Edited by David Brody. For violin. Format: fake book. With lead melody, chord na...(+)
Edited by David Brody.
For violin. Format: fake
book. With lead melody,
chord names,
instructional text and
performance notes. Folk,
americana and british.
302 pages. 9x12 inches.
Published by Oak
Publications.
(Foreword and Additional Editing by Doris Gazda). By George Frideric Handel Fede...(+)
(Foreword and Additional
Editing by Doris Gazda).
By George Frideric Handel
Federigo Fiorillo. Edited
by Larry Clark, Leopold
Auer, Doris Gazda.
Arranged by William
Strasser. For Violin,
Violin and Piano. Book.
96 pages. Published by
Carl Fischer
Violin SKU: M2.MOS-20047 Sonate pour un Violon Seul. Composed by C...(+)
Violin
SKU:
M2.MOS-20047
Sonate pour un Violon
Seul. Composed by
Carl August Pesch. Edited
by Gotz Bernau.
Performance book.
Möseler Verlag #MOS
20047. Published by
Möseler Verlag
(M2.MOS-20047).
ISBN
9790203710714.
Sona
te B-dur: Es gibt nur
wenige Werke fur
Solovioline aus der
Mozart-Zeit; das macht
diese
Erstveroffentlichung
interessant. Die grosse
Zeit der Violinvirtuosen
Walther, Biber, Westhoff,
Pisendel und anderer
hatte mit Johann Sebastin
Bachs Solosonaten und
-partiten einen Abschluss
gefunden. Aus der
vorklassischen Periode
kennen wir ausser vielen
Unterrichtswerken fur
Violine nur wenige
konzertante Kompositionen
fur eine Violine allein.
Dazu zahlen insbesondere
die Sonaten von Friedrich
Wilhelm Rust und Johann
Friedrich Reichardt,
beide aus dem Umkreis
Franz Bendas, die aber
deutlich an barocke
Vorbilder anknupfen. -
Die hier vorgelegte
Sonate in B-Dur von Pesch
ist ein in beiden Satzen
fast durchgangig
zweistimmiges Stuck. Die
Tonart B-Dur mag zunachst
etwas befremden, ist aber
nicht ungewohnlich, denn
auch Solowerke von
Westhoff und Rust stehen
in dieser Tonart; sie
erweist sich als durchaus
geigerisch und klangvoll
in diesem ungewohnlichen
Werk. Die in vielen
Veroffentlichungen
wiedergegebenen
Lebensdaten von Pesch,
die aus unbekannter
Quelle stammen und immer
wieder benutzt wurden,
sind durchweg falsch. Aus
der Eintragung im
Kirchenbuch der Gemeinde
St. Blasius in
Braunschweig ist der 27.
Februar 1791 als
Sterbedatum eindeutig
festgestellt. Die
Braunschweigische
Anzeigen schreiben Am
27sten Februar ...
verstarb ... Herr Carl
August Pesch im 57ten
Jahr seines Alters. Im
57ten Jahr bedeutet, dass
er 56 Jahre alt wurde,
also 1735 geboren ist.
Uber seine Herkunft ist
bisher wenig bekannt:
Nach 1760: Eintritt in
den herzoglichen Dienst
in Braunschweig; 1763:
Leopold Mozart erwahnt
Pesch unter den Personen,
die er im Gasthof
Goldener Lowe in
Frankfurt/Main getroffen
hat; 1765: Reise mit dem
Herzog nach London, dort
Veroffentlichung einiger
Werke; 1766/1767: Reise
mit dem Herzog nach
Italien; 1776 Konzerte in
Frankfurt/Main.
Violin SKU: AP.6-450414 Interviews with Heifetz, Auer, Kreisler, and o...(+)
Violin
SKU:
AP.6-450414
Interviews with
Heifetz, Auer, Kreisler,
and others. Edited by
Frederick H. Martens.
Reference Textbooks;
Textbook - Instrumental.
Dover Edition.
Instructional and Music
Appreciation.
Biographical book. 178
pages. Dover Publications
#06-450414. Published by
Dover Publications
(AP.6-450414).
ISBN
9780486450414. UPC:
9780486450414. 9x12
inches.
English.
How long
should I practice? Which
pieces should I study?
How can I develop a
singing tone? All
violinists ponder these
questions, striving to
make the most of their
practice and
performances. This
enlightening and
encouraging book holds
the answers, offering a
series of interviews with
the most celebrated
violin teachers and
performers of the
nineteenth and early
twentieth
centuries.Twenty-four
famous violinists reveal
the secrets of their
success, sharing the
lessons of their artistry
and experience. In
addition to aesthetic and
technical aspects of
playing, they discuss
their personal
conceptions of violin
mastery. Eugene Ysaye
reminisces about his
studies with Vieuxtemps
and Wieniawski, and
Leopold Auer emphasizes
the importance of
fostering students'
individual talents. Maud
Powell describes her
pioneering role as a
female orchestral
musician, and Jascha
Heifetz voices his views
on technical mastery and
temperament. Hints and
advice from other masters
include tips on efficient
practice, immproving bow
technique, and refining
intonation. A rare find
in musical literature,
this book is essential
reading for every serious
violinist.Dover (2006)
unabridged republication
of the work originally
published by Frederick A.
