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• Composers: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849), Henryk Wieniawski (1835-1880), Ernest Bloch (1880-1959), Vittorio Monti (1868-1922), Antonio Bazzini (1818-1897), Pablo de Sarasate (1844-1908), Edward Elgar (1857-1934), Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), Jenő Hubay (1858-1937), Franz Schubert (1797-1828), Ottokar Nováček (1866-1900), François (Franz Anton) Schubert (1808-1878), Henri Vieuxtemps (1820-1881), Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962), Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936), František Drdla (1868-1944), Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924), Riccardo Drigo (1846-1930), Jules Massenet (1842-1912)
• Instrumentation (this edition): Piano, Violin
• Originally for: Piano, Violin, Voice, Piano 4-Hands, SATB Choir, Orchestra
• Binding:
• ISBN: 9780825857096
• Size: 8.9 x 12.0 inches
• Pages: 304

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A massive collection (piano score-208 pages, violin part-96 pages), Masterpieces for Violin includes some of the most beloved performance pieces for the violin, many of which have been out of print for years. with 30 renowned works for violin and piano, the book features transcriptions and compositions by renowned violinists such as August Wilhelmj, Leopold Auer, Mischa Elman, Gustav Saenger, Joseph Joachim and Fritz Kreisler, among others. This remarkable collection of violin repertoire is available in one amazing publication. The titles in Masterpieces for Violin are concert level and will be outstanding repertoire for the serious violinist.

Works:

• Bach: Air on the G String (arr. for violin and piano)
• Bazzini: La Ronde des Lutins (Scherzo fantastique), Op. 25
• Scherzo (Turkish March) from Beethoven: The Ruins of Athens (Die Ruinen von Athen), Op. 113
• Nigun No. 2 from Bloch: Baal Shem (Version for Violin & Orchestra) (1923)
• Dance Nos. 1 & 5 from Brahms: Ungarische Tänze (21 Hungarian Dances), WoO 1
• Chopin: Nocturne in D-flat Major, Op. 27, No. 2
• Drdla: Souvenir in D Major (1904)
• Valse bluette from Drigo: 4 Airs de Ballet
• Elgar: La Capricieuse, Op. 17
• Elgar: Salut d’amour (version for violin & piano), Op. 12
• Fauré: Après un rêve, Op. 7, No. 1
• Glazunov: Meditation in D Major, Op. 32
• Hubay: Hejre Kati (Scène de la csárda No. 4), Op. 32
• Hubay: No. 5, Zephyr from Virágrege (The Flower’s Tale), Op. 30
• Kreisler: Praeludium and Allegro (in the Style of Pugnani) (1910)
• Kreisler: Liebesleid (Love’s Sorrow) (1905)
• Kreisler: Sicilienne & Rigaudon (In the Style of Francoeur) (1910)
• Massenet: Méditation from Thaïs
• Monti: Csárdás (1904)
• Nováček: Perpetuum mobile
• Sarasate: Habanera (Spanish Dance No. 2), Op. 21, No. 2
• Sarasate: Introduction and Tarantelle, Op. 43
• Schubert: Ave Maria (“Ellens Gesang III”), D 839, Op. 52, No. 6
• No. 9, L’abeille (The Bee) from Fr. Schubert: Bagatelles (12 Morceaux detachés), Op. 13
• Tchaikovsky: Mélodie, ČW 207, Op. 42, No. 3
• Tchaikovsky: Valse-Scherzo, ČW 60, Op. 34
• Vieuxtemps: Rondino, Op. 32, No. 2
• Wieniawski: Scherzo-Tarantelle in G Minor, Op. 16