The Hidden Face is a prayer for solo counter-tenor oboe and a distant group of muted violins and violas. It tries to hold within it a whole tradition with nothing personal or idiosyncratic as in ikon painting though this is asevere challenge for a composer working at the end of the 20th Century.

Birthday Fragment (4 Violas)

This is a fun piece for two Violas playing the same part but with one player starting one bar after the other player. There are two separate printed parts plus a score with both parts. It is by Domenico Gabrielli an Italian composer and Cello virtuoso who was born in Bologna in1651. He became widely known as a Cello virtuoso and composer of Vocal music. He wrote 12 operas in the 1680s but he…

2 Violas. Yun I

Vamoosh Christmas for young Violists. 12 well known Christmas items arranged for Viola duo with optional accompanying backing-track or piano. Books are compatible with Vamoosh Christmas for Violin, Cello, Double Bass, Flute and Recorder so you can join friends for a Christmas feast of music making. Backing-tracks are available on many online platforms such as Spotify, iTunes, GooglePlay and YouTub…

The seven recital pieces in volume 3 of the 'Viola Recital Album? augment the repertoire in volumes 2 and 3 of the Sassmannshaus tutor 'Early Start on the Viola.? But other viola tutors will also benefit from these pieces, all of which are in first position.The editors have chosen a short series of delightful little pieces by such unknown composers as Septimus Winner ('The Last Rose of Summer?) or…

The pieces in volume 4 of the 'Viola Recital Album? begin at the level of those in volumes 2 and 3 of the viola tutor and raise it to create little challenges in lessons. They can also be played to good effect in recitals.This delightful selection adds many fresh colours to the learner's repertoire, including an almost exotic flair in 'Danse Espagnole? (Bénoni Lagye), 'Capriccio Polka? (Salvador L…

'Die fröhliche Viola' is a viola method for children which is aimed primarily at pupils who start to learn playing the viola without taking a detour to the violin. Those who have already played the violin and use the method as a 'way to change instruments' may skip some pieces or even start with Vol.2.Like 'Die fröhliche Violine', this book intends to make the children have fun while learning to p…

A viola method for childrenThe leading German viola method now available in English.For more than three decades the Sassmannshaus Tradition has been the household name for excellence in beginner string methods in German-speaking countries. More than half a million students have successfully learned to play string instruments using this publication.The publication of the four violin books in 2008 i…