This article lists compositions written for the
violaThe viola is a bowed string instrument. It is the middle voice of the violin family, between the violin and the cello.- Form :The viola is similar in material and construction to the violin. A full-size viola's body is between and longer than the body of a full-size violin , with an average...
. The list includes works in which the viola is a featured instrument: viola solo, viola and piano, viola and orchestra, ensemble of violas, etc. Catalogue number, date of composition and publisher (for copyrighted works) are also included. Ordering is by composer
surnameA surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
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This pages lists composers whose surname falls into the
A to B alphabetic range. For others, see respective pages:
A
- Erkki Aaltonen
Erkki Aaltonen was a Finnish composer.-Biography:Born in Hämeenlinna , Finland, he was a student of the violin at the Helsinki Conservatory and of composition in privacy with Väinö Raitio and Selim Palmgren. He directed the Kemi Music Institute from 1966–1973...
(1910–1990)
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- Preludi ja allegro (Prelude and Allegro) for viola and piano (1983); Julkaisija Erkki Aaltonen
- Limits (Όρια) for flute, oboe and viola (1990)
- 3 Songs on Dylan Thomas for soprano, viola and piano (1991)
- Walter Abendroth
Walter Abendroth was a German composer, editor, and writer on music.- Selected compositions :Orchestral*Sinfonietta in drei Sätzen for large orchestra...
(1896–1973)
- Concerto for viola and orchestra
- Divertimento for flute and viola, Op. 5 (1928); Willy Müller Süddeutscher Musikverlag
- Sonata No. 1 in G for viola and piano, Op. 21a (1956); Willy Müller Süddeutscher Musikverlag
- Sonata No. 2 in C for viola and piano, Op. 21b (1957); Willy Müller Süddeutscher Musikverlag
- Gad Abrahami – גד אברהמי (b.1952)
- Dialogue for viola and piano (1998); Israeli Music Center
- Jean Absil
Jean Absil was a Belgian modernist music composer, organist, and professor at the Brussels Conservatory.- Biography :...
(1893–1974)
- Berceuse for cello or viola or alto saxophone and small orchestra (or piano) (1932); Gervan Édition Musicale; CeBeDeM
- Concertino for viola and orchestra, Op. 122 (1964); CeBeDeM
- Concerto for viola and orchestra, Op. 54 (1942); CeBeDeM
- Sonatine en duo for violin and viola, Op. 112 (1962); CeBeDeM
- Sonata for solo viola (published 1974); Éditions Gérard Billaudot; Éditions Françaises de Musique; Theodore Presser
- Joseph Achron
Joseph Yulyevich Achron, also seen as Akhron was a Russian composer and violinist of Jewish origin, settled in USA. His preoccupation with Jewish elements and his desire to develop a 'Jewish' harmonic and contrapuntal idiom, underscored and informed much of his work...
(1886–1943)
- 2 Pieces for viola and piano, Op. 65 (1927); Israeli Music Publications
- Dieter Acker
Dieter Acker was a German composer.-Selected works:Concertante* Musik for viola, harp and string orchestra Chamber music* Duo for viola and cello * Sonata for viola and piano...
(1940–2006); Dieter Acker website
- Arkaden II for viola and piano (1995)
- Duo for viola and cello (1973); Bote & Bock; Boosey & Hawkes
- Equale II for 2 violas (1987)
- Musik for viola, harp and string orchestra (1992); Ries & Erler Musikverlag
- Sonata for viola and harp (1987); Ries & Erler Musikverlag
- Sonata for viola and piano (1985); Bote & Bock; Boosey & Hawkes
- Trio for flute, viola and harp (or guitar) (1987)
- Trio for clarinet, viola and piano (1992)
- Alchemy for viola solo (1987)
- Birds Sing in Other Places for 6 violas (2002)
- Guadalquivir for flute, viola and harp (2000); Dorn Publications
- Concerto No. 1 for viola and orchestra (1991); AdLar Publications; Canadian Music Centre
- Concerto No. 2 for viola and orchestra (1995); AdLar Publications; Canadian Music Centre
- Duo for viola and guitar (1996); AdLar Publications; Canadian Music Centre
- Duo for viola and piano (1999); AdLar Publications; Canadian Music Centre
- Finki, Where Are You? for 2 violas (2000); AdLar Publications
- Sonatine Baroque for solo viola (1952, 1999); AdLar Publications
- Vocalise No. 1 for solo viola (1990); Canadian Music Centre
- Vocalise No. 2 for solo viola (1996); Canadian Music Centre
- Brothel Music for 2 violas (2003); Music Information Centre Norway
- Do Not Go Gentle for viola solo (1996); Music Information Centre Norway
- The Luminous Meteorite for viola and bass clarinet (2004); Music Information Centre Norway
- Undeciphered Tremors for viola and percussion (1998); Music Information Centre Norway
- Pastorale for viola and piano; Ludwig Music Publishing
- Samuel Adler
Samuel Hans Adler is an American composer and conductor.-Biography:Adler was born to a Jewish family in Mannheim, Germany, the son of Hugo Chaim Adler, a cantor and composer, and Selma Adler. The family fled to the United States in 1939, where Hugo became the cantor of Temple Emanuel in...
(b.1928)
- Canto XVI for viola solo (2004); Ludwig Music Pub. Co.
- Concerto for viola and orchestra (1999); Theodore Presser
- Divertissement for viola and marimba (2002); Theodore Presser
- Five Choral Scherzi for mixed chorus, viola and guitar (2007); Theodore Presser
- Into the Radient Boundaries of Light for viola and guitar (1993); Theodore Presser
- Sonata for viola and piano (1984); Theodore Presser
- Song and Dance for viola and orchestra (1961); Oxford University Press
- Triolet for flute, viola and harp (1989); C.F. Peters
- Bruce Adolphe
Bruce Adolphe is a U.S. composer and music scholar, the author of several books on music, and pianist. His current positions include Resident Lecturer and Director of Family Concerts of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and founder and creative director of The Learning Maestros,...
(b.1955)
- Dreamsong for viola and piano (1989); American Composers Alliance
- Duo for viola and piano (1980); American Composers Alliance
- Hoodoo Duo for viola and double bass (1994); American Composers Alliance
- Milton Adolphus
Irving Milton Adolphus was a pianist and American classical music composer.-Biography:Born in the Bronx, New York and educated at Yale University, his classical compositions include over 200 orchestral, vocal and chamber works, among them 13 symphonies and 35 string quartets...
(1913–1988)
- Bouncettino for viola and piano, Op. 78 (1944); American Composers Alliance
- Improvisation for viola and piano, Op. 61 (1937); American Composers Alliance
- Soledades: Version II for viola and orchestra; G. Schirmer Inc.
- Celle for alto voice and viola (1988)
- Elegia for viola and guitar (1995)
- Miguel Aguirar-Ahamada (b.1931)
- 3 Piezas (3 Pieces) for viola solo (1957); Instituto de Extensión Musical
- Kalevi Aho
Kalevi Aho is a Finnish composer.- Career :Born in Forssa, he studied composition at the Sibelius Academy under Einojuhani Rautavaara, receiving a diploma in 1971. He continued his studies for a year in Berlin with Boris Blacher...
(b.1949)
- Concerto for viola and chamber orchestra (2006); Fennica Gehrman
- Lamento for 2 violas (2001); Modus Musiikki
- Trio for clarinet, viola and piano (2006); Fennica Gehrman
- Joseph Ahrens
Joseph Ahrens was a German composer and organist.Ahrens received early training in organ and choral music, and studied at the Berlin Staatlich Akademie für Kirchen- und Schulmusik from 1925 to 1928 under Alfred Sittard, Max Seiffert, and Wilhelm Middelschulte. In 1928 he became a docent at the...
(1904–1997)
- Sonata for viola and organ (or positive organ
A positive organ is a small, usually one-manual, pipe organ that is built to be more or less mobile. It was common in sacred and secular music between the 10th and the 18th centuries, in chapels and small churches, as a chamber organ and for the basso continuo in ensemble works...
) (1953); Willy Müller Süddeutscher Musikverlag
- Wolf von Aichelburg (1912–1994)
- Sonata for viola and piano (published 1995); Edition P. J. Tonger
- Theodore Akimenko (Федор Степанович Якименко, Fyodor Yakimenko) (1876–1945)
- Éclogue (Elegia) (Пастушеская Песня) in F minor for English horn (or viola, or violin) and piano, Op. 12 (1900)
- Romance in E minor for viola and piano, Op. 13 (1902)
- Necil Kazım Akses
Necil Kazım Akses was a Turkish classical composer.-Life:Akses studied music and composition in Vienna with Joseph Marx and in Prague with Josef Suk and Alois Hába...
(1908–1999)
- Acıklı Ezgi (Canto Lamentoso) for viola solo
- Capriccio for viola solo (1977); Devlet Konservatuvarı Yayınları
- Concerto for viola and orchestra (1977); Devlet Konservatuvarı Yayınları
- Hüzünlü Melodi for viola solo (1984)
- Gün Ve Yaşam (Day and Life) for violin and viola (1983)
- Zoom for viola and live electronics (2004)
- Maya for viola solo (1991)
- ...y sigue la escondida senda for viola and orchestra (1992)
- Isaac Albéniz
Isaac Manuel Francisco Albéniz y Pascual was a Spanish Catalan pianist and composer best known for his piano works based on folk music idioms .-Life:Born in Camprodon, province of Girona, to Ángel Albéniz and his wife Dolors Pascual, Albéniz...
(1860–1909)
- L'Automne from Les Saisons for viola and piano; original for piano; transcription by Paul-Louis Neuberth (1922); Éditions Costallat; Éditions Alphonse Leduc
- Mallorca: Barcarola for viola and piano, Op. 202 (1892); original for piano; transcription by J. Amaz; Unión Musical Ediciones
- Puerta de tierra: Bolero from Recuerdos de Viaje for viola and piano, Op. 71 (1887); original for piano; transcription by J. Amaz; Unión Musical Ediciones
- Tango in D major from España for viola and piano, Op. 165 No. 2 (1890); original for piano; transcription by Watson Forbes
Watson Douglas Buchanan Forbes was a Scottish violist and classical music arranger...
(1962); Oxford University Press
- Werkstuk for viola and wind quintet or piano (1958); CeBeDeM
- Sonate à trois for flute, viola and harp (1974); Éditions Musicales Hortensia
- Tre pezzi pazzi, Concerto for viola and orchestra (1971); Éditions Rideau Rouge
- Alexander Albrecht
Alexander Albrecht was a composer, an important exponent of the Slovak music in the first half of the 20th century.- Biography :...
(1885–1958)
- Čertík v rozprávke (The Villain of the Fairytale) for viola solo (1952)
- Scherzo for violin and viola (1957)
- Suite Concertante for viola and piano (1948); Slovenský hudobný fond
- Trio for 2 violins and viola (1943); Opus Bratislava
- Johann Georg Albrechtsberger
Johann Georg Albrechtsberger was an Austrian musician who was born at Klosterneuburg, near Vienna.He originally studied music at Melk Abbey and philosophy at a Benedictine seminary in Vienna and became one of the most learned and skillful contrapuntists of his age...
(1736–1809)
- Duo in C major for viola and cello (1783)
- Largo for viola and orchestra (1966); Uniunea Bucharest
- Mark Alburger
Mark Alburger is a San Francisco Bay Area composer and conductor. He is the founder and music director of the San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra, as well as the music director of the San Francisco Cabaret Opera...
(b.1957); Mark Alburger webpage
- Concerto "Felicitations" for viola and orchestra, Op. 119 (2004)
- Duo Sonata No. 2 "Wasatch" for viola and percussion, Op. 31 (1986)
- Luna Alcalay
Luna Alcalay is an Austrian pianist, music educator and composer.-Biography:Luna Alcalay was born in Zagreb, Croatia. She studied piano under Bruno Seidlhofer and composition under Alfred Uhl at the Vienna Academy of Music and received a scholarship in 1958 to continue her studies in Rome...
(b.1928)
- Gyroskop for viola solo (1998); Edition HH; Music Information Centre Austria
- un sogno à tre for flute, viola and harp (1990); Music Information Centre Austria
- İkili (Duo) for violin and viola (1969); Orlando Musikverlag
- Eduardo Alemann (1922–2005)
- Aforismos for viola and piano (1971)
- Wilhelm Aletter (1867–1934)
- Mélodie for viola and piano; Carl Fischer
- Petite Gavotte for viola and piano (c.1909); Carl Fischer
- Josef Alexander (1907–1992)
- 3 Inventions for oboe (or violin) and viola (1967); General Music Publishing; Boston Music Co.
- Sonata for viola and piano (1985)
- Liana Alexandra
Liana Alexandra was a Romanian music educator and composer.-Biography:Liana Alexandra was born in Bucharest, Romania. From 1965 to 1971, she studied at the University of Music Ciprian Porumbescu, Bucharest. She received the "George Enescu" scholarship and took composition courses in 1974, 1978,...
(b.1947)
- Concerto for viola, flute and chamber orchestra, Op. 23 (1980); Editura Muzicală
- Román Alís
Román Alís was a Spanish composer....
(1931–2006)
- Balada de las cuatro cuerdas: pequeña pieza (Ballad on Four Strings: Little Piece) for viola and piano, Op. 116 (1977); Ópera Tres
- Cuatro piezas (4 Pieces) for 2 violas, Op. 98 (1972)
- Estudio (Study) for viola and piano, Op. 57 (1966)
- Charles-Valentin Alkan
Charles-Valentin Alkan was a French composer and one of the greatest virtuoso pianists of his day. His attachment to his Jewish origins is displayed both in his life and his work. He entered the Paris Conservatoire at the age of six, earning many awards, and as an adult became a famous virtuoso...
(1813–1888)
- Sonate de Concert in E major for viola and piano, Op. 47 (1857); transcription by Casimir Ney
Louis-Casimir Escoffier, known primarily by the pseudonym Casimir Ney or L. Casimir-Ney, was a French composer and one of the foremost violists of the 19th century.-History:...
(published c.1860); original for cello and piano
- Canandaigua Ballad for viola and orchestra (2010); Allentoff Music
- Concerto in D major for viola and string orchestra (2008); Allentoff Music
- Letchworth Park Romance for viola and string orchestra (2010); Allentoff Music
- Romance on the Lonesome Sea for viola and string orchestra (2008); Allentoff Music
- Song of the Cuckoo for viola and string orchestra (2007); Allentoff Music
- Claude Loyola Allgén (1920–1990)
- Dialog (Dialogue) for violin and viola (1986); Swedish Music Information Centre
- Drakdans av Béla Bartók for viola and piano (1955); Swedish Music Information Centre
- Sonata for viola and piano, Op. 94 (1994); AvA Musical Editions
- Rock and Roll for viola, double bass and piano, Op. 112 (1998)
- Sonata for viola and piano (1983)
- Trio marítimo for violin, viola and piano (1983)
- Eduardo Alonso-Crespo
Eduardo Alonso-Crespo is an Argentine composer of classical music.- Biography :Argentine composer and conductor Eduardo Alonso-Crespo was born in San Miguel de Tucumán in 1956, and grew up in the neighboring city of Salta, in Northwestern Argentina...
(b.1956); Eduardo Alonso-Crespo website
- Concerto for viola and string orchestra, Op. 17 (2002)
- Modus vivendi, Concerto for viola and orchestra (2002); Musica Baltica
- William Alwyn
William Alwyn, CBE, born William Alwyn Smith was an English composer, conductor, and music teacher.-Life and music:...
(1905–1985)
- Ballade for viola and piano (1939)
- 2 Folk Tunes for cello or viola and piano (or harp) (1936); Oxford University Press
- Pastoral Fantasia for viola and string orchestra (1939); Corda Music Publications
- Sonata Impromptu for violin and viola (1939); Corda Music Publications
- Sonatina for viola and piano (1941)
- Duet for viola and harp (1998)
- Three Character Pieces for viola and bassoon (2006)
- Variations for viola and piano (2002)
- Recuerdos (Memories) for viola solo (1982); Lafi Publishers
- Johan Amberg
Johan Lauritz Walbom Amberg was a Danish composer and violinist.He started studying singing at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in 1867, but he had to switch to violin because of problems with his voice. From 1877 to 1905, he was violinist in the Royal Danish Orchestra and after 1905, he...
(1946–1914)
- Fantaisiestücke (Fantasy Pieces) for clarinet, viola and piano, Op. 12 (1910); Wilhelm Hansen Musikforlag
- Claudio Ambrosini
Claudio Ambrosini is an Italian composer and conductor.-Biography:He studied foreign languages and literature at the Università di Milano graduating with an MA in 1972. Afterwards, he studied electronic music with Alvise Vidolin at the Venice Conservatory from 1972 to 1975...
(b.1948)
- 'Oh, mia Euridice'...a Fragment for clarinet and viola (1981)
- André Amellér
André Amellér was a French composer and conductor. He is considered part of the French school of 20th-century classical music....
(1912–1990); André Amellér website
- L'arc-en-ciel (The Rainbow), 7 Easy Pieces for viola and piano, Op. 221 (1975); Éditions Gérard Billaudot
- Hétérodoxes for solo string quartet and orchestra, Op. 181 (1970); Éditions Musicales Transatlantiques
- Mon premier concert (My First Concert), 6 Easy Pieces for viola and piano, Op. 218 (1975); Éditions Combre
- Petit nuage (Little Cloud) for viola and piano, Op. 308 (1983); Éditions Alphonse Leduc
- Sarabande for viola solo, Op. 80 (1953)
- Sonatina for viola or violin, Op. 357 (1984)
- Sourire (Smile) for viola and piano, Op. 307 (1983); Éditions Alphonse Leduc
- Speranza for viola or violin and piano, Op. 375 (1986); Éditions Alphonse Leduc
- Trois pièces faciles (3 Easy Pieces) for viola and piano, Op. 208 (1973); Éditions Combre
- Jan van Amerongen (b.1938)
- Canzona for viola solo (1984); Donemus
- William Thayer Ames (1901–1987)
- Concertante for oboe, viola and string quartet; American Composers Alliance
- Piece for flute and viola (1980s); American Composers Alliance
- Sonata for viola and piano (1953); American Composers Alliance
- Trio for flute, viola and piano; American Composers Alliance
- Trio for flute, violin, and viola; American Composers Alliance
- Fikret Amirov
Fikret Mashadi Jamil oghlu Amirov |Ganja]] - February 20, 1984, Baku) was a prominent Azerbaijani composer of the Soviet period.Fikret Amirov grew up in an atmosphere of Azerbaijani folk music...
(1922–1984)
- Elegy for cello (or viola) and piano (1948); Gosudarstvennoe muzykalnoe izdatelstvo
- Encomium for viola and harp (2004); Theodore Presser
- Sonata for viola and piano (1987); Theodore Presser
- Johann Andreas Amon
Johann Andreas Amon was a German virtuoso horn player, violist, conductor and composer. Amon composed around fifty works, including symphonies, concerti, sonatas, and songs...
(1763–1825)
- 3 Concertante Quartets for solo viola and string trio, Op. 15
- Concerto No. 1 in A major for viola and orchestra, Op. 10 (1799)
- Concerto No. 2 in E major for viola and orchestra
- 6 Duos for violin and viola, Op. 2 (1791)
- Quartet for solo viola and string trio, Op. 18 No. 3 (1803)
- Quintet for flute, viola and string trio, Op. 19 No. 3
- David Amram
David Amram is an American composer, musician, conductor, and writer. As a classical composer and performer, his integration of jazz , ethnic and folk music has led him to work with the likes of Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Dizzy Gillespie, Lionel Hampton, Willie Nelson, Langston...
(b.1930)
- The Wind and the Rain for viola and piano (1964); based on movement II of Shakespearean Concerto; C. F. Peters
- Pierre Ancelin
Pierre Ancelin was a French composer.-Life:Ancelin studied pedagogy and music history at the conservatories of Aix-en-Provence and Marseille, then followed the course of aesthetics of Olivier Messiaen in Paris.He was mostly self-taught in composition and orchestration, although he followed the...
(1934–2001)
- Lyriques, 3 Pieces for viola and piano (1984); Éditions Gérard Billaudot
- Carl-Olof Anderberg
Carl-Olof Anderberg was a Swedish pianist, composer and musical arranger. From 1940, he was married to the actress Lizzie Stein.-Selected works:Concertante...
(1914–1972)
- Concerto for viola and orchestra (1945); STIM; Swedish Music Information Centre
- Karl August Andersen (1903–1970)
- En Spillemannstubb (Fiddler's Catch) for violin and viola (1955); Norsk Musikforlag
- Beth Anderson
Beth Anderson is an American neo-romantic composer. She studied with John Cage, Terry Riley, Robert Ashley, and Larry Austin, among others. She was born in Lexington, Kentucky, USA and grew up in Mt. Sterling, Kentucky...
(b.1950)
- Little Trio for flute, viola and guitar (1983); American Composers Alliance
- Pennyroyale Swale for viola and cello (1992); American Composers Alliance
- Jean Anderson (composer) (b.1939)
- Five Duets for 2 violas (1973); Canadian Music Centre
- Sonata for viola and piano (1975); Canadian Music Centre
- Julian Anderson
Julian Anderson is a British composer and teacher of composition.-Biography:Anderson studied at Westminster School, then with John Lambert at the Royal College of Music, with Alexander Goehr at Cambridge University, privately with Tristan Murail in Paris, and on courses given by Olivier Messiaen,...
(b.1967)
- Prayer for viola solo (2009); Faber Music
- T. J. Anderson
Thomas Jefferson "T.J." Anderson is an African American composer, conductor, orchestrator and educator. He is well-known for his orchestration of the Scott Joplin opera, Treemonisha....
(b.1928)
- Variations on a Theme by Alban Berg for viola and piano (1977); American Composers Alliance
- Vocalise for violin (or viola) and harp (1980); American Composers Alliance
- Allegro marcato in C minor for viola and double bass (1980)
- Concertino for 8 violas (1982)
- Concerto for viola and small orchestra (1983)
- Divertimento for viola, trombone and cello (1983); Swedish Music Information Centre
- Du som är... for women's chorus, solo viola and organ (1986); words by Dag Hammarsköld; Swedish Music Information Centre
- Fantasia per viola sola (1979, 1987); based on Soloviolinfantasi for violin solo; Swedish Music Information Centre
- Insieme for viola and percussion (1982)
- Insieme II for flute and viola (1982)
- Musik till Molières Don Juan (Incidental Music to Molière's Don Juan
Dom Juan or The Feast with the Statue is a French play by Molière, based on the legend of Don Juan. Molière's characters Dom Juan and Sganarelle are the French counterparts to the Spanish Don Juan and Catalinón, characters who would later become familiar to opera goers as Don Giovanni and Leporello...
) for flute and viola (1983); Swedish Music Information Centre
- Variationer över ett tema av Mozart (Variations on a Theme of Mozart) for 2 violas (1984); Swedish Music Information Centre
- Iosif Andriasov
Iosif Arshakovich Andriasov also Ovsep Andreasian was a composer-symphonist, a moral philosopher, and a teacher.Andriasov was born in Moscow on April 7, 1933, to an Armenian family. He is a graduate of Moscow Conservatory, where he studied composition with Professor Evgeny Golubev...
– Иосиф Аршакович Андриасов (1933–2000); Iosif Andriasov website
- Meditation (Musical Sketch) in D major for viola and string orchestra, Op. 30e (1981); IMMA Publishing
- Musical Sketch in F major for viola and string orchestra, Op. 4a (1985, revised 1996); IMMA Publishing
- Hendrik Andriessen
Hendrik Franciscus Andriessen was a Dutch composer and organist. He is remembered most of all for his improvisation at the organ and for the renewal of Catholic liturgical music in the Netherlands. Andriessen composed in a musical idiom that revealed strong French influences...
(1892–1981)
- Sonata for viola and piano (1967); Donemus
- Sonatine in één deel (Sonatina in One Movement) for viola and piano (1924); Broekmans & Van Poppel
- Jurriaan Andriessen
Jurriaan Hendrik Andriessen was a Dutch composer, whose father, Hendrik, brother Louis, and uncle Willem have also been notable composers...
(1925–1996)
- Movimenti III for violin, viola, cello with wind instruments and percussion (1974); Donemus
- Louis Andriessen
Louis Andriessen is a Dutch composer and pianist based in Amsterdam. He teaches composition at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague...
(b.1939)
- Tuin van Zink (Garden of Zinc) for viola and live electronics (1998)
- 14 Duets for violin and viola; Seesaw Music
- Elegie for viola and piano; Seesaw Music
- Sonata for solo viola (1978); Seesaw Music
- Theme and Derivations for violin and viola (1978); Seesaw Music
- Paul Angerer
Paul Angerer is an Austrian violist, conductor and composer.- Life :Angerer studied music theory and composition with Friedrich Reidinger and Alfred Uhl, and conducting with Hans Swarowsky...
