REPRESENTATIVE LIST
OF
VIOLA REPERTOIRE

compiled by

Donald McInnes

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Please note that although pieces are listed in order of technical difficulty, all are presentable in a concert program.
 

Level I - Level II - Level III - Level IV - Etudes

LEVEL I

Amran, D. The Wind and the Rain

Bach, CPE Solfeggietto

Bach, CPE Sonata in G minor

Bach, JC Concerto in C minor

Bach, JCF Double Concerto in Eb major for Viola & Piano

Bach, JS Air, for Viola & Piano

Bach, JS Aria, "Bist du bei mir", for Viola & Piano

Bach, JS Sinfonia for Viola & Piano from Cantata #29

Bach, JS Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

Bach, JS Fantasia in C minor for Violin & Viola

Bach, WF Three Viola Duos

Baker, M. Counterplay

Bartok Forty-four Duos for Two Violas

Beale, J. Ballade, op. 23

Berlioz Aria from Damnation of Faust for Voice, Viola, and Piano

Bizet Adagietto

Bloch Meditation & Processional

Boccherini Sonata in G major

Bohm, C. Perpetual Motion

Brahms Soft Strains of Music Drifting

Brahms Two Hungarian Dances

Bruch Kol Nidrei for Viola & Piano

Campagnoli Theme and Variations for Viola & Piano

Cannabich, C. Six Duos for Viola & Violin

Carter, E. Elegy

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Cassado Requiebros

Chopin-Vardi Nocturne in C# minor, op. posth.

Chopin Nocturne in C minor, op. posth.

Chopin Prelude in E minor, for Viola & Piano

Chopin Prelude in Bb major, for Viola & Piano

Collet, H. Rapsodie Castillane for Viola & Orch.

Corelli La Folia for Viola & Piano

Corelli Sonata in D minor, op. 5 #8

Creston Suite

Dargomyzhsky Elegy

Debussy The Girl with the Flaxen Hair

Debussy Beau Soir

Dittersdorf Sonata in Eb major

Dello Joio Lyric Fantasies for Viola & Orch.

Donizetti Romanza for Voice, Viola, & Piano

Dvorak Bagatelle, op. 47 #3

Dvorak Sonatina, op. 100

Dvorak Two Waltzes

Eccles Sonata in G minor

Eichner Six Duets, op. 10, for Violin & Viola

Faure Apres un reve

Faure Elegy

Faure Lamento

Faure Sicilienne

Fick Prelude in C minor for Solo Viola

Fiocco Allegro

Flackton Sonata in G major

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Frescobaldi Toccata for Viola & Piano

Gal, H. Suite, op. 102a

Gardano, A. Variations on "The King's Hunting Jigg"

Glazunov Elegie

Glazunov Meditation, op. 32, for Viola & Piano

Granados Orientale

Handel Sonata in E minor

Handel "Where'er you Walk", for Viola & Piano

d'Hervelois La Chambor (Allemande)

Hindemith Meditation

Hindemith Trauermusik

Hoffmeister Concerto in D major

Hovhaness Talin-Concerto for Viola & String Orch.

Howells, H. Elegy for Viola, String Quartet, & St. Orch.

Hummel, B. Sonatina (1971)

Hummel, B. Sonatina No. 2 (1973)

Hummel, J. Sonata in Eb major, op. 5 #3

d'Indy Lied

Joachim Hebrew Melodies, op. 9

Joplin Solace

Kreisler Liebeslied

Kreisler Liebesfreud

Kreisler-Oppelt Preghiera (In the Style of Martini)

Krenek Sonata for Viola & Piano

Leclair Six Sonatas for Two Violas

Liszt Romance Oubliee

Loeffler, Alfred Sonata for Viola & Piano

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Loeillet Sonata in F# minor

Marais Five Provencal Dances

Marcello Sonata in G major

Marcello Sonata in C major

Marcello Sonata in F major

Minsky, A. Three American Pieces for Unaccompanied Viola

Moor, E. Prelude, op. 123

Mozart Three Sonatinas, K. 439b

Onslow, G. Sonata in A major, op. 16 #3

Nardini Sonata in F major

Nardini Sonata in F minor for Viola & Piano

Paganini Moto Perpetuo

Paradies Toccata

Piston Interlude

Poulenc Air Grave

Porter, Q. Speed Etude for Viola & Piano

Primrose Londonderry Air for Viola & Piano

Purcell Air & Dances for Viola & Piano

Purcell Sonata in G min for Viola & Piano

Rachmaninoff Vocalise, op. 34 #14

Ravel Pavane for a Dead Princess

Ravel Piece en Forme de Habanera

Ries Perpetuum Mobile

Rimsky-Kors. Dance of the Jester

Roussel Aria

Schubert The Bee

Schubert Litany for All Soul's Day

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Schumann Three Romances, op. 94

