Violin and piano

SKU: M7.APUE-516186

Edited by Karen North. Sheet music. Score and part. MDS (Music Distribution Services) #APUE 516186. Published by MDS (Music Distribution Services) (M7.APUE-516186).

ISBN 9781875516186.

Lyri cal Violin Legends is an exciting collection of 20 works for violin and piano, featuring exclusively commissioned works by contemporary composers and inspiring new arrangements of 19th and 20th century compositions. Listen to the legends, discover beautiful scenes and enjoy lively dances through the alluring lyricism of this music. These exclusive commissioned works and new arrangements are suitable for intermediate level players. The violin part includes biographies of all composers and notes/ performance suggestions for each work. All pieces in Lyrical Violin Legends have free violin & piano recordings to listen to, as well as free piano backing tracks to play along with. Composers: Johannes Brahms, Antonin Dvorak, Hans Engelmann, Sally Greenaway, Greg Harradine, Jolin Jiang, Scott Joplin, Elena Kats-Chernin, Toivo Kuula, Rachel Laurin, Edward MacDowell, Felix Mendelssohn, Merryl Neille, Heather Percy, Gary Schocker.

Violin and piano

SKU: FG.042-08516-5

Composed by Jean Sibelius. Published by Fennica Gehrman (FG.042-08516-5).

ISBN 979-0-042-08516-5.

The F major sonata is the last and the most developed of all the works Sibelius wrote during his youth for his own instrument, the violin. It was completed in the summer of 1889 in Loviisa and premiered there the same year at a charity gala. During his youth Sibelius looked to the music of Grieg, which is clearly to be heard in this work - not only in the melodies or harmonies but also in the formal structure, which is more romantically oriented than that of many early works from Sibelius's youth, which are more closely tied to the classical tradition. In the andante Sibelius introduces aspects of folk music for the first time, thereby anticipating the Finnish stamp of many of his pieces from the 1890's.

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.

Edited by Florence Titmus. Arranged by Daniel Kelley. For Violin and Piano. Solos. Recital. Level: Intermediate/Advanced. Piano Score and Solo Part. Published by Last Resort Music Publishing.

Arranged by Daniel Kelley. For Violin/Flute/Oboe and Piano. Solos. Recital, Wedding. Level: Intermediate/Advanced. Piano Score and Solo Part. Published by Last Resort Music Publishing.

By Carl August Nielsen. For Violin. Classical. Sheet Music. Published by Edition Wilhelm Hansen.

Violin & piano

SKU: HH.HH424-FSP

Composed by Anton Eberl. Edited by Martin Harlow. Violin & Piano. Full score and part. Edition HH Music Publishers #HH424-FSP. Published by Edition HH Music Publishers (HH.HH424-FSP).

ISBN 9790708146254.

Amon g Vienna’s many composers and pianists of the time, Anton Eberl (1765–1807) was the one considered most worthy of comparison with Beethoven. His Sonata in B flat major, Op.35, his last of seven sonatas with violin, was composed around 1805 and dedicated to Maria Walburga, the Princess Bretzenheim. This was one Eberl’s last works, as he died prematurely, at the age of forty-one, in 1807. Unlike many of Eberl’s lesser contemporaries, in its duration, formal and harmonic novelty, and in the lively relationship between the violin and keyboard, his Op.35 shares much of the musical ambition and quality of Beethoven’s works in this genre.

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.

Urtext based on the Complete Edition Jean Sibelius Works (JSW). Composed by Jean Sibelius (1865-1957). Edited by Anna Pulkkis. The violin was Sibelius's instrument, and the virtuoso aspect is eminent in Drei Stucke Op. 116 as well as in his entire oeuvre for violin and piano. Apart from that, Op. 116 provides a glimpse into the last active phase of Sibelius's care. Breitkopf and Haertel #EB-9341. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel

By Johannes Brahms. This edition: HN75. Henle Music Folios. Book only. 40 pages. Published by Henle Urtext Edition.

