https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/ Fri, 10 Apr 2026 22:15:32 +0200 en https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/ https://cdn.webshopapp.com/shops/339373/themes/183672/assets/logo.png?20260218170735 https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/sonate-c-moll.html https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/sonate-c-moll.html Fri, 10 Apr 2026 10:26:13 +0200 Mendelssohn’s viola sonata is one of his many early works which remained unpublished in his lifetime. The autograph is dated "d. 14 Febr. 1824". Thus Mendelssohn was 15 years old when he completed the sonata. It assuredly numbers amongst his most mature e]]> https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/hochzeitsmarsch-op-61-9.html https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/hochzeitsmarsch-op-61-9.html Fri, 10 Apr 2026 10:16:22 +0200 A wedding without a famous wedding march - unimaginable! Wagner's 'Bridal Chorus' from 'Lohengrin' and Mendelssohn's 'Wedding March' from the incidental music of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' vie for the favour of bridal couples and wedding parties.]]> https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/sonata-op11-4.html https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/sonata-op11-4.html Tue, 07 Apr 2026 16:05:55 +0200 This sonata is the first of three that Hindemith wrote for viola and piano (the others are Op. 25 No. 1 and one written in 1937).   Influences of earlier composers such as Brahms and Reger are evident in the piece.  Debussy’s influence is also present.]]> https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/sonata-c-major.html https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/sonata-c-major.html Tue, 07 Apr 2026 16:00:32 +0200 Bréval was born in the same year as Mozart and is known to all cellists for his C major sonata. Now this standard work is also available in an arrangement for viola and piano: it will be welcomed as a rewarding addition to the viola repertoire.]]> https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/lauda-dolce-ii.html https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/lauda-dolce-ii.html Sat, 04 Apr 2026 14:44:55 +0200 Alongside Gavin Bryars' numerous vocal laudes, there is a growing number of related instrumental works. Lauda Dolçe II is an arrangement of Tre Laude Dolçe for solo viola, the second publication of its kind, based on Bryars' Lauda (con sordino),]]> https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/viola-anthology.html https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/viola-anthology.html Sat, 04 Apr 2026 13:49:41 +0200 13 pieces by 11 of Boosey & Hawkes most prominent composers. Includes works by Béla Bartok, Benjamin Britten, Aaron Copland, Frederick Delius, Elena Kats-Chernin, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Dmitri Shostakovich and others.]]> https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/violatechnik-intensiv.html https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/violatechnik-intensiv.html Thu, 02 Apr 2026 13:28:56 +0200 Intensive Viola technique is a two-volume compendium covering all technical aspects of viola playing and is aimed at orchestral musicians, students, young players, and amateur musicians.]]> https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/superstudies-1-viola.html https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/superstudies-1-viola.html Thu, 02 Apr 2026 13:15:30 +0200 Mary Cohen’s Superstudies For Viola Book 1 is a collection of nineteen original, imaginative studies for solo viola, which have been specially designed for young players.]]> https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/team-strings-viola.html https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/team-strings-viola.html Thu, 02 Apr 2026 13:11:42 +0200 The Team Series is suitable for use with both individuals or as a group tutor encouraging students to try ensemble playing from the very early stages.]]> https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/die-froehliche-viola-2.html https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/die-froehliche-viola-2.html Thu, 02 Apr 2026 13:06:56 +0200 'Die fröhliche Viola' is a viola method for children which is aimed primarily at pupils who start to learn playing the viola without taking a detour to the violin.]]> https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/bratschenschule-1.html https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/bratschenschule-1.html Thu, 02 Apr 2026 12:58:37 +0200 Contents: Preface · On Musical Notation · On the Viola · Key to Symbols · The First Bowing Exercises on Open Strings · Exercises for Changing Strings · Placing the Fingers of the Left Hand in First Position · First Exercises for Simultaneous Fingering and]]> https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/viola-method.html https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/viola-method.html Thu, 02 Apr 2026 12:53:01 +0200 The viola method by Louis Metz dates from the 1950s and 1960s and is a very clear and widely used viola method, also very suitable for the somewhat older violin student.]]