Violin Solo - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1017149 Composed by James F. Babcock. Contemporary. 15 pages. James Babcock #6350285. Published by James Babcock (A0.1017149). FROM CHILDHOOD – Violin part only. 15 pgs. (Piano accomp. 35 pgs. Sold separately. ) Four easy to Intermediate violin solos for instruction and performance. With piano accompaniments. Each of the four pieces is available separately on SMP. (1) MARGARET DANCING. (SO. ) Like a Beethoven song and country dance, this piece offers pleasing melodies for the beginner who is well along, both to study and to perform in recital. (2) MUSICBOX. (SO. ) This short easy piece imitates the sound of a music box, including its running down at the end. For instruction it can serve to introduce the student to light staccato bowing or up and down slurred staccato bowing. For performance it can serve as an amusing interlude. (3) HYMNSONG. (SO. ) In the form of an etude, this piece consists of a simple theme with numerous variations, somewhat like Paganini’s famous Caprice 24. Of intermediate difficulty, it offers double stops, tremolo, and various bowings. For performance it can be played as is or it can easily be shortened by omission of one or more passages. (4) MOTHER’S STORIES. (SO. ) Varying from sweet to dramatic, this simple composition offers an opportunity for emotional interpretation. Intermediate from that standpoint, It is otherwise basically easy. A nice recital piece. Your compositions are charming and melodic, useful both for training and performance.-Thomas Lindsay, former concertmaster, Virginia Beach Symphony and New Jersey Pops.