Violin, piano

SKU: BR.EB-9386

Urtext. Composed by Joachim Raff. Solo instruments. Edition Breitkopf. Sonata; Romantic. Sheet Music. Duration 27'. Breitkopf and Haertel #EB 9386. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.EB-9386).

ISBN 9790004188569. 0 x 0 inches.

The Violin Sonata No. 1 in E minor, op. 73, a Grand Sonata for Violin and Piano, occupies an important position in Joachim Raff's oeuvre: it reflects numerous artistic, aesthetic, biographical, and reception-historical aspects characteristic of Raff. The work was composed in Weimar in 1854, when Raff was going through a process of artistic self-discovery. He increasingly distanced himself from his mentor Franz Liszt and intensively explored Wagner as well as the ideal of absolute music - this is also reflected in the music of the sonata. While Raff described the first two movements as objectified, he perceived the last two movements as a piece of him, that is, not free of extra-musical influences.The 1st movement, with its expansive main theme, is reminiscent of Mendelssohn; the 2nd movement reveals the refinement of classical-romantic work with musical material. The 3rd movement, with its partly rhythmic, virtuoso accompanying figures and harmonically advanced passages, allows a deeply romantic, almost tormented insight into a soul life a la Sturm und Drang. The partly irascible last movement revisits already familiar themes and thus creates a musical framework.In collaboration with the Joachim-Raff-Archiv Lachen (CH)

First Urtext Edition of the Grand Sonata for Violin and Piano.

By Juliette Marie Olga (Lili) Boulanger (1893-1918). For Violin and Piano. String - Violin and Piano. Faber Edition. Masterwork. Published by Faber Music

Violin, Piano

SKU: BA.BA11086

Composed by Thomas Daniel Schlee. Stapled. Urauffuhrung 24.10.2017, Wien. Performance score, Part (1). Opus 82. 20/9 pages. Baerenreiter Verlag #BA11086_00. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag (BA.BA11086).

ISBN 9790006564446. 32.5 x 25.5 cm inches.

A suite whose movements always deliver something other than what they seem to promise. But throughout, the two instruments and respectively their players act like two people in very specific situations:

I.: The opening movement is reserved for the piano; the initially earnest, solitary cantilena intensifies creating expectation. Suddenly
II.: the violin sounds. Its moving figures replace the now silent piano, also soloistically.
III. „Passacaglia“ : The title is taken literally – the two instruments/persons encounter each other in the street. Two musical characters who meet at a specific point, recognize each other, but move on again, each one by itself.
IV. „Rondo“: The two of them dance together. Before me, I saw people dancing the Sardana – a round dance – in front of the cathedral of Barcelona. Four themes in different time signatures circle ceaselessly between the two instruments.
V. „Fuga“: At last, regardless, panic flight – again the title is taken literally ... Human, only too human …

(For Violin And Piano). By Doris Magaly Ruiz Lastres. For violin and piano. Score and part. 18+8 pages. Published by Hildegard Publishing Company

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.

Composed by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893). Edited by Endre Granat. LKM Music. Ballet, Classical. Softcover. 24 pages. Lauren Keiser Music Publishing #S511035. Published by Lauren Keiser Music Publishing

Violin and piano (VN/PF)

SKU: HL.49014169

For violin and piano. Composed by Matyas Seiber. This edition: Saddle stitching. Sheet music. Edition Schott. Classical. Playing score. Composed 1960. 36 pages. Duration 18'. Schott Music #ED 10747. Published by Schott Music (HL.49014169).

ISBN 9790220104695. UPC: 196288143666. 9.0x12.0x0.19 inches.

This last chamber work by Matyas Seiber was written for the Cheltenham Festival 1960, as a commission by the BBC.

By Antonio Salieri. Edited by John Craton. Chamber ensemble. For Violin, piano. Chamber Music. Originally for orchestra, this version arranged for violin and piano. Classical. Score and part. 34 pages. Duration 24:00. Published by Wolfhead Music. (WM514) Level: Moderately advanced to advanced.

