Fiddling Around The World

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Even though summer has come to an end you can still travel the world with a violin and San Francisco Public Library card. The library offers a number of musical scores that provide violinists the opportunity to explore international folk music styles.

The violin is one of the world’s most versatile musical instruments. While it is a core instrument in Western classical ensembles like the orchestra and the string quartet, it is also used by many folk and non-Western cultures.

We offer collections of fiddle tunes that range from bluegrass, Cajun, Celtic, gypsy, klezmer, tango and beyond.

Here is a sampling of the possibilities:

787.11 Am3541
The American Fiddler: Old-time, Bluegrass, Cajun, and Texas Style Fiddle Tunes of the USA selected and arranged by Edward Huws Jones.
[London]: Boosey & Hawkes, 1998.

787.1 L953b
Bluegrass Fiddle: A Guide to Bluegrass and Country Style Fiddling / by Gene Lowinger.
New York: Oak Publications, 1974.

787.11 C124
The Cajun Fiddle Tune Book: A Collection of Cajun Fiddle Tunes / compiled and arranged by Deborah Greenblatt.
Anaheim Hills, CA: Centerstream, 2001.

787.11 C3321
The Celtic Fiddler / selected and arranged by Edward Huws Jones.
London: Boosey & Hawkes, 2003.

787.11 C441
Chinese Violin Solos: A Collection of Music for the Traditional Chinese Two-Stringed Fiddle / selected and transcribed for performance on the Western violin by Jonathan Stock.
Mainz: Schott, 1998.

787.11 Ea778
Eastern European Fiddle Tunes: 80 Tunes for Folk Violin from Poland, Ukraine, Klezmer Tradition, Hungary, Romania, and the Balkans / edited by Pete Cooper.
Mainz: Schott, 2007.

787.11 En355
English, Welsh, Scottish & Irish Fiddle Tunes / selected, introduced and annotated by Robin Williamson.
New York: Oak Publications, 1976.

787.11 K6795
The Klezmer Fiddler: Jewish Music of Celebration / selected and arranged by Edward Huws Jones.
London: Boosey & Hawkes, 2001.

787.1 C7872m
Cooper, Pete.
Mel Bay's complete Irish fiddle player / by Peter Cooper.
Pacific, MO: Mel Bay Publications, 1995.

787.11 M4806
Mel Bay's gypsy violin / by Mary Ann Harbar.
Pacific, MO: Mel Bay Publications, 1997.

787.11 Se822
Sevdah: traditional music from Bosnia / selected and arranged by Edward Huws Jones and Mehmed Velagić.
[London]: Boosey & Hawkes, 1997.

787.11 T1567
The tango fiddler / selected and arranged by Edward Huws Jones.
London : Boosey & Hawkes, 2006.

787.11 V6755
The Viennese fiddler / selected and arranged by Edward Huws Jones.
[London]: Boosey & Hawkes, 2001.