Mendelssohn: Early Pieces for Violin & Piano

Mendelssohnʼs relationship with the violin was a special one. Although he had a profound command of this instrument and throughout his life was often heard playing the violin and even the viola, his main focus remained on his principal instrument, the piano. This edition is dedicated exclusively to Mendelssohnʼs early works for violin and piano from the years 1819 to 1821. They were written during Mendelssohnʼs composition studies with Carl Friedrich Zelter and have been handed down to us in his music books.

The five short pieces are now available in an Urtext edition based on the Leipzig Mendelssohn Edition. Compared to other works by Mendelssohn, they are of moderate difficulty and thus perfectly suitable for piano and violin students.