For Violin and Piano
Piano Accompaniment;
Violin
SKU:
HL.370329
For
Violin and Piano
Masterworks for Violin
Series. Composed by
Pablo de Sarasate. Edited
by Endre Granat. LKM
Music. Classical.
Softcover. 110 pages.
Lauren Keiser Music
Publishing #S511042.
Published by Lauren
Keiser Music Publishing
(HL.370329).
ISBN
9781638870418. UPC:
840126993660.
9.25x12.0x0.435
inches.
Sarasate's
concert career began at
age seventeen after he
was awarded the coveted
Premier Prix from the
Paris Conservatoire for
both violin and
composition. After his
London debut, the
playwright and music
critique George Bernard
Shaw wrote in his review
that Sarasate 'left
criticism gasping miles
behind him.' Shaw also
declared that there were
many composers of music
for the violin; there
were but few composers
like Sarasate for violin
music. His vast concert
repertory included many
works written for and
dedicated to him by
Bruch, Saint-Saens,
Wieniawski, Dvorak and
many others. He performed
his own works in an
inimitable, brilliant and
charming manner. His
contemporaries marveled
at his perfect intonation
and stunning rhythmic
acuity. His bowing
technique was the pride
of the French School of
violin playing. The works
presented in this volume
are among his finest. All
are based on Spanish
popular music and are a
virtuosic set for violin
and piano. They are and
have been in virtually
every great violinist's
repertory. They are also
exceptionally popular as
encore pieces, as well as
favorites of budding
virtuosos.