In boundlessly energetic style, violinist (and author) Allan Schiller takes the newbie concertgoer on a tour through canonic orchestral and chamber composers and repertoire from the Baroque to the present day.
Written in Paris in May 1930, when the composer was 40, ‘Romance’ exhibits Martinů’s mature style, with its chromaticism, dynamic contrasts, and surprising harmonies.
Transitioning to viola can sometimes be daunting for violin students. In this book, leading educators Paul Harris and Jessica O’Leary guide players through their first steps on viola.
This pristine Bärenreiter edition offers advanced performers all they could wish for.
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Violist Nick Revel has produced an enjoyable, extensive, and adventurous exploration of left- and right-hand exercises for violin, viola, and cello.
Bärenreiter, a publisher known for scholarly attention to historical source materials, has now released another urtext for the Schumann concerto.
This book covers information every cellist needs to know in a way that preempts common errors and misconceptions.
This trio of eminent and experienced string teachers has collaborated to produce 'Teaching Violin, Viola, Cello, and Double Bass,' an in-depth study of historical and modern pedagogical practices
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This sumptuous combination of an artist’s sketchbook and an architectural design statement features work by the lead architect for the Shaw Center for the Arts in Baton Rouge and Tanglewood House
The suites are among the highlights of 18th-century string literature and have also long been performed on viola
Dvořák’s Violin Concerto has in more recent times gained the recognition and appreciation it deserves
His six string quartets show the range and variety of his new style, from its formative stages to his consummate artistic development over decades
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Kanneh-Mason invites cellists on an enchanting tour with treasures from all eras
Despite her short career, she found her own voice in music, exemplified in these four short, expressive works
Driven by deep love and an infectious sense of wonder, Vernon has written a different kind of Beethoven book
In the 20th century, composers increasingly began writing for the viola, encouraged by the emergence of eminent soloists.
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This is a heartfelt story of musical connections and personal history, vividly and powerfully told
The authorized biography of the Syrian-born bassist and pedagogue François Rabbath is unbelievably thorough
Group biography of the British composers Ethel Smyth, Rebecca Clarke, Dorothy Howell, and Doreen Carwithen weaves together the stories of these four high-achieving women
Debussy wrote these two short dances to a commission from the instrument-making firm of Pleyel, keen to market its newly developed chromatic harp.
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For all its atonality, Schoenberg’s Second Quartet reverts to the classic four-movement form.
Here are three in a series of over 50 books arranged by Wolfgang Birtel for two, three, and four cellos, including pieces by Scott Joplin, Edward Elgar, and Angel G. Villoldo.
With 16 carefully graded pieces in each book of Solo Time for Violin, repertoire ranges from the Baroque to modern and introduces various styles and techniques for the developing performer.
Jean Sibelius' Malinconia for cello and piano rewards the players with a soulful opening cello cadenza and a hauntingly beautiful melody that brings out the cello’s most captivating tonal qualities.
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