Viola repertoire
This article lists notable compositions within the viola repertoire.
Viola alone
- Luciano Berio
- Sequenza VI (1967)
- Bartolomeo Campagnoli
- 41 Caprices for Viola (c. 1815)
- Franz Anton Hoffmeister
- 12 Etudes for Viola (c. 1800)
- György Ligeti (1923–2006)
- Sonata for Solo Viola (1994)
- Max Reger| Three suites for Solo Viola op131d
Viola and piano
- Kurt Atterberg
- Ludwig van Beethoven
- Notturno in D major for viola and piano, Op. 42 (1803)
- Johannes Brahms
- Sonata No. 1 in F minor for viola and piano, Op. 120 No. 1 (1894)
- Sonata No. 2 in E-flat major for viola and piano, Op. 120 No. 2 (1894)
- Rebecca Clarke
- Morpheus (1917)
- Sonata for viola and piano (1919)
- Edward Elgar
- Canto Popolare (1904)
- Paul Hindemith
- Sonata in F for viola and piano, Op. 11 No. 4 (1919)
- Theodore Holland
- Suite in D major for viola and piano (1938)
- Felix Mendelssohn
- Viola sonata in C minor, MWV Q 14 (1824)
- Robert Schumann
- Märchenbilder, Op. 113 (1851)
- Dmitri Shostakovich
- Sonata for viola and piano, Op. 147 (1975)
- Henri Vieuxtemps
- Élégie, Op. 30 (1848)
- Sonata in B-flat major for viola and piano, Op. 36 (1862)
- Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Romance for viola and piano (c. 1914)
- Graham Waterhouse
- Sonata ebraica (2013)
- Henryk Wieniawski
- Rêverie in F sharp minor (1885)
Viola and other instruments
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-flat major, BWV 1051 (1721)
- Ludwig van Beethoven
- Serenade in D major for flute, violin and viola, Op. 25 (1795)
- Duo in E-flat major for viola and cello, "mit zwei obligaten Augengläsern" ("with two obbligato eyeglasses"), WoO 32 (1796–97)
- Johannes Brahms
- Two Songs for voice, viola and piano, Op. 91 (1884)
- Claude Debussy
- Sonata for flute, viola and harp, L. 137 (1915)
- Michael Haydn
- Duo for violin and viola in C major, Perger 127, MH 335[1]
- Duo for violin and viola in D major, Perger 128, MH 336
- Duo for violin and viola in E major, Perger 129, MH 337
- Duo for violin and viola in F major, Perger 130, MH 338
- Airat Ichmouratov
- Three Romances for viola, strings and harp, Op. 22 (2009)
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Duo No. 1 in G major for violin and viola, K. 423 (1783)
- Duo No. 2 in B-flat major for violin and viola, K. 424 (1783)
- Kegelstatt Trio in E-flat major for clarinet, viola and piano, K. 498 (1786)
- Robert Schumann
- Märchenerzählungen for clarinet, viola, and piano, Op. 132 (1853)
- Jean Sibelius
- Duo for violin and viola, JS66 (1892)
- Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Four Hymns for tenor, viola, and string orchestra (1914)
- Graham Waterhouse
- Four Epigraphs after Escher for viola, heckelphone and piano, Op. 35 (1993)
- John Woolrich
- Ulysses Awakes for viola and ten strings (1989)
Viola and orchestra
- Julia Adolphe
- Unearth, Release (2016)
- Henri Casadesus
- Concerto in D major (1911) (attributed to C. P. E. Bach)[2]
- Concerto in B minor (1924) (attributed to George Frideric Handel)
- Concerto in C minor (1942) (attributed to Johann Christian Bach)
- Béla Bartók
- Concerto for viola and orchestra in A minor, Sz. 120, BB 128 (1945)
- Hector Berlioz
- Harold en Italie, symphony for orchestra with viola obbligato, Op. 16, H. 68 (1834)
- Ernest Bloch
- Suite Hébraïque for viola and piano or orchestra (1951)
- Max Bruch
- Romanze for Viola, and Orchestra, Op. 85 (1911)[3]
- Concerto for clarinet, viola, and orchestra, Op. 88 (1911)
- Morton Gould
- Jennifer Higdon
- Paul Hindemith
- Kammermusik No. 5 for viola and chamber orchestra, Op. 36 No. 4 (1927)
- Der Schwanendreher for viola and small orchestra (1935)
- Trauermusik for viola and orchestra (1936)
- Franz Anton Hoffmeister
- Viola Concerto in D major (1799)[4]
- Viola Concerto in B-flat major (1799)
- Airat Ichmouratov
- Viola Concerto No.1, Op.7 (2004)
- Peter Lieberson
- James MacMillan
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat major for violin, viola and orchestra, K. 364 (K. 320d) (1779)
- Nico Muhly
- Walter Piston
- Alfred Schnittke
- Carl Stamitz
- Concerto for viola in D major, Op. 1 (c. 1774)[5]
- Richard Strauss
- Don Quixote for cello, viola, and orchestra, Op. 35 (1897)
- Tōru Takemitsu
- A String around Autumn for viola and orchestra (1989)
- Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767)
- Concerto in G Major for viola and orchestra, TWV 51:G9
- Concerto in G major for 2 violas and string orchestra, TWV 52:G3
- Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Flos Campi for viola, wordless chorus, and small orchestra (1925)
- Suite for viola and small orchestra (1933–1934)
- William Walton
- Concerto for viola and orchestra in A minor (1928–1929)
References
- ↑ Gwilt, Richard (1999). "The Duos for Violin and Viola by Michael Haydn, Joseph Haydn and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart". Haydn Society Journal (19): 43–47.
- ↑ Bynog 2020, p. 93–96.
- ↑ Bynog 2020, p. 90.
- ↑ Bynog 2020, p. 160–166.
- ↑ Gee, Constance Whitman (2001). The Viola Concerti Of The Stamitz Family: A Performance Project Including Concerto In G Major By Johann Stamitz (1717–1757), Concerto Number One In B -flat Major, Concerto Number Three In G Major And Concerto Number Four In D Major By Anton Stamitz (1750–after 1796), Concerto Number One In D Major And Concerto Number Two In A Major By Carl Stamitz (1745–1801) (DMA dissertation). University of Maryland. p. 43. OCLC 49933521.
Books
- Bynog, David (2020). Notes for Violists: A Guide to the Repertoire. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-1909-1610-7. OCLC 1162385874.
Further reading
- Barrett, B. M., Barrett H. (1996). The Viola: Complete Guide for Teachers and Students. University of Alabama Press. ISBN 978-0817-30885-8. OCLC 58035602.
- White, Katie (2014). A Pedagogical Introduction: Viola Repertoire from 1986-2013. (DMA dissertation). University of Oregon.
- Warmath, Jordan (2016). The Contemporary Revolution—Evolution of Viola Repertoire. (DMA dissertation). University of California. OCLC 1287447816.
External links
- List of Compositions Featuring the Viola at the International Music Score Library Project
- Directory of Works compiled by Music4Viola