The Orchestral Violinist (Book 1) Boosey & Hawkes Chamber Music Series Composed by Various. More than just a collection of difficult violin passages for the aspiring orchestral player, these extracts from the classical, romantic and 20th-century concert repertoire reveal the tricks of the trade. Unique color-coding shows at a glance the editor's suggested fingerings, bowings and commentary, demonstrating the articulation, phrasing and technique needed to solve all the practical problems faced by the player. Book 1 includes 27 excerpts; Book 2 includes 26 excerpts.
Esteemed concertmaster, teacher, and virtuoso Rodney Friend puts a lifetime of orchestral experience into the pages of this essential book. With carefully selected excerpts from the repertoire, Rodney Friend shares his technical and musical knowledge in the form of fingerings, bowings, tricks of the trade, and hundreds of interpretive notes about performing these difficult pieces. A must for any violinist starting out on an orchestral career, The Orchestral Violinist goes well-beyond conservatory training, to the very heart of what audition committees and music directors look for in successful violinists.
World-famous violinist Rachel Barton Pine has compiled a collection of 19 pieces, for unaccompanied violin and violin and piano, ranging from her original compositions and cadenzas to virtuoso arrangements featured in many of her popular recordings.
This collection presents works by three of the most influential violinist-composers, Corelli, Tartini and Paganini, in arrangements by the celebrated Viennese violinist Fritz Kreisler. This is an outstanding edition of original compositions and transcriptions for violin and piano, which also includes intricate cadenzas. It includes twenty-two Kreisler favorites compiled by Eric Wen with a foreword by Yehudi Menuhin. This is a unique, exciting collection for any violinist!
This is the second collection of the Fritz Kreisler Series. It contains thirty-five favorites and specialties and includes more transcriptions and original compositions compiled by Eric Wen. It offers fingerings, bowings and insights into Kreisler's technique.
Here are 50 easy-to-intermediate short pieces for double bass and piano, with five additional bonus pieces for two double basses and piano. These musically satisfying little pieces function as etudes for the instrument.
Jacques Offenbach, better known for his operettas, was known in his youth as “the Paganini of the cello.” Included in this volume are six attractive duets, of modest difficulty. The companion CD has tracks with both duet parts isolated, ideal for individual practice.
Intermediate violin pieces with suggestions for practice. Foreword by Shinichi Suzuki. Packaged with 2 CDs. Piano accompaniment is available as EP11291A. This 3-volume series is aimed at level 4-7 of the Suzuki Method but can also be used by any student or pupil, young or old! Volume 1 focuses on helping the student master movements from violin concertos by J.S. Bach, Antonio Vivaldi and Friedrich Seitz. For a little light relief, the book also includes a number of "Fiddle Tunes" and easier, short arrangements by Schubert and Humperdinck. All pieces are accompanied by systematic preliminary exercises, practice tips and CDs with different exercise tempo.
(Music Minus One). This book/CD pack features a CD with the complete performance of Lalo's Cello Concerto written in 1876 in digital stereo, plus a second digital stereo version of the concerto minus the soloist, indexed for ease of practice and performance. It also includes an authoritative performance edition of the solo part, newly engraved and printed on high-quality ivory paper.