Stokes, New York,
1919.
Fiddle, Violin - Difficulty: medium SKU: HL.235 By Various. Fiddle. Folk....(+)
Fiddle, Violin -
Difficulty: medium
SKU: HL.235
By
Various. Fiddle. Folk.
Solo fiddle songbook.
With performance notes,
introductory text and
standard notation. 96
pages. Published by
Centerstream Publications
(HL.235).
ISBN
9781574240566. UPC:
073999567786. 9x12
inches.
This
comprehensive collection
of fabulous fiddle tunes
includes reels,
hornpipes, strathspeys,
jigs, waltzes and slow
airs.
Chamber Music Violin SKU: CF.BF142 22 Holiday Arrangements for Any Com...(+)
Chamber Music Violin
SKU: CF.BF142
22 Holiday
Arrangements for Any
Combination of String
Instruments. Composed
by Basque Carol, Bernard
de la Monnoye, Catalonian
Carol, English Carol,
Felix Bartholdy
Mendelssohn, Franz Xaver
Gruber, French carol,
James Pierpont, John
Henry Hopkins, John Wade,
Lewis Redner, Mykola
Leontovich, Richard
Storrs Willis, and Welsh
Carol. Arranged by Todd
Parrish. Collection -
Score. 48 pages. Carl
Fischer Music #BF142.
Published by Carl Fischer
Music (CF.BF142).
ISBN
9781491160145. UPC:
680160918744.
The
22 holiday classics
contained in this
collection have been
carefully arranged for
any combination of string
trio. The melodies,
both sacred and secular,
cover many centuries and
originate in Western
Europe and the United
States. Each work was
selected for its quality,
musical interest, and
appropriateness in a
chamber setting. All
pieces in this collection
have stood the test of
time and are worthy of
both study and
performance. Arranged
specifically for a
chamber setting, the
trios may be performed in
a variety of venues from
church services to
holiday gatherings. This
Compatible String
Ensembles collection of
Christmas Trios will set
the mood in any
environment.This Series
is Available for:Violin
BF142Viola BF143Cello
BF144Bass BF145. The
22 Christmas tunes
contained in this
collection have been
carefully arranged for
any combination of string
trio. The most standard
instrumentation for
voicing is violin, viola,
and cello. However, three
of the same instruments
work well as do other
groupings, given that the
higher-pitched instrument
plays the higher part.
This three-part format
follows a standard order:
part 1 is melody, part 2
is harmony, and part 3 is
a traditional bass line.
Optional 8va markings are
sometimes given to help
the voicings sound
better.The selections
have been arranged in
alphabetic order. The
melodies, both sacred and
secular, cover many
centuries and originate
in Western Europe and the
United States. Each work
is in the public domain
and was selected for both
its quality and musical
interest.Arranged
specifically for a
chamber setting, the
trios may be performed in
a variety of venues from
church services to
holiday gatherings. Some
repeats are marked in the
music, but any selection
may be repeated for the
appropriate amount of
music needed. Bowings
have been added as
suggestions, and some
fingerings have been
added to show the
direction of shifts
beyond first
position.—Todd
ParrishOrchestra Editor,
Carl Fischer MusicJune
2021.
Violin SKU: AP.48726 International Edition. By Hilary Hahn and Nat...(+)
Violin
SKU:
AP.48726
International
Edition. By Hilary
Hahn and Natalie Zhu.
This edition:
Performance/Accompaniment
CD; International.
MakeMusic Cloud;
Method/Instruction;
String - Violin (Suzuki);
Suzuki. Suzuki Violin
School. CD. Alfred Music
#00-48726. Published by
Alfred Music (AP.48726).
ISBN 9781470644161.
UPC: 038081560373.
English.
Teach
violin with the popular
Suzuki Violin School! The
Suzuki Method of Talent
Education is based on
Shinichi Suzuki's view
that every child is born
with ability, and that
people are the product of
their environment.
According to Shinichi
Suzuki, a world-renowned
violinist and teacher,
the greatest joy an adult
can know comes from
developing a child's
potential so he/she can
express all that is
harmonious and best in
human beings. Students
are taught using the
mother-tongue approach.
Each series of books for
a particular instrument
in the Suzuki Method is
considered a Suzuki music
school, such as the
Suzuki Violin School.
Suzuki lessons are
generally given in a
private studio setting
with additional group
lessons. The student
listens to the recordings
and work with their
Suzuki violin teacher to
develop their potential
as a musician and as a
person.
This CD
of the Suzuki violin
method, Volume 2 features
recordings by Hilary Hahn
in collaboration with
pianist Natalie Zhu, as
well as piano
accompaniment only tracks
for play-along purposes.