Serly, T. David of the White Rock

Shostakovich Adagio

Sitt, H. Concertpiece, op. 46

Stamitz, K. Concerto No. 1 in D major

Stamitz, K. Concerto No. 2 in A major

Stamitz, K. Six Duos for Two Violas

Tchaikovsky Nocturne in D minor, op. 19

Tchaikovsky Valse Sentimentale, op.51 #6

Telemann Concerto in G major

Telemann Concerto in G major for Two Violas

Telemann Sonata in D major

Toch Three Impromtus for Solo Viola

Vaughan-Will. Fantasia on Greensleeves

Vaughan-Will. Four Hymns for Voice, Viola, & Piano

Vaughan-Will. Six Studies on English Folk Songs

Veracini Largo

Verrall, J. Sonatina

Vivaldi Concerto in D minor, op.3 #6

Vivaldi Sonata in A major

Walter, D. Hommage to Casals

LEVEL II

Bacewicz, G. Polish Caprice

Bach, JS Brandenburg Concerto #6

Bach, JS Six Cello Suites

Bach, JS Three Gamba Sonatas

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Bach, WF Sonata in C minor

Bates, D. Suena, Gestures & Interludes

Bax Legend

Bax Sonata for Viola & Piano

Beethoven Seven Variations from the "Magic Flute"

Beethoven Trio, op. 87, for 3 Violas

Beethoven Two Romances

Beglarian, G. Diversions for Viola, Cello, & Orch.

Benjamin, A. From San Domingo

Benjamin, A. Jamaican Rumba

Berkeley, Lennox Sonata in D min. for Viola & Piano

Biggs, J. Invention for Viola & Tape

Binder, CS Sonata in D major

Bloch Hebraique Suite

Boccherini Sonata in A major

Boccherini Sonata in C min. for Viola & Piano

Borodin Nocturne & Scherzo

Brahms Two Songs

Bruch Double Concerto, op. 88, for Viola & Clarinet

Bruch Romanze, op. 85, for Viola & Orch.

Burkhard, W. Concerto

Burkhard, W. Sonata for Solo Viola, op. 59

Carter, E. Pastoral

Castelnuovo-Tedesco Sonata for Violin & Viola

Castelnuovo-Tedesco "Suite 508" for Viola & Piano

Chailley, Jacques Sonata for Viola & Piano

Chihara, P. Duo Concertante for Violin & Viola

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Clarke, R. Sonata for Viola & Piano

Cooley, C. Etude Suite for Solo Viola

Couperin La Precieuse

Dittersdorf Sinfonia Concertante for Viola, Bass, Orch.

Dvorak Romance

Finney, RL Sonata No. 1 in A major

Finney, RL Second Sonata

Freed, I. Rhapsody

Fricker Fantasy for Viola & Piano, op. 44

Gal, H. Divertimento, op. 90 #3 for Violin & Viola

Gal, H. Sonata, op. 101

Gardner, M. Rhapsody for Viola & Orch.

Gardner, M. Tricinium, Sonata for Solo Viola

Glinka Sonata in D minor

Grieg Sonata in A minor, op. 36

Handel, D. Mooncycle for Soprano, Viola & Piano

Handel Concerto in B minor

Handoshkin Concerto in C major

Handoshkin Variations on A Russian Song of Love

Harris, R. Soliloquy & Dance

Haydn Divertimento

Heiden, B. Sonata

Hessenberg, K. Sonata, op. 94

Hindemith Duo for Viola & Cello

Hindemith Sonata, op. 25 #4 (1922)

Holst Lyric Movement for Viola & Small Orch.

Hubay Morceau de Concert for Viola & Orch., op. 20

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Hummel Fantasy

Husa, Karel Poem for Viola & Chamber Orchestra

Joachim Variations, op. 10

Jongen, J. Allegro Appassionato, op. 79

Juon, P. Sonata, op. 15

Kabalevsky Improvisation

Kiel, F. Three Romances, op. 69

Kodaly Adagio for Viola & Piano

Kreisler Praeludium & Allegro

Kreisler-Oppelt Tambourin Chinois

Krol, B. Lassus-Variationen, op. 33

Lipinski, K. Impromptu-Etude

Loeffler Quartre Poemes for Voice, Viola, & Piano

Loeffler Two Rhapsodies for Viola, Oboe, & Piano

Marais Suite in D major

Martinu Madrigals for Violin & Viola

Mendelssohn Sonata in C minor

Moussorgsky Hopak

Mozart Two Duos for Violin & Viola, K. 423 & 424

Novacek Perpetual Motion

Persichetti Infanta Marina for Viola & Piano

Piston Duo for Viola & Cello

Pochon, A. Passacaglia for Viola Solo

Porter, Q. Concerto

Porter, Q. Duo for Viola & Harp (or Harpsichord)