(b.1927)
- Concerto for viola and brass sextet (3 trumpets, 2 trombones, tuba) (1950); Music Information Centre Austria
- Concerto for viola and orchestra (1962, 1975); Verlag Doblinger
- Concerto for viola, harpsichord and 5 winds (oboe, English horn, 2 bassoons, trumpet) (1946); Universal Edition
- Concerto for viola, strings and brass (1947); Music Information Centre Austria
- Duo for alto recorder and viola (1952); Music Information Centre Austria
- Duo for viola and cello (1949); Verlag Doblinger
- Duo for violin and viola (1951); Music Information Centre Austria
- Exercitium Canonicum, 4 Canonic Pieces for 2 violas (1980); Verlag Doblinger
- Musica ad impulsum et pulsum for violin, viola, cello and double bass soli, string orchestra and percussion (1955); Verlag Doblinger
- Musik für Streichinstrumente VII, Trio for 2 violas and double bass (1950); Verlag Doblinger
- Musik für Streichinstrumente IX for viola and string orchestra (1950); Music Information Centre Austria
- Musik für Viola allein for viola solo (1948); Verlag Doblinger
- Musik für Viola und Klavier for viola and piano (1945); Music Information Centre Austria
- Musique pour alto et contrebasse for viola and double bass (1949); Music Information Centre Austria
- Partita in E minor for viola and piano (1944); Music Information Centre Austria
- Ruminatio for viola and piano (1953); Music Information Centre Austria
- Anna Amalia, Princess of Prussia
Princess Anna Amalia of Prussia was Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg. She was one of ten surviving children of King Frederick William I of Prussia and Sophia Dorothea of Hanover.-Background:...
(1723–1787)
- Duet for violin and viola (c.1767); Ars Femina
- Fugue for violin and viola (1776); Walter Wollenweber Verlag
- Anonymous
Anonymity is derived from the Greek word ἀνωνυμία, anonymia, meaning "without a name" or "namelessness". In colloquial use, anonymity typically refers to the state of an individual's personal identity, or personally identifiable information, being publicly unknown.There are many reasons why a...
- 44 18th-Century Italian Viola Duets for 2 violas; Gems Music Publications
- Birger Anrep-Nordin (1888–1946)
- Bröllopsmusik i en landskyrka om sommaren (Wedding Music in a Country Church in the Summer), Sonatina for viola and organ (1940); Swedish Music Information Centre
- Musik i barockmaner (Music in Baroque Style) for viola solo (1940); Swedish Music Information Centre
- Boris Antiufeyev – Борис Иванович Антюфеев (1889–1968)
- Concerto in E major for viola and orchestra, Op. 45 (1942); Gosudarstvennoe muzykalnoe izdatelstvo
- Concerto in F major for viola and orchestra, Op. 84 (1951); Gosudarstvennoe muzykalnoe izdatelstvo
- Concerto in G major for viola and orchestra (1952); Gosudarstvennoe muzykalnoe izdatelstvo
- 2 Dramatic Fragments (Два драматических эпизода) for viola and piano, Op. 40 (1939); Gosudarstvennoe muzykalnoe izdatelstvo
- Memories of Baku: Parodies (Воспоминание о Баку: Пародии) for 4 violas, Op. 37
- Monolog (Монолог) for viola and orchestra (or piano) (1928); Gosudarstvennoe muzykalnoe izdatelstvo
- Romance and Scherzo (Романс и Скерцо) for viola and piano, Op. 18
- Sonata for viola and piano (1926)
- Suite for viola solo (1930)
- Theodore Antoniou
Theodore Antoniou , is a Greek composer and conductor. His works vary from operas and choral works to chamber music, from film and theatre music to solo instrumental works. In addition to his career as composer and conductor, he also holds the position of professor of composition at Boston University...
(b.1935)
- For Viola and Piano for viola and piano (1993); GunMar Music
- Trio for flute, viola and cello, Op. 14 (1964); Edition Modern
- Valeriy Antonyuk – Валерій Юрійович Антонюк (b.1979)
- Prelude, Five Reincarnations and Postlude (Прелюдія, п'ять реінкарнацій і постлюдія) for viola and piano
- Mascaruncho for 2 violas (1977); Musicália, São Paulo
- Microformóbiles I for viola and piano (1970); Edizioni Suvini Zerboni
- Modinha para Mindinha (Tune for Mindinha) for 7 violas (1985); written for Arminda, wife of Heitor Villa-Lobos
Heitor Villa-Lobos was a Brazilian composer, described as "the single most significant creative figure in 20th-century Brazilian art music". Villa-Lobos has become the best-known and most significant Latin American composer to date. He wrote numerous orchestral, chamber, instrumental and vocal works...
; Sistrum, Brasilia
- Tremes for viola and piano (1988); Edizioni Suvini Zerboni
- Marco Anzoletti (1866–1929)
- Andante in C minor for viola and piano
- Concerto in F minor for viola and orchestra (1900)
- Concerto in B major for viola and orchestra (1915)
- Concerto in D major for violin, viola and orchestra (1906)
- Concerto in C major for violin, viola and orchestra (1915)
- Dodici studi (12 Studies) for viola solo, Op. 125 (1919); G. Ricordi
- Due tombe (Two Graves) in D minor for viola and piano
- Giovinezza (Youth) in G major for viola and piano
- Idillio d'amore (Idyll of Love) in D major for viola and piano
- Primo incontro (First Meeting) in E major for viola and piano
- Quel che si narra (That Which Is Narrated) in F minor for viola and piano
- Scherzo in D major for viola and piano
- Serenata maligna in G minor for viola and piano
- Sonata in E major for viola and cello (1901)
- Sonata in G minor for viola and cello (1901)
- Sonata in F major for viola and organ (1904)
- Sonata in B major for viola and piano (1900)
- Trio in D major for viola, cello and piano (1900)
- Georges Aperghis
Georges Aperghis is a Greek composer working primarily in the field of experimental music theater but has also composed a large amount of non-programmatic chamber music...
(b.1945); Georges Aperghis website
- Crosswind for viola and saxophone quartet (1997); Éditions Durand
- En un tournemain for viola solo (1987); Éditions Durand
- Rasch for violin and viola (2001)
- Volte-face for viola solo (1997); Éditions Durand
- Denis ApIvor
Denis ApIvor was a British composer. He belonged to the generation of modernists that included Humphrey Searle and Elisabeth Lutyens....
(1916–2004)
- Cinquefoil for flute, guitar and viola, Op. 79 (1984); British Music Information Centre
- Sonatina for viola and piano, Op. 90 (1992); British Music Information Centre
- String Abstract for violin, viola and cello soli with string orchestra, Op. 43 (1967); British Music Information Centre
- Edward Applebaum
Edward Applebaum is an American composer of contemporary classical music.He began his career as a jazz pianist and conductor. He holds a B.A. , M.A. , and Ph.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles, and also studied at the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm, Sweden. His primary...
(b.1937)
- Concerto for viola and chamber orchestra
- Foci for viola and piano (1973); J. & W. Chester; Edition Wilhelm Hansen
- Louis Applebaum
Louis Applebaum, was a Canadian composer, administrator, and conductor.He was born in Toronto, Ontario and studied at the Toronto Conservatory of Music with Leo Smith and the University of Toronto with Boris Berlin, Healey Willan and Ernest MacMillan...
(1918–2000)
- Notions for violin or viola and piano (1990); Canadian Music Centre
- Michael Appleton (composer) (b.1947)
- Sonata in G minor for viola and piano left hand (1967); Thames Publications
- Piccoli Pezzi (Short Pieces) for viola and piano (2004); ECS Publishing
- Atar Arad
Atar Arad is an Israeli American violist, professor of music, essayist and composer.He has performed in top venues around the world both as a featured soloist with orchestras in and as a member of the distinguished Cleveland Quartet from 1980 to 1987, taking the seat previously established by...
(b.1945)
- 6 Caprices for viola solo (2003)
- Concerto per la Viola for viola and small orchestra (2005)
- Esther for violin and viola
- Rondo for viola and cello
- Sonata for viola solo (1992); Israel Music Institute
- Tikvah for viola solo (2007)
- Chaya Arbel
Chaya Arbel was an Israeli composer. She is one of Israel's best known female classical composers and the recipient of the ACUM Prize.-Biography:...
(1921–2007)
- Intermezzo for viola and piano (1995); Israeli Music Center
- Sonata for viola and piano (2002)
- Flores for clarinet and viola (1987–1989); Edizioni Suvini Zerboni
- Violet Archer
Violet Archer, CM was a Canadian composer, teacher, pianist, organist, and percussionist. Born Violet Balestreri in Montreal, Quebec, her family changed their name to Archer. She died in Ottawa....
(1913–2000)
- Six Miniatures for viola and piano (1984); Canadian Music Centre
- Sonata for viola, cello and piano (1986); Canadian Music Centre
- Aurelio Arcidiacono (1915–2000)
- Due movimenti for viola d'amore and viola (1956); Mercurio
- Variazioni per Inna Manolova for viola and 8 instruments (1968); G. Ricordi
- José Ardévol
José Ardévol was a Cuban composer and conductor of Spanish derivation.As a child, Ardévol studied under his father, Fernando, who was a musician and conductor. He emigrated to Cuba in 1930, and from 1934 to 1952 was the director of the Orquestra de cámara de la Habana...
(1911–1981)
- Sonata a tres, Sonata No. 2 for 2 flutes and viola (1943); Southern Music Publishing
- Sonatina for viola and piano (1932)
- Bülent Arel
Bülent Arel was a Turkish-born composer of contemporary classical music and electronic music.He was born in Istanbul, and studied composition at the Ankara Conservatory and sound engineering in Paris...
(1919–1990)
- Piece for unaccompanied viola (1971); American Composers Alliance
- Musik für Viola (1957); Impero-Verlag
- Sonatin for viola and piano (1945)
- Heinrich Arends – Андрей (Генрих) Федорович Арендс (1855–1924)
- Ballad (Баллада) for viola and piano, Op. 4 (c.1884); Muzyka
- Concertino in C major for viola and orchestra, Op. 7 (c.1885); P. Jurgenson
- Nils-Göran Areskoug
Nils-Göran Areskoug , is a Swedish musicologist, composer, author and interdisciplinary scholar. With five academic degrees he is Associate Professor in Transdisciplinary Research at Strömstad akademi, Sweden and Associate Professor in Musicology at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland...
(b.1951)
- Itération – isometrique – rhythmique: Improvisation for viola and piano (1975); Swedish Music Information Centre
- Kalamatiano for viola and free-bass accordion (1986); Ricordi
- Attilio Ariosti
Attilio Malachia Ariosti was an Italian composer in the Baroque style, born in Bologna. He produced more than 30 operas and oratorios, numerous cantatas and instrumental works.-Life:He was born into the middle class...
(1666–1729)
- Sonata No. 2 for viola d'amore or viola and piano (1715); original for viola da gamba and basso continuo; transcription by Louis van Waefelghem
Louis van Waefelghem was a Belgian violinist, violist and one of the greatest viola d'amore players of the 19th century...
(1896)
- Emin Aristakecian – Эмин Аспетович Аристакесян (b.1936)
- Concerto for viola and orchestra (1963); Sovetsky Kompozitor
- Sonata for viola solo (1977); Sovetsky Kompozitor
- Sonata No. 1 for viola and piano (1989); Archesh Publishing, Erevan
- Sonata No. 2 for viola and piano (1992); Archesh Publishing, Erevan
- Rodolfo Arízaga
Rodolfo Arízaga was an Argentine composer.Arízaga was born in Buenos Aires, where he studied composition at the National Conservatory under Alberto Williams, José Gil, Luis Gianneo, and Teodoro Fuchs; he also studied philosophy at the National Universeity. After touring Spain in 1950, he went to...
(1926–1985)
- Cantatas humanas for alto and viola, Op. 9
- Ciaccona for viola solo (1969); Editorial Argentina de Música
- Paul Arma
Paul Arma was a Hungarian-French pianist, composer, and ethnomusicologist....
(1905–1987)
- Divertimento No. 6 for clarinet or viola and piano (1955); Henry Lemoine
- Divertimento de concert No. 6 for clarinet or viola and string orchestra with xylophone (1955); Henry Lemoine
- 2 Improvisations for viola solo; Éditions Choudens
- Sonata for viola solo; Éditions Choudens
- 3 Transparences for flute, oboe or violin and clarinet or viola (1961); Henry Lemoine
- Fantasía for flute, viola and harp (2007); Clivis Publicacions
- Seven Stations for viola, percussion and tape (1988); Scottish Music Centre
- Epithalamion for viola solo (2004)
- Sonata for viola and piano (2003)
- Aiôn for viola solo; Éditions Musicales Européennes; United Music Publishers
- Richard Arnell
Richard Anthony Sayer Arnell was an English composer of classical music. Arnell composed in all the established genres for the concert stage, and his list of works includes six completed symphonies and six string quartets.-Biography:Arnell was born in Hampstead, London...
(1917–2009)
- Partita for unaccompanied viola, Op. 30 (1961); Hinrichsen Edition
- Sinfonia Concertante for violin, viola and orchestra (1938)
- Blaž Arnič
Blaž Arnič was a Slovenian symphonic composer.Born in Luče, Lower Styria, Austria-Hungary, Arnič grew up on an isolated farmstead near Mount Raduha in the Kamnik Alps...
(1901–1970)
- Concerto for viola and orchestra, Op. 75 (1967); Društvo Slovenskih Skladateljev
- Malcolm Arnold
Sir Malcolm Henry Arnold, CBE was an English composer and symphonist.Malcolm Arnold began his career playing trumpet professionally, but by age thirty his life was devoted to composition. He was ranked with Benjamin Britten as one of the most sought-after composers in Britain...
(1921–2006)
- Concerto for viola and chamber orchestra, Op. 108 (1971); Faber Music; G. Schirmer Inc.
- Duo for flute and viola, Op. 10 (1945); Faber Music; G. Schirmer Inc.
- Trio for flute, viola and bassoon, Op. 6 (1942); Novello; Paterson's Publications
- Sonata for viola and piano, Op. 17 (1947); Alfred Lengnick & Co.
- Cantabile for viola solo (1991); Casa Ricordi
- 3 Duetti (3 Duets) for English horn and viola (1991); Casa Ricordi
- Serenata per Andromeda for clarinet, viola, piano and string orchestra (1989); Casa Ricordi
- Diez piezas originales (10 Original Pieces) for viola and piano (1998); Piles Editorial de Música
- Ángel Arteaga (1928–1984)
- Cuatro improvisaciónes (4 Improvisations) for viola and piano (1960); Editorial Alpuerto
- Alexander Arutiunian
Alexander Grigorevich Arutiunian , also known as Arutunian, Arutyunyan, Arutjunjan or Harutiunian Alexander Grigorevich Arutiunian (Arm. Ալեքսանդր Գրիգորի Հարությունյան), also known as Arutunian, Arutyunyan, Arutjunjan or Harutiunian Alexander Grigorevich Arutiunian (Arm. Ալեքսանդր Գրիգորի...
(b.1920)
- "Retro" Sonata for viola and piano (1983); Zen-On Music Co.
- Valéry Arzoumanov (b.1944)
- De l'aube au crépuscule, 3 Chansons russes for viola and piano, Op. 178 (1997); Editions Combre; United Music Publishers
- Mir, Musique romantique for viola, string orchestra and church bell, Op. 125 (1990); Editions Kotchmes; United Music Publishers
- Boris Asafyev (1884–1949)
- Sonata for viola solo (1938); Gosudarstvennoe muzykalnoe izdatelstvo
- Variations on a Theme of Tchaikovsky (Вариации на тему Чайковского) for viola and piano
- Mitsuru Asaka – 浅香満 (b.1958)
- Sonata for viola and piano (1989); Japan Federation of Composers
- Johannes Aschenbrenner (1903–1964)
- Concerto for viola and orchestra (1959); Hans Sikorski
- Robert Ashley
Robert Ashley , is a contemporary American composer, best known for his operas and other theatrical works, many of which incorporate electronics and extended techniques. Along with Gordon Mumma, Ashley was also a major pioneer of audio synthesis.Ashley was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan...
(b.1930)
- How Can I Tell the Difference? for violin or viola with electronics and tape (1974)
- Algernon Ashton
Algernon Bennet Langton Ashton was a British composer and Professor of piano at the Royal College of Music 1884–1910....
(1859–1937)
- Sonata in A minor for viola and piano, Op. 44 (1888); N. Simrock
- A. T. Lee Ashton (Archie Thomas Lee Ashton) (1873–?)
- Two Pieces for viola and piano (1938); Stainer & Bell; Galaxy Music Corporation
- Ländler
- Tarantella
- Daniel Asia
Daniel Asia is an American composer.Daniel Asia was born in Seattle, Washington, in the United States of America. He received a B.A. degree from Hampshire College and a M.M. from the Yale University School of Music...
(b.1953)
- Orange for viola solo (1979); Merion Music
- Peter Askim
Peter Askim is an American composer of modern classical music, conductor, music educator and a double bassist.-Background:Born in Denmark, to a Norwegian father and an American mother, he grew up in Cumberland, Maine. He studied at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Vienna, and...
(b.1971); Peter Askim website
- Concerto for viola and orhestra (2011)
- Inner Voices for viola solo (2011)
- Viola and Double Bass for viola and double bass (2009)
- Sergei Aslamazyan (1897–1978)
- Melodie for viola and piano; Gosudarstvennoe muzykalnoe izdatelstvo
- Noubar Aslanyan – נובר אסלניאן (b.1943)
- Appeal for viola solo (2006); Israeli Music Center
- C-9-23 for viola and vibraphone or other instruments (1999); Frog Peak Music
- Close Your Eyes for voice and viola (2004)
- 5 Constructions for viola and double bass (2001); Frog Peak Music
- Dressed for viola, tenor saxophone, harmonium (1992)
- Fear and Trembling for viola and piano (1987); Frog Peak Music
- Fla, 11 Movements for flute (doubling alto flute) and viola (2001); Frog Peak Music
- Four Destructions: September 2001, 3 Movements for flute, viola and double bass (2001); Frog Peak Music
- Gathering II for viola, trombone and cello (2006)
- Homage to the Art Ensemble for viola and percussion (with optional bass) (2006)
- I Am for viola, live electronics and tape (2003–2004); Frog Peak Music
- Lament for Matthew for viola solo "with any group of accompanying instruments" (2004); Frog Peak Music
- The Martyrs for viola, tenor saxophone, harmonium (1992); Frog Peak Music
- Moments for soprano and viola (1997)
- Multiviola for 4 or more violas (2002); Frog Peak Music
- Open Curtain Symphony (Symphony No. 3) for viola and harmonium, one player (1994); Frog Peak Music
- Peace for viola, double bass and optional drums (2004)
- 3 Pieces for koto and viola (1998)
- Ruach II for shakuhachi with optional viola obbligato (2006); Frog Peak Music
- She Is Led for voice and viola (2004)
- Symphony for viola and harmonium, one player (1990–1991); Frog Peak Music
- Symphony No. 2 for viola (1993–1994); Frog Peak Music
- This Is the Piece for viola solo (1995)
- Viola, 13 Pieces for viola; Frog Peak Music
- Vla/Vibe for vibraphone, viola (optionally doubling on prepared piano) (1998); Frog Peak Music
- Kurt Atterberg
Kurt Magnus Atterberg was a Swedish composer. He is best known for his symphonies, operas and ballets. Atterberg once said that: "The Russians, Brahms, Reger were my ideals." His music combines their influences with Swedish folk tunes.-Biography:Atterberg was born in Gothenburg as the son of the...
(1887–1974)
- Sonata in B minor for cello (or violin, or viola, or horn) and piano, Op. 27 (1925); Musikaliska konstföreningen; AB Nordiska Musikförlaget
- Suite No. 3 for violin, viola and string orchestra, Op. 19 No. 1 (1917); Eriks Musikhandel och Förlag
- Wilhelm Attern (1812–1843)
- Variationen und Rondo über ein Thema aus „Die weiße Dame
La dame blanche is an opéra comique in three acts by the French composer François-Adrien Boieldieu. The libretto was written by Eugène Scribe and is based on episodes from no less than five of the works by Scottish writer Sir Walter Scott, including his novels The Monastery, Guy Mannering, and The...
“ von BoieldieuFrançois-Adrien Boieldieu was a French composer, mainly of operas, often called "the French Mozart".-Biography:...
for viola and string trio (violin, viola, cello) or piano, Op. 2 (1835)
- William Attwood (composer) (b.1972)
- Coast Soaring for viola and piano (2000); New Voices; British Music Information Centre
- Kafka's Terrain for viola and string ensemble (1998); New Voices; British Music Information Centre
- Camaïeu for viola and piano; Editions Combre
- Introduction et Allegro for viola and piano (1993); Éditions Durand
- Comme un paysage choisi for viola and piano (2007); Éditions Robert Martin
- Concerto chimérique for viola and piano (2006); Éditions Gérard Billaudot; United Music Publishers
- Tony Aubin
Tony Louis Alexandre Aubin was a French composer.From 1925 to 1930 Aubin studied at the Paris Conservatory under Samuel Rousseau , Noel Gallon , Philippe Gaubert , and Paul Dukas . He was awarded the Prix de Rome for the cantata Actaeon in 1930...
(1907–1981)
- Passacaglia dell'addio for viola and piano (1977); Éditions Alphonse Leduc
- Lera Auerbach
Lera Auerbach is a Russian-born American composer and pianist.-Early life & education:Auerbach was born in Chelyabinsk, a city in the Urals bordering Siberia. She holds degrees in piano and composition from The Juilliard School, where she studied piano with Joseph Kalichstein and composition...
(b.1973)
- Dialogues on Stabat Mater after Pergolesi for violin, viola, vibraphone and string orchestra (continuo ad libitum) (2005); Hans Sikorski
- Monologue for viola solo, Op. 38 (1997); Hans Sikorski
- Dorothea Austin
Dorothea Austin is an American composer. She is a member of the New York Women Composers Association, and specializes in electronic and computer generated music. An example of her composition is Transformation for Viola, Piano & Tape, ....
(b.1922)
- Analogy for viola, cello and piano (1985)
- Transformation for viola, piano and tape (1973)
- Elizabeth R. Austin
-Life:Elizabeth Austin was born in Baltimore and studied at the Peabody Conservatory Preparatory school. She continued her studies with Nadia Boulanger in Paris, and graduated with a master's degree from the Hartt School, University of Hartford, and a doctorate from the University of...
(b.1938)
- B-A-C-Homage for viola and piano (2007); American Composers Alliance
- Larry Austin
Larry Austin is a United States composer noted for his electronic and computer music works. He was a co-founder and editor of the avant-garde music periodical Source: Music of the Avant Garde...
(b.1930)
- Catalogo Sonoro "Narciso" for viola and tape (1978); American Composers Alliance
- Quadrants: Event/Complex 8 for viola and 4-channel tape (1973); American Composers Alliance
- The River of the White Dolphin for viola and piano (1997)
- Menachem Avidom
Menachem Avidom was an Israeli composer. His Hebrew surname is the combination of the names of his daughters - Daniella and Miriam .-Biography:...
(1908–1995)
- Sonata for unaccompanied viola (1984); Israel Music Institute
- Tzvi Avni
Tzvi Avni is an Israeli composer.-Biography:He was born in Saarbrücken, Germany, and emigrated to Mandate Palestine as a child. He studied with Paul Ben-Haim....
(b.1927)
- Phoenix (כעוף החול) for viola solo (2001); Israel Music Institute
- Ana-Maria Avram
Ana-Maria Avram is a Romanian composer affiliated with the spectral music style. She represents with Iancu Dumitrescu the Hyper-Spectral trend in contemporary avant-garde music....
(b.1961)
- Ananda Asur Ely II for clarinet and viola (2000)
- Ikarus VI for viola and tape (1997)
- Incantaţie (Incantatio) for viola and orchestra (2003)
- Quinconce I for viola and computer assisted sounds (2002)
- Quinconce II for viola and computer assisted sounds (2005)
- Seven Romanian Folk Songs from Béla Bartók's Collections for viola and piano (2003)
- Torn Curtain, Suite for viola and piano (1991); Raven Music
- Jacob Avshalomov
Jacob Avshalomov is a Jewish American composer and conductor.-Early life and education:Jacob Avshalomov was born on March 28, 1919 in Tsingtao, China. His father was Aaron Avshalomov, the Siberian-born composer known for "oriental musical materials cast in western forms and media"; his mother was...
