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.

For Violin. Classical (duets). Contains printed music score and a compact disc featuring all the works in split-channel stereo, with the first violin on the right channel, the second violin on the left. By adjusting the balance, the soloist can remove either violin and play the other. Published by Music Minus One.

Violin - difficult

SKU: HL.49017065

For solo violin. Composed by Kenneth Hesketh. This edition: Saddle stitching. Sheet music. String Solo. Book only. Composed 2005. 16 pages. Duration 12'. Schott Music #ED 12878. Published by Schott Music (HL.49017065).

ISBN 9790220130571. 9.0x12.0x0.052 inches.

Taking his starting point from 17th century philosopher-poet Cyrano de Bergerac's 'Grandes Plaines du Jour', Hesketh powerfully fuses a huge range of performing and compositional techniques into this 12 minute work for solo violin. Inspired by Bergerac's imaginations of other worlds and utopian societies, the work explores extreme ranges and timbres whilst using techniques such as left hand pizzicato and natural harmonics. Open-fifth material, which is natural to the instrument, is prominent and short duets alternating between arco and pizzicato figures add yet another dimension.

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.

Violin

SKU: FZ.5850

Serie I - France 1600-1800. Edited by Philippe Lescat, Jean Saint-Arroman. This edition: Facsimile. Methodes & Traites. Score. Published by Anne Fuzeau Productions - France (FZ.5850).

ISBN 9790230658508. 24.00 x 33.00 cm inches.

These early music methods are in facsimile in four books. ANCELET - Jacques-Laurent BETHISY - Sebastien de BROSSARD (1-2) - Michel CORRETTE (1) - Jean-Baptiste DOMENJOUD - Pierre DUPONT - Encyclopedie - F. A. P. de GARSAULT - Francesco GEMINIANI - Marin MERSENNE - Michel Pignolet de MONTECLAIR - Leopold MOZART. Table of contents: Mersenne Marin: Harmonie universelle - 1636. Brossard Sebastien de: Dictionnaire de musiqua - 1703. Brossard Sebastien de: [Methode de violon manuscrite] - c. 1711. Monteclair Michel Pignolet de: Methode facile pour apprendre a jouer du violon - 1711. Dupont Pierre: Principes de violon - 1718. Corrette Michel: L'ecole d'Orphee - 1738. Dupont Pierre: Principes de violon '(seconde edition) - 1740. Encyclopedie: Articles sur le violon et la lutherie - 1751/1772. Geminiani Francesco: L'art de jouer du violon - 1752. Ancelet: Observations sur la musique - 1757. Domenjoud Jean-Baptiste: De la preference des vis aux chevilles - 1757. Garsault F. A. P. de: Notionnaire, ou memorial raisonne - 1761. Bethisy Jacques Laurent: Exposition de la theorie - 1764. Mozart Leopold: Methode raisonnee pour apprendre a jouer du violon - 1770. Collection supervised by the musicologist Jean Saint-Arroman, professor at the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique et de Danse of Paris and at the CEFEDEM Ile de France (Training Centre for Music Teachers). He is the author of the majority of our prefaces and has also been involved in library searches. Facsimile of copies from: - British Library of London (England). - National Library of Paris (France). - Library of Congress, Washington (USA). - Bayerische Staatsbibliothek of Munich (Germany). - In Private collection. Anne Fuzeau Classique propose the complete theoretic documentation, methods, classical music scores on the violin.

Composed by Various. Instrumental Solo. Softcover. 104 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

(Serie I - France 1600-1800). Edited by Jean Saint-Arroman, Philippe Lescat. For Violin. Facsimiles. Methodes and Traites. Grade 0. 296 pages

(An Innovative Method for Adults Returning to Play). By Doris Gazda. Arranged by Doris Gazda Larry Clark. 48 pages. Published by Carl Fischer

(60 Traditional Pieces - Book/CD). Composed by Various. Arranged by Iain Fraser. For Fiddle. String Solo. Softcover with CD. Schott Music #ED13700. Published by Schott Music

by Stacy Phillips. For fiddle. All styles, fiddle tunes. Level: Multiple Levels. Book. Solos. Size 8.75x11.75. 268 pages. Published by Mel Bay Pub., Inc.

For Violin. Composed by Various. Instrumental Play- Along. Disney, Movies. Softcover Audio Online. 16 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

Violin Play-Along Pack. By Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schonberg. Instrumental Folio. Play Along. Softcover with CD. 16 pages. Published by Hal Leonard.

