JOURNAL afthe AMERICAN VIOLA SOCIETY

Section of THE INTERNATIONAL VIOLA SOCIETY Association for the Promotion ofViola Performance and Research

Vol. 11 No.1 1995

FEATURES

XXIII International Viola Cong.ress By Thomas liltton

Teaching Spiccato By Jeffrey Irvine

New Acquisitions in PIVA TheJournal ofthe American Viola Society is a peer-reviewed publication ofthat organization and is produced at Brigham Young University, © 1985, ISSN 0898-5987. JAVS welcomes let.ters and articles from its readers.

Editorial Office: Department ofMusic Harris Fine Arts Center Brigham Young University Provo, UT 84602 (801) 378-4953 Fax: (801) 378-5973

Editor: David Dalton Associate Editor: David Day Assistant Editor for Viola Pedagogy: James Irvine Assistant Editorfor Interviews: Thomas Tatton Production & Advertising: Jane Clayson

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JAVS appears three times yearly. Deadlines for copy and artwork are March 1, July 1, and November 1; submissions should be sent to the editorial office.

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BOARD Atar Arad John Graham Jeffery Irvine Jerzy Kosmala Patricia McCarty Donald McInnes Paul Neubauer Dwight Pounds Karen Ritscher Pamela Ryan William Schoen Peter Slowik

EDITOR, fAVS David Dalton Brigham Young University Provo, UT 84602

PAST PRESIDENTS Myron Rosenblum (1971-81) Maurice W. Riley (1981-86) David Dalton (1986-1991) -_._------_.------

HONORARY PRESIDENT William Primrose (deceased)

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FROM THE PRESIDENCY

Dear Friends:

I have just returned from a wonderful five-day concert tolir with my forty high school string students. The fax I received the evening before we left informed me that my "President's Message" was due now. No problem­ let me share an essay from one of my third grade students. This will give you a glimpse of the mystery and magic in my world ofsui:-:g teaching.

Thomas limon, AVS President

LEARNING TO PLAY THE

By Kelsq Riley - Spring 1991 John R. Williams School

I remember when I first started the violin. It was in September, 1991. I am still a beginner atJohn R. Williams, but I am used to it now. I remember how nervous I was when I first picked up that beautifUl that seemed to glow in my hands. I take care ofmy violin now. Every other day I rosin it. Every day I practice. Tightening and loosening the hair on my bow before and after playing. I ftellucky to have such a wonder­ ful instrument. And, even though I am still a beginner, I ftel advancedjust holding my violin. I like sharing my music with myfamily andfriends. I think everyone should get a chance to learn what a beautifUl instrument a violin really is. I didl

Kelsey is ?laying some viola now and ::emains fascinated w:th the magic ofit all. Perhaps we can ca?ture some of Kelsey's youthful vigor and exuberance by attending the XXIII International Viola Congress at the Cniversity ofIndiana. I am sure, with Alan and Atar as organizers, the congress will be wonderful. I hope to see you there.

Let's share in the magic together. 4

ANNOUNCEMENTS

I ~'-E3-I­ REGARDING RECENT DUES BILLING I.I-z;of:'*" In making the transition from our trimester billing to the all-membership January billing, I forgot to make it clear that the second trimester members would owe only $20 for 1995. (See "New Policy" notice in these announcements.) If you are a second trimester member who paid $30 and you wish to have it corrected, please contact Donna Lively Clark, AVS Secretary (c/o Butler University, JCFA, 4600 Sunset Ave., Indianapolis, IN 46208). May I suggest that the extra $10 go into our Primrose Scholarship Fund? I apologize for any inconvenience or confusion.

Please remember to notify me of any address change. Your journal will not be forwarded.

-Donna Clark, AVS Secretary

BE A CONTRIBUTOR OR BENEFACTOR OF THE AVS.

Your contributions are tax-deductible and would be greatly appreciated.

(SEE MEMBERSHIP ENROLLMENTFORM IN THIS ISSUE.)

IF You LOVE THE VIOLA AND FEEL WARMLY TOWARD THE SOCIETY OF VIOLISTS, WHO WOULD You NAME AS A BENEFICIARY OF YOUR EsTATE?

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SOLICITATION OF ARTICLES

JAVS is a peer-reviewed publication. For scholars, teachers, college students, and others who have unpublished articles, papers, documents, and dissertations, JAVS and the Viola Yearbook offer the possibility for publication. Submit any of your writing on the broad subject of "viola" to the editor:

Dr. David Dalton BYU Music-HFAC Provo, UT 84602

NEW POLICY REGARDING ]AVS

1. ]AVS mailing will commence at the beginning ofenrollment. 2. Persons who apply for new membership the last trimester will be granted membership for that trimester and for the next calendar year. 3. Members who are now in the second trimester will be charged $20 for regular membership and $10 for student membership for 1995 only. 4. The trimester system ofdues will be replaced with annual dues, which will be due and payable January 1 (late by March 1) or on application for new membership.

Special 1993 issue from the Friends ofthe Brigham YOung University Library on the PRIMROSE INTERNATIONAL VIOLA ARCHIVE (PIVA)

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will be held in conjunction with The XXIII International Viola Congress June 14-18, 1995 Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana

First Prize: $2,000.00 and A Mini-Recital at the XXIII Congress and an invitation to make a featured appearance at the XXV International Viola Congress

Second Prize: $1,000.00 and A Performance in a Master Class at the Congress

Third Prize: $500.00 and A Performance in a Master Class at the Congress

ELIGIBILITY: Open to any violist who • has not reached his or her 28th birthday by June 14, 1995 and • is a member ofthe American Viola Society or studies with a current member ofthe AVS.

Applications and supporting materials were due to the AVS by April 15, 1995. 7

THE COMPETITION

FIRST ROUND

• The first round is recorded and submitted on audio cassette tape, which will then be auditioned by a jury. Candidates chosen from the taped round to compete in the final round on June 14, 1995, in Bloomington will be notified by May 1, 1995. • In order to ensure anonymity, the applicant's name and address should appear only on the appli­ cant's outer package. There should be no personal identification on the tape or its container. Tapes will be coded before being sent to the adjudicating committee. Tapes will not be returned. • Applicants should understand that the quality ofthe recording may influence the judges; therefore, a new tape ofa high quality should be used.

Repertoire for the First Round The cassette tape must include the applicant performing the following: • The first movement ofa major concerto, or work with orchestra, ofthe technical difficulty of those by Bartok, Walton, or Hindemith. • An example (about five minutes) ofan unaccompanied work, such as those by Bach ( Suites or the Partitas and Sonatas), Hindemith, or Reger. • An excerpt from a suite, sonata, or piece with accompaniment of the entrant's choice (about five minutes).

