Chamber Music Cello, Piano, Violin

SKU: PR.414411630

Composed by Shulamit Ran. Set of Score and Parts. With Standard notation. 28+28+20+24+20+24 pages. Duration 20 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #414-41163. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.414411630).

ISBN 9781491114551. UPC: 680160089956. 9.5 x 13 inches.

EXCURSIONS is a one-movement work exploring two “characters.” A rhapsodic, descending passage is introduced by the cello, followed by a  static, chorale-like phrase for the violin and cello. Their individual developments are separated by a slow, contrasting middle section. The composer has written: “This is analogous to situations in life: we stand by a crossroad, choosing one option and forfeiting the other. But in art, the realm of the imagination, we can perhaps afford to pursue more than one route to its ultimate destination… or can we? It is symbolic that in this work both roads eventually lead to the same place.”.
Excursi ons for violin, cello and piano, is a one-movement work of tripartite structure in which materials explored in the first of three large sections are brought back in the last section.  The traditional statement-contrast-restat ement form, which is readily suggested by such a description, is, however, not at all in the mold in which the work is cast.  Rather, my aim was to subject the essential materials of the piece (two “characters” –the rhapsodic, descending passage played by the cello in the very opening and, later, a static, slow moving, chorale-like phrase for the violin and cello) to two entirely different developments separated by a slow, contrasting middle section.  This is analogous to an exploration of the ramifications that two divergent choices made by the same person might lead to.  In life, as we stand by a crossroad, choosing one option usually means having to forfeit the other.  But in art, the realm of the imagination, we can perhaps afford to pursue more than one route to its ultimate destination…or can we?  It is, I believe, symbolic that in this work both roads eventually lead to the same place: in composing Excursions, it seemed absolutely inescapable that at the end the slow, contrasting middle sections – both more resigned and peaceful than the battling spirits of the outer parts – should return briefly to end the work. The piano trio combination (once highly favored, but to this composer still as challenging today) is approached here as a collaborative effort of three equal soloists – partners.  Of the available pairings, the two strings find themselves occasionally approached as a team pitted against the piano.  The cello-piano combination is also not uncommon here, and there is an extended violin cadenza toward the end of the piece.  The writing for the three instruments is closely and at times interlinked, but the players are all instructed to play from scores. Excursions was first performed at Brandeis University in 1982.

by Costel Puscoiu. For violin. solos. Non-Series. Classic. Level: Beginning-Intermediate. Book. Size 8.75x11.75. 136 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc

Violin and Piano (Organ) CD Play Back / Play Along - Grade 1, Grade 2

SKU: MA.EMR-33826

Au Clair de la Lune / Chorale / Twinkle Little Star / The Bluebells Of Scotland / Alpine Song / Melancholy Waltz / Promenade /Pagoda / Goldfish Blues / Cats On The Prowl / March Of The Gladiators / Berceuse / This Old Man / Minuet / Bourree etc.... Composed by John G. Mortimer. Violin and CD Playback (Play Along). 20 Titles. Score and parts. Duration 18'21. Editions Marc Reift #EMR 33826. Published by Editions Marc Reift (MA.EMR-33826).

Possible instrumentations:

Violin and CD Play Back / Play Along
Violin and Organ ( Play Back / Play Along CD optional)
Violin and Piano ( Play Back / Play Along CD optional).

Edited by Gail Acosta. Arranged by Daniel Kelley. For Violin and Piano. Solos. Recital. Level: Intermediate. Piano Score and Solo Part. Published by Last Resort Music Publishing.

For Violin and piano. Level: Grade 4, 5. 36 pages. Published by ABRSM (Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music).

Composed by Various. Softcover Audio Online. 56 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

Violin and Piano - easy

SKU: BT.EMBZ6311

By Lenkei Gabriella. EMB Music for Beginners. Educational Tool. Book Only. Composed 1970. 52 pages. Editio Musica Budapest #EMBZ6311. Published by Editio Musica Budapest (BT.EMBZ6311).

English-German-Hungari an.

The volumes of the series 'Music for Beginners' cover the entire music literature from the earliest centurties to our days. The material of the individual volumes containing short, easy pieces to be played in the first three-four years of studying the instrument has been compiled by accomplished music teachers. The majority of the contemporary works included in the voluumes have been published in this series for the first time.