Psalm 78

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

To this day, Pierre Rode's  “Caprices” are a milestone in every violinist's education conservatory level. This Urtext edition offers detailed text regarding source material and historical

These 36 duos for two violins were designed for developing learners and include original manuscript photos and commentary. Taken from Louis Spohr's violin tutor, a collection of methods and exercises

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,

Amore Scaduto (roughly translated "Broken Love") borrows its title from a romance novel that composer Lee Hyla saw at a newsstand in Rome in the autumn of 2004. This brief duo for violin and cello

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

The Viennese Jakob Dont is considered one of the most important violin pedagogues of the nineteenth century and wrote numerous study pieces that are indispensable classics of the pedagogical literature for

Having written four String Quartets in less than a decade, Leshnoff strikes a lighter note with his fifth, titled Four Dances. The four dance movements are: I. Waltz, II. Pavane, III. Chas Tanz,

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

Antonio Vivaldi’s twelve concertos op. 4 known by the name of “La Stravaganza” were first mentioned as a collection of “Concerti a 4” in the 1711 Foreword of

Antonio Vivaldi’s twelve concertos op. 4 known by the name of “La Stravaganza” were first mentioned as a collection of “Concerti a 4” in the 1711 Foreword of

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

Thematic variations for piano and string trio cast in five movements: Ein Ding; Kinderspott; Duett für Vier; Ruhig and Die Wolfsjungen. The idea behind the work stems from a familiar