These 30 easy level (grade 2) string trios from the masters arranged by Rubank legends Harvey Whistler and Herman Hummel are the ultimate way to introduce your youngest players to ensemble playing. Songs average 30-40 measureslong with optional repeats to create a longer piece at your discretion. Includes a treasure trove of titles:Abendlied (Schumann) ? Allegro from Der Freischutz (Weber) ? Ave Verum (Mozart) ? Carnivalof Venice ? Chanson Triste (Tchaikovsky) ? Cielito Lindo ? Country Dance (Beethoven) ? Liebestraum (Liszt) ? Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes ? New World Symphony Excerpts (Dvorak) ? Jesu Joy ofMan's Desiring (students play the melody not the triplet pattern) ? Jolly Coppersmith ? Melody for Strings (Rubinstein) ? Men of Harlech ? Menuet from Symphony No. 7 (Haydn) ? Procession (Handel) ?Theme from Fantasie Impromptu (Chopin) ? Rondo (Schubert) ? Theme from Symphony No. 1 (Brahms) ? Vienna Life (Strauss) ? Volga Boatman ? Waltz from HMS Pinafore

10 Duets. Par DIVERS AUTEURS (ARR.IGUDESMAN ALEKSEY). Music by Aleksey Igudesman is now also available for viola players! 'Violin and Viola and more” features a selection of well-known pieces from his duet series ' and More' arranged for violin and viola in moderate difficulty. The edition includes helpful remarks on background and characteristics of every piece. Thus, style-appropriate interpretation and fun at playing together are guaranteed./ Répertoire / Violon et Alto

Par HOLLIGER HEINZ. Here's proof, if you ever needed it, that contemporary music can be humourous. Want to hear Mendelssohn's Wedding March beefed up with Wagner's Tristan? And enjoy listening out for the well-known melody of 'Tea for two' in the escapades of 'Three for two'? The entertaining collection were composed individually, and for a variety of purpose - some were congratulatory messages for well-known fellow musicians such as Elliott Carter or Thomas Demenga, but some were just composed while waiting at a bus stop! Hence, the pieces can be played either as effective encore pieces./ Répertoire / Violon et Violoncelle

Opus 52 duo pour violon et violoncelle (écrit lorsque j'ai eu 52 ans !!) est une parenthèse dans ma production. C'est une fantaisie qui débute par l'utilisation de la tessiture commune aux deux instruments (4ème corde du violon 1ère corde du violoncelle) traitée chromatiquement par 'frottements' sonores.S'ensuivent des séries d'harmoniques naturels (sons éthérés obtenus en effleurant les cordes à des endroits précis) et d'arpèges serrés interrompus à deux reprises par des réminiscences de musiques populaires évoquant ces 'violoneux' jadisjuchés sur un tonneau pour faire danser la foule.' Renaud Gagneux Opus 52 a été enregistré par Nathanaëlle Marie et Christophe Beau sur le CD 'Renaud Gagneux oeuvres pour cordes'

George Speckert has once again created a collection of easy pieces which are fun to perform and sound attractive. The duets are comfortable to play have an authentic jazz feel to them and are full of nuances; musicians and teachers will enjoy them as much as the listener. Marked rhythms and distinctive melodies give the pieces that special something.From the contents?The Entertainer? (Scott Joplin) ?Nobody Knows the Trouble I?ve Seen? (trad.) ?When the Saints Go Marching In? (trad.) ?St. Louis Blues? (W. C. Handy) ?Tiger Rag? (Hold that Tiger) (Nick la Rocca) ?New Orleans? (Newton Alexander) and original compositions by George SpeckertTheauthorGeorge Speckert is renowned for his easy yet sonorous arrangements for mixed string ensembles. He is a composer author and teacher for multi-media production and e-learning.

In 1920 Maurice Ravel was asked by his publisher Durand to contribute to an issue of La Revue Musicale dedicated to Claude Debussy. A supplement included the first movement of Ravel?s Sonata as well as works contributed by Debussy?s friends Stravinsky Satie Dukas Bartok and de Falla to name only a few. This 1st movement of Ravel?s Sonata of which the autograph is lost then developed into a large scale four movement chamber music work utilizing a more modern music vocabulary than found in almost any other Ravel composition. Bärenreiter?s scholarly-critical edition the first ever of this masterpiece presents the work in two performing scores. It contains anintroduction on the history of the work reflecting Ravel?s work and rehearsals with violinist Hélène Jourdan-Morhange and cellist Maurice Maréchal. Sources for this new edition include the engraved copy the personal autograph scores (with earlier versions of some passages) which were used to rehearse the work and the first edition scores with emendations by Jourdan-Morhange and Maréchal. Included in the appendix are the original fingerings by the performers which are not found in the first edition. They reflect how Ravel must have heard the work in rehearsals and as such are a document of early 20th century performance practice. First Urtext edition of this workTwo performing scores (format 25 5 x 32 5 cm)The violoncello part does not allow for page turns in the first movement; therefore the edition includes an additional violoncello part in small print presenting the entire first movement on a double page without a page turnInformative introduction to the genesis of the work (Ger/Eng/Fr)Critical commentary with facsimiles and appendices