Some discussions on another thread https://fiddlerman.com/forum/l.....93     brought up recommendations for duet pieces.  Some duet things I’d recommend (that are off the beaten path). 

1. Beautiful Music for Two String Instruments (Samuel Applebaum) – Nice short pieces—most are only a few lines long, with a few that are a full page or two.  Comes in 4 volumes of increasing difficulty, with Volumes 1 & 2 in 1^st position only.

These short ones are really good for getting used to learning both parts of a piece.  When you do this, you’ll start to hear things differently, i.e., you start to hear/understand how two parts go together.

From Vol 1, #39 America the Beautiful:

2. Pleyel Op8 Six Little Duets

These are all in 1^st position.  When I worked through these pieces, I learned the 1^st Violin part; then later, I went back & learned the 2^nd part.  These were the first duets I worked on with my teacher.

Video of 1^st Duet, 1^st movement:

3. Easy Violin Pieces (Music for Millions Series) Hugo Frey – This is an out-of-print book, but you can find it out there on Amazon, or others.

Side Note:  You want to make sure that when you try to order this (or any violin duet, trio, etc.,. book), that the book is complete.  A lot of times, particularly when there is a piano accompaniment, 1 or both the violin parts are missing.  Since the piano part is part of the bound book, and the violin parts are removable, a used book seller does not know that the book is incomplete because the piano part will show the violin part (smaller version) along with the piano. 

Anyway, the pics are the same book, different editions: the orange cover book (Music for Millions) is just an earlier edition of the white covered (Easy Violin Pieces) – the early one does have more pieces than the later.

I played a couple of these pieces in parties—Londonderry Air—in a St.Pat Day party (called it Danny Boy in the Party):

https://fiddlerman.com/forum/p.....n/#p124457

4. Telemann Six Canonic Sonatas For Two Violins

These are neat to play.   1st Violin starts, 2^nd Violin comes in a measure later.  1^st time I heard one of these, I did not realize that the parts were the same; again, you start to hear things differently—recognize more—when you start playing duets.

Video for Sonata 1, starting at 3^rd movement (Allegro) at 4:42 – 1^st one I learned:

5. Three Duets, Op 99, Haydn No.1

Just a fun piece to play

6. Catherine McMichael Violin Duets w/ Piano Accompaniment

Catherine McMichael is a composer/arranger in Michigan that has a ton of music for different instruments.  She is an accomplished pianist, and has arranged really good violin duets.  In these duets, the 2^nd violin has the more complex part—really good practice at fitting harmony with the melody.

I’ve played a lot of Christmas Tunes from these & Hymns that I’ve played here on the Forum, & with my teacher at nursing homes & other community things. 

There are a whole lot of these; some of the volumes I’ve played.

Hymns of the Nativity, Vol 1 & 2

Anthems of America

Hymns of Grace, Hymns of Peace, . . .

These pieces are flexible because you can play them as just solo violin, or violin 1 with piano, or Violin 1 & 2 duet, or Violin 1 with Viola instead of Violin 2, etc.,

Example from Forum Christmas Party 2021 The Holly & the Ivy/The First Noel:

https://fiddlerman.com/forum/p.....y/#p120738

Okay, I think this post is long enough