FINAL ROUND(S)

Each of the finalists will be asked to perform (from memory, unless noted) • The entire major concerto or piece with orchestra from the First Round • The entire unaccompanied work from the first round • The entire sonata, suite, or piece with accompaniment from the first round (need not be memorized) •A complete virtuoso work selected by the finalist from the following list: Bergsma: Fantastic Variations on a Theme from Tristan Berio: Sequenza Enesco: Concertpiece Kreisler: Praeludium and Allegro Paganini: Caprice No. 24 (with piano accompaniment) Paganini: La Campanella Zimbalist: Sarasatelana

Finalists will receive free lodging and a waiver of the registration fees during the Congress. An accompanist will be provided if requested. The jury for the Final Round{s) will be selected from the 1995 Congress artists who do not have a student invited to the Final Round{s). Viola Faculty and Orchestra Conductor

At the San Francisco Conservatory, we have a faculty for great Illusic.

Don Ehrlich, assistant principal viola of the San Francisco Symphony, has been a frequent soloist and chamber musician in the Bay Area and around the world. He received his BM from Oberlin Conservatory, his M.M from the Manhattan School of Music and his DMA from the Cniversity of Michigan. Geraldine Walther, prinCipal violist of the San Fran­ Leonid Gesin is a member of the San Francisco cisco Symphony, is former assistant principal of the Symphony and several chamber music groups inducling Symphony and a participant in the Santa Fe the San Francisco Chamber Orchesrra. He sruclied with Chamber Music Festival. She stuclied at the Curtis AG. Sosin at the Leningrad State Conservatory, then Instirute ofMusic with Y1ichael Tree and at the Manhattan performed with the Leningrad State Philharmonic and School of Music with Lillian Fuchs, and won first prize in taught before emigrating to the Cnited States. the William Primrose Viola Competition in 1979. Paul Hersh, former violist and pianist of the Lenox Denis de Coteau, music clirector and conductor for the Quanet, sruclied viola with William Primrose and San Francisco Ballet Orchesrra, has conducted dance attended He has performed with the San companies, youth orchestraS and major symphonies Francisco Symphony, the San Francisco Chamber throughout the world. He has received a \ariery of awards Orchesrra and many other groups. He has also made a and commendations, earned his BA and M.A in music number of recordings and has been artist-in-residence at from New York Cniversity, and holds a D.MA from un·iversities and music festivals in the US and Europe Stanford University.

Srudems from around the world come to the San Francisco Conservatory of \1usic for several reasons: •A srudenr-teacher ratio of 6 to I. • Extensive performance opporrunities • The opporrunity to smdy with an both on campus and around the ciry. exceptional faculry in one of the Concens and recirals are presented \','odd's most diverse and exciting at the Conservatory's Hellman Hall cultural centers. nearly every day of the school year Offering the Master ofMusic Bache/or ofMusic, and Musil: Diploma Founded 1917. Colin Murdoch, President Deborah Berman, Dean. Affirmative Action. Equal OppoTIunity Employer For more information conract the Office of Srudenr Services, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, 1201 Onega Sueet, San francisco. CA 94122-4498 415;759-3431 Fax 415/759-3499

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XXIII INTERNATIONAL VIOLA CONGRESS

June 14 - 18, 1995

Indiana University; Bloomington, Indiana

Host Chairs Atar Arad (812) 855-3646 and Alan de Veritch (812) 855-3043

Registration forms and congress brochures will be available and mailed to AVS membership approximately April 1.

Full registration fees: Before May 15 After May 15 AVS member/Full $130 $160 AVS Student/Spouse 65 80

(or) Daily Fees: AVS Member/Full $45 $50 AVS Student/Spouse 25 30

Congress XXIII will feature

Special Appearances • Nokathula Ngwenyama (1993 winner, Primrose International Scholarship Competition) • U.S. Air Force Orchestra

Master Classes, Lectures, and Performances by Atar Arad John Graham Ellen Rose David Baker Jerzy Kosmala Myron Rosenblum Sally Chisholm Jesse Levine Christine Rutledge David Dalton Patricia McCarty Yizhak Schotten Alan de Veritch Donald McInnes Ben Simon Roberto Diaz Roger Myers Abraham Skernick James Dunham Paul Neubauer Peter Slowik Hank Dutt David Neumeyer Robert Swan Csaba Erdelyi Maria Newman Thomas Tatton Ralph Fielding Gunter Ojstersek Pamela Goldsmith Kathryn Plummer Robert Verebes 11

Additional Events Include

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VIOLA PEDAGOGY

by Jeffrey Irvine

I am very pleased to have the opportunity to be the editor ofthis column on viola pedagogy, both to contribute my own articles and to solicit articles from valued colleagues. Please don't hesitate to send me your reactions to these columns; I welcome the opportunity to get different ideas about teaching the viola. It is in this spirit that I choose the subjectfor myfirst articlefor this column, teaching spiccato, for I find it quite difficult to teach in some cases and would love to have inputfrom others. Do check out Ellen Rose's article "Teaching Spiccato" in American String Teacher, Summer 1992.

I think it's important for a violist to huge semicircle. Drop the bow onto the string have control over a wide variety of off-the­ around the balance point and let the bow string strokes, from a slow, heavy brush stroke bounce up 8 to 12 inches, going back and at the frog to a light, medium-speed spiccato forth at a slow tempo (play quarters at quarter in the middle, to a fast, short spiccato above = 60). If you had a pencil attached to your the middle. Our strings don't speak as quickly bow hand, it should inscribe a semicircle, as those on a violin, and the more control we equal on both sides. Your bow should stay in have over these strokes, the clearer our playing the same horizontal plane as you do this exer­ will be, along with having greater coloristic cise. Make sure that your hand and fingers possibilities. I also think that a violist should are loose, all the way through this exercise. have both a sautille (which I define as a stroke Gradually speed up the exercise, little by little, in which the stick bounces but the hair stays all the way to the fastest speed you can do. essentially on the string) and a fast short As you get faster, the semicircle should get spiccato (where both the stick and the hair smaller and closer to the string, and you bounce, and the hair leaves the string). When should gradually use less bow. The motions I say fast, I mean 16th notes at quarter = 120 will gradually get smaller, and you should to 160. gradually use less arm motion. Before learning spiccato, students I left out one part of the exercise that should have a good balance in the bow hand. Miss DeLay taught me, and that is to do a They should be able to support the bow easily colle stroke at the moment ofimpact. (I don't in the lower halfwith their little finger curved have the space in this article to explain colle and with their wrist and forearm in a rela­ other than to say it's a motion of the hand tively straight line (a high wrist short-circuits and fingers that starts with the fingers curved the possibility of the forearm and hand work­ at the beginning ofthe down-bow and finishes ing together as you go from slow to fast with the fingers extended at the end of the speeds). Students should be able to play com­ down-bow.) For students who have trouble fortably in the lower half with that kind of getting their bow to bounce at faster speeds, position. If they can't, they won't have the I find that this is helpful. There must be strength and flexibility to do a good spiccato. some up and down motion in the hand to get the bow to bounce at the faster speeds. Many Basic Spiccato Exercise students have no trouble getting this "waving" The basic exercise that I use to teach motion to work, but for those who have spiccato is one I learned from Dorothy DeLay trouble, adding colle to this exercise can be many years ago. It starts from the premise that helpful. I might also add that using less ofthis the spiccato stroke should be shaped like a waving motion at faster speeds will result in a semicircle, and it starts out with an exaggerated, sautille. GEOFFREY OVINGTON