(b.1919)
- Arias for viola and chamber orchestra (2006); Howlett Press-Music
- Evocations for clarinet or viola and piano (1994); Howlet Press-Music
- The Most Triumphant Bird for mixed chorus, viola concertante and piano (1987); Howlet Press-Music
- Poem-Fantasies for violin and viola (1994); Howlet Press-Music
- Sonatina for viola and piano (1947); Howlet Press-Music
- Double Concerto for viola and cello with orchestra
- Vazha Azarashvili – ვაჟა აზარაშვილი – Важа Шалвович Азарашвили (b.1936)
- Concerto for viola and chamber orchestra (1973); Sovetsky Kompozitor
- Sonata for 2 violas (1979)
- Sérgio Azevedo
Sérgio Azevedo is a Portuguese composer of contemporary classical music. He also writes articles and books about music, collaborates often with the National Radio Broadcasting, and is a teacher at the Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa since 1993.Born in Coimbra, Portugal in 1968, he studied...
(b.1968)
- Duettino for viola and cello (2005)
- Duo for violin and viola (2004)
- The Leaves Be Greene: Simple Variations on a Ground of William Byrd for viola and string orchestra (2000)
- 5 Miniaturas em Trio for clarinet, viola and piano (2004)
- O Canto do Ninhou (The Song of Ninhou), Pastorale for viola and string orchestra (2010); AvA Musical Editions
- Oito Peças Fáceis (8 Easy Pieces) for 2 violas (2007)
- Ricordo for viola, double bass and piano (or celesta) (1997)
- Sonata for viola solo (2000)
- Xi: Quatro Pinturas Chinesas (Xi: Four Chinese Paintings) for flute, viola and harp (2009)
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- Petite sérénade for guitar and viola, Op. 24 (1996); CeBeDeM
- Milton Babbitt
Milton Byron Babbitt was an American composer, music theorist, and teacher. He is particularly noted for his serial and electronic music.-Biography:...
(1916–2011)
- Composition for viola and piano (1950); Associated Music Publishers Inc.
- Mehr “Du” for soprano, viola and piano (1991); C. F. Peters
- Play It Again, Sam for viola solo (1989); C. F. Peters
- Soli e Duettini for violin and viola (1990); C. F. Peters
- Triad for viola, clarinet and piano (1994); C. F. Peters
- Trois profils pour alto for viola and live electronics (2002); Edizioni Suvini Zerboni
- Grażyna Bacewicz
Grażyna Bacewicz was a Polish composer and violinist. She is only the second Polish female composer to have achieved national and international recognition, the first being Maria Szymanowska in the early 19th century.- Life :Bacewicz was born in Łódź...
(1909–1969)
- Concerto for viola and orchestra (1968); Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne
- Sonata for viola solo (1958); Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne
- Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
right|250pxCarl Philipp Emanuel Bach was a German Classical period musician and composer, the fifth child and second son of Johann Sebastian Bach and Maria Barbara Bach...
(1714–1788)
- Solfeggietto; transcription for viola and piano by William Primrose
William Primrose CBE was a Scottish violist and teacher.-Biography:Primrose was born in Glasgow and studied violin initially. In 1919 he moved to study at the then Guildhall School of Music in London. On the urging of the accompanist Ivor Newton, Primrose moved to Belgium to study under Eugène...
; Carl Fischer
- Heinrich Freiherr von Bach (1835–1915) – see Heinrich Molbe
- Jan Bach
Jan Bach is an American composer. He taught at the University of Tampa from 1965 to 1966 and at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois from 1966 to 2002. His primary performing instrument is the horn, and he is especially renowned for his horn pieces and especially well-known among...
(b.1937)
- Eisteddfod, Variations and Penillion on the Welsh folk tune "Ymadawiad y Brenin" for flute, viola and harp (1972); Highgate Press; Galaxy Music Corporation; ECS Publishing
- Lullaby for soprano, 3 violas and cello (1966); words by James Agee
James Rufus Agee was an American author, journalist, poet, screenwriter and film critic. In the 1940s, he was one of the most influential film critics in the U.S...
; Meadow Music
- The Viola from People of Note for tenor and viola (1993); words by Laurence McKinney
- Johann Christian Bach
Johann Christian Bach was a composer of the Classical era, the eleventh and youngest son of Johann Sebastian Bach. He is sometimes referred to as 'the London Bach' or 'the English Bach', due to his time spent living in the British capital...
(1735–1782)
- Concerto in C minor (actually written by Henri Casadesus
Henri Casadesus was a violist and music publisher. He was the brother of Marius Casadesus, uncle of the famous pianist Robert Casadesus, and granduncle of Jean Casadesus....
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- Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity...
(1685–1750)
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B major for 2 violas, 2 violas da gamba, cello, violone and continuo, BWV 1051 (1721)
- Fantasia Cromatica (Chromatic Fantasy) for solo viola, BWV 903; original for harpsichord; transcription by Zoltán Kodály
Zoltán Kodály was a Hungarian composer, ethnomusicologist, pedagogue, linguist, and philosopher. He is best known internationally as the creator of the Kodály Method.-Life:Born in Kecskemét, Kodály learned to play the violin as a child....
; Boosey & Hawkes
- P. D. Q. Bach
P. D. Q. Bach is a fictitious composer invented by musical satirist "Professor" Peter Schickele. In a gag that Schickele has developed over a five-decade-long career, he performs "discovered" works of this forgotten member of the Bach family...
(1807–1742?); P. D. Q. Bach website; see also Peter SchickeleJohann Peter Schickele is an American composer, musical educator, and parodist. He is best known for his comedy music albums featuring his music that he presents as music written by the fictional composer P. D. Q...
- Sonata for Viola Four Hands and Harpsichord, S. 440; Theodore Presser Co. 1971
- Wilhelm Friedemann Bach
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach , the second child and eldest son of Johann Sebastian Bach and Maria Barbara Bach, was a German composer and performer...
(1710–1784)
- 3 Duos for 2 violas, F60-62
- Sonata in C minor for viola and harpsichord
- Alfred Bachelet (1864–1944)
- Barcarolle nocturne et Petite histoire, 2 Pièces inséparables for cello (or viola, or violin) and orchestra (1927); Éditions Durand; United Music Publishers
- Dialogy (Dialogues) for 2 violas (1974); Panton
- Sven-Erik Bäck
Sven-Erik Bäck was a Swedish composer of classical music. He was born in Stockholm.Bäck studied from 1939 until 1943 in the King's Music-Academy and from 1940 until 1945, was a composition student of Hilding Rosenberg...
(1919–1994)
- Elegi for viola (or alto saxophone, or clarinet) and piano (1952); Edition Wilhelm Hansen
- Johann Georg Heinrich Backofen (1768–1830?)
- Concertante for harp, viola and continuo ad libitum, Op. 8
- Ernst Bacon
Ernst Lecher Bacon was an American composer, pianist, and conductor. A prolific author, Bacon composed over 250 songs over his career. He was awarded three Guggenheim Fellowships and a Pulitzer Scholarship in 1932 for his Second Symphony.-Biography:Ernst Bacon was born in Chicago, Illinois, on May...
(1898–1990); The Ernst Bacon Society
- Koschatiana for cello or viola and piano (1945); Delkas Music
- Peterborough, N. H., Suite for viola and piano (1952)
- Sonata for viola and piano (1987)
- Nicolas Bacri
Nicolas Bacri is a French composer. He has written works that include 6 symphonies, 8 string quartets, and 27 concertos.-Career:...
(b.1961)
- Cantilènes, Trois Chants for violin or viola and orchestra, Op. 29b (1988–1989); Éditions Durand
- Chaconne, Duo No. 3 for violin and viola, Op. 30c (1990); Éditions Durand
- Concerto Tenebroso "L'hiver" for oboe (or violin), viola and ostring orchestra, Op. 80 No. 3 (2009); Le Chant du Monde
- Croisements, Duo No. 1 for violin and viola, Op. 9 (1983–1984); Éditions Durand
- Deux Duos for 2 violas, Op. 6; Éditions Durand
- Épisodes nocturnes (1982)
- Threnos, 2 pièces funèbres (1987–1994)
- Deux Lieder for viola and piano, Op. 3 (1981); Éditions Calao, Paris
- Deux Sonatines opposées for clarinet (or viola, or alto saxophone) and piano, Op. 108 (2008–2009); Éditions Alphonse Leduc
- Sonatina lirica
- Sonatina lapidaria
- Élégie for violin (or viola, or cello) and piano, Op. 75b (2002); Peer Music Classical
- Folia, Chaconne symphonique for viola or cello and string orchestra, Op. 30b (1990); Éditions Durand
- Lyric Interlude (A Study in Pastoral Style) for English horn (or flute, or clarinet, or viola) and piano, Op. 110b (2008)
- Notturno funèbre for viola and piano (1986); Collection Panorama: Œuvres Contemporaines, Volume 1 (1987); Éditions Gérard Billaudot
- Petite musique de nuit for alto saxophone (or clarinet, or viola) and piano, Op. 111 (2008); Éditions Gérard Billaudot
- Quasi Variazioni, Divertissement "In Memoriam Paul Hindemith" for cello or viola and piano, Op. 27 (1989); Éditions Durand
- Quatre Intermezzi, Duo No. 2 for violin and viola, Op. 16 (1984–1990); Éditions Durand
- Requiem "In Memoriam Dmitri Chostakovitch" for viola or cello and string orchestra with flute and harp, Op. 23 (1987–1988); Éditions Durand
- Sérénade No. 2: Cinq Improvisations d'après Fernand Verhesen for viola solo, alto flute, harp and vibraphone (or viola and piano), Op. 10 (1983); Éditions Durand
- Sonata Variata for viola solo, Op. 70 (2000–2001); Peermusic Classical
- Sonata da Camera for viola and piano, Op. 67 (1977, 1997–2000); Peermusic Classical
- Sonate-Méditation for violin-baritone (or violin, or viola, or cello) solo (2008); Éditions Durand
- Une Prière for viola and orchestra, Op. 52 (1994–1997); Éditions Durand
- Conrad Baden
Conrad Baden was a Norwegian organist, composer, music educator, and music critic.-References:...
(1908–1989)
- Concerto for viola and orchestra, Op. 99 (1973); Music Information Centre Norway
- Henk Badings
Henk Badings was a Dutch composer.Born in Bandung, Java, Dutch East Indies, as the son of Herman Louis Johan Badings, an officer in the Dutch East Indies army, Badings became an orphan at an early age...
(1907–1987)
- Cavatina for viola and piano (1952); Donemus
- Concerto for viola and string orchestra (1965); Donemus
- Concerto for violin, viola and orchestra (1965); Donemus
- Double Concerto for violin, viola and orchestra (1964); Donemus
- Quempas for viola and organ (1967); Donemus
- Sonata for viola and piano (1951); Donemus; C.F. Peters
- Sonata for violin and viola (1928); Donemus
- Trio III for 2 violins and viola (1945); Donemus
- Trio V for flute, violin and viola (1947); Donemus
- Trio IX for flute, viola and guitar (1962); Donemus
- Trio X for alto flute, viola and harp (1977); Donemus
- Raymond Baervoets (1930–1989)
- Concerto for viola and orchestra (1968); CeBeDeM
- Rhapsodie for viola and chamber orchestra (1957); Editions Metropolis; CeBeDeM
- August Baeyens
August Louis Baeyens was a Belgian violist and composer.Baeyens studied viola, harmony and counterpoint with Napoleon Distelmans and August de Boeck at the Flemish Conservatory in Antwerp receiving a first prize in viola in 1916...
(1895–1966)
- Concerto for viola and orchestra, Op. 54 (1956); Editions Metropolis; CeBeDeM
- Concertino for viola and piano (1980)
- Fantazija (Fantasy) for viola and piano (1974); Muzyka
- Kompozicija (Composition) for viola solo (1976)
- Preliudas (Prelude) for violin and viola (1985)
- Rondo-Toccata for violin and viola (1985)
- Sonata No. 1 for violin and viola (1970); Sovetsky Kompozitor
- Sonata No. 2 for violin and viola (1974); Vaga, Vilnius
- Sonatina for viola and piano (1966); Vaga, Vilnius; Lithuanian Music Information and Publishing Centre
- Sonatina No. 1 for violin and viola (1978)
- Sonatina No. 2 for violin and viola (1978)
- Simon Bainbridge
Simon Bainbridge is a British composer, and a professor and former head of composition at the Royal Academy of Music, London, and visiting professor at the University of Louisville, Kentucky in the United States.-Biography:...
(b.1952)
- Birthday Fragment for 4 violas (2006); Novello & Co.
- Concerto for viola and orchestra (1976); United Music Publishers
- Mobile for viola, flute, 2 clarinets and harp (1991, 1994); original version for English horn and piano; Novello & Co.
- Edgar Bainton
Edgar Leslie Bainton was a British composer, most celebrated for his church music. Perhaps his most famous piece is the liturgical anthem And I saw a new heaven, but during recent years Bainton's other musical works - neglected for decades - have been increasingly often heard in the concert...
(1880–1956)
- Sonata for viola and piano (1922)
- Tadeusz Baird
Tadeusz Baird was a Polish composer.He was born in Grodzisk Mazowiecki, to Scottish immigrant parents. He studied composition, piano and musicology in Warsaw with, among others, Kazimierz Sikorski. In 1956, with Serocki, he founded the Warsaw Autumn international contemporary music festival...
(1928–1981)
- Concerto Lugubre for viola and orchestra (1975); Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne; H. Litolff's Verlag/C.F. Peters
- Amžinoji ugnis (Eternal Fire) for mezzo-soprano and viola (1977)
- Vladimir Bakaleinikov
Vladimir Romanovich Bakaleinikov, also Bakaleynikov and Bakaleinikoff was a Russian-American violist, music educator, conductor and composer.Bakaleinikov, the son of a noted clarinetist, was from a large musical family who lived in poverty...
(1885–1953)
- Aria for viola and piano (1935); Boosey & Hawkes
- Concerto for viola and orchestra (1937)
- Gavotte for viola and piano (1937); Belwin
- Minuetto for viola and piano (1937); Boosey & Hawkes
- Claude Baker
W. Claude Baker Jr. is an American composer of contemporary classical music.Claude Baker attained a B.M. degree, magna cum laude, from East Carolina University in 1970. He subsequently studied composition at the Eastman School of Music with Samuel Adler and Warren Benson, and holds M.M. and D.M.A...
(b.1948)
- Three Phantasy Pieces for viola and percussion (2003, revised 2005); Hal Leonard
- Concert Piece for viola and orchestra (1989); MMB Music
- Michael Conway Baker
Michael Conway Baker is a Canadian composer and music educator of American birth. He became a naturalized Canadian citizen in 1970 and has resided more or less continuously in the Vancouver area since....
(b.1937); Michael Conway Baker Website
- Counterplay for viola and string orchestra, Op. 16 (1971); Evocation Publishing
- Counterplay for viola and piano, Op. 18 (1973); Evocation Publishing
- Duo Concertante for violin, viola and string orchestra, Op. 39 (1976); Evocation Publishing
- Duo Concertante for violin, viola and string orchestra, Op. 144 (2008); Evocation Publishing
- Passacaglia for violin, viola and piano, Op. 112 (1996); Evocation Publishing
- Point No Point for viola and string orchestra, Op. 33 (1975); Evocation Publishing
- Natalya Baklanova – Наталья Владимировна Бакланова (1902–1985)
- Russian Folk Song (Русская Народная Песня: «Не белы то снеги») for viola and piano; transcription by Vadim Borisovsky
Vadim Vasilyevich Borisovsky was a Russian violist.Born in Moscow, Borisovsky entered Moscow Conservatory in 1917 studying the violin with Mikhail Press. A year later, on the advice of violist Vladimir Bakaleinikov, Borisovsky turned his attentions to the viola. He studied with Bakaleinikov and...
(1953); Gosudarstvennoe muzykalnoe izdatelstvo
- Russian Folk Song (Русская Народная Песня: Прялка «Против красна солнышка») for viola and piano; transcription by Vadim Borisovsky
Vadim Vasilyevich Borisovsky was a Russian violist.Born in Moscow, Borisovsky entered Moscow Conservatory in 1917 studying the violin with Mikhail Press. A year later, on the advice of violist Vladimir Bakaleinikov, Borisovsky turned his attentions to the viola. He studied with Bakaleinikov and...
(1953); Gosudarstvennoe muzykalnoe izdatelstvo
- Russian Folk Song: The Spinning Wheel (Русская Народная Песня: Плясовая) for viola and piano; transcription by Vadim Borisovsky
Vadim Vasilyevich Borisovsky was a Russian violist.Born in Moscow, Borisovsky entered Moscow Conservatory in 1917 studying the violin with Mikhail Press. A year later, on the advice of violist Vladimir Bakaleinikov, Borisovsky turned his attentions to the viola. He studied with Bakaleinikov and...
(1953); Gosudarstvennoe muzykalnoe izdatelstvo
- Duo Sonata No. 1 for violin and viola (2007); Composers Library Editions; Theodore Presser
- Romance for viola and piano (2006); Composers Library Editions; Theodore Presser
- Sonata for viola and piano; Composers Library Editions; Theodore Presser
- Osvaldas Balakauskas
Osvaldas Balakauskas is a Lithuanian composer of classical music.- Career :Balakauskas graduated from Vilnius Pedagogical University in 1961. After his mandatory service in the Soviet Army between 1961 and 1964, he studied composition with Boris Lyatoshinsky and M. M. Skorik at Kiev Conservatory...
(b.1937)
- Corrente for flute, viola and piano (2005); Lithuanian Music Information and Publishing Centre
- Do nata for cello or viola and tape (1982); Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne
- Duo concertante for viola and piano (2007)
- Medis ir paukštė (The Tree and the Bird) for viola and piano (1976); Lithuanian Music Information and Publishing Centre
- Trio concertante for flute, viola and piano (2008); Lithuanian Music Information and Publishing Centre
- Dimenziók (Dimensions; Dimensioni) for flute and viola, Op. 8 (1966); Editio Musica Budapest
- Fűzérke (Little Garland) for flute, viola and harp, Op. 51 (1994)
- Hárfástrio (Harp Trio), Trio for violin, viola and harp, Op. 19 (1971); Editio Musica Budapest
- Üdvözlet Violának (Greetings to Viola) for viola solo, Op. 90 (2005)
- Antony Baldwin (1906–1976)
- Sonata for viola and piano (1937); Scottish Music Centre
- Concerto No. 1 for viola and orchestra (1988); Scottish Music Centre
- Concerto No. 2 for viola and orchestra (1989); Scottish Music Centre
- Concerto No. 3 for viola and orchestra (2003); Scottish Music Centre
- Impromptu for flute and viola (1984); Scottish Music Centre
- Impromptu for oboe and viola (1999); Scottish Music Centre
- Impromptu for viola and double bass; Scottish Music Centre
- In Memoriam III for viola and percussion (4 players) (1976); Scottish Music Centre
- 4 Pieces for alto flute, vibraphone and viola (1998); Scottish Music Centre
- Sonata No. 1 for viola solo (1986); Scottish Music Centre
- Sonata No. 2 for viola solo (1992); Scottish Music Centre
- Trio for flute, viola and guitar (1989); Scottish Music Centre
- Trio for flute, viola and harp (2006); Scottish Music Centre
- Înainte de rostire, Poem without Words for soprano, alto saxophone and viola (2008)
- În faptul unei stări, Trio for oboe, viola and piano (2006)
- Odată cu trecerea timpului, Trio for alto saxophone, viola and piano (2005)
- Derek Ball
Derek Ball is an American sound engineer. He won an Academy Award for Best Sound for the film Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. He worked on 40 films between 1968 and 1987.-External links:...
(b.1949); Derek Ball webpage
- Anguished Bouquets for flute and viola (2008); Scottish Music Information Centre
- Apotheosis, Meditation for viola and piano (2005); Contemporary Music Centre Ireland
- Concerto for viola and orchestra (2004); Scottish Music Information Centre
- Full Moon through Half-Open Door for viola and snare drum (2006); Contemporary Music Centre Ireland
- Gamut for 2 violas (2002); Contemporary Music Centre Ireland
- Passages for flute and viola (1982, revised 2008); Contemporary Music Centre Ireland
- Photos of Max for viola and piano (2006); Contemporary Music Centre Ireland
- Surrounded Now by Strangers for viola and string orchestra (2007); Contemporary Music Centre Ireland
- Trio for viola, cello and double bass (1971, revised 1995); Contemporary Music Centre Ireland
- Voilà for amplified viola and orchestra (2004, revised short version, 2008); Contemporary Music Centre Ireland
- Working Through for clarinet and viola, or viola and cello, or flute, viola and cello (2001); Contemporary Music Centre Ireland
- Claude Ballif
Claude Ballif was a French composer.His music is known as a combination of tonality and serialism - a system that he named metatonality....
(1924–2004)
- Trio for flute, viola and harp, Op. 43 No. 1 (1969); Éditions Choudens
- Solfeggietto for viola solo, Op. 36 No. 19 (1999); Éditions Durand
- Jean-Luc Balthazar (b.1942)
- Evocations for viola and piano, Op. 21 (1994); Éditions Chantraine
- Jūratė Baltramiejūnaitė (b.1952)
- Sonata for viola and piano (1979); Lithuanian Music Information and Publishing Centre
- Alain Bancquart
Alain Bancquart is a French composer. He had his musical formation at the "Conservatoire national supérieur de musique de Paris" with Darius Milhaud. He was a violist with the Orchestre National de France until 1973...
(b.1934)
- Baroques for viola and orchestra (1973); Édition E.F.M.; United Music Publishers
- Concerto for viola and orchestra (1965); Éditions Jobert
- Duo for viola and harp (1985); Éditions Ricordi; United Music Publishers
- Écorces I for violin and viola (published 1968); Éditions Jobert
- Jeux pour lumière for violin, viola, cello and orchestra (1969); Éditions Jobert
- Les Tarots d'Ulysse for soprano, tenor and baritone solists, violin, viola and flute soli, children's chorus, percussion, synthesizers and tape (1984); Éditions Ricordi
- Ma manière d'arbre II: Du lent sommeil des feuilles for viola and 10 instruments (1992); Éditions Ricordi; United Music Publishers
- Pièce canonique en trio for viola and piano; Collection Panorama: Œuvres Contemporaines, Volume 1 (1987); Éditions Gérard Billaudot
- Sonata for viola solo (1983); Éditions Ricordi
- Bruno Bandini (1889–1969)
- Preludio in C minor for viola solo (1929)
- Vacant Leaves for viola and percussion (2 players) (2009); Edition Decor, Los Angeles
- Kiáltások (Exclamations) for violin, viola and double bass soli, double string orchestra and 2 marimbas (2002); Hangvarázs Bt.
- Lángrózsák (The Roses of Flame) for viola, clarinet and live electornics (2004); Hangvarázs Bt.
- Szólószonáta brácsára (Solo Sonata for Viola) (1987); Hangvarázs Bt.
- Granville Bantock
Sir Granville Bantock was a British composer of classical music.-Biography:Granville Ransome Bantock was born in London. His father was a Scottish doctor. He was intended by his parents for the Indian Civil Service but was drawn into the musical world. His first teacher was Dr Gordon Saunders at...
(1868–1946)
- Viola Sonata in F major (1919); J. & W. Chester
- Viola Sonata in B minor
- Seymour Barab
Seymour Barab is an American composer, organist, pianist,. He is known for his fairy tale operas for young audiences, such as Chanticleer and Little Red Riding Hood. He is a long time member of the Philip Glass Ensemble.-References:**-External links:*...
(b.1921)
- Concertino for viola and string orchestra (1993); Seesaw Music
- Concerto for viola and orchestra (1995); Seesaw Music
- Duo for viola and cello (1993); Seesaw Music
- Duo for viola and harp (2000); Seesaw Music
- Duo for viola and orchestra; Seesaw Music
- Duo [I] for viola and piano (1994); Seesaw Music
- Duo II for viola and piano (1994); Seesaw Music
- Duo III for viola and piano (1994); Seesaw Music
- Duo for violin and viola (1994); Seesaw Music
- Duo Concertante for 2 violas and woodwinds; Seesaw Music
- Suite for clarinet, viola and piano (1994); Seesaw Music
- Suite for viola, horn and piano (1994); Seesaw Music
- Suite for flute, viola and piano (2000); Seesaw Music
- Suite for viola and cello (1993); Seesaw Music
- Trio for flute, viola and harp (1993); Seesaw Music
- Bir Bölümlü Sonatina (Sonatina in One Movement) for viola and piano (1965)
- Malda (Prayer) for viola and string orchestra (2007)
- George Barati (1913–1996)
- Cantabile e Ritmico for viola and piano (1947); Peermusic
- Duo I for flute and viola (1976); American Composers Alliance
- Duo II for flute and viola (1977); American Composers Alliance
- Spring Serenade for flute, viola and cello (1987); American Composers Alliance
- Trio for flute, viola and guitar (1979?); American Composers Alliance
- Trio Profundo for viola, cello and double bass (1990); American Composers Alliance
- René Barbier
René Barbier was a French fencer. He won a silver medal in the team épée event at the 1928 Summer Olympics.-References:...