The
Suzuki Method is based on
the principle that all
children possess ability
and that this ability can
be developed and enhanced
through a nurturing
environment. All children
learn to speak their own
language with relative
ease and if the same
natural learning process
is applied in teaching
other skills, these can
be acquired as
successfully. Suzuki
referred to the process
as the Mother Tongue
Method and to the whole
system of pedagogy as
Talent Education. The
important elements of the
Suzuki approach to
instrumental teaching
include the following:an
early start (aged 3-4 is
normal in most
countries); the
importance of listening
to music; learning to
play before learning to
read; -the involvement of
the parent; a nurturing
and positive learning
environment; a high
standard of teaching by
trained teachers; the
importance of producing a
good sound in a balanced
and natural way; core
repertoire, used by
Suzuki students across
the world; social
interaction with other
children. Suzuki students
from all over the world
can communicate through
the language of
music.
Violin SKU: AP.48723 International Edition. By Hilary Hahn and Nat...(+)
Violin
SKU:
AP.48723
International
Edition. By Hilary
Hahn and Natalie Zhu.
This edition:
Performance/Accompaniment
CD; International.
MakeMusic Cloud;
Method/Instruction;
String - Violin (Suzuki);
Suzuki. Suzuki Violin
School. CD. Alfred Music
#00-48723. Published by
Alfred Music (AP.48723).
ISBN 9781470644147.
UPC: 038081560359.
English.
Teach
violin with the popular
Suzuki Violin School! The
Suzuki Method of Talent
Education is based on
Shinichi Suzuki's view
that every child is born
with ability, and that
people are the product of
their environment.
According to Shinichi
Suzuki, a world-renowned
violinist and teacher,
the greatest joy an adult
can know comes from
developing a child's
potential so he/she can
express all that is
harmonious and best in
human beings. Students
are taught using the
mother-tongue approach.
Each series of books for
a particular instrument
in the Suzuki Method is
considered a Suzuki music
school, such as the
Suzuki Violin School.
Suzuki lessons are
generally given in a
private studio setting
with additional group
lessons. The student
listens to the recordings
and work with their
Suzuki violin teacher to
develop their potential
as a musician and as a
person.
This CD
of the Suzuki violin
method, Volume 1 features
recordings by Hilary Hahn
in collaboration with
pianist Natalie Zhu, as
well as piano
accompaniment only tracks
for play-along purposes.
Titles: Twinkle,
Twinkle, Little Star
Variations (Suzuki) *
Lightly Row (Folk Song) *
Song of the Wind (Folk
Song) * Go Tell Aunt
Rhody (Folk Song) * O
Come, Little Children
(Folk Song) * May Song
(Folk Song) * Long, Long
Ago (Bayly) * Allegro
(Suzuki) * Perpetual
Motion (Suzuki) *
Allegretto (Suzuki) *
Andantino (Suzuki) *
Etude (Suzuki) * Minuet
1, Minuett III from Suite
in G Minor for Klavier,
BWV 822 (Bach) * Minuet
2, Minuet, BWV Anh. II
116 from Notebook for
Anna Magdalena Bach
(Bach) * Minuet 3, Minuet
BWV Anh. II 114/Anh. III
183 (Bach) * The Happy
Farmer from Album for the
Young, Op. 68, No. 10
(Schumann) * Gavotte
(Gossec).
This
title is available in
MakeMusic Cloud.
About Suzuki
Method
The
Suzuki Method is based on
the principle that all
children possess ability
and that this ability can
be developed and enhanced
through a nurturing
environment. All children
learn to speak their own
language with relative
ease and if the same
natural learning process
is applied in teaching
other skills, these can
be acquired as
successfully. Suzuki
referred to the process
as the Mother Tongue
Method and to the whole
system of pedagogy as
Talent Education. The
important elements of the
Suzuki approach to
instrumental teaching
include the following:an
early start (aged 3-4 is
normal in most
countries); the
importance of listening
to music; learning to
play before learning to
read; -the involvement of
the parent; a nurturing
and positive learning
environment; a high
standard of teaching by
trained teachers; the
importance of producing a
good sound in a balanced
and natural way; core
repertoire, used by
Suzuki students across
the world; social
interaction with other
children. Suzuki students
from all over the world
can communicate through
the language of
music.
Chamber Music Violin SKU: CF.BF132 17 Medium-Level Arrangements for An...(+)
Chamber Music Violin
SKU: CF.BF132
17 Medium-Level
Arrangements for Any
Combination of String
Instruments. Composed
by Alexander Borodin,
Cecile Chaminade,
Chevalier de
Saint-Georges, Edvard
Grieg, Fanny Cecile
Mendelssohn, Franz Joseph
Haydn, Gabriel Faure,
George Frideric Handel,
Isabella Leonarda, Johann
Sebastian Bach, Ludwig
van Beethoven, Luigi
Boccherini, and etc.
Arranged by Todd Parrish.