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Developing Variety Scherzo, commonly asked for in orchestra audi­ ~ions. I've k~~wn some students who in prepar­ ?nce students have a basic spiccato going, Ing for audItIons have played this excerpt for I find It useful to expand their control over dif­ several prominent orchestral players and teach­ ferent speeds and lengths with another exercise. ers of excerpts. In some cases they've been told I have them set their metronome somewhere to initiate the spiccato motion (for the 16ths) between 60 and 80 to the quarter, depending from the hand, in other cases from the forearm. on how advanced their spiccato is, and do 8ths, I am most familiar with the views of my wife, triplets, 16ths, triplet 16ths, and 32nds on a Lynne Ramsey, the First Assistant Principal three-octave scale. At first I have them repeat Violist of the Cleveland Orchestra, and her each note of the scale for each division of the standpartner, Bob Vernon, the Principal Violist beat (for example: 16ths would be played of the Cleveland Orchestra. They tend to CCCC DDDD EEEE, etc.). When they are enc.ourage students to initiate this excerpt from more adept, I have them play only single notes. theIr forearm, and their respective success rates I have them do 8ths in the lower quarter of the with their students makes me think that I bow, triplets slightly further from the frog, should listen to them! 16ths at the balance point, and triplet 16ths and 32nds each successively a little higher in the Other factors bow. I also. encourage them to enlarge the area of the bow which can accommodate any .. The amount of hair on the string also speed. Spiccato strokes that are higher in the Influences the sound of the spiccato. Flatter bow tend to be shorter and softer, and those hair produces more articulation in the stroke that are closer to the frog tend to be longer and and tends to make it stronger. Some students stronger. Being able to do each speed ofspiccato who have trouble getting the bow to bounce at faster speeds may find that having flatter hair in different parts of the bow gives you a wider helps them. Playing on the side of the hair pro­ range ofcoloristic possibilities. duces a softer articulation and a softer sound. Arm or Hand? Students who have trouble with spiccato ?espite a lot of work on it are probably work­ I must address one big issue, the issue that Ing too hard! Squeezing the bow with the seems to be the most controversial among vio­ thumb and fingers makes spiccato much harder lists about spiccato: How much of the motion to do. When I ask students to hold the bow should come from the fingers and how much m~re loosely, they often respond that they feel from the arm? And should the motion be initi­ as If they have no control or that they are going ated from the fingers or the arm? I don't have a to drop their bow. I have learned to tell them definitive answer; there are successful violists that that is the right feeling! They're so used to who are wonderful players in both camps. I will having a death grip on the bow that anything say that in slow and medium speed off-the­ less feels like they're out of control. Some stu­ string strokes, I think that the stroke should be dents also tighten their diaphragm, which stiff­ initiated from the arm, but that the fingers, ens everything, spiccato included. Getting wrist and hand should be loose enough to react them to relax their stomach muscles can have a to the motion of the arm. I'm referring to surprisingly positive effect on their spiccato. speeds of 16th notes at a quarter = 50 to 100. I realize that I've covered only a few of As one goes from slow to fast speeds, there is t~e many aspects of spiccato, but I hope I've less arm motion, and the hand does more ofthe stImulated your thinking about it, and I hope work. At the fastest speeds (16th notes at quar­ some ofyou will write in with your ideas. ter = 144 to 168), I think that the hand initiates the stroke, and that there should be very little, if any, arm movement. I believe that most violists would agree about the slow and fast speeds, but Jeffrey Irvine teaches at Oberlin Conservatory and the middle speeds engender more controversy. is also on the faculty ofthe Quartet Program. He Perhaps the real question is: in the gradual spent 10 summers on the faculty ofthe Aspen change to less arm and more hand, at what Music Festival and taught two summers at the speed does one use mostly hand motion? Meadowmount School ofMusic. His students Let's use as an example the melody from have won numerous prizes in national competi­ Mendelssohn's Midsummer Night's Dream tions. Irvine is a board member ofthe AVS. For Collectors and Violists .

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NEW ACQUISITIONS IN PIVA

Editor's Note: This continues the series ofinstallments that will update the holdings ofthe Primrose ,International Viola Archive. (PIVA is the official archive ofmusic for the viola ofboth the International and the American Viola Societies.) Viola scores in PIVA up to 1985 are identified in Franz Zeyringer's Literatur flir Viola (Verlag Julius Schonwetter Jun., Hartberg, , 1985), where they are marked with a +. This present series ofinstallments will eventually make the listing current, after which a new acquisitions list will be published annually in JAVS. The entries are listed according to the Zeyringer classification ofinstrumentation. A future compilation under one cover of all the annual lists is plannedas a sequel to the Zeyringer lexicon.

1986 Acquisitions Beethoven, Ludwig von. Adagio fur eine Spieluhr; eingerichtet fUr Violoncello oder Viola und (continued) Klavier von Franz Beyer. Adliswil, Schweiz: Edition Kunzelmann, 1982. Klavier und Viola (arr.) Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel. Concerto en la Beethoven, Ludwig von. Alia poiacco: from the mineur; version pour alto et cadences de serenade for string trio; Ope 8; arr. for viola Robert Boulay; realisation de la basse par and piano by Watson Forbes. London: Laurence Boulay. Paris: A. Leduc, 1965. Oxford University Press, 1951.

Bach, Johann Sebastian. Adagio: from the organ Beethoven, Ludwig von. Two romances: for viola concerto no. 3. (after Vivaldi); transcribed and piano; Ope 40 and Ope 50. Melville, N.Y.: for viola (or clarinet) and piano (or organ) Belwin Mills, [197-?]. by V. Borissovsky. New York: International Music, [1943]. Bliss, Arthur. Intermezzo; transcribed for viola and piano by Watson Forbes. London: Oxford Bach, Johann Sebastian. Andante: from sola violin University Press, 1950. sonata in A minor; arr. for violoncello (or viola) and piano by Alec Robertson. London: Boccherini, Luigi. Sonata no. 3, in G major: for J. Curwen and Sons Ltd.; New York: sole viola and piano. Melville, N.Y.: Belwin Mills, agents for the U.S.A. and Eastern Canada, [197-?]. G. Schirmer, 1945. A book ofclassical pieces; transcribed for viola and Bach, Johann Sebastian. Chorale prelude: 0 man, piano by Watson Forbes. London: Oxford thy heavy sin bewail; arr. by Lionel Salter. University Press, 1948. London: J. Williams Ltd., 1940. Boyce, William. Tempo di gavotta; arr. for viola Bach, Johann Sebastian. Gavotte in A Major: from (or cello) and piano by Watson Forbes and solo violin partita in E major; transcriptions Harold Craxton. London: Oxford University for viola and piano by Watson Forbes and Press, 1948. Alan Richardson. London: Oxford University Press, 1939. Brahms, Johannes. Allegro (Scherzo C-Moll): aus der "F. A. E." Sonate: fUr Violine und Bach, Johann Sebastian. "It is finished": from Klavier; bearbeitet von Karl Stierhof. Wien: St. John s Passion; transcription by Charles Verlag Doblinger, 1969. Krane. Stamford, Conn.: Jack Spratt Music Co., 1965. Brahms, Johannes. Sonata movement for viola and piano; arr. by Watson Forbes. London: Bach, Johann Sebastian. "Sheep may safely graze": Stainer and Bell, [1983]. aria from secular cantata no. 208; arr. for violin (or viola, or cello) and pianoforte by Burkhard, Willy. Konzert fUr Viola und Orchester. Watson Forbes. London: Oxford University Klavier-Auszug. Kassel: Barenreiter Verlag, Press, 1946. [1954] . 18

