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String Builder for Violin, 3rd & 5th Position

sku Product SKU:  EL01937

The Third and Fifth Position String Builder is to be used after Book 3 of the Belwin String Builder. However, it may also be used as a continuation of any the standard string class methods. In this book, the violin, viola, cello, and bass play together. The book for each instrument, however, is a complete unit and may be used separately for class or individual instruction. In this book, the pupil is carefully taken step by step through the third and fifth positions. The pupil is taught to find each finger, after which simple shifts are introuduced with the same finger, followed by shifts to these positions with different fingers. Each type of shift is presented and developed with interesting melodies. The material in this volume is chosen for its musical interest and its technical value. There are a number of duets which are to be played by either two pupils or with the class divided into two groups. The material in this book is realistically graded so that only a minimum of explanatory material is required. Suggestions for work by rote are presented throughout the book. Published for violin, viola, cello, bass, piano accompaniment, teacher's manual.

USD 6.9500

String Builder for Cello, Book 1

sku Product SKU:  EL01546

Book 1. A String Class Method (for Class or Individual Instruction) - Cello. Composed by Samuel Applebaum. 32 pages. Published by Belwin Music.

The Belwin String Builder is a string class method in which the violin, viola, cello, and bass play together throughout. Each book, however, is a complete unit and may be used separately for class or individual instruction. The material in this book is realistically graded so that only a minimum of explanatory material is required. Each melody is interesting and will provide the basis for a fine left hand technic and bow arm. Available in three levels for violin, viola, cello, bass, piano accompaniment, and teacher's manual.

Contents:

Picture of the Cello and the Bow
The Two High Strings
The Two Lower Strings
The Open Strings with Half Notes
Whole Notes
More Melodies with Open Strings
A New Tone---The First Finger on the D String
More Melodies with the First Finger on the D String
A New Tone---The First Finger on the A String
A Higher Tone---The Third Finger on the D String
A Higher Tone on the A String---The Third Finger
More Melodies with the First and Third Fingers
The Fourth Finger on the D String
The Fourth Finger on the A String
Beautiful Melodies with the First, Third and Fourth Fingers
Playing Two Notes in the Same Bow Stroke
A New Low Tone---The First Finger on the G String
The Third and Fourth Fingers on the G String
When Do We Use the Second Finger
Playing Three Notes in the Same Bow Stroke---The C String
Melodies That Are Repeated
Melodies Stressing the Third and Fourth Fingers
Melodies Stressing the Second and Third Fingers
Playing Beautiful Melodies with Dynamics
Strengthening the Fourth Finger---Left Hand Pizzicato
Right Hand Pizzicato
Melodies on All Strings
Building a Major Scale
Eighth Notes
Eighth Notes Combined with Quarter Notes
Lively Melodies with Eighth Notes

USD 9.9900

Sevcik: Violin Studies, Op 8

sku Product SKU:  HL14029822

Changes of Position and Preparatory Scale Studies

Violin - Grade 3
Composed by Ottakar Sevcik (1852-1934). Sevcik Violin Studies. 56 pages. 9x12 inches. Published by Bosworth & Co.

A compendium of studies for changes of positions with preparatory scale studies. One of the unique advantages of the shifting exercises in Sevcik's Op.8 is that they provide a musical framework within which to place each shift.A compendium of studies for changes of positions with preparatory scale studies. One of the unique advantages of the shifting exercises in Sevcik's Op.8 is that they provide a musical framework within which to place each shift.

USD 11.9500

Sevcik: Op 3, 40 Variations for Viola

sku Product SKU:  HL14029832

For Viola. Arranged by Margaret Major. Composed by Ottakar Sevcik (1852-1934). Sevcik Viola Studies. Method. Book Only. 24 pages. 9x11.5 inches. Published by Bosworth & Co. (HL14029832

40 variations covering different aspects of technique.

USD 11.9500

Sevcik: 40 Variations, Op.3

sku Product SKU:  HL14029831

Violin
Composed by Ottakar Sevcik (1852-1934). Sevcik Violin Studies/ Method Book. 20 pages. 9x12 inches. Published by Bosworth & Co.

Otakar Sevick was a Czech musician and violin teacher who wrote many studies, methods and teaching tools. Many of which are still important today. For instance his violin methods are still useful a century later and his studies remain second to none.

This volume of 40 studies for right-hand technique includes exercises in string-crossing, arpeggios, triplets, changing bowing styles, staccato playing, legato playing and more.