Prokofiev Danse de Jeunes Antillaises

Rawsthorne, Alan Sonata for Viola & Piano

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Rolla Idylls for Solo Viola

Schumann Adagio & Allegro, op. 70

Schumann Marchenbilder

Senaille Allegro Spirituoso

Shtrum, Haim Invenzione con Spirito, Sonata for Solo Viola (1991)

Simons, N. Songs for Wendy, for Voice & Viola

Spisak, M. Duetto Concertante, for Viola & Bassoon

Stevens, H. Suite (1959)

Stevens, H. Suite (1969)

Suderburg, R. Chamber Music VI, 3 Movements for Viola & Double Bass

Telemann Twelve Fantasies for Solo Viola

Turina, J. Scene Andalouse for Viola, St. Qt., & Piano

Vaughan-Will. Suite (8 mvts.)

Vaughan-Will. Romance

Verrall, J. Sonata No. 1 for Viola & Piano

Vieuxtemps Capriccio for Solo Viola

Vieuxtemps Elegie, op. 30

Villa-Lobos Duo for Violin & Viola

Ward, R. Arioso & Tarantella

Weber, KM Variations for Viola & Piano

Whitaker, Michael "If Buifs" for Solo Viola

Williamson, M. Partita for Viola on Themes of Walton

Wilson, G. Sonata for Viola & Piano

Winters, G. Sonata No. 1, op. 8

Wolf, H. Italian Serenade, for Viola & Orch.

Wranitzky Concerto for Two Violas & Orch.

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LEVEL III

Bacewicz Four Capricci

Bach-Kodaly Fantasia Cromatica

Babbitt, M. Composition for Viola & Piano

Beethoven Eyglass Duo for Viola & Cello

Beethoven Notturno

Berkowitz, S. Introduction and Scherzo

Berlioz Harold in Italy

Bliss Sonata for Viola & Piano

Bloch Suite for Viola Solo

Bozza Improvisation & Burlesque

Brahms Sonata in D major, op. 78 (trans.)

Brahms Sonata in F major, op. 120 #1

Brahms Sonata in Eb major, op. 120 #2

Britten Lachrymae

Chihara, P. Redwood, for Viola & Percussion

Cooper, P. Variants II for Viola & Piano

Davies, PM The Door of the Sun, for Solo Viola

Denniston, D. "One Thought Fills Immensity" for Solo Viola

Despic Monologue (1979), op. 66 for Viola Solo

Duisberg Relativity's Rainbow for Viola & Bassoon

Enesco Concertpiece

Finko Concerto for Viola & Orch.

Finko Concerto for Viola, St. Bass., & Orch.

Forsyth, M. Steps, for Viola & Piano

Franck Sonata in A major

Fricker Concerto

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Fricker Thee Movements for Solo Viola, op. 25

Fuchs, L. Sonata Pastorale

Gardner, M. Concerto for Violin, Viola & Orch.

Gould, M. Concerto

Handel-Halvorsen Passacaglia for Violin and Viola

Handel-Holvorsen Sarabande with Variations for Violin & Viola

Hindemith Sonata, op. 11 #4 for Viola & Piano

Hindemith Sonata, op. 25 #1 for Solo Viola

Hoddinott, Alun Concertino for Viola & Small Orchestra

Honegger Sonata

Janacek Children's Rhymes for Solo Viola, Choir, & Piano

Kechley, D. Sonata for Viola & Piano

Kimber, Michael Sonata for Solo Viola (1997)

Kornauth, E. Sonata in C# minor, op. 3

Korngold Four Pieces, op. 11 for Viola & Piano

Levin, H. Seven Pieces for Viola & Piano

Martinu Rhapsody-Concerto for Viola & Piano

Martinu Sonata for Viola & Piano

Medins Sonata for Viola & Piano

Milhaud Quatre Visage for Viola & Piano

Milhaud Sonata No. 1 for Viola & Piano

Milhaud Sonata No. 2 for Viola & Piano

Miletic, M. Concerto

Morrill, Dexter Dance Bagatelles for Viola and Piano (1994)

Mozart Sinfonia Concertante in Eb major, K. 354

Mozart Sinfonia Concertante in A major, K. 104

Pasatieri Sonata for Viola & Piano

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Pasatieri Windsong, for Voice, Viola, & Piano

Patterson, P. Tides of Mananan, op. 64, for Solo Viola

Penderecki Cadenza for Solo Viola

Persichetti Parable for Solo Viola

Piston Concerto

Porter Suite for Viola Alone

Prokofiev Theme & Processional from "Peter and the Wolf"

Rolla, A. Adagio and Theme with Variations

Reger Three Solo Suites, op. 131d

Rochberg, G. Sonata for Viola & Piano (1979)

Sapieyevski Concerto for Viola & Winds

Schafer, G. Expressioni

Schubert Sonata in A minor "Arpeggione"

Sculthorpe Sonata for Viola & Percussion

Serly, T. Rhapsody on Folk Songs for Viola & Orch.