Caix d'Hervelois, Louis de. La chambor (alle­ A first-year classical album for viola players; [arr.] by mande); transcribed for viola and piano by Watson Forbes. London: Oxford University Gaston Marchet. New York: International Press, 1955. Music Co., 1948. A second-ye-ar classical album for viola players; arr., Chester music for viola; arranged and edited by with piano acc., by Watson Forbes. London: Watson Forbes. London: J. & W. Chester, Oxford University Press, 1960. 1956. Glazunov, Aleksandr Konstantinovich. Serenade Chopin, Frederic. Nocturne in C minor; Ope posth.; espagnole; Ope 20; transcrit et arrange pour alto [transcribed by] Nick Stamon. San Diego, et piano par Etienne Ginot. Paris: Editions Calif.: Nick Stamon Press, 1984. Jean Jobert, 1960.

Classical and romantic pieces for viola and piano; Grieg, Edvard. To the spring; Ope 43, no. 6; arr. for -arranged by Watson Forbes. London: Oxford violin (or viola) and piano by Watson Forbes. University Press, 1974. London: Oxford University Press, 1960.

Corelli, Arcangelo. Sonata da camera; [transcribed Guerrini, Guido. Aria di ciociaria. Bologna: F. Bon­ for viola and piano] by Watson Forbes and giovanni, 1925. Alan Richardson. London: Oxford University Press, 1948. Handel, George Frederic. "Arrival of the Queen of Sheba" from Solomon; arr. by Watson Forbes. Couperin, Franc;ois. Suite from "Concerts Royaux"; London: Oxford University Press, 1963. [arr.] by Watson Forbes and Alan Richardson. London: Oxford University Press, 1947. Handel, George Frideric. Sonata in A Major: for viola and piano; [transcribed by F.] Hermann; Dubois, Pierre Max. Suite de danses: pour alto et [edited by Joseph] Vieland. New York: orchestre a cords, avec harpe ad libitum. Paris: International Music Co., 1957. A. Leduc, 1960. Handel, George Frederic. Sonata in G Minor; Ope 1, Dvorak, Antonin. Sonatine G-Dur fur Violine und no. 6; edited for viola and keyboard by Michael Klavier; Ope 100; ausgabe fur Viola und Klavier Pilkington. London: Stainer & Bell, 1982. von Dietmar Hallmann; revision nach den Quellen von Anne Marlene Gurgel. Leipzig: Handel, George Frederic. Sonata no. lOin G Edition Peters; New York: C. F. Peters, 1981. Minor: for viola and piano; [transcribed by Alard-Meyer]. New York: International Music Faure, Gabriel. Apres un reve = After a dream; tran­ Co., [1950]. scribed for viola and piano by Milton Katims. New York: International Music, [196-?]. Hill, Alfred. Concerto for viola and orchestra. Sydney: Southern Music Publishing Co., Faure, Gabriel. Elegy; Ope 24; transcribed for viola 1969. and piano by Milton Katims. New York: International Music, [1947?]. Hoffmeister, Franz Anton. Concerto: Viola und Orchester; nach dem Original hrsg. von Hans Faure, Gabriel. Lamento: for cello (or viola) and Mlynarczyk und Albert Kranz. Frankfurt am piano; transcribed for viola and piano by Main: H. L. Grahl, [194-?]. Milton Katims. New York: International Music Co., [197-?]. Hummel, Johann Nepomuk. Fantasie fUr Viola und Orchester; hrsg. von Franz Beyer; [Klavier­ Faure, Gabriel. Pavane pour violoncelle ou alto et auszug]. Adliswil [Switzerland]: Kunzelmann, piano; Ope 50; [transcription par H. BUsser]. 1980. Paris: J. Hamelle: distribution pour Ie monde entier, A. Leduc, [197-?]. Locatelli, Pietro Antonio. Sonata in G Minor: for viola and piano; [arr. and edited by F.] David Faure, Gabriel. Sicilienne; Ope 78; transcribed for [and F.] Hermann; [newly edited by Joseph viola and piano by Milton Katims. New York: Vieland]. New York: Inter-national Music Co., International Music Co., 1956. 1956. ""Curtin & Alf wentfar beyond anything I expected. My viola is spectacular in every way - the look, thefee4 the sound.J.J Donald McInnes, Los Angeles 1992

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Locatelli, Pietro Antonio. Sonata in G Minor: for Novacek, Ottokar. Mouvement perpetuel: pour viola and piano; op. 6, no. 12; [edited by] Paul violon et piano; transcrit et arrange pour alto et Doktor. Revised 1980 edition. New York: piano par Etienne Ginot. Paris: Editions Jean International Music Co., 1953. Jobert, 1962.

