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Violin Concerto No. 1 - Violin/Piano. (Score and Parts). By Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975). For violin and piano (Violin). String Solo. 20th Century. Difficulty: medium-difficult. Set of performance parts (includes separate pull-out violin part). Solo part and piano reduction. 76 pages. Sikorski #SIK2101. Published by Sikorski (HL.50489636).

With solo part and piano reduction. 20th Century. 9x12.5 inches.

For violin and orchestra (piano reduction).

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Ryan

Location: from San Antonio

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January 28, 2007

Amazing

The concerto is Kind of like the Beethoven, Its not hard to play but It is hard to convey Shostakovich's feeling, The concerto is really simple once you have a good set of fingerings and a solid will to practice. The Great thing about this concerto is that if you...

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Austin Han

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April 16, 2006

Absolutely wonderful and difficult

Like all works by shostakovich, this concerto has that eerie and mysterious atmosphere which I find absolutely ingenious. Listening from the recording, this piece is really diffucult to play, especially the last movement, involving rapid glissandos and double stops. I may not have the technicality to play this, but it...

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Jeremy

Location: from ch suisse

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November 30, 2005

fantastic

I first heard a recording of Hilary Hahn playing the piece and ten was totally hooked if you have ANY doubt about wanting to play it it wil dissapier if you hear er play it. the piece is quite dificult techncally and emotionly i defenitly recomend it!!! (please excuse my...

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Anonymous

Location: from Westerville, OH

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August 27, 2005

not that technically difficult

first off, this concerto isn't very technically hard as people think it is... i think the hardest part of this piece is being able to express what shostakovich wrote. it's so profound and perhaps in such a high level of emotion.. the emotion is.. more or less complicated. you really...

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shelly

Location: from port st lucie, fl

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March 6, 2005

this piece just blew me away !!!

This piece blew me away when I heard it. It is very difficult. but it would be worth the time and effort to learn this piece. It is one of the jewels of violin music.

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