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As musicians ourselves, we don't think there could ever be enough good books about music. That's why we are constantly looking for new books to help with the music learning process. Here's a list of the newest music books we've found.

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Popular Movie Hits for Violin and Piano

Popular Movie Hits for Violin and Piano is published by Barenreiter and is an entertaining yet unusual collection of movie music. There are lots of movie collections, but this one is quite exceptional! It includes some hard to find scores and is nicely arranged.

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To a Wild Rose from Woodland Sketches

To a Wild Rose from Woodland Sketches by Edward MacDowell was composed in 1896, while MacDowell was in Boston. This piece is arranged for Violin, Cello and Piano by Wolfgang Birtel and is published by Schott Music.

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Asturias: Leyenda from Songs of Spain

Asturias: Leyenda from Songs of Spain by Isaac Albeniz is arranged for Solo Violin. Despite the name, this music is more suggestive of the Andalusian Flamenco Tradition. It is published by C. F. Peters.

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20th Century Italian Composers for Violin and Piano

20th Century Italian Composers for Violin and Piano: Volume 1 edited by Roberta Milanaccio is published by Ricordi. This volume has pieces by Monit, Simonetti, Pizzetti, and Castelnuovo-Tecesco.

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Plaisir d'amour for Violin and Piano

Plaisir d'amour for Violin and Piano by Jean Paul-Egide Martini is arranged by Jules Dambe for violin and piano and published by Schott Music. Finally, an arrangement of this sad, beautiful love song for violin!

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The new books by Harry Wimmer.

Adventures in Cello Country by Harry Wimmer who has enjoyed a wide-ranging career as cello soloist and teacher and has never lost sight of the important area of beginning teaching, which remains close to his heart. Throughout the years, Adventures in Cello Country, has been honed by succeeding generations of young cellists. Now he has finally been persuaded to send these books out into the world, in the hope that they will fall into the hands of new bright-eyed young cellists.

Book 1A: The Beginning - Book 1B: Do Re Mi - Book 1C: Meet the Bow

Great Themes from Original Masterpieces

Great Themes for Cello and Piano arranged by Andrea Cavuoto is a wonderful collection of transcriptions for Cello and Piano. These beautiful melodies are arranged from original masterpieces for intermediate level players. This 68 page score and parts is published by Ricordi.

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2 Cellos - 11 Rock Arrangements by Luka Sulic and Stjepan Hauser

2 Cellos - 11 Rock Arrangements by Luka Sulic and Stjepan Hauser. This folio features accessible duet arrangements to 11 songs as performed by Luka Sulic and Stjepan Hauser  rival cellists who joined forces to create unique renditions of popular songs, and became a YouTube sensation in the process. This great collection contains cello duos from U2, Axl Rose, Kurt Cobain, and more...for advanced cello players.

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The London Trios, Hob.IV: 1-4 (with viola); Haydn

The London Trios by Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) is arranged by Joel Lish was originally written for two flutes and cello. Haydn's beloved London Trios are cleverly arranged for String Trio or Wind Trio. Or mix it up and try Flute, Viola and Bassoon or Violin, Clarinet and Cello! Set of Parts for Trio includes: Part 1 Flute or Oboe or Violin, Part 2 Viola, Part 2 Clarinet in Bb, Part 3 Cello or Bassoon. String Trio, Mixed Trio, or Wind Trio for Violin, Viola, Cello, Flute, Oboe, Bassoon or Clarinet in sets of 4 parts, published by Last Resort Music Publishing.

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Sight-Read Any Rhythm Instantly by Mark Phillips

Sight-Read Any Rhythm Instantly by Mark Phillips lets you look at a complicated rhythmic figure and instantly know how it sounds! You'll discover how to memorize the sound of each commonly occuring one-beat note combination, the difference between 6/4 and 3/2 time, how to instantly play odd groupings such as triplets and quadruplets, and much, much more.

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