(1890–1981)
- Sonata for viola and piano, Op. 12 (1916); CeBeDeM
- Toada e Desafio (Tune and Challenge) for violin and viola (1997); Ponteio Publishing
- Metamorphoses (מטמורפוזות) for viola and piano (1998); Israeli Music Center
- Postludium (פוסטלודיום), Concerto for viola and chamber orchestra (2002); Israel Music Institute
- Vytautas Barkauskas
Vytautas Barkauskas is a Lithuanian composer and is a Professor of Composition of the Lithuanian Academy of Music, where he has taught since 1961.-Career:...
(b.1931)
- Concerto for viola and chamber orchestra (1981); Sovetsky kompozitor; Schirmer Russian Music; Lithuanian Music Information and Publishing Centre
- Duo Concertante for violin, viola and orchestra, Op. 122 (2004); Lithuanian Music Information and Publishing Centre
- Duo Sonata for violin and viola (1984)
- Eskizas (Sketch) for viola and piano (published 1988); Lithuanian Music Information and Publishing Centre
- Toccamento No. 2 for viola solo, violin, cello and piano (1998); Lithuanian Music Information and Publishing Centre
- Du monologai (Two Monologues) for viola solo, Op. 71 (1983, 2004); Lithuanian Music Information and Publishing Centre
- Coming Out, Fanfare for viola and double bass (1998); Australian Music Centre
- Night Words for viola and piano (1977); Australian Music Centre
- David Barlow (composer) (1927–1975)
- Siciliano for viola and piano (1958); Novello & Co.
- Wayne Barlow
Wayne B. Barlow was an American composer of contemporary classical music...
(1912–1996)
- Elegy for viola and piano (1967); L. Schwann
- Intermezzo for viola and harp (1980)
- Milton Barnes
Milton Barnes was a Canadian composer, conductor, and jazz drummer. An associate of the Canadian Music Centre, his music is noted for its frequent use of Jewish themes, its rejection of the avant garde in favor of tonality, and its blend of classical, jazz, and pop elements. His music has been...
(1931–2001)
- Ballade for solo viola (1978); Canadian Music Centre
- Canciones español for soprano, viola and piano (1997); Canadian Music Centre
- Concerto for viola and orchestra (1977); Canadian Music Centre
- Elizabethan Dances for viola and piano (1979); Canadian Music Centre
- Harbord Street for flute, viola and harp (1991); Canadian Music Centre
- Lament; Hymn Tune Pavane for viola and piano (1976); Canadian Music Centre
- Lamentations of Jeremiah for viola solo (1959); Jaymar Music; Canadian Music Centre
- Three Elizabethan Dances, Incidental Music for Romeo and Juliet for viola, guitar and percussion (1976); Canadian Music Centre
- Vignette for Juliet, Incidental Music for Romeo and Juliet, Improvisation for viola, guitar and percussion (1976); Canadian Music Centre
- David Barnett
David Barnett was born in New York City on December 1, 1907 and died December 1985. He graduated from Columbia University and later studied music at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia and Juilliard School in New York City. Barnett then studied piano with Alfred Cortot in Paris, where he received...
(1907–1985)
- Ballade for viola and piano, Op. 16 (1959); Oxford University Press
- Matthew Barnson
- Biography :Barnson is a native of Utah and obtained his undergraduate degree from the Eastman School of Music. He pursued graduate studies at the University of Pennsylvania and Yale University. Barnson is the youngest recipient of a Barlow Commission from the BYU College of Fine Arts and...
(b.1979); Matthew Barnson website
- Nocturnes for viola, Hammond B3 organ and percussion (2002)
- 3 Pieces for viola solo (1997–1998)
- Rounds for soprano and 2 violas (2006)
- Seraph, Duo for violin and viola (2005)
- 4 Songs for voice and piano or viola (2004)
- Tyger, Tyger for clarinet, viola and piano (2010)
- Anne Barrachin-Citot (b.1950)
- Poème d'ombre et de lumière for viola and piano; Collection Panorama: Œuvres Contemporaines, Volume 2 (1987); Éditions Gérard Billaudot
- Bernard Barrell
Bernard Clements Barrell was an English musician, music educator and composer. He was born in Sudbury, Suffolk, England and studied at Trinity College of Music, London...
(1919–2005)
- A Pageant of Pieces for viola and piano, Op. 100 (1982); Stainer & Bell
- Partita for violin or viola solo, Op. 81 (1976); Barry Brunton Music Publishers
- 4 Party Pieces for viola and piano, Op. 114 (1987); Piper Publications
- Soliloquy for cello (or violin, or viola, or clarinet) and piano, Op. 3 (1939)
- Joyce Howard Barrell
Joyce Howard Barrell, née Gedye , was an English composer. She was born in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, and was educated at Leicester University, studying with Benjamin Burrows and Harold Craxton for piano and Grace Burrows for violin. After completing her studies, Barrell worked as composer and...
(1917–1989)
- Three Fours for viola and piano, Op. 45 (1986); Barry Brunton Music Publisher
- Richard Barrett
Richard Barrett is a British composer.-Biography:Barrett began to study music seriously only after graduating in genetics and microbiology at University College London in 1980 . From then until 1983 he took private lessons with Peter Wiegold...
(b.1959)
- ecliptic for viola solo (2003); United Music Publishers
- Nothing Elsewhere for viola solo (1987, revised 2005); United Music Publishers
- Odoardo Barri
Odoardo Barri is the pseudonym of Edward Slater. He was born in Dublin and became a composer, music teacher and an oratorio singer in Italy and Spain. After working in Italy and Spain, he opened a music school in London and ran it for 50 years...
(1844–1920)
- 6 Morceaux de salon for violin or viola and piano (1890)
- Concerto for viola and orchestra (1996); Canadian Music Centre
- Sandunga for viola and tape (1998); Canadian Music Centre
- Viola desnuda for viola solo (1995–1997); Canadian Music Centre
- Viejas voces for viola and tape (1993–1994); Canadian Music Centre
- Sonata for viola solo (1937)
- Jiří Bárta
Jiří Barta is a Czech stop-motion animation director. His films, many of which used the medium of wood for animation, garnered critical acclaim and won many awards, but after the fall of the communist government in Czechoslovakia he was unable to release anything for about 15 years...
(b.1935)
- Concerto for viola, chamber string orchestra and piano (2001); Český Hudební Fond
- Lubor Bárta
Lubor Bárta was a Czech composer.Bárta studied musicology and aesthetics from 1946 to 1948 at Charles University in Prague and was a pupil of Jaroslav Řídký at the Academy of Performing Arts until 1952...
(1928–1972)
- Concerto for viola and orchestra (1957); Český Hudební Fond
- Hans-Christian Bartel (b.1932)
- Concerto for small orchestra and solo viola (1963); Breitkopf und Härtel
- Aria andante for viola, harp and piano (2010); Quindicesima Publishing
- Et j'ai vu l'âme sur un fil...elle dansait for flute, viola and harp (2000); Quindicesima Publishing
- Face à face for viola solo (2009); Quindicesima Publishing
- Sonata for viola and piano (2003–2004); Quindicesima Publishing
- Trois Pôles entrelacés for viola and harp soloists, English horn, bass clarinet, contrabassoon and 2 horns (1985); Éditions Salabert
- Duet for viola and cello (1999)
- Lietuvai (To Lithuania) for violin and viola (1999); Lithuanian Music Information and Publishing Centre
- Solo for viola solo (1994)
- Undinės daina (Mermaid's Song) for violin and viola (1999); Lithuanian Music Information and Publishing Centre
- Richard Bartmuß (1859–1910)
- Introduktion und Pastorale for viola and organ, Op. 28; Edition Musica Rinata
- Béla Bartók
Béla Viktor János Bartók was a Hungarian composer and pianist. He is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century and is regarded, along with Liszt, as Hungary's greatest composer...
(1881–1945)
- Bagatelle for viola and piano, Op. 6 No. 2, Sz. 38 (1908); original for piano; transcription by Vadim Borisovsky
Vadim Vasilyevich Borisovsky was a Russian violist.Born in Moscow, Borisovsky entered Moscow Conservatory in 1917 studying the violin with Mikhail Press. A year later, on the advice of violist Vladimir Bakaleinikov, Borisovsky turned his attentions to the viola. He studied with Bakaleinikov and...
- 44 Duets for 2 violas, Sz. 98, BB104 (1931–1932); original for 2 violins; adaptation by William Primrose
William Primrose CBE was a Scottish violist and teacher.-Biography:Primrose was born in Glasgow and studied violin initially. In 1919 he moved to study at the then Guildhall School of Music in London. On the urging of the accompanist Ivor Newton, Primrose moved to Belgium to study under Eugène...
; Boosey & Hawkes
- An Evening in the Village (Este a székelyekél) and Slovak Peasant's Dance (Tót legények tánca) for viola and piano (1924); transcription by Károly Váczi; Editio Musica Budapest
- Concerto for viola and orchestra
Béla Bartók's Viola Concerto, Sz. 120, BB 128 was written in July – August 1945, in Saranac Lake, New York, while he was suffering from the terminal stages of leukemia. It was commissioned by William Primrose. Along with the Piano Concerto No. 3, it is his last work, and he left it incomplete at...
, Sz. 120, BB128 (1945); completed in 1949 by Tibor SerlyTibor Serly was a Hungarian violist, violinist and composer.He was one of the students of Zoltán Kodály. He greatly admired and became a young apprentice of Béla Bartók. His association with Bartók was for him both a blessing and a curse...
- Bruno Bartolozzi
Bruno Bartolozzi was an Italian composer and pioneer in the development of extended techniques for wind instruments.He was born in Florence.-Concerti con orchestra:* Concerto for orchestra...
(1911–1980)
- Andamenti for viola solo (1967); Edizioni Suvini Zerboni
- Musica per Piero for 2 violas (1971); Edizioni Suvini Zerboni
- Divertimento No. 2 for clarinet, viola and piano (1998); Český Hudební Fond
- Divertimento No. 3 for clarinet, viola and piano (1999); Český Hudební Fond
- Double Concerto in One Movement for violin, viola and string orchestra (1990); Český Rozhlas; Český Hudební Fond
- Trio for clarinet, viola and piano (2001); Český Rozhlas; Český Hudební Fond
- Jan Zdeněk Bartoš
Jan Zdeněk Bartoš was a Czech composer.- Biography :Bartoš started to play the violin as a pupil of Karel Hršel in Hradec Králové. In 1924, after he graduated from business school, Bartoš left for France. He played as a concertmaster of the Messageries Maritimes naval company in Marseille...
(1908–1981)
- Concerto da camera for viola and string orchestra (1970); Bärenreiter-Verlag; Český Hudební Fond
- Fantazie for viola solo (1980); Panton Praha; Český Hudební Fond
- Koncert pro trio for violin, viola, cello and string orchestra (1975); Český Hudební Fond
- Partita for viola solo, Op. 36 (1944); Pritomnosti; Český Hudební Fond
- Sonatina for viola and piano, Op. 46 (1947); Orbis; Artia; Český Hudební Fond
- Staří přátele (Old Friends), Concertante Suite for viola, double bass and 9 wind instruments (1964); Český Hudební Fond
- Trio for violin, viola and harp (1961); Český Hudební Fond
- Carin Bartosch Edström (b.1965)
- Happiness Is a G-String for viola solo (1996); Swedish Music Information Centre
- Ağıt (Élégie) for viola and piano (2000)
- Armağan I (Gift I) for viola and piano (1981)
- Armağan II (Gift II) for viola and piano (1982)
- Armağan III (Gift III) for viola and piano (2000)
- Concerto for viola and orchestra (2001)
- Ezgi İçin (For Ezgi; Für Ezgi) for viola solo (1993)
- Morceau 02 for viola and piano (2002)
- Four Lyric Movements for viola and piano (1988); Piper Publications
- Themes and Dances for viola and piano (1996); Musicland
- Viola Walkways for viola and piano (1988); Piper Publications
- Leslie Bassett
Leslie Bassett is an American composer of classical music, and the University of Michigan’s Albert A. Stanley Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Composition...
(b.1923)
- Sonata for viola and piano (1956); American Composers Alliance
- Trio for clarinet, viola and piano (1953); American Composers Alliance
- Stanley Bate
-Life:Bate received early training in music and had composed two operas by age twenty. He studied under Ralph Vaughan Williams, R.O. Morris, Gordon Jacob, and Arthur Benjamin, and then in Paris with Nadia Boulanger and in Berlin with Paul Hindemith. He wrote incidental music for performances at...
(1911–1959)
- Concerto for viola and orchestra, Op. 46 (1944–1946); Edition Schott
- Pastorale for viola and piano, Op. 57 (1947)
- David Bates (composer) (1936–1974)
- Sueña: Gestures and Interludes One for viola and piano (published 1975); APR Publishers
- Dennis Báthory-Kitsz
Dennis Báthory-Kitsz Dennis Báthory-Kitsz (born March 14, 1949, Plainfield, New Jersey) Dennis Báthory-Kitsz (born March 14, 1949, Plainfield, New Jersey) (pseudonyms: Dennis Bathory, Dennis Kitsz, Dennis J. Kitsz, Dennis Bathory Kitsz, Kalvos Gesamte, Grey Shadé, D.B...
(b.1949)
- Binky Plays Marbles: A Bruckner Boulevand Dance for viola and double bass (1992); Frog Peak Music
- Evasively Transcendental for viola solo (2007)
- In het Donkere Bos (In the Dark Forest) for viola and bass clarinet (2007)
- In Search of the Lightness of Horizon for viola solo (2007)
- In Search of the Seven Blue Stars for viola solo (2007)
- Marion Bauer
Marion Eugénie Bauer was an American composer, teacher, writer, and music critic. A contemporary of Aaron Copland, Bauer played an active role in shaping American musical identity in the early half of the twentieth century....
(1882–1955)
- Sonata for viola and piano, Op. 22 (1932); Society for the Publication of American Music; G. Schirmer; Da Capo Press; Theodore Presser
- Chin Music for viola and piano (1989); C. F. Peters
- Pulse for clarinet, viola and piano (1999); C. F. Peters
- Belochovice for 2 violas and cello (1979)
- Duo for violin and viola (1996)
- Fragmente for viola, bassoon and cello (1979)
- Hochzeitsmarsch (Wedding March) for 2 violas, cello and bassoon (1979)
- Musette for viola and bassoon (1976)
- Jürg Baur
Jürg Baur was a German composer of classical music.-Education:Baur was born in Düsseldorf, where he achieved early recognition as a composer at the age of 18, when his First String Quartet was premiered at the Düsseldorf Hindenburg Secondary School by the then-famous Prisca Quartet...
(1918–2010)
- Concerto for viola and orchestra (1951); Breitkopf & Härtel
- Polyphone Miniaturen for 4 violas (1998); Edition Dohr
- Sonata for viola solo (1969); Breitkopf & Härtel
- Landscape for viola and piano (1992); Novello & Co.
- On the Lookout for viola solo (1987); Novello & Co.
- Arnold Bax
Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, KCVO was an English composer and poet. His musical style blended elements of romanticism and impressionism, often with influences from Irish literature and landscape. His orchestral scores are noted for their complexity and colourful instrumentation...
(1883–1953)
- Concert Piece for viola and piano (1904); Corda Music Publications
- Elegiac Trio for flute, viola and harp (1916); Chester Music
- Fantasy Sonata for viola and harp (1927); Chappell & Co.
- Legend for viola and piano (1929); Chappell & Co.
- Phantasy for viola and orchestra (1920); Murdoch, Murdoch
- Sonata in C minor for viola and piano (1922); Chappell & Co.
- Christabel Baxendale
Christabel Baxendale was an English violinist and composer. She was active in the early 1900s and gave concerts in the London area, sometimes assisted by her sister who was a singer.-Works:Baxendale composed mostly popular songs...
(1886–?)
- Plaintive Melody for violin or viola and piano (1951); Bosworth & Co.
- Ancient But Modern for violin and viola; Da Capo Music
- Conversation Concerto No. 4 for viola and orchestra (1997); Da Capo Music
- Signatures for viola solo (1992); Da Capo Music
- Trio for flute, viola and cello; Da Capo Music
- Duo capriccioso for violin and viola, Op. 59 (1987)
- Pět fantazií (5 Fantasies) for viola and piano, Op. 74 (1994); Český Hudební Fond
- Paul Bazelaire
Paul Bazelaire was a French cellist and composer.Bazelaire was born in Sedan, Ardennes. He studied under Jules Delsart.He won many prizes for literature and poetry in France and Belgium.-External links:...
(1886–1958)
- Funérailles for viola and piano, Op. 120 (1946); Éditions Salabert
- Morceau de Lecture for viola and piano; Médiathèque de Sedan
- Irwin Bazelon
Irwin Bazelon was an American composer of contemporary classical music.Contemporary American composer Irwin Bazelon’s music is known for its interesting rhythms and its emphasis on the brass and percussion sections. In total, Bazelon composed nine symphonies and over sixty orchestral, chamber, and...
(1922–1995)
- Concatenations for percussion quartet and viola (1976); Theodore Presser
- Duo for viola and piano (1963, 1969–1970); Novello; Theodore Presser
- Fairy Tale for solo viola and chamber ensemble (1989); Theodore Presser
- Amy Beach
Amy Marcy Cheney Beach was an American composer and pianist. She was the first successful American female composer of large-scale art music. Most of her compositions and performances were under the name Mrs. H.H.A. Beach.-Early years:Beach was born Amy Marcy Cheney in Henniker, New Hampshire into...
(1867–1944)
- Sonata for viola and piano, Op. 34 (1896); original for violin and piano; transcription by Roger Hannay (1978); Edition Peters
- Ballade for viola and piano, Op. 23 (1957); American Composers Alliance
- Ballade for viola and string orchestra, Op. 47 (1989); orchestration of Op. 23; American Composers Alliance
- Sonata for viola and piano, Op. 44 (1985); American Composers Alliance
- Three Miniatures for oboe, clarinet and viola, Op. 3 (1947); American Composers Alliance
- Three Songs for soprano, viola and piano, Op. 33 (1965); American Composers Alliance
- Episodes for viola and string orchestra
- Sonata for viola and piano (2003)
- Wondrous Love, Variations for viola and piano (1999)
- Sally Beamish
Sally Beamish is a British composer of chamber, vocal, choral and orchestral music. She has also worked in the field of music theatre, film and television, as well as composing for children and for her local community....
(b.1956); Scottish Music Centre
- Between Earth and Sea for flute, viola and harp (1997)
- Bratchwork for 4 violas (2006)
- Buzz for soprano and viola (1993)
- Concerto No. 1 for viola and orchestra (1995, 1998)
- Concerto No. 2 "The Seafarer" for viola and orchestra (2001)
- Duet for Martin for viola and cello (1992)
- Halbkreis for viola and piano (1982)
- Little Variations for viola and piano (1986)
- Pennillion for viola solo (1998)
- Rhapsody for harp, viola and string orchestra (2008)
- Sonata for viola and piano (2001)
- Sule Skerrie for viola and piano (1995)
- That Recent Earth for viola solo (2003)
- Under the Wing of the Rock for viola and string orchestra (2006)
- Janet Beat
Janet Beat is a Scottish composer, music educator and music writer. She was born in Streetly, Staffordshire, England and studied piano privately and horn at the Birmingham Conservatoire before reading music at Birmingham University, graduating with a Bachelor of Music degree in 1960.After...
(b.1937)
- Circe for viola solo (1974); Bastet Productions; Furore Verlag
- Equinox Rituals: Autumn for viola and piano (1996); Furore Verlag
- Gedenkstück für Kaethe for clarinet and viola (2003); Furore Verlag
- Piano Quintet: The Dream Magus for viola with 2 violins, cello and piano (2002); Furore Verlag
- Betty Beath
Elizabeth Margaret Beath nee Eardley, is married to author/illustrator, David Cox. She is an Australian composer, pianist,and music educator . She was born in Bundaberg, Queensland, and began piano lessons at the age of three. She studied with Frank Hutchens at the Sydney Conservatorium and...
(b.1932)
- From a Quiet Place, 3 Pieces for viola and piano (1997); Keys Press; Wirripang; Australian Music Centre
- William Beauvais
William Eugene Beauvais is a Canadian classical guitarist and composer who has performed in the United States, Europe, and across Canada....
(b.1956)
- Storm Dancer for soprano, viola and guitar (2003); Les Productions d'OZ
- Concerto for viola and orchestra (2003)
- Partita for viola solo (1961)
- Rapsodia for viola solo (1985)
- Sonata for viola and piano (1950)
- Musik II for viola solo (1983); Möseler Verlag
- Sonata for viola solo (1982); Verlag Walter Wollenweber; Edition Peters
- Conrad Beck
Conrad Beck was a Swiss composer.Beck was the son of a pastor. His stay in Paris between 1924 and 1933 proved crucial to his artistic development, where he studied with Jacques Ibert and also made contact with Arthur Honegger, Nadia Boulanger, and Albert Roussel...
(1901–1989)
- Concerto for viola and orchestra (1949); Edition Schott
- Duo for violin and viola (1934–1935); Edition Schott
- Sonatina for viola and piano (1976–1977); Edition Schott
- Jeremy Beck
Jeremy Beck is a dramatic and lyrical American composer of works for varying orchestral, chamber and vocal forces. The critic Mark Sebastian Jordan has said that "Beck was committed to tonality and a recognizable musical vernacular long before that became the hip bandwagon it is today. Indeed, [he...
(b.1960)
- Adagio and Allegro for violin and 2 violas (1981, 2001)
- Third Delphic Hymn for viola solo (1980)
- Günther Becker (1924–2007)
- Correspondances III for electrically controlled viola and double bass (1969); Breitkopf & Härtel
- Doppelte Ebenen for violin and viola (1984–1985); Breitkopf & Härtel
- Reflexe for viola solo (1986); Breitkopf & Härtel
- John J. Becker
John Joseph Becker was an American composer of contemporary classical music. He is grouped together with Charles Ives, Carl Ruggles, Henry Cowell, and Wallingford Riegger as a member of the "American Five" composers of "ultra-modern" music.The John J...
(1886–1961)
- Concerto for viola and orchestra (1937)
- Stanworth Russell Beckler (b.1923)
- Little String Sonata for viola and piano, Op. 53 No. 3 (1977); Seesaw Music
- John Beckwith
John Beckwith, CM is a Canadian composer, writer, pianist, teacher, and administrator.Born in Victoria, British Columbia, he studied piano with Alberto Guerrero at the Toronto Conservatory of Music in 1945. He received a Mus.B. in 1947 and a Mus.M. in 1961 from the University of Toronto...
(b.1927)
- Peregrine for solo viola, solo percussion and chamber orchestra (1989); Canadian Music Centre
- David Bedford
David Vickerman Bedford , was an English composer and musician. He wrote and played both popular and classical music....
(1937–2011)
- Jack of Shadows for viola and chamber ensemble (1973); Universal Edition
- Spillihpnerak for viola solo (1972); Universal Edition
- Norma Beecroft
Norma Marian Beecroft is a Canadian composer, producer, broadcaster, and arts administrator. A member of the Canadian League of Composers and an associate of the Canadian Music Centre, she twice won the Canada Council's Lynch-Staunton Award for composition...
(b.1934)
- Jeu II for flute, viola, tape and live electronics (1985); Canadian Music Centre
- Troissonts for solo viola and 2 percussionists (1982); Canadian Music Centre
- Polygraph IV for viola and tape (1975); American Composers Alliance
- Solo for viola and taped instruments (1983); American Composers Alliance
- Jack Beeson
Jack Beeson was an American composer. He was known particularly for his operas, the best known of which are Lizzie Borden, Hello Out There! and The Sweet Bye and Bye.-Biography:...
(1921–2010)
- Sonata for viola and piano (1953); Theodore Presser
- Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential composers of all time.Born in Bonn, then the capital of the Electorate of Cologne and part of...