Shostakovich Sonata, op. 147, for Viola & Piano

Shulman, A. Theme & Variations for Viola and Orch.

Stravinsky Elegie, for Solo Viola

Tircuit, H. Sonata (Homage to Mahler)

Tufts, P. Sonata (1967)

Tufts, P. Suite

Tufts, P. Sonata (1978)

Tufts, P. Three Pieces for Violin & Viola (1981)

Vaughan-Will. Flos Campi for Viola, Ch. Choir, & Ch. Orch.

Verrall, J. Sonata No. 2 for Viola & Piano

Vitali Chaccona for Viola & Piano

Vitetta Etude Caprice, No. 1 in E minor

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Weber Andante & Rondo Ongarese for Viola & Orch.

Wellesz Rhapsody for Viola Solo

Wieniawski Alla Saltarella, op. 10 #5

Wieniawski Alla Saltarella, op. 18 #4

Wieniawski Scherzo-Tarantella

Wilson, E. Sonata for Viola & Piano

Wilson, G. Sonata for Viola & Piano

Winters, G. Sonata No. 2, op. 57

LEVEL IV

Bach, JS Sonatas & Partitas for Solo Viola

Bartok Concerto

Bekku Concerto

Benjamin Elegy, Waltz, & Toccata

Benjamin Le Tombeau de Ravel

Benjamin Romantic Fantasy, for Violin, Viola, and Orchestra

Bergsma Fantastic Variations on a themes from "Tristan"

Bergsma Sweet was the Song the Virgin Sung; Tristan Revisited; Concerto for Viola & Orch.

Berio Sequenza

Bloch Suite (1919)

Bozza Parthie

Colgrass Variations for Four Drums & Viola

Dahl, I. Divertimento for Viola and Piano

Draganski Variations for Solo Viola

Epstein, D. Fantasy Variations for Solo Viola

Fink, P. Fantasy for Solo Viola

Friedman, JP Concerto (in the form of Variations) for Viola & Orch.

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Ghent, E. Entelechy, Concertpiece for Viola & Piano

Gould, M. Concertette

Hamilton, Iain Sonata for Viola & Piano, op. 9

Hindemith Kammermusik No. 5, op. 36 #4

Hindemith Konzertmusik

Hindemith Der Schwanendreher

Hindemith Sonata op. 11 #5 for Solo Viola

Hindemith Sonata (1939) for Viola & Piano

Jacob, G. Concerto No. 1

Jacob, G. Concerto No. 2

Kelterborn Nine Moments

Mead, A. Sonata for Solo Viola

Milhaud Concerto No. 1

Milhaud Concerto No. 2

Musgrave Elegy for Viola & Cello

Nixon, R. Concerto

Paganini La Campanella

Paganini 24 Caprices

Paganini Caprice #13 for Viola & Piano

Paganini Caprice #20 for Viola & Piano

Paganini Caprice #24 for Viola & Piano

Paganini Sonata for Grand Viola & Orch.

Schuman, W. Concerto on Old English Rounds, for Viola, Women's Chorus, & Orch.

Serly, T. Concerto

Serly, T. Sonata in modus Lascivus for Solo Viola

Starer, R. Concerto for Viola, Strings, & Percussion

Suderburg, R. Solo Music II, Ritual Lyrics and Dances for Solo Viola

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Szentkiralyi Monologo for Solo Viola

Verrall, J. Concerto

Vieuxtemps Sonata in Bb major for Viola & Piano, op. 36

Walton Concerto

Zimmerman Sonata for Viola Solo

Zimbalist Sarasateana, Suite of Spanish Dances

ETUDES (In order of difficulty)

Wohlfahrt Foundation Studies for the Viola

Blumenstengel 24 Studies, op. 33

Kayser 36 Studies, op. 20

Mogill Selected Etudes

Schradieck School of Viola Technique

Reher, S. 12 Studies for Viola

Dont 24 Etudes, op. 37

Kruetzer Etudes

Rode 24 Caprices

Rolla Esercizio ed Arpegio

Hoffmeister Viola Etudes

Campagnoli 41 Caprices, op. 22

Fuchs, L. 15 Characteristic Studies

Fuchs, L. 16 Fantasy Etudes

Fuchs, L. Caprices

Palaschko Twelve Studies, op. 36

Palaschko Twelve Studies, op. 55

Kimber, Michael Twelve Caprices

Palaschko Ten Studies, op. 49

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Schloming 24 Etudes, op. 15

Paganini 24 Caprices

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