Lreillet, Jean Baptiste. Sonata in B-flat Major: for Paganini, Nicolo. Caprices: [for viola and piano]; viola and piano; [part for viola transcribed by op. 1, no. 13 [and] op. 1, no. 20; [transcribed Joseph] Vieland; realization of the figured bass by] Watson Forbes and Alan Richardson. by Alexandre Beon]. New York: International London: Hinrichsen, 1953. Music Co., [197-?]. Paganini, Nicolo. Sonata no. 12; transcribed and Marais, Marin. Fantaisie; recueillie et adaptee a arranged for viola and piano by Watson Forbes l'alto par Robert Boulay; realisation de and Alan Richardson. London: Augener, 1960. Laurence Boulay. Paris: Editions Musicales A. Leduc, 1955. Pleyel, Ignaz. Concerto [ftir] Viola und Orchester; op. 51; nach der Erstausg. hrsg. von Carl Herr­ Maros, Rudolf. Balkan szvit: gordonkara (hegedure mann. Frankfurt am Main: H. L. Grabl, 1951. vagy melyhagedure) zongoraklserettel = Balkanische Suite: ftir Violoncello (Violine oder Popular pieces; arr. by Watson Forbes. London: Bratsche) mit Klavierbegleitung = Balkan suite: Oxford University Press, 1980. for violoncello (violin or viola) with piano accompaniment. Budapest: Editio Musica, Porpora, Nicola. Sonata in G Major: for viola and 1959. piano; [piano reduction by Ferdinand] David; [edited by Friedrich] Hermann; [newly edited Maugtie, J. M. L. Allegre, lent et scherzo: pour alto by Joseph] Vieland. New York: International principal et orchestra; tres amicalement a Music Co., 1959. Maurice Vieux. Paris: Henry Lemoine, 1927. Proctor, Leland H. Sonata for clarinet (or viola) Medil}s, Jekabs. Konsert = Concerto: for viola and and piano. New York: American Composers orchestra. Arr. for viola and piano. Leningrad: Alliance, [197-?]. Soviet Composer, 1985. R~chmaninoff, Sergei. Romance and scherzo; arr. Migot, Georges. Le premier livre de divertissements for viola or cello and piano by Philip Clark. fran<;ais: a deux et a trois. IV. Estampie pour [London]: Oxford University Press, 1976. clarinette et harp; [transcrite] pour alto et piano. Paris: A. Leduc, 1929. Rose, Griffith. Concerto for viola and chamber ensemble; [ace. arr. for piano]. Bryn Mawr, Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus. Violin sonata K. 304: Pa.: Theodore Presser Company, [197-?]. E moll = E minor = Mi mineur: viola and piano; edited by A. Schnabel; viola part tran­ Rust, Friedrich Wilhelm. Sonata ftir Viola und scribed by Watson Forbes. London: Edition Klavier. Nach dem Autograph erstmalig hrsg. Peters, 1960. von Wolfgang Sawodny. Miinchen-Grafelfing: W. Wollenweber, 1980. Murrill, Herbert Henry John. Four French nursery songs: for viola (or violoncello) and piano. Schubert, Franz. Prayer; freely arranged from London: J. & W. Chester, 1942. op. 139 by Howard Ferguson. London: Oxford University Press, 1969. Nardini, Pietro. Concerto in G minor. London: Oxford University Press, 1950. Schubert, Franz. Reverie: from Piano Sonata in A; op. 120; arr. for violin and piano by Watson Nardini, Pietro. Sonata in F Minor: for viola and Forbes. London: Oxford University Press, piano; [edited by L. A.] Zellner; [newly edited 1963. by Joseph] Vieland. New York: International Music, 1960. Schubert, Franz. Sonate arpeggione: pour alto et piano; op. posth.; revision et annotations par Noe, Artur. Menuett aus der 7. Cellosonate, op. 25 Etienne Ginot. Paris: Editions Jean Jobert, (1912). [S.l.: s.n., 194-?]. 1969. MEMBERSHIP ENROLLMENT FORM

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Schubert, Franz. Sonatina no. 1 in D Major: for Telemann, Georg Philipp. Concerto in G Major: viola and piano; Ope 137. Melville, N.Y.: for viola and piano; [edited by Milton] Katims; Belwin Mills, [198-?]. [piano reduction of the orchestral score by Giuseppe Piccioli]. N ew York: Inter-national Schubert, Franz. Sonata movement for viola and Music Co., 1956. piano; arr. by Watson Forbes. London: Stainer & Bell, 1960. Telemann, Georg Philipp. Sonata in A Minor: for viola and piano; [edited by Walter] Schulz; Schubert, Joseph. Konzert, C-Dur: flir Viola und [newly edited by Joseph] Vieland. New York: Orchester; hrsg. von Karlheinz Schultz-Hauser. International Music Co., 1957. Mainz: B. Schott's Sohne; New York: Schott Music Corp., 1967. Thorarinsson, Jon. Sonata: for clarinet and piano. [Reykjavik]: Musica Islandica, 1964. Scriabin, Aleksandr Nikolayevich. Prelude in C-sharp Minor; Ope 9, no. 1; transcribed for viola and T oldra, Eduardo. "La font": de Seis sonetos; tran­ piano by V. Borissovsky. New York: Inter­ scripcion de J. Amaz. Madrid: Union Musical national Music Co., [1946]. Espanola, 1980.

Solos for festival andfUn; by Albert Stoutamire and Tunes and dances: nine pieces for violin or viola Kenneth Henderson. Pacific, Mo.: Mel Bay and piano; arr. by Watson Forbes. London: Publications, 1985. Oxford University Press, 1982.

Stamitz, Anton. Concerto pour viola principale; Tunes old and new: eight short pieces with exercises avec accompagnement de violons primo et sec­ and study suggestions, for viola and piano; ed. ono, altos and basses; cadence et reduction Eleanor Murray and Phyllis Tate. London: pour piano Marinus de Jong. Antwerpen: Oxford University Press, 1958. Uitgave Metropolis, 1970. Valensin, Georges. Minuet in G Major: for cello (or Suchy, Frantisek. Vinafska suita: pro violu a viola) and piano; [viola part transcribed by komornl orchestr: klavlrni uprava skladatelova; Milton Katims]. New York: International slovy part revidoval Antonln Hyksa. Praha: Music Co., 1949. Stanl nak!. krasne literatury, hudby a umeni: export, Artia, 1959. Veracini, Francesco Maria. Largo; transcribed for viola and piano by Milton Katims. N ew York: Tartini, Giuseppe. Concerto en re majeur: pour viola International Music Co., [1945?]. avec accompagnement d'orchestre a cordes et deux corSi revision et reduction pour alto Veracini, Francesco Maria. Sonata in E Minor: for et piano par Max Vieux; cadences de Jacques violin (or viola) and piano; [arr. by F. David; Dumont. Paris: Editions Max Eschig, 1956. revised by F. Hermann; viola part edited by Joseph Vieland]. New York: International Tartini, Giuseppe. Sonata no. 2, in F major: for Music Co., [1956]. viola and piano: (Alard-Dessauer). New York: International Music Co., 1947. Vieuxtemps, Henri. lIe concerto pour violon et piano; transcrit et arrange pour alto et piano Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich. Nocturne in D Minor; par Etienne Ginot. Paris: Editions Jean Jobert, Ope 19, no. 4; transcribed for viola and piano 1961. by V. Borissovsky. New York: International Music, 1946. Vieuxtemps, Henri. IVe concerto pour violon et piano: Ier mouvement (avec cadence); transcrit Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich. None but the lonely heart: for et arrange pour alto et piano par Etienne viola (or violin) and piano; transcribed by William Ginot. Paris: J. Jobert, 1961. Primrose. New York: Mills Music, 1955. Vieuxtemps, Henri. Ve concerto pour violon et Telemann, Georg Philipp. Concerto, in sol maggiore: piano; Ope 37; transcrit et arrange pour alto et per viola e orchestra [sic]; kozreadja Szeredi S. piano par Etienne Ginot. Paris: Editions Jean Gusztav. Budapest: Editio Musica, 1985. Jobert, 1960. 2S