(1770–1827)
- Duo "Mit zwei obligaten Augengläsern" ("With Eyeglasses Obligato") in E major for viola and cello, WoO32
- Grand Duo in E major for viola and piano (1796); transcription by Friedrich Hermann of the Septet, Op. 20
- Notturno in D major for viola and piano, Op. 42 (1803) after String Trio No. 2 (Serenade) in D major (1797), Op. 8
- Serenade in D major for flute, violin and viola, Op. 25 (1795–1796?)
- Les ombres qui passent, Trio for violin, viola or cello and piano (2010); Éditions Gérard Billaudot
- Manhattan for viola and piano (2009); Éditions Gérard Billaudot
- 5 Pièces for violin or viola and piano (2008); Éditions Gérard Billaudot; United Music Publishers
- Siegfried Behrend
Siegfried Behrend was a German classical guitarist and composer.-Biography:...
(1933–1990)
- Scherzoso for viola and guitar; Wilhelm Zimmermann Musikverlag
- 3 Stücke (3 Pieces) for viola (viola alta) and piano, Op. 4 (1887)
- Concerto antico for viola and orchestra (1999, revised 2000–2002)
- Duószonáta (Duo Sonata) for violin and viola (1995, 2003)
- Őz (Roe) for mezzo-soprano and viola (2005); fragment from the Péter Esterházy
Péter Esterházy is one of the most widely known contemporary Hungarian writers. His books are considered to be significant contributions to postwar literature....
novel Lili Csokonai (Seventeen Swans)
- Sonata for viola solo (2008); original for violin solo
- Sadao Bekku
, is a Japanese classical composer. His works include five symphonies, film scores, a flute sonata, a piano concerto, choral work and art songs, and the opera, Prince Arima.His work takes strong influence from jazz....
(b.1922)
- Concerto for viola and orchestra (1971); Zen-On Music Co.
- Quatre Bagatelles (Four Bagatelles) for violin and viola, Op. 70
- Les Romances de Gai Savoir for flute, viola and harp, Op. 37
- Symphonie Concertante No. 4 for violin, viola and orchestra, Op. 58
- Variations sur un air anglais (Variations on an English Air) for viola and piano, Op. 63; Éditions Delatour
- Luca Belcastro
Luca Belcastro is an Italian composer of classical music.He graduated in Classical guitar and in Composition, with the highest grade. He attended specialization courses with Azio Corghi at the Accademia G...
(b.1964); Luca Belcastro website
- Mari for viola or cello solo, Op. 29 (1999)
- Alan Belkin
Alan Belkin is a Canadian composer, organist, pianist as well as a pedagogue.- Biography :Alan Belkin was born in Montreal, July 5, 1951. He began piano studies with Philip Cohen, then he studied organ with Dom André Laberge and with Bernard Lagacé...
(b.1951); Alan Belkin website
- Sonata for viola and piano (2006); Canadian Music Centre
- William Henry Bell
William Henry Bell, known largely by his initials, W H Bell , was an English composer, conductor and lecturer....
(1873–1946)
- Arab Love Song for viola and piano
- Cantilena for viola and piano
- Rosa Mystica, Concerto for viola and orchestra (1916)
- Sonata in D minor for clarinet (or viola) and piano (1926); Rosewood Publications
- Concert de cameră (Chamber Concerto) for 2 violins and viola (1965); Editura Muzicală
- Divertissement em style roumain for 2 violas; Uniunea Bucharest
- Poème (Поэма) for viola and piano (1921); Gosudarstvennoe muzykalnoe izdatelstvo; Universal Edition
- Ofer Ben-Amots
Ofer Ben-Amots is a classical Israeli-American composer and teacher of music composition and theory at Colorado College. His music is inspired by Jewish folklore of Eastern-European Yiddish and Judeo-Spanish Ladino traditions...
(b.1955)
- Cantillations for clarinet and cello (or viola) (1997); Kallisti Music Press
- Ballade for viola and piano (1987)
- Duo for violin and viola (2002)
- Kammerkonzert (Chamber Concerto) for flute, viola, horn and small orchestra (1996–1997)
- Kleine Kammermusik for viola solo (1964); Möseler Verlag
- Kleine Kammermusik for viola and harpsichord (1966); Möseler Verlag
- Trifolium for flute, viola and harp (1998)
- Jiří Antonín Benda
Jiří Antonín Benda, also Georg Anton Benda or J.A. Benda was a Czech kapellmeister, violinist and composer of the classical period.-Biography:...
(1722–1795)
- Concerto in F major for viola and orchestra (c.1775)
- Hermann Bendix (1859–1935)
- Abendfrieden (Evening Peace), Little Romance for viola and organ; Edition Dohr
- Lluís Benejam (1914–1968)
- Sonata "Moments musicals" for viola and piano (1952); Clivis Publicacions
- Paul Ben-Haim
Paul Ben-Haim was an Israeli composer. Born Paul Frankenburger in Munich, Germany, he studied composition with Friedrich Klose and he was assistant conductor to Bruno Walter and Hans Knappertsbusch from 1920 to 1924...
(1897–1984)
- Arabic Song (שיר אהבה ערבי; Arab Love Song) for viola and piano (1956); Israeli Music Publications
- Chamber Music (מוסיקה קאמרית) for flute, viola and harp (1978); Israeli Music Publications
- 3 Songs without Words (שלושה שירים ללא מילים) for viola and piano (1952); original for cello and piano; Israeli Music Publications; Leeds Music
- Arthur Benjamin
Arthur Leslie Benjamin was an Australian composer, pianist, conductor and teacher. He is best known as the composer of Jamaican Rhumba, composed in 1938.-Biography:...
(1893–1960)
- Cookie for viola and piano; transcription by William Primrose
William Primrose CBE was a Scottish violist and teacher.-Biography:Primrose was born in Glasgow and studied violin initially. In 1919 he moved to study at the then Guildhall School of Music in London. On the urging of the accompanist Ivor Newton, Primrose moved to Belgium to study under Eugène...
- From San Domingo for viola and piano; transcription by William Primrose
William Primrose CBE was a Scottish violist and teacher.-Biography:Primrose was born in Glasgow and studied violin initially. In 1919 he moved to study at the then Guildhall School of Music in London. On the urging of the accompanist Ivor Newton, Primrose moved to Belgium to study under Eugène...
; Boosey & Hawkes
- Jamaican Rumba for viola and piano (1938); transcription by William Primrose
William Primrose CBE was a Scottish violist and teacher.-Biography:Primrose was born in Glasgow and studied violin initially. In 1919 he moved to study at the then Guildhall School of Music in London. On the urging of the accompanist Ivor Newton, Primrose moved to Belgium to study under Eugène...
(1944); Boosey & Hawkes; Viola World Publications
- Le Tombeau de Ravel for viola (or clarinet) and piano (1949); Boosey & Hawkes
- Matty Rag for viola and piano; transcription by William Primrose
William Primrose CBE was a Scottish violist and teacher.-Biography:Primrose was born in Glasgow and studied violin initially. In 1919 he moved to study at the then Guildhall School of Music in London. On the urging of the accompanist Ivor Newton, Primrose moved to Belgium to study under Eugène...
- Romantic Fantasy for violin, viola and orchestra (1937); Boosey & Hawkes
- Sonata "Elegy, Waltz and Toccata" in E minor for viola and piano (1942); orchestrated as Concerto for Viola and Orchestra; Boosey & Hawkes
- George Benjamin
George William John Benjamin, CBE is a British composer of classical music. He is also a conductor, pianist and teacher....
(b.1960)
- Viola, Viola for 2 violas (1996); Faber Music
- Hilat Ben-Kennaz – הילת בן קנז
- Question Mark for viola solo (2007); Israeli Music Center
- George Felix Benkert (1831–?)
- Album pour la Jeunesse (Album for the Young), 4 Morceaux faciles (4 Easy Pieces) for viola (or cello) and piano, Op. 20 (1887)
- Gerald Bennett
Gerald Bennett is a Republican member of the Montana Legislature. He was elected to House District 1 which represents the Libby area.-References:...
(b.1942); Gerald Bennett at Musinfo
- Offertorium: Confirma hoc for viola and tape (1986)
- Richard Rodney Bennett
Sir Richard Rodney Bennett, CBE is an English composer renowned for his film scores and his jazz performance as much as for his challenging concert works...
(b.1936)
- After Ariadne for viola and piano (1986); Novello & Co.
- Concerto for viola and chamber orchestra (1973); Novello & Co.
- Lady Caroline Lamb, Elegy for viola and orchestra (1972)
- Rondel for viola solo (1996); Novello & Co.
- Six Country Dances for viola and piano (2000); arranged for viola and piano by Veronica Leigh Jacobs; Novello & Co.
- Sonata after Syrinx for flute, viola and harp (1985); Novello & Co.
- Up Bow, Down Bow, Book 2 for viola and piano (1979); Novello & Co.
- Concerto for viola and string orchestra (1994)
- Drei Bagatellen (3 Bagatelles) for violin, viola and piano (1993); Astoria-Verlag
- Drei Duos (3 Duos) for viola and cello (1988–1989)
- Episoden (Episodes) for flute, violin and viola (2004)
- Hamborner Partita for flute, viola and organ (1993); Verlag Neue Musik
- Lamento über den Choral "For the Love of Jesus" (Lament on the Chorale "For the Love of Jesus") for bass, viola and organ (1992)
- Märchenbilder (Fairy Tales) for violin, viola and guitar (2001); Sternscher Musikverlag
- Musik for viola and string orchestra (1993)
- Musik mit Bach (Music with Bach) for violin, viola and organ; Remoldus Verlag
- 7 Pieces brève for flute, violin and viola (2006); Sternscher Musikverlag
- Sonata for viola and harpsichord (1972, 1983); Verlag Neue Musik
- Sonata "Kiever Sonate" for viola and piano (2007); Remoldus Verlag
- Tre fogli for viola and piano (1992); Verlag Neue Musik
- Jørgen Bentzon
Jørgen Bentzon was a Danish composer, father of Danish composer Niels Viggo Bentzon and flautist . He was a student of Carl Nielsen from 1915 until 1919....
(1897–1951)
- Fabula for viola solo, Op. 42 (1939); Edition Wilhelm Hansen
- Niels Viggo Bentzon
Niels Viggo Bentzon was a Danish composer and pianist.Bentzon was descended from Johan Ernst Hartmann and the great-grandson of J.P.E. Hartmann. From 1938 to 1942, he studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen under Knud Jeppesen and Christian Christiansen...
(1919–2000)
- Duo for violin and viola, Op. 539 (1989); Edition Wilhelm Hansen
- Sinfonia Concertante for violin, viola, cello, clarinet and orchestra, Op. 100
- Concerto for viola and orchestra, Op. 303 (1972); Edition Wilhelm Hansen
- Arrigo Benvenuti (1925–1992)
- Assolo for viola solo (1977); Edizioni Aldo Bruzzichelli; Edizioni Bèrben
- Esteban Benzecry
Esteban Benzecry is an Argentine classical composer.-Early years:Argentinean composer born in Lisbon in 1970 , after growing up in Argentina he has lived in France since 1997, and obtained French nationality in 2011....
(b.1970); Esteban Benzecry website
- Adagio Fantastico for violin, viola and string orchestra (1993)
- Gilber Berberian (b.1944)
- Folklore III for viola and guitar (1994)
- Nicolai Berezowsky
Nicolai Tikhonovich Berezowsky was a Russian-born American violinist and composer.He was born in St. Petersburg, Russia on May 17, 1900, graduating from the Imperial Capella with honors when he was sixteen. As a young boy singer in the chapel choir, he recalled singing for the Tsar's family and...
(1900–1953)
- Concerto for viola and orchestra, Op. 28 (1941); Boosey & Hawkes
- Duo for clarinet and viola, Op. 15; Sprague-Coleman
- Fred Jonny Berg
Fred Jonny Berg is a Norwegian composer, artist and producer based in Saltdal, Northern Norway.Berg’s catalogue of works comprises about 200 titles, more than 70 opuses, including commissions and works for piano, flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, contrabass, string orchestra and orchestral...
(b.1973); Fred Jonny Berg website
- Sonata No. 1 for viola and piano, Op. 57 (2000); Symbiophonic
- Sonata No. 2 "September" for viola and piano, Op. 59 (2000); Symbiophonic
- Where Am I? for viola and string orchestra, Op. 18 (1993); Symbiophonic
- unter Reibung (Under Friction) for flute, viola and percussion (2000); Édition Musicale Suisse
- Wilhelm Georg Berger
Wilhelm Georg Berger was a Romanian composer, musicologist, violist and conductor.-Biography:...
(1929–1993)
- Ballata for viola and piano (1954); Editura Muzicală, Bucharest
- Concerto for viola solo, Op. 94 (1990); Editura Muzicală, Bucharest
- Concerto No. 1 for viola and orchestra, Op. 12 (1960); Editura Muzicală, Bucharest
- Concerto No. 2 for viola and orchestra, Op. 16 (1962); Editura Muzicală, Bucharest
- Concerto for violin, viola and orchestra (1978); Editura Muzicală, Bucharest
- 3 Sequences Miniaturales for viola solo (1966); Editura Muzicală, Bucharest
- Sonata for flute, viola and cello, Op. 27 (1965); Editura Muzicală, Bucharest
- Sonata for viola solo, Op. 35 (1968); Editura Muzicală, Bucharest
- Sonata for viola and cello, Op. 18 (1962); Editura Muzicală, Bucharest
- Sonata for viola and piano, Op. 3 (1957); Editura Muzicală, Bucharest
- Sonata for violin and viola, Op. 55a (1967); Editura Muzicală, Bucharest
- Sonata quasi una fantasia for viola and piano (1953); Editura Muzicală, Bucharest
- Erik Bergman
Erik Valdemar Bergman was an influential composer of classical music from Finland.Bergman's style ranged widely, from Romanticism in his early works to modernism and primitivism, among other genres...
(1911–2006)
- Nu (Now) for viola and piano, Op. 126 (1994); Edition Fazer; Fennica Gehrman; Warner/Chappell Music Finland
- William Bergsma
-Biography:After studying piano with his mother, a former opera singer, and then the viola, Bergsma moved on to study composition; his most significant teachers were Howard Hanson and Bernard Rogers. Bergsma attended Stanford University for two years before moving on to the Eastman School of...
(1921–1994)
- Fantastic Variations on a Theme from Tristan for viola and piano (1961); Galaxy Music Corporation; ECS Publishing
- Night Piece and Dance Piece for viola and piano (1942)
- Pastorale and Scherzo for recorder or flute and 2 violas (1945); Hargail Music Press; ECS Publishing
- "And it was so..." ("И стало так..."), Symphony No. 2 for viola and piano soli with large orchestra (1993)
- Sonata for viola and piano (1977)
- Luciano Berio
Luciano Berio, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI was an Italian composer. He is noted for his experimental work and also for his pioneering work in electronic music.-Biography:Berio was born at Oneglia Luciano Berio, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI (October 24, 1925 – May 27, 2003) was an Italian...
(1925–2003)
- Chemins II for viola and 9 instruments (1967); Universal Edition
- Chemins III for viola, 9 instruments and orchestra (1968); Universal Edition
- Naturale for viola, percussion and recordings of Sicilian folk music (1985); Universal Edition
- Sequenza VI for viola solo (1967); Universal Edition
- Voci for viola and orchestra (1984); Universal Edition
- Lennox Berkeley
Sir Lennox Randal Francis Berkeley was an English composer.- Biography :He was born in Oxford, England, and educated at the Dragon School, Gresham's School and Merton College, Oxford...
(1903–1989)
- Sonata in D minor for viola and piano, Op. 22 (1945); Chester Music
- Michael Berkeley
Michael Berkeley is a British composer and broadcaster on music.-Early life:His father was the composer Sir Lennox Berkeley...
(b.1948)
- Concerto for viola and orchestra (1994, revised 1996); Oxford University Press
- Odd Man Out for viola solo (1994); Oxford University Press
- Tristessa for English horn, viola and orchestra (2003); Oxford University Press
- Variations on Greek Folk-Songs for viola solo (1976); Oxford University Press
- Sol Berkowitz (1922–2006)
- Introduction and Scherzo (Blues and Dance) for viola and piano (1974); Theodore Presser
- Anton Berlijn (1817–1870)
- Nocturne in C major for viola (or cello) and orchestra, Op. 161 (1865)
- Gabriel-Pierre Berlioz (b.1916)
- Concerto in E major for viola and orchestra (1935); Editions Combre; United Music Publishers
- Hector Berlioz
Hector Berlioz was a French Romantic composer, best known for his compositions Symphonie fantastique and Grande messe des morts . Berlioz made significant contributions to the modern orchestra with his Treatise on Instrumentation. He specified huge orchestral forces for some of his works; as a...
(1803–1869)
- Harold en Italie (Harold in Italy), Symphony for orchestra with viola obbligato, Op. 16, H. 68 (1834)
- Bart Berman
Bart Berman is a Dutch-Israeli pianist and composer, best known as an interpreter of Franz Schubert and 20th century music....
(b.1938)
- Duo in Mediterranean Style for violin and viola (1957)
- Derek Bermel
Derek Bermel is an American composer, clarinetist and conductor whose music blends various facets of world music, funk and jazz with largely classical performing forces and musical vocabulary...
(b.1967)
- Soul Garden for viola and string quintet (2000); Faber Music; PeerMusic Classical
- Alain Bernaud (composer) (b.1932)
- Contrastes for viola and piano (1968); Éditions Rideau Rouge; United Music Publishers
- Parabole for viola and piano (1980); CeBeDeM
- Sonatine for violin and viola (1943); Edition Cranz; CeBeDeM
- Late Autumn Moods and Images for violin, cello (or viola) and piano (1990)
- 4 Silhouettes for flute and viola (1985)
- Wallace Berry (1928–1991)
- Canto lirico for viola and piano (1965); Carl Fischer; Canadian Music Centre
- Angelo Bertalotti (1666–1747)
- 30 Sonatinas for violin and viola (1744)
- Henry Berthold (1933–1987)
- Fünf jüdische Tänze (5 Jewish Dances) for violin or viola and piano (1963); Deutscher Verlag für Musik
- Marc Berthomieu (1906–1991)
- Florilège musical No. 3 for viola solo; Éditiopns Alphonse Leduc; United Music Publishers
- Daniele Bertotto (1947–2007)
- Violet Pages for viola and chamber ensemble (2005)
- Gérard Bertouille (1898–1981)
- Concertino for viola and orchestra (1961); CeBeDeM
- Sonatina líquida for flute, viola and harp (2006); Clivis Publicacions
- In ombra d'amore, Ballata for viola solo (1988); Ricordi
- Ultimo canto: In memoria di Francesco Pennisi for viola solo (2001); Ricordi
- Antoine Bessems (1809–1868)
- Fantaisie sur La flûte enchantée de Mozart (Fantasy on Mozart's "The Magic Flute") for viola and piano (1860)
- Souvenirs élégiaques for viola and piano, Op. 25 (1851); Edition Schott
- Valentín Betancur-González (b.1952)
- Concerto for viola and orchestra (1989); Editorial Alpuerto
- Doble Concierto (Double Concerto) for violin, viola and orchestra (1994); Editorial Alpuerto
- Bruno Bettinelli
Bruno Bettinelli was an Italian composer and teacher.-Biography:Bruno Bettinelli was born in Milan where he later completed his studies at the Conservatorio "G. Verdi" in Milan, under the tutelage of Giulio Cesare Paribeni and Renzo Bossi...
(1913–2004)
- Due Movimenti (2 Movements) for viola and piano (1977); G. Zanibon
- Bernard van Beurden (b.1933)
- À vous bel ami for mezzo-soprano, viola, harp and wind-percussion orchestra (2000); Donemus
- Divertimento for viola and recorder quartet (2005); Donemus
- Konsertante muziek for viola, wind ensemble and percussion (1975); Donemus
- Konsertante muziek II for violin, viola and concert band (1984); Donemus
- Frank Michael Beyer (1928–2008)
- Concerto "Notte di pasqua" for viola and orchestra (2003–2004, 2006); Bote & Bock
- Melos I for viola solo (1983); Bote & Bock
- Melos II for viola solo (1990); Bote & Bock
- Mysteriensonate for orchestra with viola solo (1986); Bote & Bock
- Sonata for viola and organ (1960); Bärenreiter Verlag
- Trio for oboe, viola and harp (1980); Bote & Bock
- Dédicace for viola, vibraphone, piano and double bass
- 5 Piezas (5 Pieces) for viola and piano (1997); Tonos Musikverlags
- Kurt Beythien (1897–1974)
- Sonata in D major for viola and piano, Op. 13 (1930); Hofmeister Verlag; Carl Merseburger; Carl Fischer
- Georgi Bezrukov – Георгий Безруков (b.1928)
- 3 Easy Pieces (Три легкие пьесы) for viola and piano (1950); Gosudarstvennoe muzykalnoe izdatelstvo
- Etudes (Этюды) for viola solo (1987); Sovetsky Kompozitor
- Günter Bialas
-Life:Bialas was born in Bielschowitz in Prussian Silesia. The adolescent Bialas received lessons in piano and music theory from Fritz Lubrich, a former student of Max Reger, in Kattowitz between 1922 and 1925...
(1907–1995)
- Fünf Duette (5 Duets) for viola and cello (1988); Bärenreiter Verlag
- Trauermusik (Funeral Music) for viola and orchestra (1994); Bärenreiter Verlag
- CD in C (D) for viola and tape (2008)
- Marshall Bialosky (b.1923)
- Eleven Jewish Melodies for solo viola (1998); Sanjo Music Co.
- Married Love for viola and cello (1992); Sanjo Music Co.
- Pastoral (With Dark Edges) for solo viola (1966); Seesaw Music
- Suite on Jewish Folk Songs for viola and cello
- Two Against One – Rhapsodic Episodes for clarinet, viola and piano (1989); Sanjo Music Co.
- Two Voices in a Meadow for soprano and viola (1976); Seesaw Music
- Valentin Bibik – Валентин Савич Бібік – Валентин Саввич Бибик (1940–2003)
- Concerto No. 1 for viola and chamber orchestra, Op. 53 (1984); Muzychna Ukraïna
- Concerto No. 2 for viola and orchestra, Op. 104 (1994)
- Concerto-Symphony (Концерт-Симфонія) for violin, viola and chamber orchestra, Op. 61 (1986)
- Elegaic Music (Элегічна музика) for viola and piano soli and orchestra, Op. 77 (1990)
- Out of the Calm... (Из тишины...) for violin, viola and cello, Op. 140 (2000)
- 2 Pieces (2 Пьесы) for viola and piano (1962)
- Recitative (Речитатив) for viola solo (1998)
- Sonata No. 1 for viola solo, Op. 31 (1977)
- Sonata No. 2 for viola solo, Op. 136 (1999)
- Sonata No. 1 for viola and piano, Op. 72 (1988)
- Sonata No. 2 for viola and piano, Op. 137 (2000)
- Sounds and Harmonies for viola and piano, Op. 143 (2001)
- Triptych (Триптих) for viola and string orchestra with piano, Op. 35 (1978)
- Autumn Music for viola and piano (1987); Nota Bene; Centre for New Zealand Music
- Concerto for viola and string orchestra (2007); Centre for New Zealand Music
- Patterns for solo viola
- Sonatina for viola and piano (1981)
- Theme and Variations for solo viola (1987)
- Three Pieces for solo viola (2001); Centre for New Zealand Music
- Three Pieces for viola and piano (2001); Centre for New Zealand Music
- Trio [No. 1] for violin, viola and piano (2007); Centre for New Zealand Music
- Trio No. 2 for violin, viola and piano (2008); Centre for New Zealand Music
- Helmut Bieler
Helmut Bieler is a German composer and pianist.He studied composition with Franz Xaver Lehner and Fritz Schieri, piano with Friedrich Wührer and Aldo Schoen and learned music at the University for Music and Performing Arts, Munich. From 1967 to 1979 he taught at the...
(b.1940); Helmut Bieler webpage
- Duo for viola and cello (1989, 1990–1991); original for clarinet and cello; Arends Musikverlag
- Konzentration und Ausbrüche, Concerto for viola and orchestra (1995); Arends Musikverlag
- God Hath Sent Me to Sea for Pearls: Canticle for viola and piano (1992); C.F. Peters
- "...in sad cypress...", 3 Songs on Texts by William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon"...
for tenor, viola and piano (1989); C.F. Peters
- Concerto for viola, winds and percussion (1966); Consort Press
- Excursions for violin and viola (1985); Consort Press
- Invention for viola and tape (1972); Consort Press
- Eugène Bigot
Eugène Bigot was a French composer and conductor. He also taught at the Conservatoire de Paris where his notable pupils included Émilien Allard, Louis de Froment, Henri-Claude Fantapié, António Fortunato de Figueiredo, Karel Husa, Paul Kuentz, Jean-Bernard Pommier, Pierre Rolland, and Mikis...
