A Transitional Method-This one-of-a-kind text is a must for students who are making the switch from violin to viola. Whistler makes introductory remarks on the notable differences in bowing fingering resonance intonation and position study followedby exercises specialized for development of each of these areas. The remainder of the book is a progressive course of study for viola that is approp…

Par ARUTIUNIAN ALEXANDER. Alexander Arutiunian's Sonata Retro for Viola and Piano. Alexander Arutiunian's Sonata Retro for Viola and Piano. / Classique / Répertoire / Alto et Piano

Par TARKIAINEN OUTI. Tarkiainen writes: The Lustful Mother's Heart is a solo work that plumbs the depths of one of the most fundamental human instincts - the tie between a mother and her new-born child that, as day follows day, becomes less part of its mother's body. The work develops themes from my song cycle The Lustful Mother in which long solo viola passages strike to the very heart of down-to…

In the summer of 1893 Antonin Dvorak sat down and composed String Quartet In F Op.96. This beloved quartet was written whilst Dvorak was on vacation in rural Iowa. It is a slow movement for quartet and the finale sweeps along on a energetic syncopated rhythm in the second violin and viola that shortly transforms itself into a wonderful patchwork of shifting accents. The first violin sings first…

Anne Fuzeau Classique vous propose tous les textes théoriques, méthodes, traités, articles, partitions de musique classique concernant la viole de gambe.Ces méthodes anciennes sont reproduites en fac-similé et regroupés en - trois volumes.Volume - 1 (réf. 5864) : ALFONSO DELLA VIOLA - - Antonio DA LENO - - Girolamo DALLA CASA - - Silvestro GANASSI (1-2) - Giovanni Maria LANFRANCO - Diego ORTIZ.Vol…

Par CHOSTAKOVITCH DIMITRI. Available in France and Belgium only! Dmitri Shostakovich's Sonate Op. 147 for Viola and Piano. Available in France and Belgium only! Dmitri Shostakovich's Sonate Op. 147 for Viola and Piano./ Répertoire / Alto et Piano

Ode For Saint Cecilia's Day (Viola) Viola part only.Handel's majestical setting of John Dryden in a cantata to honour the patron saint of music first performed in London in 1739.

The Composer writes: 'In February 1987 I saw in the Tate Gallery in London a painting by the Victorian English painter John William Waterhouse. The painting kept haunting my memory and as I at the same time planned to write a piece for solo Viola my ideas for the music and the memory of the painting fused more and more. I decided then to let my piece borrow the title of Waterhouse’s painting…

Work for Soprano Clarinet Viola and Harp. Premiered at the 2002 Cambridge Summer Music Festival. These three musical presentations of stories were written to illustrate thoughts about the many ways in which music helps and hinders storytelling. The three short settings use a variety of vocal styles. The first story is spoken throughout; the second includes Sprechstimme (i.e. melodically height…