USD 11.9900

Solos for Young Cellists - Volume 6

sku Product SKU:  21380X

Cello and Piano
Volume 6. Selections from the Cello Repertoire. Arranged by Compiled, edited, and arranged by Carey Cheney. Instrumental Solo Book and Piano Accompaniment Book. 108 pages. Published by Alfred Music (21380X).

Solos for Young Cellists is an eight-volume series of music compilations with companion CDs. The series ranges from elementary to advanced levels and represents a truly exciting variety of musical genres and techniques. This collection of wonderful music offers young cellists the opportunity to work in various positions, techniques, meters, keys, and musical styles. Many of the works have long been recognized as stepping stones to the major instrumental repertoire, while others are newly published pieces and original compositions, providing an exciting and diverse choice of study. The collection will become a valuable resource for teachers and students of all ages and levels. 


Contents:

  • Song Without Words, Op. Posthumous 109- F. Mendelssohn 
  • Sonata in C Major, G. 6- L. Boccherini (keyboard realizations and cello accompaniment setting by Claude Kenneson) 
  • Piece pour violoncelle, Op. 77 ("Papillon")- G. Faure 
  • Prayer from "Jewish Life"- E. Bloch 
  • Eclectic Suite ("Pops' Cycle")- M. Forsyth Potpourri Song of Light Ripsnorter Finale 

USD 19.9900

Solos for Young Cellists - Volume 5

sku Product SKU:  212X0

Cello and Piano
Volume 5. Selections from the Cello Repertoire. Arranged by Compiled, ed., and arr. Carey Cheney. String - Cello Studies or Collection; Suzuki. Solos for Young Cellists. Instrumental Solo Book and Piano Accompaniment Book. 76 pages. Published by Alfred Music (212X0).

Solos for Young Cellists is an eight-volume series of music compilations with companion CDs. The series ranges from elementary to advanced levels and represents a truly exciting variety of musical genres and techniques. This collection of wonderful music offers young cellists the opportunity to work in various positions, techniques, meters, keys and musical styles. Many of the works have long been recognized as stepping stones to the major instrumental repertoire, while others are newly published pieces and original compositions, providing an exciting and diverse choice of study. The collection will become a valuable resource for teachers and students of all ages and levels.

Titles include: 

  • Adagio & Allegro, Op. 70 
  • Air de Diable from 10th, 12th or 14th Concerto 
  • Julie-O  Composed by Mark Summer
  • La Tromba from 10th, 12th or 14th Concerto 
  • Mazurka 
  • Meditation  Composed by Frank Bridge
  • Plainte from 10th, 12th or 14th Concerto 
  • Salut d'Amour, Op. 12 
  • Siciliene from 10th, 12th or 14th Concerto 

 

USD 14.9900

Solos for Young Cellists - Volume 4

sku Product SKU:  21110X

Cello and Piano

Volume 4. Selections from the Cello Repertoire. Compiled, edited and arranged by Carey Cheney. String - Cello Studies or Collection. Instrumental Solo Book and Piano Accompaniment Book. 72 pages. Published by Alfred Music (21110X).

Solos for Young Cellists is an eight-volume series of music compilations with companion CDs. The series ranges from elementary to advanced levels and represents a truly exciting variety of musical genres and techniques. This collection of wonderful music offers young cellists the opportunity to work in various positions, techniques, meters, keys and musical styles. Many of the works have long been recognized as stepping stones to the major instrumental repertoire, while others are newly published pieces and original compositions, providing an exciting and diverse choice of study. The collection will become a valuable resource for teachers and students of all ages and levels. The piano track recorded on the second half of each CD gives the cellist the chance to practice performing with accompaniments.

Contents:

  • Sonata in C Major-Handel 
  • Suite Francaise-Bazelaire 
  • Le Basque-Marais 
  • Orientale from Kaleidoscope, Op. 50, No. 9-Cui 
  • Etude-Caprice, Op. 54, No. 4-Golterman 

USD 13.9900

Solos for Young Cellists - Volume 3

sku Product SKU:  21030X

Cello and Piano
Volume 3. Selections from the Cello Repertoire. Arranged by Compiled, ed., and arr. Carey Cheney. String - Cello Studies or Collection; Suzuki. Solos for Young Cellists. Instrumental Solo Book and Piano Accompaniment Book. 108 pages. Published by Alfred Music (21030X).

