Schott Musik

In this short composition, the G and A strings are tuned a half note higher. Due to the extensive use of open strings and natural harmonics, the piece is perfectly suitable as an introduction to scord...

Pietro Nardini was the most important pupil of Tartini regarding both violin playing and composition. Like his teacher, he attached special significance to the beauty of sound and the -suitability for...

The edition is part of the ABRSM syllabus (grade 8)

Giuseppe Tartini's Devil's Trill Sonata came forth from a dream the composer had in 1713 in which he made a pact with the devil and witnessed the latter's virtuosic playing. After awakening, taken aba...

It is elegance and brilliance that characterise this work by the violin master whose French form type takes up the essential music tendencies of that time coming from Mannheim, Paris and Italy.

Stanley Weiner (1925-1951) is mainly remembered as a performer: a solo violinist. His musical career was predetermined for his father served as assistant principal violinist to the Baltimore Symphony...

The Spiritual Concerto for violin and string orchestra by Helmut W. May has everything that is necessary to become a repertory piece for -young violin soloists: of medium difficulty, rewarding, despit...

Der auf Sylt geborene und in Marburg verstorbene Gustav Jenner komponierte drei Violinsonaten, darunter diese 1893 komponierte Sonate in B-Dur. Jenner wurde 1888 Schüler Johannes Brahms' und übernahm...

Der auf Sylt geborene und in Marburg verstorbene Gustav Jenner komponierte drei Violinsonaten, darunter diese 1903 erstmals veröffentlichte Sonate in a-Moll. Jenner wurde 1888 Schüler Johannes Brahms'...

Johann Senfter (1879 -1961) wrote three sonatas for Viola solo; modelled on the Solo Sonatas of Max Reger, who was Senfter's teacher of composition in 1908/09 in Leipzig.

This piece is useful as an only moderately difficult introduction to Minimalism. Starting with a brief phrase, violin and piano develop a static dialogue.