> https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/i-used-to-play-viola.html https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/i-used-to-play-viola.html Thu, 02 Apr 2026 12:47:05 +0200 I Used to Play is aimed at adults looking to get back into playing their instruments of yesteryear, and will help jumpstart their memory and comfort with music.]]> https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/viola-sight-reading-vol-2.html https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/viola-sight-reading-vol-2.html Thu, 02 Apr 2026 12:41:41 +0200 An approach based on self-learning and recognition of rhythmic and melodic patterns- Original tunes not abstract sight-reading exercises- 150 carefully graduated pieces in a range of musical styles- Five sections related to the technical development.]]> https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/scale-system.html https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/scale-system.html Thu, 02 Apr 2026 12:37:11 +0200 Scale exercises through all major and minor keys for daily study by Carl Flesch, arranged for viola by Charlotte Karman.]]> https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/24-etueden-aus-op-32-viola.html https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/24-etueden-aus-op-32-viola.html Thu, 02 Apr 2026 12:23:08 +0200 24 studies from Op. 32 for viola solo (2nd 4th positions and position shifting) by Hans Sitt Viola Solo.]]> https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/selected-studies.html https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/selected-studies.html Thu, 02 Apr 2026 12:01:14 +0200 Etudes or studies can be boring. Selected Studies is different. This book was created within the Study & Play concept, which helps the student develop their playing in an enjoyable and responsible manner.]]> https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/viola-time-scales-1.html https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/viola-time-scales-1.html Thu, 02 Apr 2026 11:54:23 +0200 Covers the finger patterns used in Viola Time Joggers and Runners, and includes all the scales and arpeggios for ABRSM Grades 1 and 2, including the natural minor.]]> https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/viola-time-starters.html https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/viola-time-starters.html Thu, 02 Apr 2026 11:49:02 +0200 Viola Time Starters is a great beginner book for the budding viola player. Carefully paced to suit young learners, it supports players through the important early stages, step by step-from how to hold your instrument and bow,]]> https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/partite-sopra-diverse-sonate.html https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/partite-sopra-diverse-sonate.html Thu, 02 Apr 2026 11:00:19 +0200 Vitali is regarded as the founder of the important Bolognese school, which provided important impulses for instrumental music in the 17th century, especially for violin music.]]> https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/3-duos-op-30-for-2-violoncelli.html https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/3-duos-op-30-for-2-violoncelli.html Thu, 02 Apr 2026 10:45:29 +0200 Giovanni Battista Viotti (1755-1824) was a violin virtuoso and director who worked in Paris and London. He knew both Haydn and Beethoven and his music was known by and influenced Beethoven.]]> https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/recuerdos-de-la-alhambra-162386132.html https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/recuerdos-de-la-alhambra-162386132.html Thu, 02 Apr 2026 10:35:34 +0200 The tremolo study 'Recuerdos de la Alhambra', composed in 1886, is undoubtedly Tarrega's most famous piece. It evokes memories of the Moorish citadel on a hill in Granada, Spain.]]> https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/serenade-melancolique-dicterow-162382162.html https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/serenade-melancolique-dicterow-162382162.html Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:19:11 +0200 Sérénade mélancolique in B♭ minor for violin and orchestra, Op. 26 (Russian: Меланхолическая серенада), is a piece by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky that was written in February 1875. It was his first work for violin and orchestra and was written immediately af]]> https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/scherzo-op-42-no2.html https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/scherzo-op-42-no2.html Wed, 01 Apr 2026 23:54:24 +0200 SOUVENIR D'UN LIEU CHER (Memory of a dear place) is a set of three pieces originally written for violin and piano written around the same time as Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto. ]]> https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/arie-des-lensky-aus-der-oper-eugen-onegi-162382114.html https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/arie-des-lensky-aus-der-oper-eugen-onegi-162382114.html Wed, 01 Apr 2026 23:47:32 +0200 “Memory of a dear place” is the title given to this collection of three enchanting pieces for violin and piano. The “place” in question was the country estate of Brailov that belonged to Tchaikovsky’s patron and friend Nadezhda von Meck.]]