout the movement in various forms. I also refer to Bachâ??s sixteenth-note dominated texture, and the gesture in the third measure, which outlines a perfect fifth and then fills it in with notes that alternate between a scale and a pedal tone. The corresponding passage in my piece occurs in the same place, measure 3. Apart from these references to Bach, my sonata is much more modern sounding, especially in its chromatic character.I was still thinking of Bachâ??s solo violin writing while composing the second movement, particularly the polyphonic nature of the slow movements, where the melodic interest moves around between the voices. Emotionally, I wanted my movement to reflect the acute sadness I had been experiencing over the political and social situation in the United States as I wrote the piece. I realized that this is a historically noteworthy time in U.S. history, marked not only by political unrest, but also by a challenge to the very values that I consider essential to what makes a person fundamentally human. I wanted to create a record of that pain in my music.The final movement is marked â??White-hot.â? It is imbued with a relentless, passionate intensity. Wanting again to reflect aspects of our own time, I included glissandi that refer to rock music, specifically the â??fall-offsâ? I frequently hear played by electric guitarists. I borrowed from another (completely different) musical tradition as well, one that is near-and-dear to my heart: Klezmer. Klezmer (Eastern European Jewish folk music) is characterized in part by scales colored by augmented seconds, and is often performed by solo instrumentalists who improvise embellishments like quick grace notes. The second, more lyrical theme in this movement is my nod to Klezmer style.While this piece is an homage to Maud Powell, I also think of it as my own musical autobiography, as it combines some of my favorite aspects of music, and is played on my own instrument.

Edited by Amy Appleby. Collection and examples CD for easy solo piano. Over 200 great masterpieces from the baroque, classical, romantic and modern eras. Series: Piano Treasury Series. 399 pages. Published by Music Sales.

For Violin. Contains a high-quality music score featuring the solo violin part, printed on ivory paper; and a compact disc containing digitally remastered stereo accompaniments to each sonata. Published by Music Minus One.

2 violins, 2 violas, 2 celli - Level 6

SKU: KU.GM-1911

Composed by David Philip Hefti. Edited by David Philip Hefti. Bach format (230 x 302). In A Folder. Full score, parts. 78 pages. Duration 19 minutes. Edition Kunzelmann #GM-1911. Published by Edition Kunzelmann (KU.GM-1911).

ISBN 9790206202384. 9 x 12 inches.

Monumentum, Music for String Sextet, was written in 2014 to a commission from the Moritzburg Festival, The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center New York and the Kathe Kollwitz House in Moritzburg. It is dedicated to the cellist Jan Vogler. The world premiere took place on 19 August 2014 at the Moritzburg Festival, performed by Timothy Chooi & Mira Wang (violins), Roberto Diaz & Hartmut Rohde (violas), Jan Vogler & Harriet Krijgh (cellos). The American premiere took place on 7 May 2015 in the Lincoln Center with the Amphion String Quartet, the violist Yura Lee and the cellist Jan Vogler.

The String Sextet Momentum commemorates the outbreak of the First World War, the death of Peter Kollwitz – who died as a volunteer, aged just 18, in the early weeks of the war – and the manner in which his mother, the artist Kathe Kollwitz, mourned the loss of her son. The artist worked through her pain by creating her most famous sculpture, The Mourning Parents. It stands today at the German soldiers’ cemetery at Vladslo in western Flanders, where her son Peter also lies buried. During the 18 years that she worked on the Parents, Kathe Kollwitz attended several concerts at the Volksbuhne in Berlin, where from January to February 1927 she heard Arthur Schnabel’s cycle of all the Beethoven piano sonatas. Schnabel performed the Sonata op. 111 in c minor on 26 February 1927, and this work touched her in particular, as we can read in her diary: “The strange flickering notes turned into flames – a moment of rapture, taking one into a different sphere, and the heavens opened almost as in the Ninth (Symphony). Then one found one’s way back – but it was a return after having been assured that there is a heaven. These notes are serene – confident – and good. Thank you, Schnabel!” This encounter with Beethoven’s last sonata inspired the artist to take up work again on her sculpture after a long interruption and to consider different possibilities for arranging the two figures. For this reason, the first minutes ofMomentum are derived from this sonata by Beethoven – though without it being quoted in an audible manner – and they leave their mark on the form of the Sextet. The number 18 and the date of Peter Kollwitz’s death (23 October 1914) also have a direct impact on the work’s dramaturgy. This music is mostly calm in nature, but is time and again interrupted unexpectedly, being disturbed by unruly sounds and vehement eruptions until time itself seems to dissolve in an aleatoric passage. The work ends with an extended lament on “seed corn should not be ground”, a line from Goethe’s Wilhelm Meister’s Journeyman Years. Kathe Kollwitz often quoted this phrase to argue for peace, and also took it as the title for a lithograph that she made in 1942. - David Philip Hefti