Solos for Young Cellists is an eight-volume series of music compilations with companion CDs. The series ranges from elementary to advanced levels and represents a truly exciting variety of musical genres and techniques. This collection of wonderful music offers young cellists the opportunity to work in various positions, techniques, meters, keys and musical styles. Many of the works have long been recognized as stepping stones to the major instrumental repertoire, while others are newly published pieces and original compositions, providing an exciting and diverse choice of study. The collection will become a valuable resource for teachers and students of all ages and levels. The piano track recorded on the second half of each CD gives the cellist the chance to practice performing with accompaniments.

Contents:

  • Romance-Debussy 
  • Bourree-Squire 
  • Serenade Basque-Adorian 
  • Sicilienne-Faure 
  • Sonata in E Minor, Op. 38, No. 1-Romberg 
  • Sonata in E Minor, Op. 38, No. 1-Romberg/Farrar (quartet arrangement) 
  • Fond Recollections, Op. 64, No. 1-Popper 
  • Harlequinade-Squire 
  • Humoresque-Squire 

USD 14.9900

Solos for Young Cellists - Volume 2

sku Product SKU:  209X0

Cello and piano - Difficulty: easy-medium
Volume 2. Selections from the Cello Repertoire. Arranged by Carey Cheney. Play Along. Instrumental solo book and piano accompaniment book. With standard notation and fingerings. 64 pages. 9x12 inches. Published by Alfred Music (209X0).

Solos for Young Cellists is an eight-volume series of music compilations with companion CDs (AP.21700). The series ranges from elementary to advanced levels and represents a truly exciting variety of musical genres and techniques. This collection of wonderful music offers young cellists the opportunity to work in various positions, techniques, meters, keys and musical styles. Many of the works have long been recognized as stepping stones to the major instrumental repertoire, while others are newly published pieces and original com positions, providing an exciting and diverse choice of study. The collection will become a valuable resource for teachers and students of all ages and levels. The piano track recorded on the second half of each CD gives the cellist the chance to practice performing with accompaniments.

Contents:

  • Cradle Song (Le Bonheur)  Composed by W.H. Squire
  • Berceuse  Composed by Al Jarnefelt
  • Drei Leichte Stucke  Composed by Paul Hindemith
  • Running of the Bulls  Composed by E. W. Cheney
  • Nina  Composed by G. Pergolesi
  • Elfintanz  Composed by E. Jenkinson
  • At Twilight (Triste)  Composed by W. H. Squire
  • Neopolitan Dance  Composed by N. Marcelli

USD 13.9900

Jigs, Reels & Hornpipes for Violin w/ CD

sku Product SKU:  HL48023136

Violin Edition with CD.Composed by Edward Huws Jones. Arranged by Huws Jones. Classical, English, Folk, Irish, Scottish. 9x12 inches.

The complete edition includes a violin part, keyboard accompaniment with optional violin accompaniment, easy violin part and guitar chords. The violin edition includes violin solo with optional easy violin and guitar accompaniments. CD includes full performance and backing tracks.

Contents: Hunting the Hare • Country Gardens • Galopede • Parson's Farewell • The Oyster Girl • The Trumpet Hornpipe • The Fairy Dance • The Keel Row • Sir Roger de Coverley • The Girl I Left Behind Me • Lannigan's Ball • The Temperance Reel • The Irish Washerwoman • Cooney's Reel • Danny Boy • The Fox Hunter's Jig • Drowsy Maggie • From the New Country • Harvest Home • Star of the County Down • The Gay Gordons • Skye Boat Song • Lord MacDonald's Reel • Brochan Lom • Mary, Young and Fair • Timour the Tartar • Mrs. Jamieson's Favourite • Miss Sally Hunter of Thurston • Mrs. Hamilton of Pencaitland • De'il among the Tailors.

USD 19.9900

Jigs, Reels & More for Cello

sku Product SKU:  HL48012078

Composed by Edward Huws Jones. Arranged by Huws Jones. 9x12 inches.

