Sarasate's concert career began at age 17 after he was awarded the coveted Premier Prix from the Paris Conservatoire for both violin and composition. After his London debut, playwright and music critic
Advanced Scale Studies is intended to provide players-students, teachers and young professionals-with an organized method of practicing a scale system that includes a complete set of scales,
This work for violin and piano is a play on the words "suite" and "bittersweet." Each of the four movements is based on a Yiddish folk song, translated as On the Road; My Resting Place; Black
Edited by Endre Granat. Fingerings and bowings by Jascha Heifetz. For violin & orchestra. Urtext Edition. Preface by the editor. Facsimile plates. Heifetz premiered Korngold's Concerto in 1947. This
The awardee of two Guggenheim fellowships, Julia Perry studied composition with Luigi Dallapiccola and Nadia Boulanger, and conducted her works on a tour throughout Europe with the Vienna Philharmonic and
Rieding's short concert pieces for violin and piano, written at the start of the twentieth century especially for beginners on the instrument, have maintained their place in lessons and class recitals.
Georges Bizet's opera "Carmen had its first performance in Paris in 1875. In the audience was 17-year-old Hungarian violin virtuoso and budding composer Jeno Hubay. After the performance, Hubay started
Violinist Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, a friend of Mendelssohn, was one of the great virtuosi of his age, standing alongside Paganini, Vieuxtemps, and Wieniawski. Like them, he left behind a series of
Edited by Anna Pulkkis. For violin & piano. Urtext Edition based on Series IV, Vol. 6 of the Jean Sibelius Works complete edition. Introduction and Ger. and Eng. Score, 17 p. and part.
Belgian violinist and composer Henri Vieuxtemps (1820-1881) was one of the most important violin virtuosos of the 19th century. This volume contains well-known works and rarities from his concert
Currently at the pinnacle of her remarkable career, three-time Grammy award winning concert violinist Hilary Hahn has assembled her collection of favorite encores, all commissioned by Ms. Hahn. Engaging 26
Exactly 300 years after Bach completed his unique cosmos of the Sei Solo a Violino senza Basso accompagnato, Kolja Lessing is presenting a collection, rich in discovery, of also 6 solo violin works inspired
Paganini's Inno patriottico con variazioni for solo violin M.S. 81 is a composition dating back to the period between 1796 and 1800. There is not very much background material regarding the piece: the only
Written following the composer's 1898 tour of Italy, this standard in the solo violin repertoire is one of Sarasate's most famous and often-played works. This piece is presented in two parts
Nocturne (Il Campanello di Notte) was designed for advanced students and professionals alike. The performer should drive the composition relentlessly forward in an agitated manner, all the while
When the great Belgian violin virtuoso Eugène Ysaÿe tried to commission a violin concerto, Chausson declined and suggested a one-movement work, Poème, Op 25. (1896). The premiere took
Edmund Severn (1862–1942) was an American composer and violinist. Born in England, he studied in various cities including Berlin and composed works for unaccompanied violin, orchestra and string
Prayer originated as an interlude for flute and piano in my choral setting of Psalm 19, Requiem, written in memory of Marie Mountain Clark. She was a friend and former principal flute in
This opening movement of Bach's Partita for Solo Violin in E Major, written in 1720, inspired Bach to create the Sinfonia movement for his 1731 Cantata. Bach used the organ to play the
A one-movement work composed for solo violin. Performance time c. 9:15.
A collection of eight piano classics by Frederic Chopin and Claude Debussy, masterfully
Edited by Wolfgang Birtel. For violin & piano. A collection of 25 pieces by Romantic composers. Preface in Ger., Fr. and Eng. Score, 111 p. and part.
This composition is very demanding and is for advanced students, amateurs and professional violinists.
A quality revision faithfully reconstructed, according to the autograph manuscript, with suggestions for interpretation and fingering by the eminent violinist and teacher Rodolfo Lipizer. Preface and