This excellent work should form every student’s companion from the first beginning until a degree of considerable technical skill has been reached. It gains much by E. Heim’s careful revision as to the fingering, bowing and all marks of expression.
Arena. A collection of Duets for two violins, arranged in progressive order, carefully marked and annotated by E. Heim:—
Book I. First position. 8 Easy Duets in the most frequently used keys, by Wichtl, Dancla, Alard, and de Bériot. (11801 s).
Book IA. First position. 6 Easy Duets in the most frequently used keys, by Blumenthal, Kalliwoda, and Mazas. (11801 a).
Book II. First position. 5 Easy Duets in major and minor occurrence of easy double-stopping and chords, by Pleyel, Bruni, Mazas, Thomas, and Ries. (11802 s).
Book IIa. First position. 5 Easy Duets in major and minor (occurrence of easy double-stopping and chords), by C. Gurlitt, Kalliwoda, Pleyel, and Mazas. (11802 a).
20 Books of graduated Duets revised by Ernst Heim, each book corresponding in difficulty with the same book of his Violin Studies (Gradus ad Parnassum), [see page 111], and his Violin and Piano pieces (Palaestra), [see pages 128], [129].
Dancla, C. Op. 25. 3 Duos faciles. (5601).
Gurlitt. Op. 150. Duos faciles et progressifs. (5605).
Except one or two more suited to Step II.