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Violin & Piano

Student Works

by Peter Arnstein

 

Conversations for violin and piano

   The piano parts of these nine pieces contain no intervals larger than a seventh. The musical ideas are passed back and forth between the two instruments, like in a Brahms sonata, but at a much easier level; the two parts are sometimes playful, sometimes argumentative, but always equal. As is usual for a violin and piano work, the piano part contains the violin part; but, most unusally, the violin part also contains the complete piano part, so that the two musicians can learn the entire work on an equal basis.

   Hammer Hop

   Mozart Forgot

   Dogs Chasing Tails

   Tis a Joy to be Mournful

   Jasmine Flower

   Liuyang River

   Scales and Pits

   A Finely Tuned Machine

Conversations has also been arranged as a group of duets for two violins, violin and cello, and violin and viola.

 

ADDITIONAL STUDENT WORKS FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO