Joaqu n Rodrigo was a Spanish composer and a virtuoso pianist. Rodrigo's music is among the most popular music of the 20th century in particular his Concierto de Aranjuez is considered one of the pinnacles of Spanish music and of the Guitar concerto repertoire. Although distinguished by having raised the Spanish Guitar to dignity as a universal concert instrument and best known for his Guitar music the blind composer never mastered the instrument himself.Rodrigo dedicated Rumaniana to the violinist Josefina Salvador who performed it in 1943. In order to master this progressive modern piece for Violin and Piano a thoroughknowledge of Violin techniques and music theory is required by the violinist. Violin score is included separately. Duration ca. 6:15.

New edition of a tutor that generations of violinists have grown up with.Fundamental work by a leading Violin educator.Three volumes in increasing order of difficulty: easy moderate difficult.Methodological notes by the editor (Cz/Eng/Ger)The School of Bowing Technique Op.2 is the second important Violin tutor by Otakar Šev k (1852 1934) and deals with the elementary technical demands of the right hand. Divided into three sections the tutor contains more than 4 000 systematically arranged bowing exercises in increasing order of difficulty.This new edition of the School of BowingTechnique combines the original six volumes in groups of two. It is largely based on the first edition published in the early 20th century and on other sources from Šev k’s estate. The editor Jaroslav Foltýn is a professor of Violin at the Prague Conservatory as was Šev k himself.Already published:Otakar Šev kSchool of Violin Technique Op.1Book 1 1st Position BA 9552Book 2 2nd 7th Position BA 9553Book 3 Changing Positions BA 9554Book 4 Exercises in Double Stops and Harmonics BA 9555

?evc k?s complete work covers every area of Violin technique from the most elementary level and special exercises concerning individual technical problems right through to analytical studies of the standard concertos. Today more than 130 years later his ?Violin School? still numbers among the most important teaching methods for violinists.This revised edition of ?evc k?s ?School of Violin Technique? Op.1 comprises four books and is essentially based on the first edition published at the beginning of the twentieth century. Other sources from ?evc k?s posthumous papers have also been taken into account.Jaroslav Foltýn Violin professorat Prague Conservatory (like ?evc k at one time) has provided an accurate methodological commentary.A revised edition of a Violin method which has been used by generations of violinists.Seminal work by a leading Violin educator.Each book contains a methodological commentary by the editor (Cz/Eng/Ger).

Kevin Volans' String Quartet No. 9: Shiva Dances was commissioned by BBC Radio 3 and first performed by the Smith Quartet at the 2004 Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival.Kevin Volans (the composer) notes on the piece:In the past I have been interested in trying to go beyond historicism (1970s) beyond style(1980s) and beyond form (1990s) in my work. Looking back over the music of the twentiethcentury I was struck by the fact the nearlyall of it is extremely 'busy' almost cluttered. Italmost seemed that composers felt compelled to look industrious. In the new millennium Ithought it would be interesting to try and eliminate content. I also aspired to movingfrommusic (sound as art) to art (art as sound). This of course has already been done by a numberof composers (many from New York Phil Niblock and La Monte Young to name but two) butit was something I had never tried.AlthoughI found it annoying that the label 'minimalist' was given to my African-based work and fearing this would make the label stick I set out to write a piece which reflected my loveof minimal painting and architecture. The Japanesehave a term 'wabi' meaning 'voluntarypoverty' or 'emptiness' to describe their restrained minimal aesthetic an aesthetic which however pays greatest attention to the quality of material and fine detail. I like to think thatthelack of excessive pitch material in this piece reflects a kind of voluntary poverty.When Shiva is portrayed dancing (as Nataraj) He is depicted in a circle of flames crushing asmall figure the ego underfoot.You get theimpression He dances on the spot not movingaround at all. I like that.The piece is dedicated to Pablo Pascual Cilleruelo.

Bohuslav Martinu wrote his first Violin Concerto in Paris in 1932 33 this work having been commissioned by the Violin virtuoso Samuel Dushkin. However it was never performed during the composer?s lifetime and was even considered lost after his death. It was not until 1961 that musicologist and collector Hans Moldenhauer bought it from Boaz Piller contrabassoonist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Moldenhauer approached Czech violinist Josef Suk who gave the world premiere of the work with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Georg Solti in October 1973.This Piano reduction is based on the musical text of the first edition. The solo parthas been revised by a leading Czech violinist and performer of Martinu?s music.Major Violin concerto of the 20th centuryNew Foreword by Martinu scholar Sandra Bergmannová (Cz/Eng/Ger)Performance material available for hireFull score available for sale (H5798)

Instrumental Play-Along-This collection features 12 Great Movie Themes complete with backing tracks that will make you sound great! Audio is available online via streaming or download. Pieces include: Batman Theme The Godfather (Love Theme) He's a Pirate Mrs. Darcy My Heart Will Go on (Love Theme from 'Titanic') Over the Rainbow The Pink Panther Star Wars (Main Theme) and more.

100 Hymns for Violin and Guitar is a collection of all-time favorite hymns arranged for violin solo with suggested written chordal accompaniment. Fingerstyle guitar and strum styles are indicated on each solo. Other chordal instrumentalists can also use the written material. The repertoire spans centuries and represents a wonderful assortment of solos which may be used as preludes or offertories throughout the various seasons in the church year./ Recueil / Violon et Guitare

Une collection passionnante et variée de 35 airs traditionnels du monde entier, arrangées pour violon facile (violon). Tous les morceaux sont écrits clairement en solfège ainsi que les orientations à l'arc. Un CD d'accompagnement contient tous les morceaux, joués à une vitesse gérable, accompagné par un orchestre de guitares, basse, mandoline et percussions.Les mélodies viennent d'Afrique, du Nord et Amérique du Sud, Europe, Moyen-Orient, en Asie et en Australie, et sont spécialement arrangées par l'auteur avec le début / joueur de violon intermédiaire à l'esprit. Sur le CD, les mélodies sont jouées 2 ou 3 fois, de sorte que vous pouvez vraiment entrer dans la sensation de la mélodie en jouant long. La vitesse des airs est assez lent, mais pas si lent à emporter à partir de la sensation essentielle de la musique.Il ya une mine de la grande musique à découvrir à travers le monde, dont un exemple peut être trouvé dans cette sélection rare et stimulant, qui pourrait bien se révéler être un tremplin pour d'autres études de styles traditionnels. / Violon

In May of 1802, the ?Allgemeine musikalische Zeitung? praised the violin sonatas op. 23 and 24 as being ?... among the best Beethoven has written, which is to say that they are among the best being written at all. The composer?s original, fiery and bold spirit ... becomes more and more apparent now ...? The time during which Beethoven composed his ?Spring Sonata?, which was to become increasingly popular during the course of the 19th century, was marked by a frantic surge of compositional creativity. ?I live only in my notes, and with one work barely finished, the other is already started; the way I write now I often find myself working on three, four things at the same time.?, he wrote in a letter to Wegeler on 29 June 1801. However during this time, Beethoven also suffered from the rapid deterioration of his hearing, a fact he was still trying to hide and that the enchanting ?Spring Sonata? certainly does not divulge.

Otakar Sevick was a Czech musician and violin teacher who wrote many studies, methods and teaching tools. Many of which are still important today. For instance his violin methods are still useful a century later and his studies remain second to none.

This volume of 40 studies for right-hand technique includes exercises in string-crossing, arpeggios, triplets, changing bowing styles, staccato playing, legato playing and more.