Viola and piano: a collection of 43 famous com­ Zwei Violinen und Viola (arr.) positions arranged for viola with piano accom­ Bach, Johann Sebastian. 15 terzetti, after 3-part paniment; with stories and illustrated inventions: for two violins and viola. New biographical sketches; [arr.] by Herfurth­ York: International Music Co., [1946]. deVeritch. Cincinnati, Oh.: Willis Music Company, 1960. Violine, Viola d'amore und Violoncello Haydn, Joseph. Divertimento fUr Viola d'amour, Viotti, Giovanni Battista. XXIle concerto pour vio­ Violine und Violoncello; hrsg. von Clemens Ion e piano: 10 solo; transcrit et arrange pour Meyer. Hannover: A. Nagel, 1930. alto et piano par Etienne Ginot. Paris: J. Jobert, 1961. Violine, Viola und Violoncello Boccherini, Luigi. Three trios: for violin, viola and Viotti, Giovanni Battista. XXIXeme concerto pour cello; Ope 38. New York: International Music violon et piano; transcrit et arrange pour alto et Co., [1943?]. piano par Etienne Ginot. Paris: Editions Jean Jobert, 1960. Dittersdorf, Karl Ditters von. Divertimento: fUr Violine, Viola und Violoncello, Krebs 131; hrsg. Weber, Carl Maria von. Variazioni per l'alto viola e von Walter Lebermann. Mainz: B. Schott's orchestra = Thema und Variationen fUr Viola Sohne; New York: Schott Music Corp., 1969. und Orchester; Ausgabe fUr Viola und Klavier; hrsg. von Ulrich DrUner. ZUrich; New York: Mellers, Wilfrid Howard. String trio: violin, viola Eulenburg, 1976. and violoncello. London: Lengnick, 1948.

Wieniawski, Henri. lIe concerto pour violon et Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus. Divertimento in E-flat piano; Ope 22; transcrit et arrange pour alto et Major, K. 563: for violin, viola and cello; piano par Etienne Ginot. Paris: Editions Jean [Edited by F. Hermann]. New York: Inter­ ]obert, 1960. national Music Co., [1943?].

Wolstenholme, William. Canzona for viola and Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus. Four preludes and piano; arr. and edited by Lionel Tertis. fugues, K. 404a: for violin, viola and cello; [London]: Novello, 1954. [edited by] (Pasquier Trio). New York: Inter­ national Music Co., 1950. Zelezny, Lubomir. Koncert pro violu a komorni orchestr: (1968-69); klavirni vytah upravil Pleyel, Ignaz. Three trios: for violin, viola and cello; skladatel. 1. vyd. Praha: Panton, 1977. Ope 11. New York: International Music, 1976.

Zelter, Carl Friedrich. Konzert Es-Dur fUr Viola Rolla, Alessandro. Trio concertante in B-flat (op. 1, und Orchester; Ausgabe fUr Viola und Klavier no. 1) for violin, viola, and cello; edited by von Rudolf LUdeke; Einrichtung der Viola­ Myron Rosenblum and Amy Camus. Bristol, stimme und Kadenzen von Dietmar Hall­ Conn.: Rarities for Strings Publications, 1984. mann. Leipzig: Edition Peters, 1980. Siegl, Otto. Erstes trio, Ope 134a (1944). Wien: Zwei Violinen und Viola Doblinger, 1984. Dvorak, Antonin. Terzetto, in C major: for two violins and viola; Ope 74. New York: E. F. Taneev, Sergei Ivanovich. Trio in D Major: for vio­ Kalmus, [197-?]. lin, viola and cello. New York: International Music Co., 1973. Martelli, Carlo. T erzetto for 2 violins and viola; Ope 11. London: A. Lengnick, 1960. Villa-Lobos, Heitor. Trio pour violon, alto et vio­ loncelle. Paris: M. Eschig, [1956]. Noe, Artur. Streichtrio F-Dur; Ope 81. B. Wien: Musikverlag Ludwig Krenn, 1963. Violine, Viola und Violoncello (arr.) Bach, Johann Sebastian. 15 terzetti: (after 3-parts Taneev, Sergei Ivanovich. Trio in D Major: for two inventions), for violin, viola and cello; [tran­ violins and viola; Ope 21. New York: Inter­ scribed by Richard] Hofmann. New York: national Music Co., [196-?]. International Music, [197-?]. 26

Bach, Johann Sebastian. Two preludes and fugues Drei Violen for violin, viola, and cello; [edited by the] Hiraishi, Hirokazu. Wings: for 3 violas. Tokyo: Pasquier Trio. New York: International Music Tokyo Art Service, 1982. Co., 1955. Viola, Violoncello und Contrabass Haydn, Joseph. Three trios: for violin, viola, Hofmann, Leopold. Trio fUr Viola, Violoncello, and cello; Ope 32; [edited by the] Pasquier und Kontrabass; Ope 1, Nr.l; nach dem Trio. New York: International Music Co., Erstdruck neu hrsg. von Wolfgang Sawodny. 1954. MUnchen: Walter Wollenweber, 1984.

Violine, Viola und Harfe Holler, York. Pas de trois: fUr Viola, Violoncello Maros Rudolf. Trio per violino, viola e arpa: parti­ und Kontrabass. Spielpartitur. Wiesbaden: tura. Budapest: Editio Musica, 1974. Breitkopf & Hartel, 1982.

Violine, Viola und Klavier Viola, Violoncello und Cembalo Heinrich XXIV, Prinz Reuss. Trio: fUr Violine, Vanhal, Johann Baptist. Divertimento in C for Viola und Klavier; Ope 25. MUnchen: Walter viola, cello, and cembalo; edited by T. Donley Wollenweber, 1985. Thomas. Premiere publication. St. Cloud, Minn.: Medici Music Press, 1982. Lachner, Ignaz. Trio in D-Moll fUr Violine, Viola und Klavier; Ope 89 = Trio in D Minor for Viola, Gitarre und Klavier (arr.) violin, viola and piano; hrsg. von Bernhard Vivaldi, Antonio. Concerto D-Moll fUr Viola, Pauler. Winterthur, Schweiz: Amadeus, 1985. Gitarre und Streicher = Concerto in D Minor for viola, and strings, RV 540; i1bertra­ Violine, Viola und Klavier (arr.) gen und hrsg. von = arranged and edited by Stamitz, Karl. Symphonie concertante: pour violon Daniel Benko/Laszlo Barsony; Klavierauszug et alto avec accompagnement d'orchestre, re [von Oliver Nagy]. Mainz: B. Schott's Sohne; majeur; hrsg. von Fritz Kneusslin; Klavier­ Budapest: Editio Musica, 1980. auszug Franz Giegling. Basel: Edition Kneuss­ lin; New York: sole agent for USA and Flote, Viola und Violoncello Canada, C. F. Peters Corp., 1958. Davies, Peter Maxwell. Birthday music for John [Carewe]: for flute, viola and cello. London: Zwei Violen und Violoncello (arr.) Chester Music, 1985. Haydn, Joseph. Divertimenti fUr 2 Violen und Violoncello, Hob. XII: 19. Erstdruck. Flote, Viola und Gitarre MUnchen-Grafelfing: Walter Wollenweber, Lahav, Naftali. Trio for guitar, viola and flute (or 1977. violin). [Tel-Aviv, ]: Or-Tav Music Publications, 1984. Zwei Violen und Contrabass Reicha, Joseph. Sonata a tre: fUr zwei Violen Flote, Viola und Harfe und Kontrabass oder Violoncello = for Harris, Ross. Trio for flute, viola and harp. two violas and double-bass or violoncello; hrsg. Wellington, New Zealand: Price Milburn von Bernhard Pauler. Winterthur: Amadeus, Music, 1980. 1985. Maessen, Antoon. Musica divertente: voor klarinet, Zwei Violen und Klavier (arr.) altviool en piano (1983). Amsterdam: Bach, Johann Sebastian. Brandenburg Concerto no. Donemus, 1986. 6 in B-flat Major: for two violas and piano; [piano reduction by] Conrad Held. New York: Moreno-Buendia, Manuel. Suita popular espanola: International Music Co., 1978. para trio (flauta - viola - arpa). Madrid: Editorial de Musica Espanola Contemporanea, Zwei Violen und Cembalo 1985. Fux, Johann Joseph. Sonate (Kanon) fUr zwei Viola da Gamba (Bratschen) und Basso continuo; Thiele, Siegfried. Trio fUr Flote, Viola und Harfe hrsg. von Hellmuth Christian Wolff. Kassel: (1981). Autograph-Edition. Leipzig: Edition Barenreiter, [194-?]. Peters, 1983. GEOFFREY SEITZ, dampite Pat No 3 407 roo Jl Violinmaker the sensational ~I humidifier for Fine New 6- Used Violins, VIOLIN. VIOLA. CELLO. BASS Violas, CeDi and Bows r We recommend the Dampit enthusiastically. dampit provides perfect protection , , banjos, against damage from a dry atmosphere. dampit proved itself 100% effective in vintage gear, etc. scientific sensor measurements. FREE Room Humidity Indicator with· each dampit. Buy • Sell • Repair • Appraise Violin $8.95 • Viola $9.50 4175 Loughborough St. Louis, M0 63116 Little Violin $7.95 • Cello $11.50 353-1312 Bass $12.50 AVOID FAKES, AVOID MISTAKES. A genuine Damprt has the Dampit name on the black top. AIr hMdItng oua6de USA Md c:.n.a 11.00 per unit. In USA c..-...edd I.g per una. Box'" AIIdIo Cly sa.don NY, NY 10101.