(1888–1965)
- Malinconia for violin or viola
- Thème et variations for viola and piano (1959); Éditions Durand
- Jerry Bilik
Jerry Bilik is an American composer, arranger, songwriter, conductor, and director of stage productions.Bilik studied with Tibor Serly who had been a student of Béla Bartók...
(b.1933)
- 3 Movements for viola and piano (2007)
- Schlingen for viola and piano (2005)
- Brúðkaupssálmur (Wedding Song) for viola and marimba (1999); Íslenzk Tónverkamiðstöð
- Fimm lög frá Gautlöndum (Five Songs from Gautlönd) for viola and marimba (2008); Íslenzk Tónverkamiðstöð
- Rhapsodie for viola and piano (1996); Edition Dohr
- Chester Biscardi
Chester Biscardi is an Italian American composer and educator.He received a B.A. degree in English literature from the University of Wisconsin–Madison ; he studied during 1969-1970 at the University of Bologna and the Conservatorio di Musica "G. B. Martini"; he received an M.A...
(b.1948)
- The Viola Had Suddenly Become a Voice for viola and piano (2005); Biscardi Music Press
- Trauermusik für Siegfried Palm (Music of Mourning for Siegfried Palm
Siegfried Palm was a German cellist who is known worldwide for his interpretations of contemporary music. Many 20th-century composers like Kagel, Ligeti, Xenakis, Penderecki and Zimmermann wrote music for him....
) for viola, winds and percussion (2005); Verlag Doblinger
- Viola tricolor, 32 Variations for viola solo, Op. 16 (1982); Verlag Doblinger
- Keith Bissell
Keith Warren Bissell was a Canadian composer, conductor, and music educator. He was particularly known for his choral music, which often implemented elements of Canadian folk music. A passionate educator, he was a pupil of Carl Orff and was influential in popularizing the Orff Schulwerk...
(1912–1992)
- Theme, Variation, and Epilogue for soprano, mixed chorus, solo viola and string orchestra (1970); Canadian Music Centre
- Georges Bizet
Georges Bizet formally Alexandre César Léopold Bizet, was a French composer, mainly of operas. In a career cut short by his early death, he achieved few successes before his final work, Carmen, became one of the most popular and frequently performed works in the entire opera repertory.During a...
(1838–1875)
- Adagietto from "L'Arlésienne" (1872); transcription for viola and piano by William Primrose
William Primrose CBE was a Scottish violist and teacher.-Biography:Primrose was born in Glasgow and studied violin initially. In 1919 he moved to study at the then Guildhall School of Music in London. On the urging of the accompanist Ivor Newton, Primrose moved to Belgium to study under Eugène...
- Purgatorio for viola solo (1964); Edition Samfundet
- Sveinn Lúðvík Björnsson (b.1962)
- Tveir (Two) for viola solo (1992); Íslenzk Tónverkamiðstöð
- Concerto for viola and orchestra, Op. 48 (1954); Bote & Bock; Boosey & Hawkes
- Easley Blackwood (b.1933)
- Sonata No. 1 for viola and piano, Op. 1 (1953); Elkan-Vogel
- Sonata No. 2 for viola and piano, Op. 43 (2001)
- Alter Ego for violin and viola (2005)
- Čtverylka (Quadrille), Dance Fantasy for 4 violas (2004)
- Missing Bow (Senza Arco) for 4 violas (2004)
- Sonata Introspecta for viola solo (1989, revised 2003)
- Benjamin Blake (1751–1827)
- 6 Duos for violin and viola, Op. 2
- Bagatelles for 10 violas (1996); Braxton Blake Music
- Concerto for viola and orchestra (1991); Braxton Blake Music
- Fantasy for viola and piano (1979–1986); Braxton Blake Music
- Viola Concerto (Reconstructed Based upon Pieces by J. S. Bach) for viola and orchestra (1997); Braxton Blake Music
- Christopher Blake (composer) (b.1949)
- A Viola on Skye for viola solo (1976); Australian Music Centre; Centre for New Zealand Music
- Howard Blake
Howard Blake, OBE is an English composer , particularly noted for his film scores, although he is prolific in several fields of classical and light music...
(b.1938)
- Archangel's Lullaby, Suite for viola and piano, Op. 568 (2006); Highbridge Music
- Aria for viola and piano, Op. 504 (1998); Highbridge Music
- Benedictus, Dramatic Oratorio for tenor, speaker, chorus, solo viola and orchestra, Op. 282 (1980); Highbridge Music
- Paean for viola solo, Op. 405 (1990); Highbridge Music
- Pennillion, Theme and Variations for viola and piano, Op. 570 (2006); original work for violin and harp; Highbridge Music
- Prelude from Benedictus for viola solo, Op. 402 (1980, 1989); Highbridge Music
- Duo for violin and viola (1972); American Composers Alliance
- Five from Seven (En Petite Suite) for viola solo (1985, 2002); American Composers Alliance
- Music for solo viola (2005); American Composers Alliance
- A Set of Opposites for viola and piano (2000); American Composers Alliance
- A Song of Ascents for solo viola (1968–1969); Okra Music; Seesaw Music
- Two Parables by Franz Kafka for voice, violin and viola (1964); American Composers Alliance
- Unfoldings for clarinet, viola and cello (2006); American Composers Alliance
- Variations for clarinet and viola (1959–1960); Okra Music
- Frédéric Blasius
Frédéric Blasius was a French violinist, clarinetist, conductor, and composer. Born Matthäus Blasius, he used Frédéric as his pen name on his publications in Paris.- Life and career :Blasius was born in Lauterbourg, a town in the far north-west corner of France on the Rhineland...
(1758–1829)
- Duet for violin and viola (1784?)
- 6 Sonatas for clarinet with viola or bass accompaniment, Op. 55 (1805)
- Eight Inventions for viola solo (1994); Or-Tav Music Publications
- Brenno Blauth (1931–1993)
- Sonata for viola and piano, T. 22 (1978); Editora Novas Metas
- Zdeněk Blažek (1905–1988)
- Hudba noci (Music of the Night), 3 Pieces for viola and piano, Op. 129 (1975); Český Hudební Fond
- Herbert Blendinger
Herbert Blendinger is an Austrian composer and viola player of German origin.-Professional career:Blendinger studied viola and composition with Willy Horwath and Max Gebhard at the conservatory in Nuremberg, then from 1961 to 1963 at the Musikhochschule München with Georg Schmid and Franz Xaver...
(b.1936)
- Concerto for viola and orchestra, Op. 38 (1982); Orlando-Musikverlag
- Concerto for viola and string orchestra, Op. 16 No. 1 (1962); Orlando-Musikverlag
- Dialog for viola and percussion, Op. 20 (1968); Orlando-Musikverlag
- Introduktion und Chaconne for viola and organ, Op. 21; Orlando-Musikverlag
- Partita for viola solo, Op. 25 (1974); Orlando-Musikverlag
- Partita for viola and cello, Op. 27 (1972); Orlando-Musikverlag
- Sonata for viola and harpsichord, Op. 13 (1959); Verlag Doblinger
- Sonata for viola and piano, Op. 12 (1958); Verlag Doblinger
- Sonatina for viola and piano (or guitar), Op. 2 No. 1 (1954)
- Suite for flute and viola, Op. 7 (1955)
- Suite for viola solo, Op. 40 (1982); Verlag Doblinger
- Tre Impressioni (3 Impressions) for flute (bass flute), viola and harp, Op. 26 (1976); Orlando-Musikverlag
- Alternative for viola and piano (1974); Éditions Heugel
- Bairro Alto (Quartier Haut) for viola solo (1995); Éditions Gérard Billaudot
- El Contador for viola solo (1981); Éditions Gérard Billaudot
- William Blezard
William Blezard was a talented pianist and composer who was musical director to Noël Coward, Marlene Dietrich and Joyce Grenfell.- Personal life :...
(1921–2003)
- Duetto for viola and cello soli with string orchestra (1951); Thames Publishing
- Arthur Bliss
Sir Arthur Edward Drummond Bliss, CH, KCVO was an English composer and conductor.Bliss's musical training was cut short by the First World War, in which he served with distinction in the army...
(1891–1975)
- Intermezzo for viola and piano (1915); transcription by Watson Forbes
Watson Douglas Buchanan Forbes was a Scottish violist and classical music arranger...
; Oxford University Press
- Sonata for viola and piano (1933); Oxford University Press
- Two Nursery Rhymes for voice, clarinet (or viola) and piano (1920); Chester Music
- Ernest Bloch
Ernest Bloch was a Swiss-born American composer.-Life:Bloch was born in Geneva and began playing the violin at age 9. He began composing soon afterwards. He studied music at the conservatory in Brussels, where his teachers included the celebrated Belgian violinist Eugène Ysaÿe...
(1880–1959)
- Concertino for flute, viola and string orchestra (or piano) (1948, 1950); G. Schirmer
- Meditation and Processional for viola and piano (1951); G. Schirmer
- Suite for viola and piano or orchestra (1919–1920); G. Schirmer
- Suite for viola solo (1958); Broude Brothers
- Suite Hébraïque for viola and piano or orchestra (1951); G. Schirmer
- Fantasy for viola solo (1967, revised 1973); Musica Rara
- Suite for viola and piano (1936); Swedish Music Information Centre
- Erik Blomberg (composer) (1922–2006)
- Studie for viola and orchestra (1996); Swedish Music Information Centre
- Karl-Birger Blomdahl
Karl-Birger Blomdahl was a Swedish composer and conductor born in Växjö. He was educated in biochemistry, but was primarily active in music and by his experimental compositions he became one of the big names in Swedish modernism. His teachers included Hilding Rosenberg...
(1916–1968)
- Concerto for viola and orchestra (1941); STIM; Swedish Music Information Centre
- Barcarolle, Slumber Song in F major for viola (or violin) and piano (1906); American Viola Society Publications
- Concerto for viola and orchestra (1950)
- Kleines (neo-klassisches) Konzert (Little Neo-classical Concerto) for clarinet and viola (1925, 1980)
- Musik auf zwei Ebenen (Music on Two Levels) for viola and piano (1973); Hug & Co. Musikverlage
- Sequenz über den Erzengel Michael (Sequence on the Archangel Michael) for medium voice, viola and piano (1981)
- Sonata vor viola solo (1987)
- Joachim Blume (1923–2002)
- Musik for viola and string orchestra (1956); Möseler Verlag
- Joseph von Blumenthal (1782–1850)
- Grand Caprice in F major for viola solo, Op. 79 (1838)
- 3 Grand duos concertantes (C major, D major, F major) for violin and viola, Op. 81 (1839)
- Theodor Blumer
Theodor Anton Blumer was a German composer and conductor.Blumer was born in Dresden. He studied composition with Felix Draeseke and W. Brookman at the Dresden Conservatory. In 1931 he became the conductor of the Dresden Radio Orchestra, and after this moved to Leipzig to head the Middle German...
(1881–1964)
- Sonata for viola and piano, Op. 17
- Sonata for viola and piano (1999, revised 2004); Modus Music
- Carey Blyton
Carey Blyton was a British composer and writer best known for his song Bananas In Pyjamas which later became an Australian children's television series, and for his work on Doctor Who....
(1932–2002); Carey Blyton website
- Elegy for viola and piano, Op. 12a (1952, revised 1960); Modus Music
- Leonid Bobylev
Leonid Borisovich Bobylev, also Bobylyov is a Russian composer.Bobylev graduated from the Moscow Conservatory, where he studied composition with Mikhail Chulaki, a professor at the Moscow Conservatory.-Works:Bobylev has composed 5 operas, 8 concertos, a symphony, a symphonic poem "De profundis", 2...
(b.1949); Leonid Bobylev website
- Concerto for viola and string orchestra (1970)
- Viennese Musical Box (Венская шкатулка), Concerto Grosso No. 3 for violin, viola, piano and string orchestra (2007); Editorial Periferia Música
- Luigi Boccherini
Luigi Rodolfo Boccherini was an Italian classical era composer and cellist whose music retained a courtly and galante style while he matured somewhat apart from the major European musical centers. Boccherini is most widely known for one particular minuet from his String Quintet in E, Op. 11, No...
(1743–1805)
- Sonata in C major for viola with cello accompaniment, G. 17; Gems Music Publications
- Sonata in C minor for viola with cello accompaniment, G. 18; Gems Music Publications
- Ruth Bodenstein-Hoyme (1924–2006)
- Fünf Miniaturen (5 Miniatures) for violin and viola (1963); Friedrich Hofmeister Musikverlag
- Sylvie Bodorová
Sylvie Bodorová is a Czech composer.-Biography:Bodorová studied composition at the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno and as a post-graduate later on at the Music Academy in Prague...
(b.1954)
- Gila, Rome! Meditations for viola solo (1980); Panton Praha
- Plankty (Passion Plays), Music for viola and orchestra (1982); Panton Praha
- Silberwolke, Concerto for violin, viola and string orchestra (2005); ArcoDiva
- August de Boeck
Julianus Marie August de Boeck was a Flemish composer, organist and music pedagogue....
(1865–1937)
- Deux esquisses (2 Sketches) for viola (or violin) and piano; Schott Frères, Bruxelles
- Fantasia for viola and piano (1916); Schott Frères, Bruxelles
- Feuillet d'album (Album Leaf) for viola and piano (c.1892); Schott Frères, Bruxelles
- Konrad Boehmer
Konrad Boehmer is a Dutch composer and writer of German birth.Boehmer was born in Berlin. His music reflects his Marxist political agenda, which is made explicit in many of his writings from the late 1960s and 1970s...
(b.1941)
- Nuba for flute, viola and harp (1998); Tonos
- Philippe Boesmans
-Life:Boesmans was born in Tongeren and studied piano at the Conservatory in Liège, where he was also introduced to serial composing techniques by Pierre Froidebise. However, it was only after coming into contact with the "Liège Group" in 1957 that he began to write music, as a self-taught composer...
(b.1936)
- Surfing for viola and orchestra (1990); Éditions Jobert
- Noctua, Song for voice and viola, Op. 89 (2004); Symétrie
- Natalia Boeva – Наталія Іванівна Боєва (b.1951)
- Elegy (Елегія) for viola and chamber orchestra (2002)
- Concerto-Rhapsody (Концерт-рапсодія) for viola, voice and orchestra (2001)
- Valerian Bogdanov-Berezovsky – Валериан Михайлович Богданов-Березовский (1903–1971)
- Sonata in C minor for viola and piano, Op. 44 (1956); Muzyka; Gosudarstvennoe muzykalnoe izdatelstvo
- Edward Bogusławski (1940–2003)
- Impromptu for flute, viola and harp (1972); Wydawnictwo Muzyczne Agencji Autorskiej
- Dramatické varianty (Dramatic Variations) for viola and orchestra (1983); Český Hudební Fond
- Emil Bohnke
Emil Bohnke was a German violist, composer and conductor in Berlin.-Life:Emil Bohnke was the son of textile manufacturer Ferdinand Bohnke...
(1888–1928)
- Sonata for viola solo, Op. 13 No. 2 (1921); N. Simrock
- Wayne Bohrnstedt (b.1923)
- Concerto for viola and orchestra (1989?)
- Rob du Bois
Rob du Bois is a Dutch composer, pianist, and jurist.-Background and education:Rob du Bois was born in Amsterdam. His French ancestry can be seen from his name, and he maintains a sympathy for the French mentality and language...
(b.1934)
- Drei traurige Tänze (Three Sad Dances) for alto voice and viola (1954); Donemus
- Sonata for viola solo (1981); Donemus
- Three Sad Dances for 2 violas (1954); Donemus
- Ut Supra for viola and piano (1973); Donemus
- Vladimir's Hyde-Away for viola and piano
- René de Boisdeffre (1838–1906)
- Berceuse for viola and piano, Op. 34; Éditions Max Eschig
- Rêverie for viola (or viola d'amore, or violin, or cello) and string orchestra with harp or piano, Op. 55 (1890?); J. Hamelle
- Trois pièces (3 Pieces) for clarinet or viola and piano, Op. 40 (1873)
- Jacques Boisgallais (b.1927)
- Fuocoso II for viola solo (2002)
- Hymne for viola and piano (1973); Éditions Musicales Transatlantiques
- Musique for violin and viola (1996); Éditions Max Eschig
- Cadence for viola solo (1988); Éditions Salabert
- Concerto for viola and chamber orchestra (1987); Éditions Salabert
- Deux Esquisses (Two Sketches) for violin or viola (1992); Editions du Visage
- Sonata for viola and piano, Op. 52; Slovenský Hudobný Fond
- Earth Winds for flute, viola and harp (1981); American Composers Alliance
- William Bolcom
William Elden Bolcom is an American composer and pianist. He has received the Pulitzer Prize, the National Medal of Arts, two Grammy Awards, the Detroit Music Award and was named 2007 Composer of the Year by Musical America. Bolcom taught composition at the University of Michigan from 1973–2008...
(b.1938)
- Fairytales from the Brothers Grimm for viola, cello and double bass (1987–1988); E.B. Marks Music; Theodore Presser
- Fantasia Concertante for viola, cello and orchestra (1985); E.B. Marks Music; Theodore Presser
- Let Evening Come for soprano, viola and piano (1994); poems by Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou is an American author and poet who has been called "America's most visible black female autobiographer" by scholar Joanne M. Braxton. She is best known for her series of six autobiographical volumes, which focus on her childhood and early adult experiences. The first and most highly...
, Emily DickinsonEmily Elizabeth Dickinson was an American poet. Born in Amherst, Massachusetts, to a successful family with strong community ties, she lived a mostly introverted and reclusive life...
, Jane KenyonJane Kenyon was an American poet and translator. Her work is often characterized as simple, spare, and emotionally resonant.-Life:...
; E.B. Marks Music; Hal Leonard
- Session II for violin and viola (1966); Merion Music; Theodore Presser
- Altrosa und Violett for viola and alto saxophone (1993)
- ave stanzen for oboe d'amore
The oboe d'amore , less commonly oboe d'amour, is a double reed woodwind musical instrument in the oboe family. Slightly larger than the oboe, it has a less assertive and more tranquil and serene tone, and is considered the mezzo-soprano of the oboe family, between the oboe itself and the cor...
and viola (1995)
- drei madrigale for viola and bassoon (1991)
- drei sonette for 6 violas (1989)
- Elegie for 3 violas (1988)
- Fantasie for 4 violas (1988)
- Hymne for violin, viola, clarinet and chamber orchestra (1989)
- 3 Intermezzi for 4 violas (1988)
- Kleine Suite (Little Suite) for 2 violas and 2 cellos (1988)
- Konzertrondo (Concert Rondo) for viola and string orchestra (1990)
- 4 Miniaturen for 5 violas (1988)
- Solosuite No. 1 for viola solo (1991)
- weisser turm, Solo Suite No. 2 for viola solo (1991)
- Very Near the Edge of the Flat Earth for viola and piano (2007); Canadian Music Centre
- Song (without Words) No. 3 for violin or viola and piano (1991); Donemus
- Victoria Bond
-Life:Victoria Bond was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of operatic bass Philip Bond and concert pianist Jane Bond. Her grandfather was also a liturgical composer. The family later moved from California to New York, and Bond studied piano at the Mannes School of Music with Nadia...
(b.1945)
- Conversation Piece for viola and vibraphone (1975); Seesaw Music; Subito Music
- Duet for flute and viola (1969); Seesaw Music; Subito Music
- Insects for solo electric viola (1996); Protone Music
- Jasmine Flower (茉莉花; Moli Hua) for viola solo (1999); Protone Music
- Mirror, Mirror for soprano, flute and viola (1969); Seesaw Music; Subito Music
- Seduction and Sanctification, Triple Concerto for flute, viola, harp and orchestra (2007); Protone Music
- Woven for violin and viola (2005); also for 2 flutes or 2 violins; Protone Music
- Le Soleil multicolore for flute, viola and harp (1970); Éditions Max Eschig
- Sonatina d'estiu (Summer Sonatina) for viola and piano (1952); Editorial de Música Boileau
- Adriaan Bonsel (1918–2011)
- Elegie for viola solo (1961); Donemus
- Diotima an Hyperion for alto, flute, viola and harp, Op. 50 (1984); words by Friedrich Hölderlin
Johann Christian Friedrich Hölderlin was a major German lyric poet, commonly associated with the artistic movement known as Romanticism. Hölderlin was also an important thinker in the development of German Idealism, particularly his early association with and philosophical influence on his...
; Donemus
- En el járdin (In the Garden), Music for viola solo, Op121 (2002); available from composer
- Haiku for viola and piano, Op. 92 (1993); Donemus
- in zoete mijmering verzonken.... (lost in sweet rêverie…) for viola and string orchestra, Op. 155 (2006); available from composer
- Psalmus XI for alto and viola, Op. 48 (1984); Donemus
- Trio for clarinet, viola and piano, Op. 123 (2002)
- S.L.M. for viola solo (1992)
- Tres Marias for viola, cello and piano (2003)
- Giovanni Battista Borghi (1738–1796)
- Sonata No. 1 in D major for viola d'amore (or viola) and double bass
- Brácsaverseny (Viola Concerto) for viola and orchestra (1965)
- 4 Duetti for flute (or recorder) and viola (1965); Editio Musica Budapest
- Agustí Borgunyó (1894–1967)
- Suite (Version 1) for viola and orchestra (1930s, published 2007); Clivis Publicacions
- Suite (Version 2) for viola and orchestra (published 2007); Clivis Publicacions
- Sonata for viola and piano (1974)
- Vadim Borisovsky
Vadim Vasilyevich Borisovsky was a Russian violist.Born in Moscow, Borisovsky entered Moscow Conservatory in 1917 studying the violin with Mikhail Press. A year later, on the advice of violist Vladimir Bakaleinikov, Borisovsky turned his attentions to the viola. He studied with Bakaleinikov and...
(1900–1972)
- Four Artistic Studies for viola solo
- Pavel Bořkovec
Pavel Bořkovec was a Czech composer and music teacher.Bořkovec studied at the Prague Conservatory under Josef Suk. From 1946 to 1967 he taught at the Academy of Musical Arts in Prague. His students there included Pavel Blatný, Jiří Pauer, Vladimír Sommer, Petr Eben, Jan Klusák and Jan Truhlář...
(1894–1972)
- Sonata for viola solo, Op. 12 (1931); Hudební Matice Umělecké Besedy
- Poème for viola and piano or chamber orchestra, Op. 30 (1965, orchestration 1989); Swedish Music Information Centre
- Alexander Borodin
Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin was a Russian Romantic composer and chemist of Georgian–Russian parentage. He was a member of the group of composers called The Five , who were dedicated to producing a specifically Russian kind of art music...
(1833–1887)
- Nocturne from the String Quartet No. 2 (1881); transcription for viola and piano by William Primrose
William Primrose CBE was a Scottish violist and teacher.-Biography:Primrose was born in Glasgow and studied violin initially. In 1919 he moved to study at the then Guildhall School of Music in London. On the urging of the accompanist Ivor Newton, Primrose moved to Belgium to study under Eugène...
- Abram Borodkin (1896–1978)
- Synco-Rhythmicon for cello or viola and piano (1946); M. Witmark
- Teresa Borràs i Fornell
Teresa Borrás Fornell was a Catalan composer, music teacher and pianist.-Biography:Borrás began her musical studies at age eight at the Liceo Conservatory in Barcelona, where she studied piano, harmony and guitar. Teachers she studied with included Molinari, Agosti and Vito Frazzi...
(1923–2010)
- Concerto for viola and orchestra, Op. 106 (1992)
- Siegfried Borris (1906–1987)
- Canzona for viola and organ (or harpsichord), Op. 110; Sirius Verlag
- Kleine Suite (Little Suite) for viola and piano; Sirius Verlag; Heinrichshofen's Verlag
- Partita for viola and cello (or 2 cellos), Op. 4 (1928); Sirius Verlag; Heinrichshofen's Verlag
- Sonata in F for viola and piano, Op. 51 (published 1950); Sirius Verlag; Heinrichshofen's Verlag
- Edith Borroff
Edith Borroff is an American musicologist and composer. She was born in New York City, the daughter of professional musicians Marie Bergerson and Ramon Borroff. The family moved to Chicago in 1941 and Borroff studied at the American Conservatory of Music, graduating with a Bachelor of Music in...
