Albinonis Trio Sonatas op. 1 enjoyed enormous popularity from the moment they were released, as can be seen in the numerous and not always legal repri...More
Albinonis Trio Sonatas op. 1 enjoyed enormous popularity from the mome...
John Field (26 July 1782, Dublin – 23 January 1837, Moscow) was an Irish pianist, composer and teacher widely credited as the creator of the nocturn...More
John Field (26 July 1782, Dublin – 23 January 1837, Moscow) was an I...
No romantic poetry and no concrete fairytale figure occasioned Schumann to write this composition. Today, we can assume that the title of the pieces, ...More
No romantic poetry and no concrete fairytale figure occasioned Schuman...
n the past years we find the most popular music in the world. With the input from the chamber music, they were also responsible for arranging the melo...More
n the past years we find the most popular music in the world. With the...
Klengel’s Children’s Trio Op. 35/2, an "only child" in our catalogue just in 1993, has cheerfully welcomed three new siblings into the family. Two...More
Klengel’s Children’s Trio Op. 35/2, an "only child" in our catalog...
Bruckner's superior Joseph Hellmesberger Sr. requested Bruckner for a string quartet. Instead of a string quartet, Bruckner composed a viola quintet, ...More
Bruckner's superior Joseph Hellmesberger Sr. requested Bruckner for a ...
Johann Sebastian Bach's six three-part sonatas, BWV 525–530, well-known as organ trio sonatas, are among the most masterful works Bach wrote for a s...More
Johann Sebastian Bach's six three-part sonatas, BWV 525–530, well-kn...
Two instruments – sometimes two violins, sometimes violin and double-bass or clarinet and bassoon – always take the lead as a duo in the ensemble ...More
Two instruments – sometimes two violins, sometimes violin and double...
Wolfgang Birtel, born on May 31, 1951, was a research associate at the musicological institutes in Saarbrücken and Mainz for ten years and headed the...More
Wolfgang Birtel, born on May 31, 1951, was a research associate at the...
From the creators of Stepping Stones and Waggon Wheels, Kathy & Hugh Colledge. At last, this favourite string-writing team turn their skills to ensemb...More
From the creators of Stepping Stones and Waggon Wheels, Kathy & Hugh C...
Lubos Fiser (1935-1999) was one of the most distinctive figures of Czech music in the 20th century and composed the Variations on an Unknown Theme in ...More
Lubos Fiser (1935-1999) was one of the most distinctive figures of Cze...
The Duets for Strings, Book 1 may be started when the pupil has reached page 9 of Book 1 of the String Builder. They may, however, be used in conjunct...More
The Duets for Strings, Book 1 may be started when the pupil has reache...
Béla Bartók composed his 44 Violin Duos in 1931, at the urging of the German violin pedagogue Erich Doflein. With two exceptions, all the pieces are...More
Béla Bartók composed his 44 Violin Duos in 1931, at the urging of th...
The String Quartet in G minor by Anton Wranitzky (1761-1820) is one of the great works that combine stylistic devices developed by the turn of the cen...More
The String Quartet in G minor by Anton Wranitzky (1761-1820) is one of...
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy devoted to the string-quintet genre only two works sharing quite a few formal and musical similarities, though they were c...More
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy devoted to the string-quintet genre only t...
Franz Krommer (Czech: František Vincenc Kramář; 27 November 1759 – 8 January 1831) was a Czech composer of classical music and violinist. He was ...More
During the years of their exile in America, Paul and Gertrud Hindemith regularly met with two young violinists for private music-making. When Hindemit...More
During the years of their exile in America, Paul and Gertrud Hindemith...
A work different from 'Rhapsody in Blue', the 'Piano Concerto in F' or other concert works, yet a 'charming' piece, admitted Ira Gershwin, the brother...More
A work different from 'Rhapsody in Blue', the 'Piano Concerto in F' or...
Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka was the first Russian composer to gain wide recognition within his own country and is often regarded as the fountainhead of R...More
Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka was the first Russian composer to gain wide r...
The Belgian composer, conductor and violinist Eugène Ysaÿe (1858-1931) studied with H. Wieniawsky in Brussels and took numerous trips as a soloist, ...More
The Belgian composer, conductor and violinist Eugène Ysaÿe (1858-193...
"The Most Beautiful Folk Songs" arranged by Hans and Marianne Magolt (published by Schott) is a popular collection designed for string ensemble, speci...More
"The Most Beautiful Folk Songs" arranged by Hans and Marianne Magolt (...