(Violin). By Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg. For Violin (Violin). Instrumental Solo. Softcover. 16 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

Lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer, music by Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schonberg. Violin solo songbook (no accompaniment) for violin. 15 pages. Published by Hal Leonard.

Instrumental Play-Along. By Various. Instrumental Play- Along. Pop. Softcover Audio Online. Published by Hal Leonard

Violin

SKU: BT.9781408114612

Composed by Peter Davey. Abracadabra. Method. Book with CD. 64 pages. Collins Music Publishing #9781408114612. Published by Collins Music Publishing (BT.9781408114612).

ISBN 9781408114612. English.

Now in a third edition, Abracadabra Violin has a fresh and contemporary new look and is the perfect book for pupil and teacher.

This title offers an identical selection of repertoire to the other books in theAbracadabra Strings series, so they can be used in any combination for group or whole class lessons and mixed ensemble performances. Used alone, they remain ideal for individual tuition.

With tunes you know and want toplay, carefully graded in 20 learning steps, this new edition of the popular tutor also includes duets, trios and teacher's parts. Clear fingering and bowing diagrams and concise theory explanations help to teach thefundamentalsof the instrument, and each new technical aspect is reinforced by several pieces using that particular technique.

Abra cadabra Violin now also includes two CDs of performance and backing tracks, featuringselected orchestral backings.

Violin

SKU: ST.C545

Composed by Nigel Goldberg. String music. Clifton Edition #C545. Published by Clifton Edition (ST.C545).

ISBN 9790570815456.

Combines and replaces the two original publications of Sounds of a Rainbow Book 1 from Spartan Press (SP950-1), into this volume that includes both duets and violin and piano versions in one volume.

Whether a student or a great artist, the desire to make a beautiful sound is a constant in the life of any musician. Sound is the musician’s voice, the means of communicating an artistic vision to the audience and it should be the aim for children of any age or standard to be engaged in good tone production.

The inspiration for writing the pieces for this book came to me from the wish to give the young children I teach music which would develop their ear for both good intonation and beautiful tone production. All the pieces have a strongly implied harmonic structure allowing them to be played without accompaniment. The purpose of the second violin part is therefore to enable the teacher to underline the harmony as well as to influence the student’s tone production and intonation through his own sound, as much can be taught by good example. The violin student also has the option to play with piano. The accompaniments included within this book are written by Heidi Rolfe.

The choice of keys in this book covers most of the requirements for scales in the Associated Board syllabus Grade 1.

Finally I think that children enjoy the challenge of expressing different moods and emotions musically, and I hope that the range of ideas implied by the keys and the titles of these pieces will fire their imagination.

Nigel Goldberg

Grade 1
Former Spartan Press Cat. No.: SP950 and SP951.

11 Well-Known Pieces for Solo Violin As Part of a String Quartet. Fentone Play Along Books. Book and CD Package. Size 9x12 inches. 20 pages. Published by Fentone Music/De Haske.

Violin - Advanced

SKU: AP.12-0571540791

For Solo Violin. Composed by Tom Coult. Solo; String - Violin Solo. Faber Music #12-0571540791. Published by Faber Music (AP.12-0571540791).

ISBN 9780571540792. English.

This set of inventive and hugely contrasting études for solo violin were written by Tom Coult between 2010 and 2014, the last two as commissions from the London Sinfonietta. The final piece in this eight-minute collection is the most unusual: serene and meditative, it utilizes a novel technique by which the player sustains hushed three-note chords.

Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack for Violin Solo. Composed by Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de Saint-Georges) and Kris Bowers. Instrumental Solo. Classical, Movies. Softcover. 24 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

Violin

SKU: ST.Y237

Composed by Morgan Hayes. String music. 3 minutes. Part. Stainer & Bell Ltd. #Y237. Published by Stainer & Bell Ltd. (ST.Y237).

ISBN 9790220221835.

1st perf: Darragh Morgan, The Picture Gallery, Royal Holloway College, University of London, 15 November 2006

Programme Note
Lucky's Speech was composed at the request of the violinist Darragh Morgan, for the launch of his recital CD Opera on the NMC label in June 2006. The title refers to a pivotal moment in Samuel Beckett's play Waiting for Godot, when the hitherto silent character Lucky suddenly pours forth a torrential stream of gibberish.

This idea also suggested the cadenza of my Violin Concerto, composed in the same year, and it is reflected in both cases by an almost breathless musical activity punctuated by pizzicato commentaries. I should like to thank Darragh Morgan for his invaluable advice in the preparation of the score.

(c) Copyright Morgan Hayes