> https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/valse-scherzo-op-34.html https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/valse-scherzo-op-34.html Wed, 01 Apr 2026 23:40:07 +0200 Alongside the famous violin concerto, numerous other violin works by Tchaikovsky have found their way into the standard repertoire for violin. An outstanding example is the Valse-Scherzo, which sparkles with witty playfulness.]]> https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/souvenir-dun-lieu-cher-op-42.html https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/souvenir-dun-lieu-cher-op-42.html Wed, 01 Apr 2026 23:33:58 +0200 “Memory of a dear place” is the title given to this collection of three enchanting pieces for violin and piano. The “place” in question was the country estate of Brailov that belonged to Tchaikovsky’s patron and friend Nadezhda von Meck.]]> https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/serenade-melancolique-op-26.html https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/serenade-melancolique-op-26.html Wed, 01 Apr 2026 23:27:49 +0200 Following the Valse-Scherzo, we continue our edition of all of Tchaikovsky's works for violin and piano with the enchanting Sérénade mélancolique, Op. 26. This is Tchaikovsky's first concertante work for violin, paving the way for his Violin Concerto, com]]> https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/10-etudes-melodiques-op-57.html https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/10-etudes-melodiques-op-57.html Sat, 28 Mar 2026 16:17:30 +0100 At the age of 16, Friedrich August Kummer (1797-1879) was already  a cellist for the Dresden Court Chapel where he was known particularly for his reliable technique and strong tone. As a teacher at the conservatoire, he composed numerous works for teachin]]> https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/40-melodic-and-progressive-etudes-op-31-book-1.html https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/40-melodic-and-progressive-etudes-op-31-book-1.html Sat, 28 Mar 2026 16:14:04 +0100 This collection of etudes by the virtuoso Sebastian Lee was used as a standard work for cello lessons at the Paris Conservatoire back in the 19th century. For thorough technical training and education, the etudes remain just as relevant today.]]> https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/etudes-op35.html https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/etudes-op35.html Sat, 28 Mar 2026 16:09:41 +0100 Auguste Franchomme was the leading cellist of his time and a close friend of both Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy and Frédéric Chopin. His 12 Studies, Op. 35, are part of the essential repertoire for cellists.]]> https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/daily-exercises.html https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/daily-exercises.html Sat, 28 Mar 2026 16:05:52 +0100 Louis R. Feuillard (1872–1941) has become known chiefly as the teacher of Paul Tortelier who called him a man with an extraordinary educational instinct.]]> https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/24-studies-op38-vol2.html https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/24-studies-op38-vol2.html Sat, 28 Mar 2026 16:02:03 +0100 The second volume of Friedrich Grützmacher's "Etudes" op. 38 for cello contains 12 studies with thumb attachment and was edited by Julius Klengel.]]> https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/21-exercises.html https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/21-exercises.html Sat, 28 Mar 2026 15:57:41 +0100 he French cello virtuoso Jean-Louis Duport (1749-1819) was one of the most important cellists of his time and worked as a solo cellist at the Paris Opera and professor at the Paris Conservatoire among others.]]> https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/21-etudes-for-violoncello.html https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/21-etudes-for-violoncello.html Sat, 28 Mar 2026 15:54:37 +0100 First ofall Rummel has modernized the fingerings and bowings to reflect Cello playing today. He has also restored the order of the etudes as Duport originally had them and furthermore the ad libitum 2nd Cello has been broughtback to life;]]> https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/melodious-and-progessive-studies-162319276.html https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/melodious-and-progessive-studies-162319276.html Sat, 28 Mar 2026 15:51:48 +0100 Sebastian Lee lived from 1805 to 1887. He was a talented musician and a pupil of cellist Johann Prell, who had studied with B. Romberg (also no stranger to us). Lee was principal cellist in The Grand Opera Orchestra in Paris.]]