VELKE PUBLISHING COMPANY
Publishers of Music Since 1971
featuring

things.gif (2653 bytes)

logo.gif (1893 bytes)
Fritz Velke, owner of the Velke Publishing Company, is an award-winning composer, and member of ASCAP.


Music for String Orchestra

Levels of Difficulty: 1 (easy) to 6 (difficult)

Very Easy (1-2) (Elementary)
Indian Moods March for Budding Strings, Wolf
Polka for Budding Strings, Wolf
Suite for Budding Strings (3 Mvts), Wolf
Sweet Betsy (variation for each inst.), Wolf

Easy (2-3) (Elem. or Jr. High)
Chanson Triste, Tchaikovsky/Cechvala
Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming, S. Foster/Cechvala
Ninette At Court, Saint-Amans/Cechvala
Two Late Romantic Pieces, Fibich & Scriabin/Cechvala
Valse Serenade, Poldini/Cechvala
Low Medium (3-4) (Jr. High)
Farewell Adagio (Sym. #45), Haydn/Velke
His and Her Music, Franz and Chaminade/Cechvala
Peaches and Skim Milk,
Velke
Second Movement, Sym. #5, (Abridged), Beethoven/Velke
Washerwoman's Holiday, arr. Inzana
High Medium (4-5) (Jr. or Sr. High)
Adagietto for Strings,
Velke
Canonized Melody, Cechvala
Entrance of the Queen of Sheba,Handel/Velke
*Fancy Fiddles,
Velke
Für Elise,
Beethoven/Velke
*Hangin' Out (Blues Style),
Staudenmayer
Little Fugue,
Schumann/Cechvala
Nocturne, Op. 9, No. 3,
Chopin/Velke
Serenade for Rosemary,
Velke
Then and Now (2 Mvts.),
Bowie
Three Melodies from the British Isles
, arr. by Cechvala
Low Advanced (5) (Sr. High)
Adagio Cantabile, Beethoven/Velke
Andantino, Boccherini/Velke
Spanish Dance No. 5, Granados/Velke
Suite for String Orchestra (4 Mvts), Velke
High Advanced (5-6) (Sr. High)
Concerto No. 3 in G, K.216 for violin & stg. orch., 1st Mvt.Mozart/Velke
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A, K. 488, piano & stg. orch., 1st Mvt. Mozart/Velke

Finger Drills for String Orchestra
(Level 3-6, depending on tempo) by John Arthur
Sixty-four patterns for strength and skill.
All instruments play together.

Solo and Ensembles
*Adagio in G, easy violin solo with piano by Ella Hayashi
*Shenandoah, easy violin duet, with piano arr. by Karin Staudenmayer
*Wiffletree Blues, easy, for violin-viola-cello trio, by Karin Staudenmayer
*Strollin' the Streets Suite, a collection of easy violin duets, by Karin Staudenmayer
1. *Bluefish Lane, with piano
2. *Swordfish Circle, with piano
3. *Butterfish Blvd, with piano
4. Pebble Brook Court, unaccompanied
E Z String Tunes, Book I
Compiled by Emily Brobst. Familiar songs published for unison violin, viola, and cello/bass in separate books. Progressive! All in D major and 4/4 time. An excellent supplement to any first-year method. E Z Piano Accompaniment Book also available. Fifty-two songs. Preparation drills included.
*These pieces, as well as a number of songs in the
E Z String Tunes, Book I, are listed in the National Federation of Music Clubs Junior Festivals Bulletin for 1998 - 1999 - 2000
Things for Strings Workbook
A workbook for young string students in separate books for each instrument. Contains drills (using pencil) on music notation, bowing, fingering, etc. Each book has 32 pages.
Velke Publishing Co.
Box 393
Glen Echo MD 20812
U.S.A.
Telephone: 301-229-2078
e-mail: velkepub@erols.com
FAX: 301-229-2007