Amazing Solos Violin
Instrument: violin
Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
Song List:
B. Bartok: Scherzando - Engl. Trad.: The Keys of Canterbury - B. Bartok: Pleasantry II - M. Praetorius: Tanz des Bürgermeisters - H. Harrison: C'est Rien - J.S. Bach: Quodlibet - Engl. Trad.: Lovely Joan - F. Schubert: Bliss - W.A. Mozart: Allegro - H. Harrison: The Blue Beyond - S. Prokofieff: Troika - Engl. Trad.: The Cuckoo - Arg. Trad.: Carnaval Salteno - L. Janacek: Budicek - Psanicko - Stalost - T. Carolan: Lord Inchiquin - Per. Trad.: Stars, No Moon - A. Vivaldi: Larghetto - Allegro - D. Ellington: It Don't Mean a Thing - Isr. Trad.: Mayim, Mayim - A. Dvorak: Song from the Cello Concerto - A. Vivaldi: Winter from the Four Seasons - American Trad.: The House of the Rising Sun - L. Bernstein: Maria from West Side Story - G. Bizet: Seguidilla from Carmen - H. Harrison: Generous Portions - Three Circular Songs
The music in this book is appealing, sometimes truly great music which just happens to be simple. None of the pieces is merely 'educational' - almost all of them had successful lives of their own before they found their way here - and they have all been chosen for their individual, purely musical strengths. However, the book is more than just a collection of performable pieces; the pieces in it are roughly graded and very varied in their demands, so that any player who works through them will have the chance to consolidate and polish their technique. They are also more than usually varied in style. They will give some unexpected pleasure and signpost some interesting and enjoyable pathways that might otherwise have remained unexplored.The edition is part of the ABRSM syllabus (grade 2).