Christmas Carols for Violin Duet. Designed for violinists familiar with first position and comfortable reading basic rhythms, each two-page arrangement in this collection includes a violin 1 and violin 2 part, with each taking a turn at playing the melody for a fun and challenging ensemble experience. Songs include: Angels We Have Heard on High · Coventry Carol · The First Noel · God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen · The Holly and the Ivy · I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day · Joy to the World · O Holy Night · Sing We Now of Christmas · We Three Kings of Orient Are · and more.

Chansons Russes variées pour Deux Violons. oeuvre 2. Edition : Saint-Petersbourg, Gotha, Gerstenberg, 1796.Présentation de Pavel Serbin : introduction - mélodies des chansons - erreurs.Oeuvres très agréables, à deux violons seuls, qui viennent enrichir le répertoire du XVIIIe siècle. La préface donne les sources des chansons russes qui ont servi de fondement aux variationsEdition en parties séparées : violino primo - violino secondo. / 2 Violons / 40 pages / niveau : 1 / Fac-Similés - Format: 24 X 33

COMPOSER'S NOTESThe music of these violin duos has been influenced by the centuries-long flow of traditional music from the British Isles to North America and back again. The compositions are dedicated toseveral people who are keeping that transatlantic musical flow in motion today.Sleep Sound Ida Mornin'Sleep Sound ida Mornin' is a very short duo for two violins based on a traditionaltune which I first heard in the Orkney Islands although played there on the banjo by a native of Kansas. My extended version with a slow introduction was first played in Boston on 29th January 1995 by Lesley Chen and NathanSchmidt members of the New England Conservatory's Preparatory Division during their annual weekend festival of contemporary music. This very remarkable and encouraging event was devised and organised by Rodney Lister to whomthis piece is dedicated.Duration c. 2 minutes.Atlantic DriftAn earlier even shorter version of Atlantic Drift written for violin and piano was first performed by PeterSheppard Skaerved and Aaron Schorr at the Royal Academy of Music London on 9th May 2006 in a concert to celebrate the 70th birthday of the American composer and transatlantic communicator Elliott Schwartz. The melody isoriginal though clearly influenced by the music and perpetual tides of the Hebrides. Duration c. 3 minutes.Rain and Mist are on the Mountain I'd Better Buy SomeShoesThis four-movement duo for two violins is based on a fragment of a Gaelic folk song from Barra in the Western Isles of Scotland. The title suggests that although the Gaels of yesteryear were rich inpoetic expression and the beauties of nature they were otherwise not very affluent. Rain and Mist was first performed at the Wigmore Hall London on 6th February 2005 by Corina Belcea and Laura Samuel.Duration c. 6