SKU: FH.VLR00
ISBN 9781554409013.
Carefully selected and curated to support teachers and students in their artistic and technical development, the Violin Series, 2021 Edition includes pieces from a diverse range of eras and styles that represent stepping stones to major violin repertoire. Each level is constructed to link repertoire selections to necessary techniques and corresponding etudes, while illustrating step-by-step connections for developing core skills. Each Repertoire book includes access to quality video and audio recordings by some of North America's finest violinists and accompanists; both performance and accompaniment-only tracks for each Repertoire selection offer students a model for performance practice and the convenience of accompanied rehearsal at home.
Violin Preparatory Repertoire features student and teacher duets to promote listening skills and to provide an entry point into ensemble playing. This repertoire book for elementary-level students, distinguished by slow and fast tempos, is based on the foundational finger patterns of D major and A major, postural development, and bow division with legato and staccato strokes. Special effects, such as tapping on the side of the violin and open-string pizzicato, promote freedom of movement and encourage navigation of the fingerboard. Elementary rhythms are explored alongside supportive piano accompaniments within familiar time signatures. Featured composers include Violet Archer, Ludwig van Beethoven, Harold Birston, Frank Blachford, Jean Couthard, David Gordon Duke, Jean Ethridge, Joanne Martin, and Mary Alice Rich.
SKU: FH.VLR01
ISBN 9781554409020.
Violin Repertoire 1 offers selections at various tempos that explore familiar D major/minor and A major/minor tonalities in first position, while encouraging further development of hand-frame knowledge in the keys of G major and C major across the fingerboard. Through a broad cross-section of pieces in simple and compound time, enriched piano accompaniments enhance lyricism and tone production. The pieces explore bow development and division using a variety of lengths, while also introducing hooked bows and slurs. New experiences include artificial harmonics, glissando, and double stops; duets are included to provide opportunities for in-class and recital collaboration. Featured composers include Harold Birston, Christine Donkin, Robert Fleming, Christine Gale, Terence Greaves, Ricky Hyslop, Michael Joncas, Dmitri Kabalevsky, Christopher Norton, Mary Alice Rich, Alec Rowley, and Robert Schumann.
SKU: HL.49045166
ISBN 9790220135002. UPC: 888680724214. 8.25x11.75x0.276 inches.
Violin Concerto is scored for a Classical-sized orchestra, with the addition of a harp and celeste, and lasts around 17 minutes. Although the work sets out to explore the lyrical characteristics of the solo instrument, it is only gradually that the violin finds its full, lyric voice, and thence, as the work progresses, a more dominant role. This, in one sense, is the 'journey' of the piece. The work's straightforward formal scheme consists of three movements (roughly fast-slow-fast) framed by a reflective introduction and epilogue. However, these formal divisions exist within a single, unbroken arc. Such an overall symmetrical shape places the slow Arioso (itself divided into three subsections) at the midpoint, sandwiched between the two Allegro movements. The dramaturgy of the piece centers on a twofold search. First there is the ongoing pursuit to recapture the simple melodic material stated by the solo violin - accompanied by thar harp's bass register - during the opening bars. Whilst aspects of this melody are invoked frequently throughout (especially in the violin cadenza which closes the Arioso movement), it is only with the final and most important climax of the work that the melody appears again in its complete form, now accompanied by violent, orchestral stabs. The second search is for a tonal resting place, the arrival of which is delayed until the close of the epilogue. The original version of the Violin Concerto, commissioned by the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, was premiered in Amsterdam in February 2012 with Gordan Nikolic as soloist. The present, revised version was created for Barnabas Kelemen and the Halle.
SKU: AP.36-52703617
UPC: 735816385521. English.
This humorous little vignette for string quartet was composed in 1979 and was originally intended to be published by Piedmont Music, the ASCAP division of EB Marks Classical. For reasons unknown, however, it remained in manuscript form until 2021, when a copy of the composer's autograph parts was discovered in the archives of a completely different Alan Shulman piece. This newly engraved Latham Music edition therefore represents the first publication of Shulman's delightful work, as well as the first full score. As the title suggests, this is a medium-slow rag, or cakewalk in a loose AABA form. The bluesy and graceful main melody is introduced by the first violin in a call and response exchange with the rest of the ensemble. The restatement of the primary theme is led by the second violin, with the entire ensemble playing pizzicato, having the effect of playful mockery. In the B section, the first violin earnestly reasserts the stately grace from the opening however, the cello is clearly becoming restless and decides to take over the lead just before the final reprise. The lighthearted ending again has the first violin doing its best to bring the tune to a refined conclusion, but the rest of the group still has mischief in mind. After a couple moments of seeming confusion, the ensemble regroups at last and plays the final riff with resolute emphasis. If you're looking to add a light moment to a recital program, or looking for a short, medium level contest piece that players and audiences alike will enjoy, this little miniature is an ideal choice!
