Par KEYSER PAUL DE. Everyone wants to play carols at Christmas. Here are 12 best loved carols, in easy, imaginative arrangements for violinists of elementary standard. Simple piano accompaniments are designed for the parent or teacher of modest keyboard ability, while four of the carols have additional duet accompaniments for a second violin. This is an essential book for class or family music-making at Christmas.Includes O come, all ye Faithful, While Shepherds watched, Jingle Bells and more. / Niveau : Facile / Recueil / Violon et Piano

Christmas fiddlers can draw on a rich and varied repertoire. This collection spans seven centuries, from the boisterous medieval Song of the Ass to contemporary tunes like Sleigh ride, taking in such traditional carols as Away in a manger and O little town of Bethlehem along the way. There is music in The Christmas Fiddler from England, Wales, France, Germany and North America.Of course Christmas time is not only a religious festival. Much of the music here - the Welsh carol Deck the hall, the 'fireside' movement from The Four Seaons, the modern classic Chestnuts roasting on an open fire - is as much a celebration of the ancient secular festival of the Winter Solstice.The arrangements in this collection can be performed as solos or duets, or by larger ensembles. The keyboard accompaniments are there for a multitude of purposes, from concert performances to playing at home- and the violin accompaniments will be invaluable for those Christmas busking sessions.The full range of traditional fiddle repertoire is now at your fingertips! Using these generous collections, you can create your own ceilidh, barn dance, jazz club, Sarajevo street-café or Gypsy gathering. Some of this music is familiar, some more exotic, but all of it is absolutely authentic, faithfully arranged and, above all, hugely enjoyable. Each title in the series is available in two formats: the violin edition (with an optional easy violin part and guitar chord)- or the complete edition, which also includes both keyboard and violin accompaniments. Either format is hugely flexible, which means the music can be played as solos, duets or trios as well as with larger ensembles. Edward Huws Jones has travelled extensively researching fiddle-playing traditions. In each book he explains the background of the particular musical style, giving his own suggestions for a lively performance. And to help recreate the spirit of the music, every book in the series is beautifully illustrated. / Violon Et Guitare

Par SCHLEE THOMAS DANIEL. 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 .../ Répertoire / Violon et Piano