Italian Opera Fun For Violin

Giovanni Battista Viotti (1755-1824) was an Italian composer and virtuoso violinist. His 29 Violin concertos were heavily influenced by his work with various opera companies and are known for their pleasing song-like melody lines.His Violin Concerto No. 23 In G Major was written in c.1794. Originally scored for Violin and Orchestra it has been arranged here for Violin and Piano.

Un'innovativa iniziativa editoriale volta a riorganizzare la straordinaria opera didattica di Otakar Sevcík, ad oggi disseminata in varie Opere e Volumi che seguono una logica tematica, mescolando al loro interno differenti livelli di difficoltà tecnica. L'intento di questa nuova edizione è quello di riorganizzare l'immensa opera di Sevcík, indiscusso pilastro della tecnica violinistica, secondo la logica della gradualità didattica, al fine di aiutare sia l'insegnante che l'allievo a trovare all'interno di un unico testo di riferimento tutte le parti afferenti allo stesso livello tecnico. Non si dovrà perciò più, come in passato, selezionare da più opere e più volumi in base alle abilità raggiunte dallo studente. Questa nuova edizione comprende nel complesso 5 volumi, che si riferiscono allo studio del violino dal 1o al 5o Corso. / Violon

The first signs of a revival in Italian music at the beginning of the twentieth century are mostly found in the important contributions of a generation of musicians all born in and around the year 1880: Ottorino Respighi Ildebrando Pizzetti Gian Francesco Malipiero and Alfredo Casella.Thanks to them the music scene in Italy began to widen its horizons which basically meant going beyond the 'exclusive cultivation of melodramatic opera and encouraging an awareness of symphonic music in the country.' This anthology provides a meaningful overview of the music for Violin and Piano written by these composers the founders of the movement and also by thosethey inspired. The pieces have been selected for their musical value their didactic usefulness and their ability to represent a particular period in the history of Italian music and culture.

Antonio Vivaldi (1673-1741) was an Italian composer violinist and teacher in the Baroque era. His name has become synonymous with the series of Violin concertos known as the Four Seasons but he also wrote over 500 other concertos for various instruments as well as dozens of operas and several sacred works. The Concerto No. 23 (RV 425) was written in 1725. Set in the key of C major it was originally scored for solo Mandolin with String Orchestra and Continuo Bass (Cembalo). It has been arranged for Guitar or Mandolin with Piano accompaniment by the French composer Fernand Oubradous .

Today?s professional orchestral musicians are highly specialized and highly qualified instrumentalists. While the traditional study at universities and music schools gives students an excellent foundation for orchestral playing it has long been acknowledged that it often does not prepare a musician for all the challenges of orchestral life.The Orchestral Violinist's Companion imparts knowledge and skills essential for the orchestral violinist extending on the musician?s high school or university education. This advice and training manual is intended to serve as a guide for the full course of a musician?s career from the preparation for anaudition to the long-term heavy work load in an orchestra. The volumes cover an abundance of themes including:Practice techniquesSight-readingDaily practice routineLooking after your bodyBow technique and tone productionLeft hand techniquePizzicato technique and other special techniquesRhythm and ensemble playingNotation and performance practicePreparing of orchestral partsItalian French and German terms and abbreviationsKnowledge of styleDevelopment of a core repertoirePreparation for auditionsCoping with stage frightCoping with orchestral lifeAppreciation for the orchestra as a social environmentCoping with the long-term physical and mental pressures in an orchestraIncluded is a detailed annotated index of orchestral excerpt collections thematically relevant books and articles and recent important studies on ?Performance Science?. Chapters on essential practice and performance techniques include hundreds of examples from over 300 orchestral works which encompass the areas of symphony oratorio opera operetta and ballet from the period between c. 1750 and 1950. In addition there are exercises specifically designed to advance a player?s orchestral technique.As well as serving as useful teaching material for courses these volumes are geared towards students currently in graduate or postgraduate courses specializing in orchestral playing audition candidates

Instrumental Play-Along-10 Arias Transcribed for Solo Instrument and Piano. Who needs a singer' With Play Puccini instrumentalists can bathe themselves in luxurious Italian melody! These ten opera arias are among the composer's most famous and distinctiveachievements here transcribed for intermediate level solo instrument and piano. The book includes a biography of Puccini notes about the plot of each opera and the dramatic context of the selected aria. The companion CDfeatures excellent performances as well as piano accompaniments for practice. Includes arias from: La Bohème La Fanciulla Del West Gianni Schicchi Madama Butterfly Manon Lescaut Suor Angelica Tosca and Turandot.

Gian Francesco Malipiero (1882-1973) was an Italian composer musicologist and editor. He drew on his extensive research into Italian musical history when he wrote his first String Quartet Rispetti EStrambotti in 1920. It pays tribute to the two forms of early Italian poetry in the title but also depicts wider themes from Renaissance music from free polyphony to operatic recitatives. However the structure of thepiece is distinctly modern deliberately attempting to break with the all-pervading Sonata form and the wider Romantic Movement in general. The result is a memorable mesmerising construction that is modern and dramatic butwith a fusion of undeniably medieval flavours.

At first glance the Introduzioni appear to be lively three-movement works with a standardized order of movements and harmonic order: fast - slow - fast major - minor - major. With regard to style the short symphonies resemble the Neapolitan opera buffa the descriptive title Introduzioni implying the function the introduction to stage works.With his 6 Introduzioni teatrali composed in 1735 the talented Italian violinist and composer Pietro Antonio Locatelli who had lived in Amsterdam since 1729 perhaps paid tribute to the great demand on the part of the Dutch amateur orchestras. But were the master and his oeuvre actually as well adjusted as it seems? Locatelli'sworks were well known throughout Europe until the end of the 18th century although the composer led a very secluded life. He had no students and never performed in public. In his adopted city Amsterdam he worked freely without being controlled by the church or the court. An unusual lifestyle for an 18th-century composer – and also an unusual composition?