THREE ETUDES FOR VIOLIN

Composer: 
Allan Blank
Scoring: 
vln
Year Authored: 
1980
Duration (min): 
7
Alternate Title: 
THREE ETUDES
Movements-Titles: 
I. Toccatina
Movements-Titles: 
II. Expansions and Contractions (an Interval Study; Double Stops)
Movements-Titles: 
III. Pattern and Two Transpositions
Movements-Titles: 
IV. Mixtures
Recording: 
20th-Century Concert Etudes for Solo Violin; Eugene Gratovich, violin

Also published in the book "16 Contemporary Violin Etudes" published by Theodore Presser; Three Etudes by Allan Blank, sheet music, is available from ACA.

Etude No. 1, Toccatina, consistenly energetic eight-note pulse, very careful dynamic shpaing. Etude No. 2 had a combination of bowing techniques, chords, pizzicati, harmonics, dramatic and gentle gestures requiring instantaneous changes in energy and attention.

Publisher: 
ACA
Publisher URL: 
American Composers Alliance

Ensemble Type

audio/mpeg iconToccatina, Etude No. 1, Eugene Gratovich, violin
audio/mpeg iconMixtures, Etude No. 2, Eugene Gratovich, violin

Instruments

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