Viola Solo Works by Composer

Like his father, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach wrote three sonatas for violada gamba. They were written during his time at the Berlin court of Fred eri...

We owe a debt of gratitude to the clarinettist Richard Mí_hlfeld for making the elderly Brahms so interested in his instrument. In the 1890s the co...

The edition is part of the Trinity syllabus 2007 (grade 5)

The rediscovery of this concerto by the Bohemian composer is certainly a surprise for the violists, particularly since there is only very little or...

Hummels “Potpourri” for Viola and Orchestra op. 94 is part of every viola player’s core re­pertoire, especially in its shortened version, the “Fant...

A pearl in the romantic repertoire for viola and orchestra! Bruch’s “Romance” has long occupied a permanent place in the viola repertoire, whether ...

Every known source has been examined to produce an urtext edition, complete with preface and editorial notes to explain the work's complex source s...

In 1838 Robert Schumann complained: “The piano is becoming too narrow for me. I often hear in my current compositions a lot of things that I can ha...

Schubert was made acquainted with the guitar-violincello by a virtuoso named Vinzenz Schuster, for whom he wrote his Sonata in a minor for "arpeggi...

Vieuxtemps is nowadays considered to be the foremost exponent of the Franco-Belgian violin school. Following a concert by the 14-year old Ζwunderk...

Max Reger's Three Suites for Solo Viola, Op. 131d were written in the final year of his life immediately after the appearance in print of his six P...

Brahms - Sonatas Op120/1 & 2 - Viola Part Henle HN315

Glazunov - Elegie Op44 - Viola/Piano Accompaniment Henle HN1241

The peripatetic life and career of the Belgian composer Henry Vieuxtempsanticipated the European concept almost prophetically in the 19th centu ry....

The viola is often not credited with being able to take over a soloisticrole Œ_ but this is completely unjust. In 1738 Johann Philipp Eisel alre ad...

Just as Johannes Brahms had done with his Opus 120, Reger also provided parts for two alternative solo instruments for his Sonata op. 107: "I will ...

Mendelssohn's viola sonata is an early work which remained unpublished in his lifetime. He was 15 years old when he completed the sonata. This Urte...

Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778–1837) is wrongly remembered, first and foremost, as Mozart’s pupil. In his day he was one of the most respected pianist...