The Boosey & Hawkes Violin Anthology

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29 pieces by 18 of Boosey & Hawkes most prominent composers. Includes works by John Adams, Béla Bartók, Benjamin Britten, Aaron Copland, Sergei Prokofiev, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Richard Strauss, Igor Stravinsky and others.

Approved Exam Music

Recommended for the following exam grade(s):

ABRSM Violin (from 2024)
Grades: 8

Contents

• Adams: Road Movies (First Movement)
• Bartok: Roumanian Folk Dances nos. 4 & 6
• Bartok: Violin Concerto No.1 op.posth. (First Movement)
• Britten: Waltz (Suite op.6)
• Copland: Hoe Down (Rodeo)
• Copland: Sonata (Second Movement)
• Copland: Waltz and Celebration (Billy the Kid)
• Maxwell Davies: Dances from The Two Fiddlers
• Delius: Elegie (Suite for Violin and Orchestra)
• Delius: Sonata No.2
• Elgar: Offertoire
• Finzi: Hornpipe Rondo (from Violin Concerto)
• Górecki: Little Fantasia op.73
• Kats-Chernin: Eliza Aria (Wild Swans Suite)
• MacMillan: A Different World
• Perlman: Hora-Hatikvah (from Israeli Concerto)
• Prokofieff: Five Melodes op.35a (Second Movement)
• Prokofieff: Violin Concerto No.2 op.63 (Second Movement)
• Rachmaninoff: Romance op.6 no.1 (Morceaux de Salon)
• Rachmaninoff: Vocalise op.34 no.14
• Rorem: The Lighthouse, Mosquitoes and Earthworms (Night Music)
• Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier Waltz
• Stravinsky: Danses suisses (Divertimento)
• Stravinsky: Eglogue II (Duo concertante)
• Stravinsky: Gavotta and Serenate (Suite italienne)
• Thomson: Waltz form Sonata

Item Details

Instrumentation

• Part 1: Violin
• Part 2: Piano