A Musical History Book 1: Duets for Violin and Cello: 21 pieces dating from the 16th to early 20th century arranged for intermediate to advanced ... and Cello Duets for Intermediate Players)

A Musical History Book 1: Duets for Violin and Cello comprises 21 fantastic pieces arranged for two players of intermediate to advanced standard, starting with the earliest and focusing exclusively on the work of women composers through the ages. Several are one page in length, most are two pages and a few are longer. The melody is shared between the parts so both players get to play the tune!Social convention, prejudice, limited educational opportunities and family responsibilities meant that many artistically creative women were discouraged from following a career or were ostracised for doing so. Society deemed women incapable of composing serious music, often their compositions were not performed outside their family, and manuscripts were considered unworthy of publication. Even so, women continued to create. Expect gorgeous music in a wide variety of styles!Includes a glossary of the Musical Terms that are used in the book, short Biographies of the composers, and music by:Clémentine de Bourges,Teodora Ginés,Maddalena Casulana,Francesca Caccini,Barbara Strozzi,Mary Harvey, Lady Dering,Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre,Elizabeth Turner,Jane Mary Guest,Marianna Martines,Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel,Josephine Lang,Delphine von Schauroth,Julie Baroni-Cavalcabò,Clara Wieck Schumann,Teresa Carreño,Agnes Tschetschulin,Mary Wurm,Amy Beach,Cécile Chaminade,Lili Boulanger.More coming from The Vibrant Violin and The Cheery Cellovery soon. Look out for our solo books, and duets and trios arranged at different levels for mixed instruments: Flute, Clarinet, Bassoon, Oboe, Saxophone, Recorder, Trumpet, Trombone, Tuba, Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass, Mini-bassoon, Tenoroon, Guitar etc. We have a spectacular variety of duet books, a gargantuan selection of festive books (including Christmas, Halloween and Valentines!), music for mixed strings groups, instrument-specific theory, including theory puzzles for very young players and a few downloadable playalong and backing tracks and sheet music on our website. Just visit WildMusicPublications.com and for tweets on our latest books, why not follow us on Twitter? @wmpublications Read more