Schott Musik

Overcoming the boundaries between 'serious' and entertaining music was what mattered to the musician Eduard Pütz (1911-2000). His compositions therefore include stylistic features of jazz and pop musi...

This definitive book is designed for the intermediate trumpet player looking for an introduction to the world of jazz. Renowned jazz musician Ollie Weston introduces key concepts step by step, explain...

This collection of original tunes presents 180 carefully graded sight-reading pieces and exercises in a range of musical styles. Taking an approach based on self-learning, the 11 sections of the book...

This volume is a compendium of study literature from five centuries for the student, beginning with the first trumpet methods such as that of Fantini via the heyday of virtuoso literature in the early...

Most trumpet players blow downward a bit too much; as a consequence, the pressure point lies on the lower lip. The result: a thick, dull tone without treble and smoothness. The present technical exerc...

This volume is a compilation of exercises of various authors which have already been tried and tested in practice. The editor has added some new pieces of his own to the selection. The exercises are m...

The well-known music teacher Francois Daneels has compiled collections of easy technical exercises and little studies for beginners' classes. They are in progressive order, providing an ideal compleme...

The interest in China has been great even before the country was selected to host the Olympic Games 2008. For years, Chinese music has become more and more popular, especially China's charming and var...

Los estudios pueden tocarse individualmente o como una colección en cualquier orden. Muchos de ellos no son estudios en el sentido normal. Son más bien biográficos, y se refieren a los pensamientos de...

There is hardly a violinist who has not dealt with some or even all 42 'Kreutzer etudes' sometime or other: Études ou caprices form part of the standard repertoire. Rodolphe Kreutzer (1766-1831) has n...

Paul Hindemith is one of just a few composers whose principal instrument was not the piano but a string instrument. We owe it to his interest in education which in turn was owed not only to his profes...

24 Etudes-Caprices Op. 41 by Delphin Alard (1815-1888) are excellent study material. Alard, the violin teacher of Sasasate, composed these studies in the 24 keys. Due to their musical variety, melodic...

Camillo Sivori galt zu seiner Zeit als Wunderkind. Er begann das Geigenspiel bereits im Alter von 2 Jahren. Später wurde er der einzige Schüler von Niccolò Paganini. Seine 12 Etude-Caprices für Violin...

Henry Schradieck chose the modest designation studies for his exercises. Their musical substance, however, goes far beyond that of a study. They are character pieces which get their captivating musica...

The studies by Charles Dancla (1817-1907) are more than mere technical exercises. They demand a special sense of tone, an elegant, softly flowing and swinging way of playing. They challenge the violin...

'Fit in 15 Minutes' is intended for occasional players who are very short of time and want to maintain and improve their violin technique in a concentrated and effective quarter of an hour, or equally...

Often in a humoristic manner and always with musical expression in focus, these eight pieces are perfect for every violinist to practice playing techniques and to enhance the enthusiasm to experiment...

Als Mondolinvirtuose war Federigo Fiorillo an sämtlichen europäischen Fürstenhöfen gefragt. Doch mit der abnehmenden Popularität des Instrumentes wandte er sich der Violine und Viola zu, für die er za...

The masters of the violin have left us an inheritance of numerous books of remarkable studies and caprices. But the very abundance of this precious inheritance makes that an important part of it remai...

The masters of the violin have left us an inheritance of numerous books of remarkable studies and caprices. But the very abundance of this precious inheritance makes that an important part of it remai...

The masters of the violin have left us an inheritance of numerous books of remarkable studies and caprices. But the very abundance of this precious inheritance makes that an important part of it remai...