Collection - Part. 42
pages. Carl Fischer Music
#BF132. Published by Carl
Fischer Music (CF.BF132).
ISBN 9781491158678.
UPC:
680160917310.
The
17 masterworks contained
in this collection have
been carefully arranged
for any combination of
string trio. The
selections span nearly
200 years and feature
works from the baroque,
classical, and romantic
periods of music. The
arrangements are drawn
from a variety of
sources, including piano
solos, chamber works, and
symphonies. Each work was
selected for its quality,
musical interest, and
appropriateness in a
chamber setting. All
pieces in this collection
have stood the test of
time and are worthy of
both study and
performance. Arranged
specifically for a
chamber setting, the
trios may be performed at
recitals, contests,
weddings, and social
events. The various moods
created through these
works will work for any
setting. The 17
masterworks contained in
this collection have been
carefully arranged for
any combination of string
trio. The most standard
instrumentation for
voicing is violin, viola,
and cello. However, three
of the same instruments
work well as do other
groupings, given that the
higher-pitched instrument
plays the higher part.The
selections have been
arranged in chronological
order. They span nearly
200 years and feature
works from the baroque,
classical, and romantic
periods of music. The
arrangements are drawn
from a variety of
sources, including piano
solos, chamber works, and
symphonies. Each work was
selected for its quality,
musical interest, and
appropriateness in a
chamber setting.All
pieces in this collection
have stood the test of
time and are worthy of
both study and
performance. Arranged
specifically for a
chamber setting, the
trios may be performed at
recitals, contests,
weddings, and social
events. The various moods
created through these
works will work for any
setting. Some repeats are
marked in the music, but
any selection may be
repeated for the
appropriate amount of
music needed. Bowings
have been added as
suggestions, while
fingerings have been left
to the individual
performers to decide.
Violin SKU: BT.9781408114612 Composed by Peter Davey. Abracadabra. Method...(+)
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.
Indian Concertino Violon [Partition + CD] - Facile De Haske Publications
Composed by George Perlman. De Haske Study and Play. Book with CD. Composed 20...(+)
Composed by George
Perlman.
De Haske Study and Play.
Book
with CD. Composed 2005.
24
pages. De Haske
Publications
#DHP 1053792-400.
Published
by De Haske Publications
Chamber Music Violin SKU: CF.BF131 Composed by Roland Vamos. With Standar...(+)
Chamber Music Violin
SKU: CF.BF131
Composed by Roland Vamos.
With Standard notation.
168 pages. Carl Fischer
Music #BF131. Published
by Carl Fischer Music
(CF.BF131).
ISBN
9781491153765. UPC:
680160911264. 9 x 12
inches.
Inspired by
Clarence Cameron
White’s book The
Violinist’s Daily
Dozen, The
Violinist’s Daily
Sixteen is a collection
of daily exercises
compiled by Roland Vamos.
Intended for student and
professional violinists,
the collection provides
the performer with a
variety of exercises for
daily warm-ups. Mr. Vamos
also focuses on
developing dexterity and
flexibility in the
fingers and joints, the
first and fourth fingers
in particular. Each of
the sixteen exercises is
notated for each of the
four strings, and Vamos
recommends that the
exercises be practiced as
warm-ups, choosing a
different string for each
day of practice.Also
included with the Daily
Sixteen is a
comprehensive set of
studies for developing
fluency with scales and
arpeggios. Mr.
Vamos’ unique
methodology is to begin
with major scales and
arpeggios, followed by
minor scales and
arpeggios, all of which
are notated in two, three
and four octaves.
Alternate fingers are
provided, as well as a
variety of slurred and
mixed bowings using the
three parts of the bow
whenever feasible. It is
a remarkably systematic
approach to performing
scales and arpeggios on
the violin and will
surely benefit students
and professionals
alike. ForewordThis
short hand-setting set of
exercises was inspired by
a book entitled The
Violinist’s Daily
Dozen, conceived by
Clarence Cameron White, a
prominent
African-American
violinist, composer and
arranger who enjoyed the
bulk of his career in the
first half of the
twentieth century.I have
practiced this set of
exercises since I was
twelve years old. It has
served me as a superb
warm-up and hand setting
tool. Over the years, I
have found that there are
some aspects of this
warm-up routine that were
not given sufficient
attention or not
addressed at all.
Consequently, I have
expanded the Daily Dozen
to create a new work
entitled The
Violinist’s Daily
Sixteen.I have also paid
particular attention in
this work as to how these
exercises are to be
practiced. In exercises
one and two, I have
indicated some notes to
be played before the
actual written exercises.
This is to ensure that
the fourth finger will be
over the string in a
position ready to strike
even though it is not
being used. Before
playing exercises three,
four, nine, ten, eleven
and twelve, I have
indicated silent fingers
to be placed on the notes
they would be playing if
they were being used.I
have replaced Mr.