Piano accompaniment available with HL48012042

Contents: Hunting the Hare • Country Gardens • Galopede • Parson's Farewell • The Oyster Girl • The Trumpet Hornpipe • The Fairy Dance • The Keel Row • Sir Roger de Coverley • The Girl I Left Behind Me • Lannigan's Ball • The Temperance Reel • The Irish Washerwoman • Cooney's Reel • Danny Boy • The Fox Hunter's Jig • Drowsy Maggie • From the New Country • Harvest Home • Star of the County Down • The Gay Gordons • Skye Boat Song • Lord MacDonald's Reel • Brochan Lom • Mary, Young and Fair • Timour the Tartar • Mrs. Jamieson's Favourite • Miss Sally Hunter of Thurston • Mrs. Hamilton of Pencaitland • De'il among the Tailors.

USD 16.9900

The Gypsy Fiddler

sku Product SKU:  HL48011959

Fiddle, Violin

Violin Part Only. Composed and arranged by Edward Huws Jones. Published by Boosey & Hawkes. 32 pages. 9x12 inches..

Contents: Song of the ghetto • Dance • Slow leaping dance • Fast csardas • Shall I, Shan't I • Dangling dance • Dance Melody I • Dance Melody II • Dance Melody III • Song • The silver leaves of the poplar tree • The four corners of my handkerchief • Would you tell that girl? • On the waves of Lake Balaton • I've danced my boots off.

USD 16.9900

The Greek Fiddler

sku Product SKU:  HL48019805

Fiddle, Violin
For Violin with Optional Easy Violin and Guitar. Arranged by Edward Huws Jones. 44 pages. 9x12 inches. Published by Boosey & Hawkes.

The latest addition to the best-selling Fiddler series focuses on the rich, diverse and pure folk tradition of Greece. A wide variety of styles is presented, featuring music from Crete, the Peloponnese, the Balkans, Asia Minor and mainland Greece. Exciting rhythms and interesting modes combine to produce high spirited pieces, some of which will already be familiar to lovers of Greek culture world-wide. Flexible arrangements for violin and piano with optional easy violin, violin accompaniment, and chord symbols. Includes 17 pieces.

USD 16.9900

Concerto in G Major for Viola, Strings and Basso Continuo, TWV 51:G9

sku Product SKU:  BA5878-90

Viola-solo, piano
Composed by Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767). Edited by Wolfgang Hirschmann. Urtext edition. Stapled. Piano reduction, part(s). TWV 51:G9. Duration 9 minutes.31 x 24.3 cm inches. Key: G major.

The Concerto in G major (TWV 51: G 9) is not only Telemann's only concerto for the viola but one of the earliest viola concertos in history. It belongs to the standard repertoire of every violist and is also suited for less experienced players, being relatively easy to master.

  

USD 24.9500

Brahms: Violoncello Sonata in E minor, Op. 38

sku Product SKU:  HL51481134

Cello and Piano. Composed by Johannes Brahms (1833-1897). Edited by Egon Voss, Johannes Behr, Claus Kanngiesser, and Klaus Schilde. Arranged by Claus Kanngiesser and Klaus Schilde. Sheet Music. Paperbound. Henle Music Folios. Revised edition, with marked and unmarked string part. Paperbound. 58 pages. 9.25x12 inches.

The E minor Cello Sonata is the first work for one solo instrument and piano which the meticulous composer also had published. In summer 1865 Brahms offered it to the publisher Simrock as a sonata “whose two instruments are both absolutely easy to play” - and rightly so: contrary to the later F Major Sonata Op. 99 (51481135), this early sonata is technically less demanding, yet musically more striking at the same time, so that it is a hit with amateurs and professionals alike. Henle's new edition is based on the new Brahms Complete Edition and thus boasts, besides in-depth commentary, a musical text revised according to the latest scholarly findings. Includes a marked and unmarked cello part.

 

USD 21.9500

Dvorak: Violin Concerto in a minor, Op. 53

sku Product SKU:  BA10422-90

Violin and Piano. Composed by Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904). Edited and with a preface by Iacopo Cividini. This edition: Urtext edition.  Opus 53.  31 x 24.3 cm inches. Key: a minor. 

 

USD 21.9500

Accolay: Concerto, No. 1 a minor

sku Product SKU:  BA8976

Violin-solo, piano
Composed by Jean Baptiste Accolay. Edited by Kurt Sassmannshaus. Stapled. Barenreiter's Concert Pieces. Instructional. Piano reduction, part(s). No. 1. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag

30 x 23 cm inches. Key: a minor. Text Language: German/English. Preface: Kurt Sassmannshaus.

Jean Baptiste Accolay's Concerto in A minor is also a standard work for violin classes. Its fascination lies in its expressiveness which is created by the simplest technical means.

