Piano,Violin - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.886697 Composed by Panagiotis Theodossiou. Concert,Contemporary,Standards. 76 pages. Panagiotis Theodossiou #3575309. Published by Panagiotis Theodossiou (A0.886697). Hellenic Suite, for violin and piano (2010)      I.Seashore Procession, Thalassaki (traditional tune from Dodekanisos)    II.Dance of the Youngsters, Pentozalis (traditional tune from Crete)    III.Litany in Spring, Egomia (from the Evening Service of Holly Epitaph)    IV.Dance of the Elders, Matoklada (rebetiko carsilama tune by Markos Vamvakaris)    V.Ancient Ritual, Orestes Stasimon (from Orestes Tragedy by Euripides)     VI.Dance of the Past, Dance (traditional tune from Heipiros)   VII.Homelands Lost, Mia Smyrnia stoPapathyri (traditional tune from Asia Minor)  VIII.Dance of the Future, Pyrihios (traditonal dances from Sera and Shereanit'sa  from Pontos)      Four laments, four dances. Eight scenes depicting Hellenic History from 6th century B.C., or even earlier, up to our days, based on fragments of ancient Greek music, folk and byzantine tradition and rebetiko song tunes as well. From Greece of the distand past, to Greece of the present and, maybe, to Greece of the years to come, Hellas of the Future.      The work is dedicated to the Greek Composer Giannis Konstantinidis. It has been performed by Andrea Hemmenway and Konstantinos Papadakis in Fall Arts Concert organised by Hellenic University Club of Philadelphia in The Ethical Society Hall of  Philadelphia in 2010. The same artists perfomed the work at Kendal Concert Hall in Kendal, Pennsylvania in 2011.       Version for viola and piano available. Excerpts of violin - piano version has been performed by Tania Sikelianou and Timos Gennatos at : Ellinikon Eidyllion, Selianitika, Aigion in 2011.

Piano,Violin - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.927036 Composed by Words by Horatio Spafford, Music by Philip Bliss. Arranged by Daniel T. Jones. Christian,Praise & Worship,Sacred. 4 pages. Daniel Truitt Jones #3068375. Published by Daniel Truitt Jones (A0.927036). An arrangement for violin and piano of a well-known and loved hymn tune. Perfect for traditional and non-traditional church services. The lyrics to the hymn were written by Horatio Spafford after a series of tragic events in his life, including the death of his son at the tender age of 2 and the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. These events culminated in the death of his four daughters after the SS Ville du Havre, a ship that they and their mother were passengers, collided with the Loch Earn, another sea vessel. His wife alone survived, and as Spafford was sailing to meet her, he penned the words as he passed the spot where his daughters succumbed to the sea.

Piano,Violin - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1315952 Composed by Pietro Mascagni. Arranged by Rob Bushnell. Classical,Easter,Film/TV,Opera,Romantic Period. 8 pages. RBMusic #904730. Published by RBMusic (A0.1315952). In 1889, a struggling composer called Pietro Mascagni heard about a sponsored competition for one-act operas, specifically for young Italian composers who had not yet had an opera performed, only two months before the deadline. With little time, he selected the subject for his opera and asked his childhood friend, Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti (who was helped by Guido Menasci), to write a libretto for him. Mascagni selected a story that he had seen as a play in Milan in early 1884 by realist writer Giovanni Verga, “Rustic Chivalry�, or Cavalleria rusticana. A passionate love tragedy featuring seduction, adultery, revenge and murder, it is surprising set on Easter morning.Mascagni received only a few verses at a time from his librettists, but he was not worried because he had the opera clear in his mind: “I identified with the drama to such an extent that I felt it within myself in terms of music.� After two months’ of work, the music for Cavalleria rusticana was finished but he feared the opera would fail and put the music in a draw. Fortunately, his wife sent it off, he unanimously won the competition and was soon the talk of Europe. (At the premiere in May 1890 in Rome, Mascagni received no fewer than 60 curtain calls.) Unfortunately, it was a one-hit wonder with Mascagni unable to repeat its success, saying towards the end of his life that “it is a pity I wrote Cavalleria first for I was crowned before I became king.� He died, penniless, in 1945.Today, few people have heard of Mascagni’s name, and, if they have, it is rarely in relation to anything but one piece from Cavalleria rusticana, the Intermezzo. A short piece of purely orchestral music that is uses to denote the passage of time, the orchestration is very simple but it is such an indulgently beautiful melody (based on a hymn heard earlier in the short opera) that perfectly captures the peace of country living in Sicily against the intense feelings of the main characters and the looming tragedy to come.The piece is so popular that (along with the “Easter Hymn� from the same opera), it is the only reason Mascagni features in the Classic FM’s Hall of Fame.The piece was used in the 1980 film Raging Bull and the 1990 film The Godfather Part III.A recording of the original song can be found on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kgr-I1y1_2M.Other searchable terms: Italy, Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Cathy Moriarty, Nicholas Colasanto, Theresa Saldana, Frank Vincent, Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire, Andy García, Eli Wallach, Joe Mantegna, Bridget Fonda, George Hamilton, Sofia Coppola.