White’s grace
notes with notes of
specific value and have
slowed down the exercises
so that the first joint
(the joint nearest the
string) of each finger
can move with flexibility
and strength. At no time
should the first joint
buckle.In Mr.
White’s version,
the last exercise gave
the first finger some
very valuable backward
extensions. In this
exercise (number 14 in
this book), I caution the
student not to move the
hand along with the first
finger. The hand should
remain in position while
the first finger
independently moves back
and forth.It became
obvious to me that if the
first finger were given
the opportunity to
develop the dexterity
that Mr. White’s
twelfth exercise
emphasizes, the fourth
finger could benefit from
an exercise that gives it
a forward extension.
Consequently, I added
another exercise to
create a Baker’s
Dozen (thirteen).Several
years later, I felt that
the second and third
fingers should also have
an exercise to further
develop their
dexterity…hence
exercise fourteen was
added to create a
“Vamos
Dozen.â€Because the
first finger did not have
sufficient practice in
the development of the
first joint in the
original version, I have
added two exercises to
precede White’s
fifth exercise. After
re-working and
re-numbering these
exercises, I have come up
with a total of sixteen
exercises. It is my
suggestion that these be
practiced as a warm-up,
choosing a different
string each
day.—Roland
VamosEvanston, Illinois
2017Â PrefaceScales are
a means of teaching a
person the fingerboard on
his or her instrument.
The fingers move across
the strings and are
required to make shifts,
all in highly organized
patterns. Scales and
arpeggios are the
foundation upon which our
repertoire is built. Many
scale books have been
written; each one being
organized in its own
specific way. The Flesch
Scale System has been a
standard for many
decades. It is very
comprehensive and
systematic. From the
point of view of
establishing similar
patterns, it has one
drawback: it is organized
by starting with a major
key, followed by its
relative minor, going
through the circle of
fifths. I believe that it
is more profitable to do
only major scales with
their arpeggios first,
going up chromatically,
and then follow them in a
similar way with the
minor scales. In using
this approach, the
similarities in
fingerings between the
various scales are more
apparent. It is also
profitable to have
alternate fingerings
whenever possible. My
approach to scales and
arpeggios includes a
variety of slurred and
mixed bowings using the
three parts of the bow
whenever feasible. These
bowings are not
all-inclusive. Whenever a
particularly awkward
bowing pattern is
encountered in the
repertoire, it can be
practiced as an
additional bowing
variation in the scales
and arpeggios. Â Â I
have chosen to introduce
the three and four octave
scales by teaching two
octave scales across the
strings in one position
going up chromatically
through seven positions;
starting on the first,
second, third, and
finally fourth fingers in
major and melodic
minor.—Roland
VamosEvanston, Illinois
2017.
Violin SKU: BT.9781472920546 Composed by Christopher Hussey. Abracadabra....(+)
Violin
SKU:
BT.9781472920546
Composed by Christopher
Hussey. Abracadabra. Book
with CD. 64 pages.
Collins Music Publishing
#9781472920546. Published
by Collins Music
Publishing
(BT.9781472920546).
ISBN 9781472920546.
English.
Anyone
can take the stage and
stand in the spotlight
with this fun and festive
Christmas repertoire
book. A selection of
popular carols and songs
to complement the
best-selling
Abracadabra
tutorial books, with a CD
ofspecially-arranged
backing tracks in a jazzy
big-band style.
Abracadabra
Christmas: Violin
Showstoppers
provides fantastic
material for lessons in
the lead up to Christmas
and will add glitter and
sparkle to anyChristmas
concert
performance
Chamber Music Violin SKU: PR.144407530 Composed by Lauren Bernofsky. 12 p...(+)
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: HL.50499695 First edition. By Barta. By Andras Szollos...(+)
Violin
SKU:
HL.50499695
First
edition. By Barta. By
Andras Szollosy. Edited
by Barta Mihaly. 20th
Century. EMB. Classical,
Contemporary. Softcover.
Composed 2014. 8 pages.
Editio Musica Budapest
#Z14885. Published by
Editio Musica Budapest
(HL.50499695).
ISBN
979080148853.
9.0x12.0x0.063 inches.
Andras Szollosy; Mihaly
Barta.
Andras
Szollosy (1921-2007) was
one of the most
significant Hungarian
composers of the second
half of the 20th century,
yet his oeuvre has not
become as well-known as
that of Gyorgy Ligeti,
two years his junior, or
of Gyorgy Kurtag, five
years his junior.
Szollosy did not compose
many works and he was
strict about which of
them he would allow to go
public. As a younger
colleague of his once
remarked: He only
composed his good works.
Szollosy's Sonata for
Solo Violin, which was
written at the age of 26
and was publicly
performed only in 2006,
almost 60 years after its
composition, fell victim
to his self-criticism.
Although the model of
Bartok's Sonata for Solo
Violin of just three
years earlier was
obviously on the young
composer's mind, he was
no epigone of the great
master. From the aspect
of both composition and
instrumental technique,
the 11-minute Sonata for
Solo Violin represents
exacting and prominent
music, and is a
remarkable piece among
works written for the
violin in 20th-century
Hungarian music. The
score of the posthumously
published work was edited
by the soloist of its
world premiere, Michael
Barta.
Violin - intermediate SKU: BT.DHP-1185780-400 The World's Most Beautif...(+)
Violin - intermediate
SKU:
BT.DHP-1185780-400
The World's Most
Beautiful Arias with Full
Orchestra Play Along.
Opera or Operetta. Book
with CD. Composed 2018.
36 pages. De Haske
Publications #DHP
1185780-400. Published by
De Haske Publications
(BT.DHP-1185780-400).
ISBN 9789043153836.
English-German-French-Dut
ch.
For over three
hundred years, great
opera singers have held
entire audiences under
their spell. In so doing,
they can call on an
etensive repertoire of
arias by many important
composers. Live at the
Opera now makes this
precious treasure trove
available to
instrumentalists, too.
Twelve of the most
beautiful operatic
melodies of all time have
been specially arranged
for violin and are
performed by the renowned
violinist Maximilian
Lohse. The accompanying
audio is performed by an
authentic opera
orchestra, which also
includes a play-along
version without soloist.
Additionally, this unique
collection also includes
background info and tips
on performance for
theindividual arias.
Al meer dan
driehonderd jaar weten
grote operazangers en
-zangeressen hun publiek
te betoveren. Wanneer ze
voor ons op het podium
staan, vertolken ze
melodieën die behoren
tot de allermooiste van
de klassieke muziek.
Live at the opera
maakt deze schat aan
melodieën nu ook
toegankelijk voor
instrumentalisten: twaalf
Italiaanse
opera-ariaâ??s zijn
speciaal gearrangeerd
voor viool en opgenomen
door de gerenommeerd
violist Maximilian Lohse.
Een echt operaorkest
neemt de begeleiding voor
zijn rekening, die op de
meespeelversie ook zonder
solo-instrumentalist
beschikbaar is. Verder
zijn in deze unieke
collectie
muziekhistorische
achtergrondinformatie bij
iedere aria entips voorde
uitvoering opgenomen.
Schon seit mehr
als dreihundert Jahren
ziehen groÃ?e
Opernsängerinnen ein
ganzes Opernpublikum in
seinen Bann. Dabei
können sie sich aus
einem umfangreichen
Arienrepertoire aus der
Feder zahlreicher
bedeutender Komponisten
bedienen. Live at the
Opera macht diesen
kostbaren Melodienschatz
nun auch
Instrumentalisten
zugänglich: 12 der
schönsten
Opernmelodien aller
Zeiten wurden hier eigens
für Violine
eingerichtet und werden
von dem renommierten
Geiger Maximilian Lohse
vorgespielt. Ein echtes
Opernorchester
übernimmt dabei die
Begleitung, welche
zusätzlich auch in
einer Mitspielversion
ohne den Solisten zur
Verfügung steht.
Hintergrundwissen
undAusführungstipps zu
den einzelnen Arien sind
weitere Pluspunkte dieser
einzigartigen Sammlung.
Violin SKU: AP.44719 Volume 8. International Edition. By Li...(+)
Violin
SKU:
AP.44719
Volume
8. International
Edition. By Linda
Perry and William
Preucil, Jr. This
edition:
Performance/Accompaniment
CD; International.
Method/Instruction;
String - Violin (Suzuki);
Suzuki. Suzuki Violin
School. CD. Alfred Music
#00-44719. Published by
Alfred Music (AP.44719).
ISBN 9781470627508.
UPC: 038081508375.
English.
Teach
violin with the popular
Suzuki Violin School. The
Suzuki Method of Talent
Education is based on
Shinichi Suzuki's view
that every child is born
with ability, and that
people are the product of
their environment.
According to Shinichi
Suzuki, a world-renowned
violinist and teacher,
the greatest joy an adult
can know comes from
developing a child's
potential so he/she can
express all that is
harmonious and best in
human beings. Students
are taught using the
mother-tongue approach.
Each series of books for
a particular instrument
in the Suzuki Method is
considered a Suzuki music
school, such as the
Suzuki Violin School.
Suzuki lessons are
generally given in a
private studio setting
with additional group
lessons. The student
listens to the recordings
and works with their
Suzuki violin teacher to
develop their potential
as a musician and as a
person.
This
performance/accompaniment
CD of the Suzuki violin
method, Volume 8, is
integral for Suzuki
violin lessons and
features recordings by
William Preucil Jr. and
piano accompaniments by
Linda Perry, as well as
piano accompaniments
recorded alone.
