Violin sheet music is of utmost importance to violin music as with all instruments in western classical music. Sight reading refers to the ability of the musician to perform an unfamiliar work of music upon viewing the sheet music for the first time. A much more advanced skill is the ability to look at a new piece of music and perceive the melodies, harmonies, timbres, etc in one's head without having to play the piece. Below are listed some of the greatest violin music and the composers with links to violin sheet music and virtual sheet music.
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Tchaikovsky
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Pablo Sarasate
Max Bruch
by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ( 1840 - 1893)
Despite the negative prediction by renowned critic Eduard Hanslick, Tchaikovsky’s concerto for violin in D major comes in the list of “4 great violin concertos” along with that of Beethoven , Brahms and Mendelsohn. Hanslick said that the concerto “brought us face to face with the revolting thought that music can exist which stinks to the ear." Tchaikovsky had dedicated the work to Leopold Auer. But Auer found the work unplayable. Tchaikovsky later approached Adolph Brodsky who premiered the concerto on the December 4, 1881 in Vienna.
Tchaikovsky was a Russian composer of the Romantic era. It was he who conducted the New York Symphony Society's orchestra in May 5 1891 during the opening of the Carnegie Hall. His other great works are the ballets swan lake, the sleeping beauty (Tchaikovsky likes this the most), nutcracker and his piano concertos.
Click here for violin sheet music of Tchaikovsky violin concerto in D major
Virtual sheet music is violin sheet music which can be downloaded into your computer and printed if needed. This is highly recommended as it is very cheap. Cllick here to buy virtual sheet music of Tchaikovsky violin concerto in D major.
Three Violin Concertos
by Johann Sebastian Bach (21 March 1685 – 28 July 1750)
Bach was a prolific composer of the Baroque period and is considered as one of the greatest composer in the history of Western classical music. Bach's prominence lies in the intellectual depth, technical command and artistic beauty of his music.
His noted works for violin are
1) Violin Concerto in A minor
2) The violin concerto in E major and
3) Concerto for 2 violins in D minor. ("Double" violin concerto)
4) Brandenburg Concerti
Click here for the virtual sheet music of Bach's concertos.
All are great works. The best-known is the “Double” Violin Concerto in D minor. All the great violinists have recorded it. (click on each for information and buying)
Rather unconventional in the concerto world for violin, the focus here is not the technical virtuosity of the soloists but is more of a smooth dialog between orchestra and soloist. The slow movement is often described as one of greatest love music.
Zigeunerweisen
by Pablo Sarasate (10 March 1844 – September 28, 1908)
Sarasate was born in Pamplona, Spain and he was the most virtuoso violinist of his time. Sarasate was brilliant for his purity of tone without extra sentimentalism and ecstatic mannerism. Sarasate's most famous works are the four volumes of Spanish dances for violin and piano and Zigeunerweisen. Sarasate was most noted in performing his own solo works even though he excelled in performing Beethoven and Mendelssohn violin concertos.His work Carmen Fantasy which came out in 1883, another work for the violin and orchestra is based on Georges Bizet's opera, Carmen. A number of works of famous people have been dedicated to sarasate which include Henryk Wieniawski's Violin Concerto No. 2 and Max Bruch's Scottish Fantasy.
Click here for Zigeunerweisen sheet music.
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Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor
by Max Christian Friedrich Bruch (January 6, 1838 – October 20, 1920)
A german composer who has composed 3 violin concertos. Bruch's Concerto No. 1 in G minor, (1868) for violin is one of the most popular Romantic violin concertos. This concerto litterally overshadowed his other two concertos. His other famous work is the Scottish Fantasy in E-flat major which he dedicated to Pablo Sarasate.
Click here for sheet music of Bruch's Concerto No. 1 in G minor.
Click here for the virtual sheet music of Bruch's violin concerto.
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