(b.1925)
- Five Pieces for viola and piano (1989); American Composers Alliance
- Trio for viola, horn and piano (1999); American Composers Alliance
- Voices in Exile: Three Canons for flute and viola (1962); American Composers Alliance
- Night Music for viola and piano (1993); Donemus
- Mauro Bortolotti (1926–2007)
- Combinazioni libere, Improvization for viola and piano (1965); Casa Ricordi
- Estratto da O poeta è um fingidor, Fantasia for viola solo (1998)
- 3 Sonetti licenziosi for viola solo, soprano, flute, clarinet, horn, cello and piano (1992); Casa Ricordi
- Studi for clarinet, viola and horn (1960); Edizioni Suvini Zerboni
- Daniel Börtz
Daniel Börtz is a Swedish composer.He studied composition under Hilding Rosenberg, Karl-Birger Blomdahl and Ingvar Lidholm. Among his works are the operas Bacchanterna , Marie Antoinette and Goya .-References:*...
(b.1943)
- Dialogo 2 for 2 violas (1978); Carl Gehrmans Musikförlag
- Axel Borup-Jørgensen
Axel Borup-Jørgensen is a Danish composer.Axel Borup-Jørgensen is born in Hjørring in Denmark, but grew up in Sweden. He studied piano as a major at Det Kongelige Danske Musikkonservatorium and instrumentation with Poul Schierbeck and Jørgen Jersild.He was one of the first Danish composers to go...
(b.1924)
- Autumn Leaves Nr. 5 for viola and marimba, Op. 167 No. 5 (2003); SNYK
- Duo for violin and viola, Op. 12 (1951); Edition A. Borup-Jørgensen; SNYK
- Herbsttag, Paraphrase for viola solo (1996–1999); SNYK
- Mobiler efter Alexander Calder for viola, marimba and piano, Op. 38 (1961); Edition Samfundet
- Musik for slagtøj og bratsch (Music for Percussion and Viola), Op. 18 (1955–1956); Edition Samfundet
- O Bäume Lebens for mezzo-soprano and viola, Op. 81 (1977); Edition Samfundet
- Partita for viola solo, Op. 15 (1953–1954); Edition A. Borup-Jørgensen; SNYK
- Rhapsodie for viola and piano, Op. 114 (1984–1985); version II (1994–1995); version III (1994–1996); Edition A. Borup-Jørgensen; SNYK
- Sine Nomine "Lerchenborg-variation" for viola solo, Op. 139 No. 3 (1990); Edition A. Borup-Jørgensen; SNYK
- Sonata for viola and piano, Op. 14 (1952–1953); Edition A. Borup-Jørgensen; SNYK
- Sonata breve for viola and piano, Op. 33 (1959–1960); Edition A. Borup-Jørgensen; SNYK
- Ur Baul sånger for soprano, flute and viola, Op. 5 (1949); Edition A. Borup-Jørgensen; SNYK
- Dialogos for flute and viola (1989)
- Diptic for violin and viola (1989)
- Metacromie II for viola solo (1988)
- Hans-Jürgen von Bose
Hans-Jürgen von Bose is a German Composer.-Life:After an unsettled adolescence, Bose entered the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt in 1969, where he received instruction in piano and music theory...
(b.1953)
- ... vom Wege abkommen for viola solo (1981–1982); Ars Viva Verlag
- Jean-Yves Bosseur
Jean-Yves Bosseur is a French composer and writer.Bosseur studied composition with Henri Pousseur and Karlheinz Stockhausen at the Third, Fourth, and Fifth Cologne Courses for New Music, from 1965 to 1968, at the Hochschule für Musik Köln , and received a doctorate in aesthetic philosophy from the...
(b.1947)
- Alto molto for viola solo (1975, revised 1992); Tonos Musikverlags
- Marco Enrico Bossi
Marco Enrico Bossi was an Italian organist, composer, improviser and pedagogue.-Life:Bossi was born in Salò, a town in the province of Brescia, Lombardy, into a family of musicians. His father, Pietro, was organist at Salò Cathedral, which has a one-manual organ built by Fratelli Serassi from 1865...
(1861–1925)
- Romance in A major for viola (or cello) and piano, Op. 89 (1894); Breitkopf & Härtel
- Cinque Note (Five Notes), Children's Pieces for piano 4-hands with concertante viola ad libitum (1993); Edizioni Suvini Zerboni
- D'une âme à l'autre (From One Soul to the Other) for viola solo; Éditions Musicales Européennes; United Music Publishers
- Wolfgang Bottenberg (b.1930)
- Sonata modalis for clarinet or viola and piano (1979); Canadian Music Centre
- Variations on "Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes" for viola and piano (2001); Canadian Music Centre
- Sehnsucht Nach for viola and piano (2006)
- Fantasy Sonata (Viola Sonata No. 1) for viola and piano (1959); American Composers Alliance
- Mixed Bag for viola and piano; American Composers Alliance
- Rhapsodic Variations for solo viola, piano and string orchestra (1962); American Composers Alliance
- Sonata for violin and viola (2001); American Composers Alliance
- Carlos Botto Villarino (b.1923)
- Fantasía for viola and piano, Op. 15 (1961–1962); Instituto de Extensión Musical Santiago
- Linda Bouchard
Linda Bouchard is a Canadian composer and conductor.-Biography:She was raised in Montreal. She has a BA in music and an MMus in composition . Her teachers were Harvey Sollberger , David Gilbert and Arthur Weisberg , and Henry Brant...
(b.1957); Linda Bouchard website
- Booming Sands, Concerto for viola and orchestra (1999)
- Possible Nudity for solo viola, cello, string bass, harp and percussion (1987); also for viola, cello and piano (1988); Canadian Music Centre
- Pourtinade for viola and percussion (1983); Canadian Music Centre
- Frisson, La Vie, Duo Concertante for flute, viola and string orchestra (1992); Canadian Music Centre
- Leon C. Bouman (1852–1919)
- Drie Fantasieën (3 Fantasies; Trois fantaisies) for violin (or viola) and piano, Op. 8 (c.1880)
- Derek Bourgeois
Derek Bourgeois is an English composer. Educated at Cambridge University , he spent two years at the Royal College of Music studying composition with Herbert Howells and conducting with Sir Adrian Boult.From 1970 to 1984 he was a lecturer in music at Bristol University, and then Director of the...
(b.1941)
- Caprice for viola and piano, Op. 119a (1990); original version for alto saxophone and piano; Brass Wind Publications
- Fantasy Duo for viola and double bass, Op. 88 (1983)
- Fantasy Pieces for viola solo, Op. 133b (1993); original version for violin solo; Brass Wind Publications
- Jean-Maurice Bourges (1812–1881)
- Sonata for viola and piano (c.1880)
- Francis de Bourguignon (1890–1961)
- Suite for viola and orchestra, Op. 67 (1940); Editions G. Hulpiau; CeBeDeM
- Roger Bourland
Roger Bourland is an American composer, publisher, blogger, and Chair of the UCLA Department of Music.- Biography :Born in Evanston, Illinois, Bourland received a Bachelor of Music in Music Theory and Composition from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, studying with Leslie Thimmig and Randall...
(b.1952)
- A Slash of Blue for mezzo-soprano, viola and harp (1984); ECS Publishing; Yelton Rhodes Music
- Three Arias for viola or cello and piano (1989); Yelton Rhodes Music
- Portable Concerto for viola and electronics/tape (1989); ECS Publishing; Yelton Rhodes Music
- Armand Bournonville (1890–1957)
- Appassionato in C minor for viola and piano (published 1929); Éditions Costallat; Editions Gérard Billaudot
- Danse pour Katia for viola and piano (published 1929); original for flute and piano; transcription by Maurice Vieux
Maurice Edgard Vieux was a French violist whose teaching at the Conservatoire de Paris plays a key role in the history of the viola in France....
; United Music Publishers
- Lamento for viola and piano (published 1929); Editions Gérard Billaudot; United Music Publishers
- York Bowen
Edwin York Bowen was an English composer and pianist. Bowen’s musical career spanned more than fifty years during which time he wrote over 160 works. As well as being a pianist and composer, Bowen was a talented conductor, organist, violist and horn player...
(1884–1961)
- Allegro de Concert in D minor for viola and piano (1906); original for cello and piano; Josef Weinberger Music Publishing
- Concerto in C minor for viola and orchestra, Op. 25 (1906–1907); Josef Weinberger Music Publishing
- Fantasia in F major for viola and organ (1903); Josef Weinberger Music Publishing
- Fantasia ("Fantasie Quartet") in E minor for 4 violas, Op. 41 No. 1 (1907); Rarities for Strings Publications
- Melody for the C-String in F major for viola and piano, Op. 51 No. 2 (1918); Josef Weinberger Music Publishing
- Melody on the G-String in G major for viola and piano, Op. 47 (1917); Josef Weinberger Music Publishing
- Phantasy in F major for viola and piano, Op. 54 (1918); Josef Weinberger Music Publishing
- Poem in G major for viola, harp and organ, Op. 27 (1912)
- Rhapsody in G minor for viola and piano, Op. 149 (1955); Josef Weinberger Music Publishing
- Romance in A major (1908); original for cello and piano; Josef Weinberger Music Publishing
- Romance in D major for viola and piano (1900, 1904); original for violin and piano; Comus Edition
- Sonata No. 1 in C minor for viola and piano, Op. 18 (1905); Edition Schott
- Sonata No. 2 in F major for viola and piano, Op. 22 (1906); Edition Schott
- Scenes / Duos for flute and viola (2002)
- The Echo Over the Voice for solo viola, chamber ensemble and interactive electronics (2007)
- Day of Electricity for clarinet, viola and electronics (2005)
- Deixo/Sonata for viola and piano (2009)
- ...merely circulating for clarinet, viola and piano (1997)
- Anne Boyd
Anne Elizabeth Boyd AM is an Australian composer and Professor of Music at the University of Sydney.-Early life:Anne Boyd was born in Sydney to James Boyd and Annie Freda Deason Boyd ....
(b.1946)
- Esgid mair for viola and percussion (2003); University of York Music Press; Australian Music Centre
- Miaren mair for oboe d'amore, viola and harp (2004); University of York Music Press
- 4 Dance Preludes for viola and piano (1991); Scottish Music Centre
- 3 Islay Sketches for violin and viola (2006); Scottish Music Centre
- Such Sweet Sorrow for viola solo (2009); Scottish Music Centre
- Pezzo Concertato No. 1 for viola and orchestra, Op. 11 (1965); Editio Musica Budapest; Boosey & Hawkes
- Románc (Romance) for clarinet (or viola) and piano (1957)
- Dans un ailleurs... for viola and piano; Collection Panorama: Œuvres Contemporaines, Volume 1 (1987); Éditions Gérard Billaudot; United Music Publishers
- Eugène Bozza
Eugène Joseph Bozza was a French composer.Bozza studied composition, conducting, and violin at the Paris Conservatoire. He is known primarily for his chamber music. Bozza's work includes five symphonies, operas, ballets, and many pieces for brass ensemble...
(1905–1991)
- Concertino for viola and orchestra (1932); Éditions Paul Ricard
- Concerto for violin, viola and cello soli, winds, harp and double bass (1955); Éditions Alphonse Leduc
- Improvisation Burlesque for viola and piano (1968); Éditions Alphonse Leduc
- Parthie for viola solo (1967); Éditions Alphonse Leduc
- Sonatine for viola and cello (1976); Éditions Alphonse Leduc
- Andries de Braal (1909–1987)
- Giocoso for flute, violin and viola (1972); Donemus
- Introduzione ed Allegro capriccioso for viola and piano (1969); Donemus
- Trio for flute, violin and viola (1972); Donemus
- Philip Bračanin
Philip Bračanin is an Australian composer and musicologist. He graduated from the University of Western Australia in 1962 with bachelors degrees in mathematics and music. He pursued graduate studies at the same school in musicology and composition, earning an MA in 1968 and a PhD in 1970...
(b.1942)
- Concerto for viola and orchestra (1990); Australian Music Centre
- Prelude and March in Canon for viola or horn and piano (1953); Boosey & Hawkes
- Homages, Concerto for viola and small orchestra (1979)
- Love and Death: Four Elizabethan Lyrics for soprano, viola and string orchestra (1984)
- Suite for viola solo (1956)
- Three Sketches for viola solo (1963)
- Dark Matter (Primal Pulse) for viola solo and chamber ensemble (1998)
- Frame 4: Still for electric guitar and viola (2007)
- Struck Twice by Lightning for viola and sampler (or tape) (1999)
- Three or Four Days after the Death of Kurt Cobain for viola and piano (1994, 1999); Canadian Music Centre
- Edvard Fliflet Bræin
Edvard Fliflet Bræin was a Norwegian composer and conductor. He is best remembered for the composition Ut mot havet and the opera Anne Pedersdotter.-Personal life:...
(1924–1976)
- Serenade for viola and orchestra (1947); Edition Harald Lyche
- Johannes Brahms
Johannes Brahms was a German composer and pianist, and one of the leading musicians of the Romantic period. Born in Hamburg, Brahms spent much of his professional life in Vienna, Austria, where he was a leader of the musical scene...
(1833–1897)
- Sonata No. 1 in F minor for viola and piano, Op. 120 No. 1 (1894)
- Sonata No. 2 in E major for viola and piano, Op. 120 No. 2 (1894)
- 2 Gesänge (2 Songs) for alto, viola and piano, Op. 91 (1884)
- 2 ungarische Tänze (2 Hungarian Dances) – No. 3 in F major and No. 1 in D minor for viola and piano (1869); transcription by Watson Forbes
Watson Douglas Buchanan Forbes was a Scottish violist and classical music arranger...
; Hinrichsen Edition; Peters Edition
- Waltz in A major for viola and piano, Op. 39 No. 15 (1865); transcription by Vadim Borisovsky
Vadim Vasilyevich Borisovsky was a Russian violist.Born in Moscow, Borisovsky entered Moscow Conservatory in 1917 studying the violin with Mikhail Press. A year later, on the advice of violist Vladimir Bakaleinikov, Borisovsky turned his attentions to the viola. He studied with Bakaleinikov and...
; Album of 6 Pieces, International Music Company
- Wie Melodien zieht es mir (Soft Strains of Music Drifting) for viola and piano, Op. 105 No. 1 (1886); original for voice and piano; transcription by William Primrose
William Primrose CBE was a Scottish violist and teacher.-Biography:Primrose was born in Glasgow and studied violin initially. In 1919 he moved to study at the then Guildhall School of Music in London. On the urging of the accompanist Ivor Newton, Primrose moved to Belgium to study under Eugène...
; Carl Fischer
- Wir wandelten (We Wandered) for viola and piano, Op. 96 No. 2 (1884); original for voice and piano; transcription by Lionel Tertis
Lionel Tertis, CBE was an English violist and one of the first viola players to find international fame.Tertis was born in West Hartlepool, the son of Polish-Jewish immigrants, and initially studied the violin in Leipzig and at the Royal Academy of Music in London...
; Boosey & Hawkes
- Thüring Bräm
Thüring Bräm is a Swiss composer and conductor.Bräm graduated from a high school in Basel. He then studied piano, conducting and composition in Basel and musicology at the University of Basel and the University of Heidelberg...
(b.1944); Thüring Bräm website
- "... Dass es nichts Neues gibt unter der Sonne ..." for soprano, viola and bassoon (1970); Schweizer Musikedition
- Marginalien zu einem Anagramm (Marginalia to an Anagram) for violin and viola (1993)
- Ombra for violin, viola and string orchestra (1990)
- One in Two, 5 Pieces for shakuhachi
The is a Japanese end-blown flute. It is traditionally made of bamboo, but versions now exist in ABS and hardwoods. It was used by the monks of the Fuke school of Zen Buddhism in the practice of...
and viola (1998)
- Sonata for viola and piano (1982–1984); SNYK
- Johann Friedrich Braun (1759–1824)
- Duo Concertant in E major for viola and cello
- Wilhelm Theodor Johann Braun (1796–1867)
- Duo in F major for violin and viola, Op. 20
- Yehezkel Braun
-Biography:From the age of two, Braun, was brought up in Mandate Palestine in close contact with Jewish and East-Mediterranean traditional music. The influence of this background is clearly felt in his compositions....
(b.1922)
- Er'elei Ma'ala (אראלי מעלה; Angels on High; Heavenly Angels), Variations on an Old Tune for viola and piano (2000); Israel Music Institute
- Kinat haShote (קינת השוטה; The Jester's Lament) for viola solo (1968); Israel Music Institute
- Shirei Lilith (שירי לילית; Noctuae Carmina) for viola and piano (1979) or Orchestra (1989); Israel Music Institute
- Thirty-Six Progressive Pieces for Two and Three Violas (1995); Israel Music Institute
- Walter Braunfels
-Life:Walter Braunfels was born in Frankfurt am Main. His first music teacher was his mother, the great-niece of the composer Louis Spohr . He continued his piano studies in Frankfurt at the Hoch Conservatory with James Kwast....
(1882–1954)
- Schottische Fantasie for viola and orchestra, Op. 47 (1933)
- Music (Sinfonia Concertante) for violin solo, viola solo, 2 horns and string orchestra, Op. 68 (1948)
- Reiner Bredemeyer
Reiner Bredemeyer was a German composer. He was born in Vélez, Santander and went to school in Breslau. In 1944 he began his military service. After World War II he met Karl Amadeus Hartmann. From 1949 to 1953 he studied composition with Karl Höller at the Munich Academy for Musical Arts...
(1929–1995)
- Concerto for viola and chamber orchestra (1981)
- fUEnfzig fUEr jUErg (Fifty for Jürg) for viola solo (1992)
- Solo 3 for viola and J.K.F. (Jean Kurt Forest) (1975); Deutscher Verlag für Musik
- Sonata for viola and piano (1995)
- Sonata for violin, viola and piano (1967)
- Triostücke for flute, viola and bass clarinet (1962)
- Triostücke 3 in fünf Sätzen for viola, guitar and double bass (1983); Deutscher Verlag für Musik
- Triostücke 4 for clarinet, viola and piano (1985); Deutscher Verlag für Musik
- Varianten for viola, bassoon and piano (1960)
- Ilona Breģe
Ilona Breģe is a composer, pianist and musicologist. She graduated the Latvian Music Academy as pianist and composer , Doctor of Art ....
(b.1959); Ilona Breģe website
- Divi liriski intermeco (2 Lyrical Intermezzos) for viola and piano (1984)
- Otrais Rīgas koncerts (Riga Concerto No. 2) for violin, viola and chamber orchestra (2007)
- Soluzione for viola and piano (1997); Music Information Centre Norway
- Erling Brene
Niels Erling Emmanuel Brene was a Danish composer.He was born and died in Copenhagen.In 1948 he won a bronze medal in the art competitions of the Olympic Games for his "Viguer" ....
(1896–1980)
- Concerto for viola and orchestra (1948–1949); SNYK
- Thérèse Brenet
Thérèse Brenet is a French composer. She studied at the Conservatoire de Reims and the Conservatoire de Paris. Among her teachers were Maurice Duruflé, Henri Dutilleux, Darius Milhaud, and Jean Rivier...
(b.1935)
- Aeterno certamine for viola, cello, percussion and string orchestra (1990)
- Anamnèse for female voice and viola (1982)
- Anamnèse II for mezzo-soprano, viola and chamber ensemble (1996)
- Les Chants du Sommeil et de la Mort for violin, viola and Celtic harp (1984)
- Ophiucus V.P.8B for viola and guitar (1984)
- Cesar Bresgen
Cesar Bresgen was an Austrian composer.-Biography:He was born in Florence to Maria and August Bresgen, both artists. He spent his childhood in Zell am See, Munich, Prague, and Salzburg....
(1913–1988)
- Sonata No. 1 for viola and piano (1937); Willy Müller
- Sonata No. 2 for viola and piano (1946); Willy Müller
- Jean-Baptiste Bréval
Jean-Baptiste Sebastien Bréval was a French cellist and composer. He wrote mostly pieces for his own instrument, and performed many world premières of his own pieces.-Life:...
(1753–1823)
- 6 Duets for violin and viola, Op. 15 (1784)
- Concerto for viola and orchestra (1982); Music Information Centre Norway
- Pierre de Bréville
Pierre Onfroy de Bréville was a French composer.-Biography:Pierre de Bréville was born was born in Bar-le-Duc, Meuse. Following the wishes of his parents, he studied law with the goal of becoming a diplomat. However, he abandoned his plans after a few years and entered the Conservatoire de Paris...
(1861–1949)
- Prière (d'après le Cantique de Molière) for violin (or viola) and organ (1924); Rouart-Lerolle & Cie.
- Sonata for viola and piano (1944); Éditions Max Eschig
- Petit Discours for viola and harp; United Music Publishers
- Frank Bridge
Frank Bridge was an English composer and violist.-Life:Bridge was born in Brighton and studied at the Royal College of Music in London from 1899 to 1903 under Charles Villiers Stanford and others...
(1879–1941)
- Allegro appassionato for viola and piano, H. 82 (1908); Stainer & Bell
- Lament for 2 violas, H. 101 (1912); Thames Publishing
- 2 Pieces for viola and piano, H. 53 (1905)
- Pensiero in F minor; Stainer & Bell
- Allegretto in A major; final bars left incomplete; completed by Paul Hindmarsh in 1980; Thames Publishing
- Sonata in D minor for viola and piano, H. 125 (1913–1917); transcription of the Cello Sonata by Veronica Leigh Jacobs; Thames Publishing
- There Is a Willow Grows Aslant a Brook for viola and piano, H. 173 (1927); after Shakespeare’s Hamlet
The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, or more simply Hamlet, is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601...
; transcription by Benjamin BrittenEdward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten, OM CH was an English composer, conductor, and pianist. He showed talent from an early age, and first came to public attention with the a cappella choral work A Boy Was Born in 1934. With the premiere of his opera Peter Grimes in 1945, he leapt to...
; Thames Publishing
- 3 Songs for voice, viola and piano, H. 76 (1906–1907); Thames Publishing
- Lemon Fresh Joy, 4 Pieces for viola solo (1971); American Composers Alliance
- Passacaglia and Allegro for viola and piano (1965); American Composers Alliance
- Kangaroo Kangaroo for viola and double bass (2008); Australian Music Centre
- Many Heads – Katatjuta for viola solo (2008); Australian Music Centre
- Algirdas Brilius (b.1964)
- Lapai (Leaves) for viola and piano (1996); Lithuanian Music Information and Publishing Centre
- Alexander Brincken (b.1952)
- Concerto Grosso for viola and string orchestra, Op. 15 (1991–1992)
- Bernard Brindel (1912–1997)
- Elegy for viola (or cello) and piano (1960, 1971); Alliance Publications; Connors Publications
- Nocturne II, Love Song for violin (or viola, or cello) and piano; Alliance Publications
- Aria da capo for solo viola (1995); Mira Music Associates
- Divertimento for flute, viola and harpsichord (1971); Seesaw Music Corporation
- Divertimento a tre for flute, violin and viola (2002); Mira Music Associates
- Duologue 8, 2 Pieces for viola and cello (2002); Mira Music Associates
- Pastorale for oboe, viola and piano (2004); Mira Music Associates
- Sonata for viola (or clarinet) and piano (1955, revised 1967); Seesaw Music Corporation
- Three Inventions after J.S. Bach for 2 violins or violin and viola (1972); Mira Music Associates
- Heskel Brisman (1923–2001)
- Canto III for viola solo (1990); Frank E. Warren Music Service
- Sinfonia Concertante for viola and orchestra (1994); Rinat Music
- Benjamin Britten
Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten, OM CH was an English composer, conductor, and pianist. He showed talent from an early age, and first came to public attention with the a cappella choral work A Boy Was Born in 1934. With the premiere of his opera Peter Grimes in 1945, he leapt to...