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Flote, Viola und Klavier Rode, Pierre. VIlle concerto: pour violon et piano; Reichel, Bernard. Trio: flute (or hautbois), alto, transcrit et arrange pour alto et piano par piano. Monthey: Cantate Domino, [197-?]. Etienne Ginot. Paris: Editions Jean Jobert, 1960. Flote, Viola und Cembalo Ivancic, Amandus. Six sonatas a tre, vol. 1, nos. Schenker, Friedrich. Konzert ftir Viola und 1-3; edited by Paul M. Douglas. London: Orchester: Partitur und Solostimme. Leipzig: Nova, 1982. VEB Deutscher Verlag ftir Musik, 1981.

Simonetti, Giovanni Paolo. Due sonate a tre per Stamitz, Anton. Konzert Nr. 4, D-Dur: ftir Viola flauto, viola da braccio col basso; Ope 10 = Two und Streicher = Concerto no. 4, in D major: sonatas for treble recorder, viola and basso con­ for viola and strings; hrsg. mit Kadenzen von = tinuo; komponiert und hrsg. von Winfried edited with cadences by Walter Lebermann. Michel. Winterthur, Schweiz: Amadeus, 1985. Wiesbaden: Breitkopf & Hartel, 1973.

Flote, Viola und Schlagzeug Telemann, George Philipp. Konzert, G-Dur: ftir Ferrari, Giorgio. Ombre: serenata no. 3: per flauto, Viola und Streichorchester mit Basso continuo; viola, percussione. Padova: G. Zanibon, 1981. hrsg. von Hellmuth Christian Wolff. Kassel: Barenreiter, [1949]. Klarinette, Viola und Klavier Frendenthal, Otto. Ashendon bucks: for clarinet, Vaughan Williams, Ralph. Flos compi: solo viola. viola and piano (1978). [S.l.: s.n., 1978?]. London: Oxford University Press, 1928.

Jacob, Gordon. Trio for clarinet, viola and piano. Weber, Carl Maria von. Andante und Rondo Monteux, France: Musica Rara, 1970. ungarese: ftir Viola und Orchester; hrsg. von Georg Schtinemann. Mainz: B. Schott's Sohne; Jacobsson, John. Fantasistycke; Lyriskt intermezzo; New York: Schott Music, 1938. Humoresk. [S.l.: s.n., 197-?]. Viola-Solo mit verschiedenen Instrumenten Reinecke, Carl. Trio ftir Klarinette, Viola und Jolas, Betsy. Points d'aube: pour alto et 13 instru­ Klavier = for clarinet, viola and piano; Ope 264; ments avent; reduction pour alto et piano [par hrsg. von Bernhard Pauler; V orwort von Jean Koerner]. Paris: Heugel, 1973, 1969. Walter Labhart. Winterthur, Schweiz: Amadeus, 1985. Schmidt, Hartmut. 3 Stticke ftir Viola und 5 Instrumente (1975): Klarinette in B, Posaune, Klarinette, Viola und Klavier (arr.) Klavier, Vibraphone-Marimbaphon, Gitarre. Fiala, Joseph. Concertante in B-flat for clarinet, cor [S.l.: s.n., 194-?]. anglais/viola and piano reduction. Monteux, France: Musica Rara, 1984. Violine- und Viola-Solo, mit Orchester Chailley, Jacques. Cadences pour la symphonie Saxophon, Viola und Klavier Concertante K. 364 de Mozart. Paris: Samama, Leo. Trio marchese (chiaroscuro II, di Alphonse Leduc, 1964. pesaro); Ope 24: voor altsaxofoon, altviool en piano. Amsterdam: Donemus, 1986. Klavier- und Viola-Solo, mit Orchester Frid, GrigoriT Samuilovich. Kontsert dlia al'ta, forte­ Viola-Solo, mit Orchester piano i strunnykh = Concerto for viola, piano Benda, George. Konzert: F-dur ftir Viola und and strings. Moskva: Sov. kompozitor, 1985. Streicher mit Cambalo; zwei Horner in F ab lib.; Erstmals 4rsg. und mit Kadenzen versehen Eine Singstimme und Viola von Walter Lebermann. Mainz: B. Schott's Schmidt, Hartmut. Acht Lieder nach Gedichten Sohne; New York: Schott Music Corp., 1968. von Friedrich Holderlin: ftir Bariton und Viola. [S.l.: s.n., 1977?]. Graun, Johann Gottlieb. Konzert = Concerto: Es-Dur, ftir Viola und Streicher. Erstausg. I Simons, Netty. Songs for Wendy: for voice and [hrsg. und bearb. von] Walter Lebermann. viola. [S.l.]: Merion Music; Bryn Mawr, Pa.: Hamburg: N. Simrock, 1976. sole representative, T. Presser Co., 1977. 30

Gesang, Viola und Klavier Erstdruck neu hrsg. von Wolfgang Sawodny. Brahms, Johannes. Zwei Gesange = Two songs; MUnchen-Grafelfing: Verlag W. Wollenweber, Ope 91: for contralto with viola and piano. 1979. London: Alfred Lengnick & Co., 1954. Zwei Violinen, Viola, Violoncello und Gitarre Siegmeister, Elie. Songs ofexperience: for voice, Giuliani, Mauro. Gran quintetto; Ope 65: per chitarra, viola, and piano; poems by William Blake. due violini, viola e violoncello; revisione di New York: C. Fischer, 1979. Ruggero Chiesa. Milano: Suvini Zerboni, 1984.