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SKU: FH.VA8
ISBN 978-1-55440-570-1.
This groundbreaking series for viola offers a sound and progressive collection of Repertoire, Recordings, Etudes, Technique, and Orchestral Excerpts for the aspiring virtuoso. Representing all major style periods and a variety of genres, Viola Series, 2013 Edition offers all the music and tools needed to support a comprehensive course of study from the beginner to advanced levels. A rich and varied selection of music in each of these nine progressive volumes of repertoire appeals to violists of all ages. From the Preparatory Level through Level 8, students will be exposed to quality selections originally written for viola, fun arrangements of traditional fiddle and folk tunes, as well as contemporary pieces by notable composers such as Violet Archer, Carey Cheney, and Fritz Kriesler.Preparatory Level:Blast Off! - Cohen, MaryDragon Drama! - Harris, PaulD Scale Waltz - Anderson, Gerald E. and Robert FrostPizzicato Puddle Stomp - Rapoport, KatharineLevel 1:Gliding Along at the Octopus Ball - Cohen, MaryThe Little Eel - Entezami, RaminNojack - Donkin, ChristineBow Division - AnonymousLevel 2:Rowing on the Lake - Keyser, Paul deSailing - Romberg, Bernhard Heinrich arr. A. Baird KnechtelCharlie Is My Darling - Traditional Scottish melody arr. Mary CohenKites - Rapoport, KatharineLevel 3:Etude in C Major, op. 45, book 1, no. 4 - Wohlfahrt, FranzHeidi Hi! - Cohen, MaryThe Fair Isle - Mackay, NeilSpuzzam - Donkin, ChristineThe First Skating Lesson - Geringas, YaakovLevel 4:Melodious Double Stops No. 9 - Trott, JosephineHot Chocolate Treat - Cohen, MaryPreparatory Exercise for Chromatic Scales - Kinsey, Herbert transc. Margaret BanwellPlaying Ball - Geringas, Yaakov.
SKU: FH.VAE1
ISBN 978-1-55440-574-9.
This groundbreaking series for viola offers a sound and progressive collection of Repertoire, Recordings, Etudes, Technique, and Orchestral Excerpts for the aspiring virtuoso. Representing all major style periods and a variety of genres, Viola Series, 2013 Edition offers all the music and tools needed to support a comprehensive course of study from the beginner to advanced levels. One outstanding volume of Orchestral Excerpts includes a wealth of excerpts from Level 7 through ARCT that are often greater in length than standard audition fare. Students will achieve a better understanding of great symphonic literature and learn more about the style of each composer by playing each excerpt in context. This book encourages more successful auditions and better-educated orchestral performers.Level 5:Etude in F Major, op. 45, book 2, no. 42 - Wohlfahrt, FranzBallet Variation - Geringas, YaakovThe Bee's Knees! - Cohen, MaryArpeggio Study - Kinsey, Herbert transc. Margaret BanwellEtude in C Minor - Bruni, Antonio BartolomeoLevel 6:Etude in D Minor, op. 45, book 2, no. 47 - Wohlfahrt, FranzEtude No. 2 in F Major - Kreutzer, RodolpheEtude in C Minor, op. 21, no. 73 - Campagnoli, Bartolomeoetude speciale, op. 36, book 1, no. 3 (Fermete d'archet) - Mazas, Jacques-FereolEtude in G Minor - Bruni, Antonio BartolomeoLevel 7:Wild Fire - Cohen, Maryetude speciale, op. 36, book 1, no. 8 (Division of the Bow in the Cantilena) - Mazas, Jacques-FereolEtude in A Minor, op. 37, no. 10 - Dont, JakobEtude in D Major - Bruni, Antonio BartolomeoMelodious Double Stops No. 17 - Trott, JosephineLevel 8:Double Stopping and Simple Chords - Kinsey, Herbert transc. Margaret BanwellCaprice in E flat Major, op. 3, no. 5 - Fiorillo, FederigoEtude No. 12 in D Minor - Kreutzer, Rodolpheetude speciale, op. 36, book 1, no. 30 (Ronde villageoise) - Mazas, Jacques-FereolPolonaise and Trio, op. 18, no. 2 - Campagnoli, BartolomeoEtude in D Major - Bruni, Antonio Bartolomeo.
SKU: ST.MB9
ISBN 9790220209666.
A rich anthology of fantasias and dances for 'whole' consorts of two to six parts, by 34 composers from Adson to Wilbye - and Anon. There is also a substantial section containing music for strings and keyboards, and another of music for division viol and lyra viol.
SKU: HL.48189191
UPC: 888680989798. 9.0x12.0 inches.
Simpson Begou Preludes Et Divisions Viola Da Gamba Book.