(1913–1976)
- Double Concerto in B minor for violin, viola and orchestra (1932); Oxford University Press; Chester Music
- Elegy for viola solo (1930); Faber Music
- Lachrymae – Reflections on a Song by John Dowland for viola and piano, Op. 48 (1950); for viola and string orchestra, Op. 48a (1976); Boosey & Hawkes
- Reflection for viola and piano (1930); Faber Music
- Two Portraits for strings: No. 2 ‘E.B.B.’ for viola and string orchestra (1930); Oxford University Press; Chester Music
- František Xaver Brixi (1732–1771)
- Concerto in C major for viola and orchestra; Edition Schott
- Amico ai vinto for English horn, 2 violas and tape (1999)
- Cielo (Heaven) for violas and tape (1979–1981)
- Clarinen-tres for viola and electroacoustic interactions in real time and tape (1986, 2002); original version for clarinet and tape
- Concerto for viola and orchestra (1967)
- Concierto gótico (Gothic Concerto) for viola and tape (1985)
- Coreútica for viola and tape (1999)
- Des' être for 2 violas and computer-controlled synthesizer (1986)
- Quartet (Version II) for violin, 2 violas and tape (1972)
- Quodlibet VIII (Version III) for flute, viola and electronic media (1968)
- Ronde-Bosse for viola and harp with electroacoustic interactions in real time and tape (2002)
- Sexteto para violas (Sextet for Violas) for viola and tape (1988)
- Variaciones sobre sonatas e interludios (Variations on Sonatas and Interludes) for viola, guitar and tape (1984)
- Viola Concert for viola and tape (1992)
- Lamento for viola (or violin, or cello) solo (2002)
- Subimago for viola and piano (1987); P.J. Tonger Musikverlag
- Wir machen keinen langen Mist for mezzo-soprano, viola and piano (1990)
- Exposition and Developments for viola and piano, Op. 2 (1988–1989); Donemus
- Duo (Komposition) for violin and viola, Op. 16 (1933–1944); STIM; Swedish Music Information Centre
- Fantasi, fuga och koral (Fantasy, Fugue and Chorale) for viola and piano (1949); STIM; Swedish Music Information Centre
- Richard Brooks (composer) (b.1942)
- Romanza: Vicky's Viola Piece for solo viola (1985); American Composers Alliance
- Sonata for solo viola (2004); American Composers Alliance
- Gerard Brophy (composer) (b.1953)
- Charm for flute, viola and harp (1995); Australian Music Centre
- Danses veloutées for solo viola and orchestra (2001); Australian Music Centre
- S & N for violin and viola (1998); Australian Music Centre
- Yo yai pakebi, man mai yapobi for African percussion, viola solo and orchestra (1999); Australian Music Centre
- Jules Brosset (1852–1937)
- 3 Pièces for viola and piano (1910); Éditions Alphonse Leduc
- Salvador Brotons (b.1959)
- Ad Infinitum for flute, viola and harp (1976, revised 1991); Brotons & Mercadal Edicions Musicals; Clivis Publicacions
- Concerto for viola and string orchestra, Op. 106 (2006); Brotons & Mercadal Edicions Musicals
- Sonata for viola and piano, Op. 28 (1982); Brotons & Mercadal Edicions Musicals; Clivis Publicacions
- Alexander Brott
Alexander Brott, , born Joël Brod, , was a Canadian conductor, composer, violinist and music teacher. His wife Lotte was an accomplished cellist...
(1915–2005)
- Profundum praedictum for solo viola and string orchestra (1964); Canadian Music Centre
- Margaret Brouwer
Margaret Brouwer Margaret Brouwer Margaret Brouwer (b. Ann Arbor, Michigan, is an American composer.Brouwer studied at Oberlin College, graduating in 1962, and received her master's degree from Michigan State University. Having started her musical career as a professional violinist with the Fort...
(b.1940)
- Concerto for viola and orchestra (2009–2010)
- Dream Drifts for viola (with tape delay) and piano (with percussion) (1983)
- Two Pieces for viola and piano (1989)
- X4 – 1 = 0
- Chaconne2
- Charles Brown (composer) (1898–1988)
- Caprice for viola and piano (1958); Éditions Salabert; United Music Publishers
- Francis James Brown (1925–2008)
- Five Greek Songs and Dances for viola and piano or guitar (1986); American Composers Alliance
- James Gopsill Brown (b.1929)
- Sonatina for clarinet and viola (1952); Banks Music
- Chorale Prelude on "Aus tiefer Not schrei' ich zu dir
Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir , BWV 38, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. Bach composed the chorale cantata in Leipzig in 1724 in his second annual cycle for the twenty-first Sunday after Trinity and first performed it on 19 October 1724...
" for viola and organ (1969); Western International Music
- Sonata for viola and organ (1970); Western International Music
- Sonata for viola and 2 pianos (1998)
- Trio for flute, clarinet and viola (1969); Western International Music
- František Brož
František Brož was a Czech violist, composer, conductor and music educator.-Biography:Brož studied violin at the Prague Conservatory with Jindřich Baštař. He later studied composition with Josef Bohuslav Foerster and Vítězslav Novák, and conducting under Otakar Ostrčil and Václav Talich...
(1896–1962)
- Jarní sonáta (Spring Sonata) for viola and piano, Op. 18 (1946); Orbis
- Max Bruch
Max Christian Friedrich Bruch , also known as Max Karl August Bruch, was a German Romantic composer and conductor who wrote over 200 works, including three violin concertos, the first of which has become a staple of the violin repertoire.-Life:Bruch was born in Cologne, Rhine Province, where he...
(1838–1920)
- Canzone in B major for viola and piano, Op. 55 (c.1891); original for cello and orchestra
- Concerto in E minor
The Concerto for Clarinet, Viola, and Orchestra in E minor, Op. 88, by Max Bruch was composed in 1911 for his son, Max Felix Bruch, and received its first performance in 1912, with Willy Hess and Max Felix Bruch as the soloists...
for clarinet (or violin), viola and orchestra, Op. 88 (1911)
- 8 Stücke for clarinet, viola and piano, Op. 83 (1910)
- Kol Nidrei for viola and orchestra, Op. 47 (1880); original for cello and orchestra
- Romanze in F major for viola and orchestra, Op. 85 (1911)
- Gerard von Brucken Fock
Gerard von Brucken Fock, born Gerardus Hubertus Galenus von Brucken Fock in Koudekerke, on 28 December 1859 and died on 15 August 1935 in Aerdenhout, Netherlands, was a nineteenth-century classical Dutch piano player who gave up his career as a performer to compose and paint..Constantly torn...
(1859–1935)
- Sonata in B minor for viola and piano, Op. 5 (1885); Breitkopf & Härtel
- Seitsemän vuoropuhelua (Seven Dialogues) for oboe and viola (1995)
- Sonata for viola solo (1990)
- Colin Brumby
Colin Brumby is an Australian composer and conductor.He was born in Melbourne and studied at the University of Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, from which he graduated in 1957. He went to Spain to study advanced composition with Philipp Jarnach, and to London to study with Alexander Goehr...
(b.1933); Colin Brumby at the Australian Music Centre
- Abendlied for viola and piano (2001); Wirripang; Australian Music Centre
- Arietta for viola and piano (2010); Wirripang; Australian Music Centre
- Berceuse for for trumpet (or viola) and piano (1995); Australian Music Centre
- Chaconne for viola and piano; Australian Music Centre
- Concertino for viola and string orchestra (1960); Australian Music Centre
- Concerto Tre aspetti di Roma for viola and orchestra (1990); Australian Music Centre
- Etude in C minor for viola solo; Australian Music Centre
- Mediterranean Suite for viola quartet and double bass (1956); Australian Music Centre
- Nocturne for viola and piano; Australian Music Centre
- Passacaglia for viola ensemble (7 violas) and piano; Australian Music Centre
- Sonatina for viola and piano (1982); Australian Music Centre
- Herbert Brün
Herbert Brün was a composer and pioneer of electronic and computer music. Born in Berlin, Germany, he taught at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from 1962 until he retired, several years before his death.-Career:...
(1918–2000)
- on stilts among ducks for viola and tape (1996); Smith Publications, Baltimore
- Sonatina for viola alone, Op. 12 (1950); Smith Publications, Baltimore; Israeli Music Publications; Leeds Music
- Alfred Bruneau
Louis-Charles-Bonaventure-Alfred Bruneau was a French composer who played a key role in the introduction of realism in French opera....
(1957–1934)
- Romance for horn (or viola, or cello) and orchestra or piano (1880)
- Antonio Bartolomeo Bruni
Antonio Bartolomeo Bruni was an Italian violinist, composer and conductor. Bruni was born and died in Cuneo, Italy. During most of his life he resided, played and composed in Paris....
(1757–1821)
- 6 Duets for violin and viola, Op. 4
- 3 Duets for violin and viola, Op. 25
- 6 Duets for violin and viola, Op. posthumous
- 6 Duos for 2 violas (1787)
- 3 Sonatas for viola accompanied by viola (or cello), Op. 27 (c.1800)
- Duo for oboe and viola, Op. 27 (1944)
- Fantasie for viola and piano, Op. 22 (1937)
- Sonata No. 1 for viola and piano, Op. 8 (1928)
- Sonata No. 2 for viola and piano, Op. 26 (1942)
- Concerto for viola and orchestra, Op. 69 (1981); Breitkopf & Härtel
- Sonata for viola and piano, Op. 60 (1977); Breitkopf & Härtel
- Mark Brunswick
Mark Brunswick was an American composer of the Twentieth Century. He had only recently completed the second act of an opera based on Ibsen’s The Masterbuilder when he died suddenly in London in May, 1971, at the start of what was to have been an extended tour of Europe with his wife, Natascha...
(1902–1971)
- Fantasia for viola solo (1932); New Valley Music Press
- Herbert Brust (1900–1968)
- Bratschen-Musik (Viola Music) for viola and piano, Op. 8 (1929); Verlagsanstalt Deutscher Tonkünstler Aktien-Gesellschaft
- Bjarne Brustad
Bjarne Brustad was a Norwegian composer, violinist and violist. He played with symphonic orchestras in Stavanger and Oslo. In the 1920s he travelled to European cities such as Paris, Munich and Berlin, where he received musical inspiration and contacts...
(1895–1978)
- Capricci for violin and viola (1931); Norsk Musikforlag
- Concertino for viola and chamber orchestra (1932); Music Information Centre Norway
- Norsk Suite (Norwegian Suite) for viola and piano (1926); Edition Harald Lyche
- Partita for viola solo (1931, revised 1957); Music Information Centre Norway
- 5 Stücke (5 Pieces) for viola solo (1988); Tre Media Musikverlage
- Apnoea for viola solo (1995); Lithuanian Music Information and Publishing Centre
- Joanna Bruzdowicz
Joanna Bruzdowicz is a Polish composer.-Life:Bruzdowicz studied at the Warsaw Music High School, at the State Higher School of Music ; she earned her M.A. in 1966...
(b.1943)
- Fantasia Hermantica sur le Thème S-A-B-B-E for viola and piano (1979)
- Gavin Bryars
Richard Gavin Bryars is an English composer and double bassist. He has been active in, or has produced works in, a variety of styles of music, including jazz, free improvisation, minimalism, historicism, experimental music, avant-garde and neoclassicism.-Early life and career:Born in Goole, East...
(b.1943)
- Epilogue from Wonderlawn for solo viola, electric guitar, bass clarinet, 3 cellos and double bass (1994)
- From Mina Harker's Journal for baritone and viola (1994)
- Lauda (con Sordino) for cello or viola, piano and optional electric guitar (2002); Edition Schott
- The North Shore for viola and piano (1993); Edition Schott
- The Old Tower of Löbenicht for solo violin or viola and ensemble (1987); Edition Schott
- Valentino Bucchi
Valentino Bucchi was an Italian composer.-Biography:Bucchi was the son of musicians...
(1916–1976)
- Concerto di Concerti for string orchestra with violin, viola, cello and double bass obligati (1974); Carisch, Milano
- Soliloquios, Monodrama for viola solo (1976); Associazione Musicale Valentino Bucchi
- Concertante for viola and piano (1975); Young World Publications
- Fluxion III "Letzte Wache" (Fluxion III "The Last Guard") for English horn, viola and bassoon (1994); Ebert Musik Verlag
- Frühlingstrio (Spring Trio) for violin, viola and piano (1999); Ebert Musik Verlag
- Lacrymæ, Concerto for viola and mixed chorus a cappella (2002); Verlag Neue Musik
- Trio for violin, viola and organ (2004); original for violin, cello and organ; Ebert Musik Verlag
- Zwei Rhapsodien (2 Rhapsodies) for viola and guitar (1990); Verlag Neue Musik
- Gunnar Bucht
Gunnar Henrik Bucht , a Swedish composer and musicologist. Studied composition with Karl-Birger Blomdahl, Carl Orff, Max Deutsch among others.-External links:*...
(b.1927)
- Concerto de Marle for viola and orchestra (1998); STIM; Swedish Music Information Centre
- Sinfonia Concertante for flute, viola, harp and orchestra (1981–1982); STIM; Swedish Music Information Centre
- Forrest Lawrence Buchtel (1899–1996)
- Ambition Waltz for viola and piano (published 1961); Neil A. Kjos Music
- Happy Days for viola and piano (published 1961); Neil A. Kjos Music
- Jolly Fellows for viola and piano (published 1961); Neil A. Kjos Music
- Life on the Ocean Wave for viola and piano (published 1961); Neil A. Kjos Music
- Old McDonald in the Dell for viola and piano (published 1961); Neil A. Kjos Music
- Walter Buczynski
Walter Joseph Buczynski is a Canadian composer, music educator, and pianist.Buczynski earned an associates degree from The Royal Conservatory of Music in 1951 and a Licentiate in 1953. While there he studied music composition with Godfrey Ridout and piano with Earle Moss...
(b.1933)
- Lyric VII for viola and orchestra (1991)
- Sonata No. 2 for viola and piano (1982); Canadian Music Centre
- Francis Buebendorf (1912–1991)
- Suite, 3 Pieces for viola and piano (1940)
- Printemps (Spring)
- La bergère triste (The Melancholy Shepherdess)
- L'automne (Autumn)
- Wedding Piece for viola and piano (1964)
- Cantilène elégiaque for viola and harp (1982); Canadian Music Centre
- Concerto for viola and orchestra (1994); Canadian Music Centre
- Variazioni for viola and piano (1989); Canadian Music Centre
- Zbigniew Bujarski (b.1933)
- Lęk ptaków (The Fear of Birds) for violin, viola and percussion (1993); Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne
- Fantasztikus álomkép (Fantastic Dream) for viola and piano (2000)
- Petr Petrovich Bulakhov – Петр Петрович Булахов (1822–1885)
- Barcarolle for 2 violas and piano; transcription by Vadim Borisovsky
Vadim Vasilyevich Borisovsky was a Russian violist.Born in Moscow, Borisovsky entered Moscow Conservatory in 1917 studying the violin with Mikhail Press. A year later, on the advice of violist Vladimir Bakaleinikov, Borisovsky turned his attentions to the viola. He studied with Bakaleinikov and...
(1950); Gosudarstvennoe muzykalnoe izdatelstvo; Leeds Music
- Canzonetta for viola and piano; transcription by Vadim Borisovsky
Vadim Vasilyevich Borisovsky was a Russian violist.Born in Moscow, Borisovsky entered Moscow Conservatory in 1917 studying the violin with Mikhail Press. A year later, on the advice of violist Vladimir Bakaleinikov, Borisovsky turned his attentions to the viola. He studied with Bakaleinikov and...
(1946)
- Edvard Hagerup Bull
Edvard Hagerup Bull is a notable Norwegian composer. He was born in Bergen, Norway. He grew up in the community of Jar outside Oslo in a musical and politically active family, the son of Sverre Hagerup Bull and his wife Aldis Jebsen. His paternal grandfather was politician and judge Edvard...
(b.1922)
- Duo for viola and piano, Op. 44b (1973); Music Information Centre Norway
- 3 Morceaux Brefs for viola and orchestra (or piano), Op. 17b (1955); Music Information Centre Norway
- Sonata for viola and piano, Op. 135 (2001); LakeSound Edition
- Forgiveness for solo viola (2003)
- Homage to Bach for solo viola
- Sonata for solo viola (2004)
- 3 American Folk Hymn Settings for 2 violas (2001, 2008); original for 2 violins; Kenji Bunch Music Publishing
- The 3 G's for solo viola (2005); Kenji Bunch Music Publishing
- Crawl Space for viola solo cello (1996, 2004); original for solo cello; Kenji Bunch Music Publishing
- Drift...an Eventual Lullaby for clarinet, viola, and piano (2006); Kenji Bunch Music Publishing
- The Golden Apples of the Sun for viola and chamber orchestra (2006); Kenji Bunch Music Publishing
- Hobgoblinry for viola and harpsichord (2002); Kenji Bunch Music Publishing
- laissez vibrer... for viola and celeste (1998); Kenji Bunch Music Publishing
- Suite for viola and piano (1998); Kenji Bunch Music Publishing
- Revol Bunin
Revol Samoilovich Bunin , was a Russian composer.-Early life and education:Brunin's father, Samuil Markovich, was an old bolshevik, a member of the Communist Party from before the revolution and was a professor of social economics at one of the Moscow Institutes...
(1924–1976)
- Concerto in G major for viola and orchestra, Op. 22 (1953); Gosudarstvennoe muzykalnoe izdatelstvo
- Poem for viola and orchestra (1952)
- Sonata in D minor for viola and piano, Op. 26 (1955); Sovetsky Kompozitor
- Suite for viola and piano (1955)
- Éventail for viola solo (2005); STIM; Swedish Music Information Centre
- 7 Petits caprices (7 Short Caprices) for viola solo (1995); Éditions Alphonse Leduc; United Music Publishers
- Jarmil Burghauser
Jarmil Michael Burghauser was a Czech composer, conductor, and musicologist....
(1921–1997)
- Sonata for viola and piano (1985); Český Hudební Fond
- Geoffrey Burgon
Geoffrey Alan Burgon was a British composer notable for his television and film themes.-Life and career:Burgon was born in Hampshire in 1941, and taught himself the trumpet in order to join a jazz band at school...
(1941–2010)
- Concerto "Ghosts of the Dance" for viola and orchestra (2008); Chester Music
- Six Studies for viola solo (1980, 2000); original for cello solo; Chester Music
- Songs of Mary for mezzo-soprano, viola and piano (1970); Chester Music
- Going Home to Venus for viola solo (2002); Burning Hands Publishing
- Keymaster for flute, viola and harp (2005); Burning Hands Publishing
- On the Wings of Mercury for oboe and viola (2003); Burning Hands Publishing
- Unspeakable Truths for viola and CD (2007); Burning Hands Publishing
- You Could Hear It Touch the Viking for viola solo (2007); Burning Hands Publishing
- Willy Burkhard
Willy Burkhard was a Swiss composer.Willy Burkhard was an extremely influential composer of the 20th century...
(1900–1955)
- Concerto for viola and orchestra, Op. 93 (1953–1954); Bärenreiter Verlag
- Kleine Serenade for violin and viola, Op. 15 (1927); Bärenreiter Verlag
- Sonata for solo viola, Op. 59 (1939); Claves; Bärenreiter Verlag
- Willy Burmester
Willy Burmester was a German violinist.Burmester was born in Hamburg and was a pupil of Joseph Joachim, with whom he studied for many years in Berlin...
(1869–1933)
- Französisches Lied aus dem 18. Jahrhundert (French Air from the 18th Century) for viola and piano (1909); original for violin and piano; adaptation by Lionel Tertis
Lionel Tertis, CBE was an English violist and one of the first viola players to find international fame.Tertis was born in West Hartlepool, the son of Polish-Jewish immigrants, and initially studied the violin in Leipzig and at the Royal Academy of Music in London...
; Edition Schott
- Diana Burrell
Diana Burrell is an English composer.-Life and career:She was born in Norwich and attended Norwich High School for Girls before studying music at Cambridge University. She began her career as a viola player, but soon became well known for her compositions and became a full-time composer.Her first...
(b.1948)
- Viola Concerto “...calling, leaping, crying, dancing...” (1994); United Music Publishers
- Songs for Harvey for viola solo (1988); United Music Publishers
- Benjamin Burrows (1891–1966)
- Lament and Gigue for viola and piano (1927); Augener
- On Shadowy Waters for viola and piano
- Sonata for viola and piano (1932–1933); British Music Information Centre
- Mervyn Burtch
Mervyn Burtch MBE is a Welsh composer born and resident in Ystrad Mynach, Wales.In 1991 Burtch received the John Edwards Memorial Award, one of Wales' most prestigious music honours, for the promotion of Welsh Music and in 2003 was awarded the MBE for services to Welsh Music.-External references:* *...
(b.1929); Welsh Music Information Centre
- Duo for viola and harp; Welsh Music Information Centre
- Phantasy for viola solo (1995); Welsh Music Information Centre
- Sonata for viola and piano (2004); Welsh Music Information Centre
- Sonata for viola and piano (1955); Carl Fischer
- Viola, Aria from the Chamber Opera Orpheus in Love for mezzo-soprano and viola (1982); words by Craig Lucas
Craig Lucas is an American playwright, screenwriter, theatre director, musical actor, and film director.-Biography:...
- Adolf Busch
Adolf Georg Wilhelm Busch was a German-born violinist and composer.Busch was born in Siegen in Westphalia. He studied at the Cologne Conservatory with Willy Hess and Bram Eldering...
(1891–1952)
- 3 Lieder for high voice, viola, and piano, Op. 3a
- 3 Lieder for high voice, viola, and piano (1917), Op. 23b
- Suite in A minor for viola solo, Op. 16a; Amadeus Verlag
- Alan Bush
Alan Dudley Bush was a British composer and pianist. He was a committed socialist, and politics sometimes provided central themes in his music.-Personal life:...
(1900–1995)
- Sonatina for viola and piano, Op. 88 (1978); N. Simrock
- Three Contrapuntal Studies for violin and viola, Op. 13 (1929)
- Two Melodies for viola and Piano, Op. 47 (1957); Joseph Williams
- Suite for Solo Viola (2008)
- Ferruccio Busoni
Ferruccio Busoni was an Italian composer, pianist, editor, writer, piano and composition teacher, and conductor.-Biography:...
(1866–1924)
- Albumblatt (Album Leaf) in E minor for viola and piano, BV 272 (1916); original for flute (or violin) and piano; adaptation by Paul Klengel
Paul Klengel was a German violinist, violist, pianist, conductor, composer, editor and arranger. He was the brother of cellist Julius Klengel....
; Breitkopf & Härtel
- Henri Büsser
Henri Büsser was a French classical composer, organist, and conductor.- Biography :Paul-Henri Büsser was born in Toulouse, of partly Teutonic ancestry. He entered the Conservatoire in Paris in 1889; there he studied organ with César Franck and composition with Ernest Guiraud...
(1872–1973)
- Appassionato for viola and piano, Op. 34 (1910); United Music Publishers
- Catalane sur des airs populaires for viola and orchestra or piano, Op. 78 (1926); Henry Lemoine
- Rhapsodie arménienne for viola and piano, Op. 81 (1930); Éditions Alphonse Leduc; United Music Publishers
- Sylvano Bussotti
Sylvano Bussotti is an Italian composer of contemporary music whose work is unusually notated and often creates special problems of interpretation.Born in Florence, Bussotti learned to play the violin as a child, becoming a prodigy...
(b.1931)
- Culbianco e Capinera for viola solo (1986); G. Ricordi
- Intermezzo for viola and orchestra (1984); first movement from Il Catalogo è questo III [Trittico]; G. Ricordi
- Nudino for viola and piano (1937, 1984); G. Ricordi
- Nudo disteso, Cadenza for viola solo (1980); G. Ricordi
- Ping-pong-gemello for violin and viola (1992)
- Alessandro Bustini (1876–1970)
- Sonata in G minor for viola and piano (1920); G. Ricordi
- Martin Butler
Martin Butler is a musician and composer of classical music. He studied at the University of Manchester and the Royal Northern College of Music...
(b.1960)
- Walden Snow for viola and piano (2004); Oxford University Press; Goodmusic Publishing
- Yuri Butsko – Юрий Маркович Буцко (b.1938)
- Concerto No. 2 "Discourse on War and Peace" (Рассуждение о Войне и Мире) for viola and orchestra (2001); Muzyka Moscow
- Sonata for viola and piano (1976); Sovetsky Kompozitor; Sikorski
- Nigel Butterley
Nigel Henry Cockburn Butterley AM is an Australian composer and pianist.-Life and career:Butterley learnt to play the piano at the age of five. He attended Sydney Grammar School, but as music wasn't taught at the school at that time, he also sought training from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music....
(b.1935)
- Forest I for viola and piano (1990); Australian Music Centre
- Arthur Butterworth
Arthur Butterworth MBE is an English composer, conductor and teacher.Butterworth attended the Royal Manchester College of Music , where he studied composition with Richard Hall and also learned the trumpet and conducting...
(b.1923)
- Bubu for English horn, viola and harp, Op. 107 (1999)
- Pastorale for viola and piano, Op. 112 (2002); Comus Edition
- Sonata for viola and piano, Op. 78 (1986); Comus Edition
- Suite for viola and cello, Op. 13 (1951); Hinrichsen Edition; Edition Peters
- Concerto for viola and orchestra, Op. 82 (1993); Comus Edition
- Neil Butterworth (b.1934)
- 2 French Pieces for viola and piano (1955–1956); Chappell & Co.; Scottish Music Centre
- liberamente e rubato for flute, viola and harp (2004); Edition Gamma
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