Gliere, 12 Easy Pieces for Violin & Piano (Simrock)

Twelve Easy Pieces for Violin & Piano by Gliere (Simrock)

The Pieces in this volume include the following

1 Prelude, 2 Valse, 3 Romance, 4 Chanson populaire, 5  Caprice, 6 Etude, 7 Air, 8 Impromptu, 9 Mazurka, 10 Intermezzo,  11 Nocturne and 12 Scherzo

Reinhold Gliere (1875-1956) was a Soviet composer of Polish and German heritage.  His compositions were noted as incorporating elements of the folk music from eastern Soviet republics.  He had great influence on younger Soviet composers.  His students included Aram Khachaturian,  Nikolay Myaskovsky and Sergei Prokofiev