'Konstantin Aleksandrovich Fortunatov is the most famous Soviet teacher-methodologist, violinist and musical public figure. A student of the outstanding teacher and creator of the valuable pedagogical repertoire A. I. Yanshinov, wonderful Soviet musicians J. Tseitlin and M. Erdenko. K. A. Fortunatov has passed the way from a teacher at a music school to director of the publishing house ''Muzyka'' (since 1967).

Fortunatov is the compiler of many highly demanded collections of violin pieces and etudes, which were used by several generations of Soviet and Russian violinists. He is also the author of a large number of violin arrangements and translations of fundamental works on violin playing by foreign authors, for example, the famous book by K. Flesch ''The Art of Violin Playing''.

The selection of pedagogical material is the most important aspect of learning to play the violin. The speed and success of a young violinist's advancement largely depends on the teacher's re pertoire policy. In this anthology, compiled by a master of his craft, the teacher will find all the pieces necessary for the final stage of training in a music school, providing a versatile development of the student's technical apparatus and musicality. ''

CONTENT:

I. PIECES BY SOVIET COMPOSERS
1. A. Spendiarov. LULLABY. Op. 3 No. 2. Arranged by M. Blok
2. K. Mostras. EAST DANCE / Oriental Dance
3. M. Ippolitov-Ivanov. MELODY
4.R. Glier. WALTZ. Op. 45 No. 2
5.N. Rakov. VOCALISE
6. N. Rakov. HUMORESQUE
7. K. Korchmarev. SPANISH DANCE (''Malagenya''). Arranged by K. Fortunatov
8.R. Glier. ANDANTE. Op. 35 No. 4. Arranged by K. Fortunatov
9. K. Mostras. CHOROVER
10. D. Shostakovich. ROMANCE. From the music to the film ''The Gadfly''. Arranged by L. Atovmyan15
11. An. Alexandrov. ARIA. Op. 32
12. B. Dvarionas. ELEGY
13. A. Komarovsky. TARANTELLA
14. N. Myaskovsky. MEMORY. Arranged by I. Safonov
15. M. Rauchwerge