The series "Barenreiter's Easy Concertos" is edited by Kurt Sassmannshaus, the internationally-renowned violin teacher and co-author of the Sassmannshaus violin school tradition.
His forewords introduce these little gems and include tips for successful first concerts. The editions form an ideal continuation of the Sassmannshaus violin school tradition; they can be used in parallel from the third volume onwards or alongside any violin method. The editions contain a solo violin part and a piano reduction for the accompanist.

The series will be continued and will introduce the student to more demanding repertoire with an increasing level of difficulty.

USD 12.9500

Schradieck: The School of Violin Technics, Book 1

sku Product SKU:  HL50255380

String Method. Studies and Technique. Violin solo book. 
Series: String Method
Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.
Composer: Henry Schradieck

String Method. Instruction, Contemporary, Classical. 48 pages. 9x12 inches.

USD 7.9900

Schradieck: The School of Violin Technics, Book 1 arranged for viola

sku Product SKU:  HL50261380

Viola Method
Series: String Method
Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.
Composer: Henry Schradieck
Transcribed for Viola.

String Method. Instruction, Contemporary, Classical. 48 pages. 9x12 inches.

USD 7.9900

Sevcik: School of Bowing Technique, Op. 2, Part 1

sku Product SKU:  HL14029799

An excellent set of bowing exercises that will help all violinists to develop their bowing styles, speed, control and rhythms.

Since 1901, Otakar Sevcik's works have formed the basis of many schools of string playing around the world. Thousands of players continue to find Sevcik an invaluable aid to technical development. In practicing Sevcik, as in playing scales, etudes, or pieces there are always four main headings to consider: purity of intonation, evenness of tone, exactness of rhythm and physical freedom and ease.

 44 pages. 9x12 inches.

 

USD 11.9500

Bartok: 44 Duos for 2 Violins arranged for Viola, Vol 2

sku Product SKU:  HL48005191

  • Teasing Song 
  • Maypole Dance 
  • Midsummer Night Song 
  • Slovakian Song (1) 
  • Hungarian Song (1) 
  • Walachian Song 
  • Slovakian Song (2) 
  • Play Song 
  • Ruthenian Song 
  • Cradle Song 
  • Hay Song 
  • Wedding Song 
  • Pillow Dance 
  • Soldier's Song 
  • Burlesque 
  • Hungarian March (1) 
  • Hungarian March (2) 
  • A Fairy Tale 
  • A Rhythm Song 
  • New Year's Song 
  • Mosquito Dance 
  • Bride's Farewell 
  • Comic Song 
  • Hungarian Song (2) 

USD 15.9900

Bartok: 44 Duos for 2 Violins arranged for Viola, Vol 1

sku Product SKU:  HL48005190

  • Teasing Song 
  • Maypole Dance 
  • Midsummer Night Song 
  • Slovakian Song (1) 
  • Hungarian Song (1) 
  • Walachian Song 
  • Slovakian Song (2) 
  • Play Song 
  • Ruthenian Song 
  • Cradle Song 
  • Hay Song 
  • Wedding Song 
  • Pillow Dance 
  • Soldier's Song 
  • Burlesque 
  • Hungarian March (1) 
  • Hungarian March (2) 
  • A Fairy Tale 
  • A Rhythm Song 
  • New Year's Song 
  • Mosquito Dance 
  • Bride's Farewell 
  • Comic Song 
  • Hungarian Song (2) 

USD 15.9900

Bartok: 18 Duos for 2 Cellos (from 44 Duos for 2 Violins)

sku Product SKU:  HL48003046

 Chamber Music. Duet, Contemporary, Classical. 16 pages. Published by Boosey & Hawkes 

Contents:

  • Wedding Song (Bartok) 
  • Dance (Bartok) 
  • Hungarian Song (Bartok) 
  • Teasing Song (Bartok) 
  • Play (Bartok) 
  • Midsummer Night Song (Bartok) 
  • Cushion Dance (Bartok) 
  • Rumanian Song (Bartok) 
  • Ruthenian Song (Bartok) 
  • Slovak Dance (Bartok) 
  • Mosquito Dance (Bartok) 
  • Lullaby (Bartok) 
  • Menuetto (Bartok) 
  • New Year's Greeting (Bartok) 
  • A Fairy Tale (Bartok) 
  • Hay Harvesting Song (Bartok) 
  • Ruthenian Kolowejka (Bartok) 

USD 14.9900

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