Violin solo.

Violin solo.

Publisher: Editio Musica Budapest
Series: EMB
Pages: 18
Credits: (Hubay)
Composer(s): Henry Vieuxtemps
Arranger(s): Jenö Hubay

Published for the first time in an Urtext edition. With marked and unmarked string parts.

Vieuxtemps was regarded as one of the greatest traveling violin virtuosos of the 19th century. He composed many works for violin, especially catchy salon music repertoire like this Rondino, a virtuoso piece with a soulful middle section - a perfect encore! This fast-paced and technical showpiece in E Major also includes some sweet melancholy sections. The violinist needs to be comfortable playing in all positions as well as with techniques such as staccato, ricochet, natural and false harmonics, and double, triple, and quadruple stops. This edition contains helpful fingerings, notations for specific techniques, and lots of stylistic notes. A great piece for the advanced violin student looking for a challenge!--American String Teacher

Vieuxtemps is nowadays considered to be the foremost exponent of the Franco-Belgian violin school. Following a concert by the 14-year old wunderkind in 1834, none other than Robert Schumann said: With Henri one can safely close one's eyes. His playing is like a flower, at the same time both fragrant and bright. Vieuxtemps was also an excellent viola player and alongside numerous works for violin, also wrote several compositions for its relative. The Sonata op. 36, published in 1862, is one of the gems of viola literature with its oscillation between expressive maestoso, elegiac barcarola and scherzando passages. Our edition is the first ever Urtext edition.

(Yankee Doodle Variations).

Amongst Vieuxtemps' seven violin concertos, the fifth in a minor is doubtlessly the best known and most popular by far. It was composed in 1860/61 as an obligatory examination piece for the violin class of his friend Hubert Léonard at the Brussels Conservatory, but then soon made its way into the concert hall. It owes its popularity not only to the brilliant violin part but also to the unusual form of the three movements that merge into one another without interruption. The violinist and musicologist Ray Iwazumi is not only the editor of this edition but also undertook the bowings for the solo part. The preface was penned by the Belgian expert on Vieuxtemps, Marie Cornaz.