Grades 3=-4-Composer's Description:Whether a student or a great artist the desire to make a beautiful sound is a constant in the life of any musician. Sound is the musician's voice the means of communicating an artistic vision to the audience and it should be the aim for children of any age or standard to be engaged in good tone production.The inspiration for writing these pieces came to me from the wish to give the young children I teach music which would develop their ear for both good intonation and beautiful tone production. All the pieces have a strongly implied harmonic structure allowing them to be played without accompaniment. The purpose of the second violinpart is therefore to enable the teacher to underline the harmony as well as to influence the student's tone production and intonation through his own sound as much can be taught by good example.Finally I think that children enjoy the challenge of expressing different moods and emotions musically and I hope that the range of ideas implied by the keys and the titles of these pieces will fire their imagination.

The Boosey and Hawkes Bartók Edition showcases brand new stylish arrangements of highlights from the leading twentieth century composer for developing musicians standard to learn and enjoy. Duos and Trios for Violin features selected highlights from For Children, Mikrokosmos, Romanian Folk Dances, Romanian Christmas Carols and other works, imaginatively arranged for two or three violins by Hywel Davies. The collection provides ideal flexible small ensemble material for teaching and performance. An accompanying audio CD features demonstration and minus-one tracks. / 2 Ou 3 Violons

Simon Le Duc (1742-1777) est un des plus importants compositeurs orchestrales français de son temps et a été tenu en haute estime par ses contemporains. Leopold Mozart a montré trop de respect pour lui dans ses notes de voyage. Son opus VI, ' Six petits Duos pour deux violons de la plus grande facilité ', a été publié en 1771 par la maison d'édition de son frère Pierre. Nombreux thèmes caractéristiques des duos aurait pu être écrit par Haydn, tandis que la structure formelle bien équilibrée des mouvements est une réminiscence de Johann Christian Bach. Les peuplements de musique out en raison de la nouvelle contrastantes, mélodique, style homophonous de l'idiome classique en cours de développement. Dans l'ensemble, la façon dont elle compile des duos d'art imaginative et sa conception pour le violon en particulier, fait cette collection idéal pour les leçons, les auditions et les amateur de musique-making. / 2 Violons