Viola repertoire
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This article lists notable compositions within the viola repertoire. The list includes works in which the viola is a featured instrument (i.e., viola solos, concertos, viola and piano duos, etc.). The list is ordered by composer surname.
A
[edit]- Julia Adolphe (born 1988)
- Unearth, Release (2016)
- Kurt Atterberg (1887–1974)
B
[edit]- Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-flat major, BWV 1051 (1721)
- Béla Bartók (1881–1945)
- Concerto for viola and orchestra in A minor, Sz. 120, BB 128 (1945)
- Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
- Serenade in D major for flute, violin and viola, Op. 25 (1795)
- Luciano Berio (1925–2003)
- Sequenza VI for solo viola (1967)
- Hector Berlioz (1803–1869)
- Harold en Italie, symphony for orchestra with viola obbligato, Op. 16, H. 68 (1834)
- Ernest Bloch (1880–1959)
- Suite Hébraïque for viola and piano or orchestra (1951)
- Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
- 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)
- Two Songs for voice, viola and piano, Op. 91 (1884)
- Max Bruch (1838–1920)
- Concerto for Clarinet, Viola, and Orchestra, Op. 88 (1911)
- Romanze for Viola, and Orchestra, Op. 84[1]
C
[edit]- Bartolomeo Campagnoli (1751-1827)
- 41 Caprices for solo viola
- Henri Casadesus (1879–1947)
- Concerto in B minor (1924) (attributed to George Frideric Handel)[2]
- Concerto in D major (1931) (attributed to Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach)
- Concerto in C minor (1947) (attributed to Johann Christian Bach)
- Rebecca Clarke (1886–1979)
- Morpheus for viola and piano (1917)
- Sonata for viola and piano (1919)
D
[edit]- Claude Debussy (1862–1918)
- Sonata for flute, viola and harp, L. 137 (1915)
E
[edit]- Edward Elgar (1857–1934)
- Canto Popolare for viola and piano (1904)
G
[edit]- Morton Gould (1913–1996)
H
[edit]- Jennifer Higdon (b. 1962)
- Paul Hindemith (1895–1963)
- Sonata in F for viola and piano, Op. 11 No. 4 (1919)
- 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)
I
[edit]- Airat Ichmouratov (b.1973)
L
[edit]- Peter Lieberson (1946–2011)
- György Ligeti (1923–2006)
- Viola sonata for solo viola (1994)
M
[edit]- James MacMillan (b. 1959)
- Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847)
- Viola sonata in C minor, MWV Q 14 (1824)
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
- Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat major for violin, viola and orchestra, K. 364 (K. 320d) (1779)
- 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)
- Nico Muhly (b. 1981)
P
[edit]- Walter Piston (1894–1976)
S
[edit]- Alfred Schnittke (1934–1998)
- Robert Schumann (1810–1856)
- Märchenbilder for viola and piano, Op. 113 (1851)
- Märchenerzählungen for clarinet, viola and piano, Op. 132 (1853)
- Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975)
- Sonata for viola and piano, Op. 147 (1975)
- Carl Stamitz (1745–1801)
- Concerto for viola in D major, Op. 1 (c. 1774)[3]
T
[edit]- Tōru Takemitsu (1930–1996)
- 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
V
[edit]- Henri Vieuxtemps (1820–1881)
- Sonata in B-flat major for viola and piano, Op. 36 (1862)
W
[edit]- Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958)
- Flos Campi for viola, wordless chorus, and small orchestra (1925)
- Four Hymns for tenor, viola, and string orchestra (1914)
- Romance for viola and piano (c. 1914)
- Six Studies in English Folk Song for cello or viola and piano (1926)
- Suite for viola and small orchestra (1933–1934)
- William Walton (1902–1983)
- Viola Concerto in A minor (1928–1929)
- Graham Waterhouse (b. 1962)
- Four Epigraphs after Escher, Op. 35, for viola, heckelphone and piano (1993)
- Sonata ebraica for viola and piano (2013)
- John Woolrich (b. 1954)
- Ulysses Awakes for viola and ten strings (1989)
References
[edit]- ^ Bynog 2020, p. 90.
- ^ Bynog 2020, p. 93–96.
- ^ 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
[edit]- Bynog, David (2020). Notes for Violists: A Guide to the Repertoire. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-1909-1610-7. OCLC 1162385874.
Further reading
[edit]- 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
[edit]- List of Compositions Featuring the Viola at the International Music Score Library Project
- Directory of Works compiled by Music4Viola