Revised Edition with Fingering by 26 Pianists. Composed by Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809). Edited by Georg Feder. Henle Music Folios. Classical. Softcover. G. Henle #HN1336. Published by G. Henle

Piano (Piano Solo)

SKU: HL.51481561

Piano Solo. Composed by Franz Schubert. Edited by Dominik Rahmer. Henle Music Folios. Classical. Softcover. 39 pages. G. Henle #HN1561. Published by G. Henle (HL.51481561).

UPC: 196288308119. 9.25x12.25x0.15 inches.

Schubert composed his piano sonata in a minor in May 1825; it is one of Schubert's few piano works that was published during his lifetime. The four movements are expressive but each in its own way: a ballade style in the first piece, a songful second movement, surging restlessness in the third and eruptive passion in the final movement. Together, however, they constitute a uniform work. Since the autograph is lost, this revised Urtext edition is based exclusively on the first edition that was authorised by Schubert. The preface and comments provide detailed information on the genesis of the work and on open questions concerning the musical text. Carefully thought-out fingerings by Schubert expert Martin Helmchen round off the edition.

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arranged by Simon Lasky. For Saxophone (All). solos. Kevin Mayhew Ltd. Classic. Level: Intermediate. Book. Size 9x12. 40 pages. Published by Kevin Mayhew Ltd.

Unaccompanied Violin

SKU: AP.36-60710005

Composed by Eugene Ysaye. Violin. Master String Series. Book. LudwigMasters Publications #36-60710005. Published by LudwigMasters Publications (AP.36-60710005).

ISBN 9798888522035. UPC: 676737996420. English.

At a 1923 concert dedicated to the music of J.S. Bach put on by the great violinist Joseph Szigeti, fellow violinist and composer Eugène Ysaÿe (1858-1931) was deeply moved and inspired, leading to a sketch produced in twenty-four hours for a cycle of six sonatas for unaccompanied violin, each modeled after the style of a different virtuoso, capturing something of each performer's style in the piece for whom it was written. The final result was Ysaÿe's Op. 27, Six Sonatas for Solo Violin. The work has remained immensely popular since it was composed, having been interpreted and recorded many times by the very best violinists of the past 100 years. Sonatas and dedicatees: 1. Sonata in G minor (Joseph Szigeti); 2. Sonata in A minor (Jacques Thibaud); 3. Sonata in D minor (George Enescu); 4. Sonata in E minor (Fritz Kreisler); 5. Sonata in G Major (Mathieu Crickboom); 6. Sonata in E Major (Manuel Quiroga). Reprint edition.

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Edited by Amy Appleby. Music Sales America. Baroque, Classical Period and World. Softcover collection (spiral bound). With fingerings (does not include words to the songs). 240 pages. Music Sales #AM967440. Published by Music Sales

Piano

SKU: SP.TS058

Composed by Jonathon Robbins. Collection; Wedding. Book and CD. Santorella Publications #TS058. Published by Santorella Publications (SP.TS058).

ISBN 9781585603299. UPC: 649571100582.

Promises Wedding Classics is our best-selling assortment of popular wedding classics for piano. It contains the most important classic titles needed to perform at any wedding ceremony and is available with or without a performance CD. Promises, arranged by Jonathon Robbins and performed by Craig Stevens, is a must for any serious piano student. Although compiled for a wedding setting, this Santorella Publication is a perfect complement to any recital, competition or audition. Study the masterworks of our greatest composers by adding these seventeen (17) imperative works to your piano music library. Includes: Bridal Chorus (From Lohengrin), Wagner - Wedding March, Mendelssohn - Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (From, Cantata No. 147 ), Bach - Moonlight Sonata, Beethoven - Ave Maria, Bach/Gounod - Fur Elise (A Bagatelle in A Minor), Beethoven - Two Minuets (in G), Bach - Simple Gifts, Brackett - Ode To Joy (Theme From Symphony No. 9), Beethoven - Liebestraum #3 (A Dream of Love), Liszt - Grand March (From, Aida), Verdi - Musetta's Waltz (From, La Boheme), Puccini - Morning Has Broken, Gaelic Traditional - Pachelbel's Canon, Pachelbel - Ave Maria, Schubert - Fantasie Impromptu (I'm Always Chasing Rainbows), Chopin - Anniversary Waltz (Waves of the Danube), Ivonovici.