Concert and Contest Music for Violin

Georges Bizet's opera "Carmen had its first performance in Paris in 1875. In the audience was 17-year-old Hungarian violin virtuoso and budding composer Jeno Hubay. After the performance, Hubay started

Written following the composer's 1898 tour of Italy, this standard in the solo violin repertoire is one of Sarasate's most famous and often-played works. This piece is presented in two parts

This opening movement of Bach's Partita for Solo Violin in E Major, written in 1720, inspired Bach to create the Sinfonia movement for his 1731 Cantata. Bach used the organ to play the

Edited by Wolfgang Birtel. For violin & piano. A collection of 25 pieces by Romantic composers. Preface in Ger., Fr. and Eng. Score, 111 p. and part.

Two works by Paganini: La Campanella and Moto Perpetuo.

Originally, Camille Saint-Saëns created this work for piano in 1877 calling it Etude en form de Valse, Op.52/6. In 1901, Eugene Ysaye reworked this piece for violin and piano and published it as

This edition contains all ten sonatas for violin and pianoforte by Beethoven: five in the first volume and five in the second. Additionally, it offers a detailed introduction by Clive Brown, the chapter