The
Suzuki Method is based on
the principle that all
children possess ability
and that this ability can
be developed and enhanced
through a nurturing
environment. All children
learn to speak their own
language with relative
ease and if the same
natural learning process
is applied in teaching
other skills, these can
be acquired as
successfully. Suzuki
referred to the process
as the Mother Tongue
Method and to the whole
system of pedagogy as
Talent Education. The
important elements of the
Suzuki approach to
instrumental teaching
include the following:an
early start (aged 3-4 is
normal in most
countries); the
importance of listening
to music; learning to
play before learning to
read; -the involvement of
the parent; a nurturing
and positive learning
environment; a high
standard of teaching by
trained teachers; the
importance of producing a
good sound in a balanced
and natural way; core
repertoire, used by
Suzuki students across
the world; social
interaction with other
children. Suzuki students
from all over the world
can communicate through
the language of
music.
Violin SKU: ST.Y274 Composed by Morgan Hayes. String music. 3 minutes. Sc...(+)
Violin
SKU:
ST.Y274
Composed by
Morgan Hayes. String
music. 3 minutes. Score.
Stainer & Bell Ltd.
#Y274. Published by
Stainer & Bell Ltd.
(ST.Y274).
ISBN
9790220223358.
1st
perf: Keisuke Okazaki,
Tokyo Opera City Recital
Hall, Tokyo, Japan, 22
April 2008 1st UK
perf: Darragh Morgan,
Schott Recital Room,
Bauer & Hieber,
London, 5 February
2009
Though the
jagged figures and
phrases of Lucky's
Dream by Morgan
Hayes are unmistakably
those of a contemporary
musical expressionist,
the shadow of Bach also
falls on this work,
inspired by the
virtuosity of the young
Japanese soloist Keisuke
Okazaki and his playing
of the E major
Partita.
In
fact, though 'standard'
contemporary techniques
are widely used in the
piece - left-hand
pizzicato, harmonics and
microtones, all deployed
in edgy, unpredictable
rhythms - there is also a
classical shape to the
structure. In this
two-part form, lasting
around four minutes, the
first section is
reflective, dwelling on
single notes, phantoms as
it were of pitches that
are subtly deflected
through slow glissandi.
Then a spectral dance
ensues, delivered largely
on plucked strings,
ethereal, disembodied,
strange.
The
'Lucky' in question is a
character from Samuel
Beckett's play
Waiting for
Godot, and
Lucky's Dream is
a complementary work to
the earlier, impassioned
Lucky's Speech
(2006). The two
items can stand alone or
may be performed
consecutively. Both are
to be found on the recent
all-Hayes CD released on
the NMC label (NMC D163),
which also features the
composer's 17-minute
Violin Concerto as
further evidence for his
original approach to
writing for the
instrument.
(A violin method for children age four and older). By Egon Sassmannshaus; Kurt S...(+)
(A violin method for
children age four and
older). By Egon
Sassmannshaus; Kurt
Sassmannshaus. For
violin. This edition:
Stapled. Barenreiter's
Sassmannshaus. With a
French text supplement.
Instructional.
Performance score,
Teaching material. Text
Language: English/French.
64/11 pages. Published by
Baerenreiter Verlag
Violin SKU: GI.G-J330 The Instrumental Series. Composed by Christo...(+)
Violin
SKU:
GI.G-J330
The
Instrumental Series.
Composed by Christopher
D. Azzara, Edwin E.
Gordon, and Richard F.
Grunow. Method Book. Jump
Right In. Music
Education. Book. 48
pages. GIA Publications
#J330. Published by GIA
Publications (GI.G-J330).
ISBN 9781579994571.
English.
The newly
revised Jump Right In:
The Instrumental Series
for Strings incorporates
hundreds of improvements
designed to make the
series practical,
engaging, and, most of
all, musical. Like its
counterparts for winds
and recorder, the string
series includes
high-quality CD
recordings of folk songs
and melodies and
performances by some of
the world’s
greatest musicians. And,
of course, this series
incorporates the latest
research and is sequenced
according to Edwin E.
Gordon’s Music
Learning Theory. The
522-page Teacher’s
Guide incorporates all of
Book 1 and 2 and includes
complete lesson plans, an
introduction to Music
Learning Theory,
connections to the
National Standards, and
information on testing,
recruiting, scheduling,
and many other critical
issues.
Violin SKU: GI.G-J319 The Instrumental Series. Composed by Christo...(+)
Violin
SKU:
GI.G-J319
The
Instrumental Series.
Composed by Christopher
D. Azzara, Edwin E.
Gordon, and Richard F.
Grunow. Method Book. Jump
Right In. Music
Education. CD only. GIA
Publications #J319.
Published by GIA
Publications (GI.G-J319).
English.
The
newly revised Jump Right
In: The Instrumental
Series for Strings
incorporates hundreds of
improvements designed to
make the series
practical, engaging, and,
most of all, musical.
Like its counterparts for
winds and recorder, the
string series includes
high-quality CD
recordings of folk songs
and melodies and
performances by some of
the world’s
greatest musicians. And,
of course, this series
incorporates the latest
research and is sequenced
according to Edwin E.