> https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/mug-sheet-music.html https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/mug-sheet-music.html Sat, 28 Mar 2026 10:25:56 +0100 New bone china, 300ML]]> https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/etude-digitale-162289421.html https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/etude-digitale-162289421.html Thu, 26 Mar 2026 16:07:16 +0100 Jörg Widmann composed this short piece in 2015 for the 90th birthday of Pierre Boulez. In this piece, the cello is used in an anything but classical manner: The hands hit the fingerboard, the fingers play tremolos on the body of the cello or snip the stri]]> https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/blue-shadows-fall.html https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/blue-shadows-fall.html Thu, 26 Mar 2026 15:55:08 +0100 ]]> https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/concerto-no2.html https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/concerto-no2.html Thu, 26 Mar 2026 15:39:25 +0100 ]]> https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/drei-duos-op-1.html https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/drei-duos-op-1.html Thu, 26 Mar 2026 14:07:16 +0100 Of particular appeal in this technically brilliant duo is the sequence of variations on themes from Mozart's opera "The Marriage of Figaro".]]> https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/melodie-op42-no3.html https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/melodie-op42-no3.html Thu, 26 Mar 2026 13:50:33 +0100 In 1878, while in Switzerland, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) wrote the first part of his op. 42 cycle, Souvenir d’un lieu cher (Memory of a dear place). The three movements, Méditation, Scherzo, and Mélodie were published in 1842 and the ‘dear plac]]> https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/valse-sentimentale-opus-51-no-6.html https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/valse-sentimentale-opus-51-no-6.html Thu, 26 Mar 2026 13:33:44 +0100 ]]> https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/chant-sans-paroles.html https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/chant-sans-paroles.html Thu, 26 Mar 2026 13:21:36 +0100 "Song without Words" is the work of "Souvenir de Hapsal" for cello en piano, Op. 2, by Pjotr ​​​​Iljitsj Tsjaikovskien was composed in 1867.]]> https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/pezzo-capriccioso-b-minor-op-62.html https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/pezzo-capriccioso-b-minor-op-62.html Thu, 26 Mar 2026 12:48:37 +0100 part from the famous Rococo Variations, Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky composed another work for solo violoncello: Pezzo capriccioso, Opus 62. It is dedicated to Brandoukoff (Brandukov) with whom he had performed this little virtuoso piece for the first time at the]]> https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/capricen.html https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/capricen.html Thu, 26 Mar 2026 10:55:29 +0100 ]]> https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/2-arien-aus-eugen-onegin.html https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/2-arien-aus-eugen-onegin.html Wed, 25 Mar 2026 16:13:16 +0100 Two arias for cello from the opera Eugen Onegin. Aria des Lenski and Aria des Furst Gremin.]]> https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/flamenco.html https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/flamenco.html Wed, 25 Mar 2026 16:01:51 +0100 The combination of musical melancholy and instrumental virtuosity captivates both players and audience alike. 'Flamenco' comes from the Suite espagnole No. 1 by the rather unknown Spanish composer Rogelio Huguet y Tagell.]]> https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/recuerdos-de-la-alhambra.html https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/recuerdos-de-la-alhambra.html Wed, 25 Mar 2026 15:56:44 +0100 Composed in 1886, the tremolo study 'Recuerdos de la Alhambra' is without doubt Tarrega's best-known piece. It evokes memories of the Moorish citadel located on a hill in the Spanish Granada.]]> https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/cello-concert-nr12-e-minor.html https://www.strijkinstrumentenshop.nl/en/cello-concert-nr12-e-minor.html Wed, 25 Mar 2026 15:45:13 +0100 Concert for cello solo, 2 violins, viola & b. c. (with obligato bassoon), Urtext edition, edited by Markus Möllenbeck with a piano reduction by Ulrich Lüdering. Series Il Violoncello concertato.]]>