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
Dotzauer études have been part of the standard repertoire in cello lessons for generations. Friedrich Dotzauer (1783-1860) was among the major cellists and cello pedagogues of the 19th century and
Henry Schradieck chose the modest designation “studies” for his exercises. Their musical substance, however, goes far beyond that of a study. They are character pieces which get their
Published in early 1806, Kreutzer's "40 Études ou Caprices" for violin are the product of his years-long employment at the Conservatoire de Paris. Their systematic and complete reappraisal of
The idea for The Heifetz Scale Book is to present all of the great master violinist Jascha Heifetz's scale routines that were developed over his long career but never written down. This edition by
Henri Wieniawski, the Polish-born violin virtuoso, chamber musician, composer, and pedagogue was admitted into Lambert Massart's violin class at the Paris Conservatoire at age eight. In 1850, he received
These virtuoso etudes constitute specialized practice material for advanced pupils. The cycle, consisting of pieces resembling the solo violin compositions of J. S. Bach, Paganini, and Wieniawski, presents
String Quartet Technique consists of a main book, plus four individual volumes for some of the given exercises: 1st violin, 2nd violin, viola, cello. The main book is broken up into two parts: Part 1:
This useful edition includes sections on trills, arpeggios, scales, and thumb position.