Gordon’s Music
Learning Theory. The
522-page Teacher’s
Guide incorporates all of
Book 1 and 2 and includes
complete lesson plans, an
introduction to Music
Learning Theory,
connections to the
National Standards, and
information on testing,
recruiting, scheduling,
and many other critical
issues.
Violin SKU: HL.48186222 Leduc. CD only. Alphonse Leduc #AL30370. Publishe...(+)
Violin
SKU:
HL.48186222
Leduc. CD
only. Alphonse Leduc
#AL30370. Published by
Alphonse Leduc
(HL.48186222).
UPC:
888680830182. 9x12
inches.
“Born
in 1955, Lebanese-French
composer, organist and
improviser Naji Hakim
studied under Jean
Langlais at the Paris
Conservatoire before
succeeding Olivier
Messiaen as organist of
the Saint Trinity Church
in Paris. Considering his
significant musical
training, Langlais'
compositions are created
from a wealth of
knowledge and
understanding, Concerto
for Violin being no
exception. Composed in
2002, Concerto for
Violin, with String
Orchestra or Piano
reduction accompaniment,
is highly modern in
composition. With a
typical performance
lasting about 35 minutes,
the concerto is made up
of three movements. The
solo Violin line
addresses many virtuosic
techniques, including
double and triple stops,
articulation, complex
rhythms, varying bowings
and a huge range of
performance directions,
amongst other aspects.
For all advanced
violinists, seeking
varied, modern
repertoire, Hakim's
Concerto for Violin is an
essential addition to the
repertoire.&rdquo.
Violin SKU: OT.22089 Composed by Tal Weissman. For violin and piano. Clas...(+)
Violin
SKU:
OT.22089
Composed by
Tal Weissman. For violin
and piano. Classical.
Score and Parts. OR-TAV
Music Publications
#22089. Published by
OR-TAV Music Publications
(OT.22089).
8.27 x
11.69 inches.
For
violin and
piano Israeli pianist
Tal Weissman was born in
Haifa in 1972, and began
his musical training at
age four. While a youth,
he performed as a soloist
with most of the
orchestras in Israel,
including the Israel
Philharmonic Orchestra
and the Israel Chamber
Orchestra. He was awarded
an Outstanding Israeli
Competitor at the Arthur
Rubenstein Competition in
1992, and has won prizes
in international piano
competitions in
Europe. In 1995,
Weissman was accepted for
piano studies with the
internationally renowned
pianist and pedagogue
Maria Curcio Diamand in
London. During this
period of study in
London, he was awarded
many prizes and performed
in most of the major
concert venues in
England. In 1999, he made
a concert tour of the
United States. Tal
Weissman returned to
Israel in 2004, where he
teaches piano privately
and continues to perform
both in Israel and
abroad. His compositions
for piano and other
instruments express the
human sprit as it faces
the challenges of the
world.
Violin SKU: HL.14016803 Composed by Judith Weir. Music Sales America. Pos...(+)
Violin
SKU:
HL.14016803
Composed
by Judith Weir. Music
Sales America. Post-1900.
Sheet Music, Score. With
Text language: English.
Chester Music #SOS15510.
Published by Chester
Music (HL.14016803).
Violin - Preparatory Level SKU: FH.VLR00 Composed by The Royal Conservato...(+)
Violin - Preparatory
Level
SKU:
FH.VLR00
Composed by
The Royal Conservatory.
Repertoire. Violin
Series. Book and online
audio. The Frederick
Harris Music Company
#VLR00. Published by The
Frederick Harris Music
Company (FH.VLR00).
ISBN
9781554409013.
C
arefully selected and
curated to support
teachers and students in
their artistic and
technical development,
the Violi
n Series, 2021 Edition
includes pieces from
a diverse range of eras
and styles that represent
stepping stones to major
violin repertoire. Each
level is constructed to
link repertoire
selections to necessary
techniques and
corresponding etudes,
while illustrating
step-by-step connections
for developing core
skills. Each Reper
toire book includes
access to quality video
and audio recordings by
some of North America's
finest violinists and
accompanists; both
performance and
accompaniment-only tracks
for each Reper
toire selection
offer students a model
for performance practice
and the convenience of
accompanied rehearsal at
home.
Violi
n Preparatory Repertoire
features student and
teacher duets to promote
listening skills and to
provide an entry point
into ensemble playing.
This repertoire book for
elementary-level
students, distinguished
by slow and fast tempos,
is based on the
foundational finger
patterns of D major and A
major, postural
development, and bow
division with legat
o and stacc
ato strokes. Special
effects, such as tapping
on the side of the violin
and open-string pizzi
cato, promote
freedom of movement and
encourage navigation of
the fingerboard.
Elementary rhythms are
explored alongside
supportive piano
accompaniments within
familiar time signatures.
Featured composers
include Violet Archer,
Ludwig van Beethoven,
Harold Birston, Frank
Blachford, Jean Couthard,
David Gordon Duke, Jean
Ethridge, Joanne Martin,
and Mary Alice
Rich.