24 CAPRICES FOR VIOLIN SOLO
COMPOSER: PIERRE RODE

SERIES: HENLE MUSIC FOLIOS
PUBLISHER: HENLE URTEXT EDITION
FORMAT: SOFTCOVER
EDITORS: NORBERT GERTSCH, FRIEDEMANN EICHHORN

DESCRIPTION:
-TOGETHER WITH PIERRE BAILLOT AND RODOLPHE KREUTZER, PIERRE RODE FOUNDED THE IMPORTANT FRANCO-BELGIAN VIOLIN SCHOOL AT THE END OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. CELEBRATED THROUGHOUT EUROPE, THIS VIOLINIST GIVES IMPRESSIVE TESTAMENT TO HIS TECHNIQUE WITH HIS “24 CAPRICES EN FORME D`ÉTUDES” IN ALL KEYS. WHILE CONCENTRATING COMPLETELY ON STUDYING TECHNICAL PHENOMENA, HE CREATED VALUABLE COMPOSITIONS THAT RECALL PAGANINI`S PIECES OF THE SAME NAME. TO THIS DAY, THE “CAPRICES” ARE A MILESTONE IN EVERY VIOLINIST`S EDUCATION CONSERVATORY LEVEL). FOR THE FIRST TIME, G. HENLE PUBLISHERS` URTEXT EDITION CLARIFIES IN DETAIL THE MATTER OF THE SOURCE SITUATION (FIRST EDITION AND REVISED EDITION) AND OFFERS THE MUSICAL TEXT IN THE “DEFINITIVE VERSION” WITH ALL HISTORICAL NOTATIONS. AS A RODE SPECIALIST OF THE FIRST ORDER, VIOLINIST FRIEDEMANN EICHHORN ASSISTED WITH THE PREPARATION OF THIS EDITION AND CONTRIBUTED FINGERING AND BOWING SUGGESTIONS IDEAL FOR CONTEMPORARY VIOLIN INSTRUCTION.