Does anyone know of some good piano/violin duets?

January 27, 2013 at 04:32 PM · I think Concerto in B Minor op. 35 - Oskar Rieding will do.

January 27, 2013 at 06:54 PM · That looks like an interesting piece, Vanessa. Thanks for your response!

January 27, 2013 at 07:43 PM · The Hal Leonard "37 Violin Solos You Love to Play" might suit you. It's mostly salon music -- Drdla's Souvenir, Hubay's Hejre Kati, and so on. Some similar salon-type miniatures, like Elgar's Salut d'Amour, might work for you, too.

January 28, 2013 at 12:23 AM · The book that Lydia recommended is very good. The skill required for the piano parts varies. Whoever chose the pieces had good taste.

A beautiful piece that has a nice piano reduction is the Meditation from Thais. The piano part is not trivial but the piece is relatively slow so it is manageable by a less skilled pianist.

January 28, 2013 at 01:37 AM · I don't know if anyone has written for that particular instrumentation.

Okay, kidding.

How about the Schubert sonatinas? There's also a nice arrangement of jazz tunes called jazz, blues, and ragtime that's easy and fun. You can get it from sharmusic.com

January 28, 2013 at 07:24 PM · I have composed a couple of fairly simple and interesting violin/piano pieces. They are free on my website. The pieces you would be interested in are Melodic Tide, a piece I submitted for the Hilary Hahn Encore contest (it did not win), and a new pice I just finished called Viorations 36V. You can listen to midi samples on the website to hear how they sound. You can download pdf sheet music for these pieces if you like them.

http://javiertrevino.musicaneo.com/

January 30, 2013 at 02:02 AM · Thanks everyone! These are all great responses.

January 31, 2013 at 02:47 PM · Some pieces intended to show off the violin have very minimal piano parts. For example, the accompaniment to the Rigaudon (Kreisler Sicilienne and Rigaudon) is just chords.

February 25, 2013 at 06:11 AM · When I was young (a very long time ago), I played from a collection by C. Paul Herfurth called "Violin Music The Whole World Loves," published by Willis Music Company. It has easy piano parts and some anachronistic songs (Stephen Foster melodies, for instance), but it may be what you're looking for. I'm not sure it's still in print, but I found some copies available through some on-line sources, including Amazon. My favorite in this collection is "Songs My Mother Taught Me," which I would play as a boy while my mother sang.

Hope this helps. Glad you enjoy making music with your Mom; you're creating memories you'll treasure for the rest of your life!

All the best,

aj