By John Craton. Edited by John Craton. Chamber ensemble. For Violin, piano. Chamber Music. A collection of 16 medieval and renaissance melodies arranged for violin (in 1st position) and piano. Medieval and Renaissance. Score and part. 46 pages. Duration 27:00. Published by Wolfhead Music. (WM505) Level: Easy to intermediate.

By Gabriel Faure. Edited by Howat. For violin (viola), piano. Op.78. Published by C.F. Peters.

Violin, piano

SKU: FG.55011-615-3

Composed by Kalevi Aho. Solo part & piano reduction. Fennica Gehrman #55011-615-3. Published by Fennica Gehrman (FG.55011-615-3).

ISBN 9790550116153.

Kale vi Aho (b. 1949) composed Violin concerto No. 2 in late summer and early autumn 2015 for the Finnish violinist Elina Vahala. Lasting about 32 minutes, the second concerto is a large-scale virtuoso work dominated by the soloist. The strong-featured first movement (Allegro) begins with a fairly short orchestral introduction that is followed by the soloist's first vigorous statement. Around the middle of the movement is a cadenza, and the movement ends with a quick stretta. The soloist dominates the events in the slow second movement (Adagio) even more than it did in the first. The Adagio begins with the same opening motif for the soloist as the first movement, but this time the motif is more lyrical and singing. Having built up to a dramatic climax, it subsides on flageolet notes and finally sounds that are somewhere between musical notes and noise. The third movement (Vivace, leggiero) is by nature dance-like again and lighter than the previous ones. At the end, the tempo accelerates to a wild, virtuosic prestissimo. Piano reduction (2020) by Kari Vehmanen.

Violin and Piano. By Edward Elgar. Arranged by Donald Fraser. Fentone Play Along Books. Play Along. Size 9x12 inches. 20 pages. Published by Fentone Music.

Violin and Piano (Violin)

SKU: HL.14004213

Composed by Lennox Berkeley. Music Sales America. Classical. Book [Softcover]. Composed 2002. 56 pages. Chester Music #CH55778. Published by Chester Music (HL.14004213).

9.0x12.0x0.175 inches.

Five Pieces for Violin and Orchestra was commissioned by Frederick Grinke and completed on 20 December 1961. The BBC Symphony Orchestra with Frederick Grinke (violin) and conducted by the composer, gave the first performance on 31 July 1962 at the Royal Albert Hall, London during the BBC Proms season. This work is so constructed that each piece is complete in itself and can be played separately, while at the same time the whole set of five constitutes a structural unit. A basic motif consisting of a rising semitone followed by a falling tone, and its inversion plays an important part in every piece. Thus the first piece, which is of a slow and meditative character, begins with this theme in the bass. It is also heard in the first entry of the solo part, and thereafter every episode is in some way derived from it. The next piece, a vigorous and strongly marked 'allegro', uses the semitone of the original figure as its starting point. A second theme appears, first on the horns and is later taken up by the solo violin, while a third section has the initial idea as its accompaniment. Next comes an extended scherzo in free form very closely based on initial motif. The fourth is a purely melodic piece containing allusions in its middle section to the basic figure. Here the strings only are used for accompaniment. In the first section, violas and cellos are divided in the middle section, and all the strings are used in the last, which is otherwise an almost exact repetition of the opening. The Finale is a lighter movement than the others, concerned mainly with giving the soloist material for display, but not unconnected with what has gone before.

Chamber Music Clarinet, Flute, Piano, Violin

SKU: PR.11440561S

Composed by Ralph Shapey. Score. With Standard notation. 36 pages. Duration 12:30. Theodore Presser Company #114-40561S. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.11440561S).

UPC: 680160009039.

The three movements examine the same materials from different points of view; in the first, the ideas are chronologically separated, but they alternate and develop through the instruments in an intensifying way that generates a rather imposing and grandiose rhetoric. The second, with its hypnoti, incessant reiterations at maximum volume of a simultaneous combination of motives of different l lengths and shapes, ends just short of becoming unbearable... In the last movement the flute, clarinet and violin slowly unfold a continuous texture that combines several of the earlier elements, while the piano softly interjects the echo of its first movement triplets.