Chor und Viola Werke mit vier und mehr Violen Roy, Klaus George. "St. Francis' canticle of the sun" Krebs, Joachim. Klangsplitter: Musik fUr vier = "Cantico di frate sole": for small chorus of Solobratschen. Hamburg: Peer, 1982. four mixed voices (a cappella) and solo viola; Ope 17. Los Angeles: Affiliated Musicians, 1953. Verschiedene Besetzungen Schneider, Friedrich. Sestetto notturno in G: for Zwei Violinen, Viola und Violoncello oboe, clarinet, horn, two violas, bassoon, cello, Mihalovici, Marcel. IVe quartour acordes; Ope 111. bass; edited by T. Donley Thomas. Urtext, Paris: Salabert, 1985. premiere publication. Bellingham, Wash.: Medici Music Press, 1983. Violoncello, Viola, Schlagzeug und Klavier Hodlerle, W.-Joseph. Bobok: fUr Viola, Cello, Schulen und Methoden Klavier und Schlagzeug (1979). Darmstadt: Benoit, Henri. Methode elementaire d'alto: d'apres Wilhelm Lutz, 1984. la celebre methode de violon de Maurice Hauchard. Henri Benoit et Renee Benoit. Flote, Oboe, Viola und Cembalo Paris: Alphonse Leduc, 1969. Janitsch, Johann Gottlieb. Kammersonate "Echo"; Ope 8: fUr Flauto traverso, Oboe (Violine oder Mackay, Neil. A modern viola method. London: zweite Flote), Viola da braccio (oder gamba), Oxford University Press, 1964. Cembalo mit Violoncell; [Erstdruck, hrsg. von Hellmuth Christian Wolff]. Wiesbaden: Suzuki, Shin'ichi. Suzuki viola school. Tokyo, Japan: Breitkopf & Hartel, 1938. Zen-on music; Princeton, N.J.: Sole publisher for the entire world except Japan, Summy­ Flote, Viola, Schlagzeug und Klavier Birchard music division of Birch Tree Group, Keller, Hermann. Wahlverwandtschaften: Quartett 1981-1983. fUr Flote, Viola, Klavier, Schlagzeug 1975/76. Leipzig: Edition Peters, 1983. Etuden, Capricen, Studien, Obungen Beer-Hofmann, Richard. Die Ersten Studien fUr Oboe, Violine, Viola und Cembalo Viola in der ersten Lage; Ope 86. Frankfurt: C. Janitsch, Johann Gottlieb. Quadro "0 Haupt voll F. Peters, [197-?]. Blut und Wunden": fUr Oboe, Violine, Viola und Generalbass; hrsg. von Klaus Hofmann. Blumenstengel, Albrecht. 24 studies; Ope 33: for Neuhausen-Stuttgart: Hanssler-Verlag, 1973. viola solo; [edited by L. Wiemann]. New York: International Music Co., [197-?]. Klarinette, Viola, Violoncello und Klavier Luff, Enid. Tapestries: for chamber group. London: Borisovskir, Vadim Vasilevich. 4 artistic studies ... Primavera, 1980. for viola solo. New York: International Music Company, [1943]. Quartette mit Zwei Violen Amon, Johann Andreas. Quartett fUr Solo-Viola und Campagnoli, Bartolomeo. 41 caprices: pour l'alto­ Streichtrio; Ope 18, Nr. 3; nach dem Erstdruck viola; Ope 22; revus et doigtes par Hans Sitt. neu hrsg. von Wolfgang Sawodny. MUnchen­ Leipzig: C. F. Peters, [194-?]. Grafelfing: Verlag W. Wollenweber, 1979. Campagnoli, Bartolomeo. 41 caprices: pour l'alto­ Quintette mit Zwei Violen (arr.) viola; Ope 22; Nouvelle edition par Carl Her­ Amon, Johann Andreas. Quintett fUr Flote, Viola rmann. London; New York: Edition Peters, und Streichtrio; Ope 19, Nr. 3; nach dem [196-?] . ,... IRA B. KRAEMER & CO. New Publications Fine Violins, Violas, Cellos and Bows Two Waltzes for Viola and Piano by Katrina Wreede Expert Repairs, Restorations, Appraisals •• New from Robert W. Jones •• and Accessories Airs and Fancies: Some pleasant music for two violas Est. 1967 Songs and Dances for Viola and Cello •• Available in June 1995 •• A selection of Violas for the well Prelude & Fugue for Viola Trio arr. Marshall Fine advanced student and professional Suite for Viola and Piano by Marshall Fine player. Hand made from the finest matierials and expertly adjusted in our New!! •• T-Shirt Design •• New!! shop. Viola Power 100% pre-shrunk cotton; white shirt with teal or navy image of Brandenburg 6: $12.50 Also featuring the violas of the master viola maker Otto Erdesz which We also have string quartets are available in limited quantities. Latham Music Enterprises 1209 Gregory Street Greensboro, NC 27403 1-800-645-7022 (in US) 467 Grant Avenue 910-299-2326 (FAX) Scotch Plains, New Jersey 07076 Seeking viola music for publication Ph. (908) 322-4469 Fax: (908) 322-8613

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Chailley, Marie Therese. Exercices divertissants et London; New York: Oxford University Press, pieces breves avec accompagnement de piano = 1951. Amusing exercises and short pieces, with piano accompaniment. Paris: Alphonse Leduc, 1974. Rode, Pierre. 24 Capricen: in Form von Ettiden; ftir Viola tibertragen von Ernst Hoenisch. N eu Fiorillo, Federigo. 31 studies for viola solo; [edited durchgesehene Ausgabe. Frankfurt; New York: by Joseph] Vieland. New York: International C. F. Peters, 1958. Music Co., 1965. Rode, Pierre. 24 Capricen: in Ettidenform ftir Forbes, Watson. Exercises for viola players. London: Bratsche allein, in den 24 Tonarten = en forme Associated Board of Royal Schools of Music, d'etudes pour alto seul, cans les 24 tons de la [196-?]. gamme = in form of etudes for viola alone, in all 24 keys; revidiert und mit Vortibungen Forbes, Watson. A second book of scales & ar­ versehen von Max Rostal. Mainz: B. Schott's peggios for viola players. London: Oxford Sohne; New York: Schott Music Corp., 1974. University Press, 1951. Rode, Pierre. 24 caprices for the viola; [transcribed Forbes, Watson. A third book of scales & arpeggios by Louis Pagels]. Melville, N.Y.: Belwin Mills, for viola players. London: Oxford University [197-?]. Press, 1954. Schradieck, Henry. School of viola technique: for -.....- Hoffmeister, Franz Anton. Etuden: ftir Viola; the viola; [transcribed by Louis Pagels]. -- revidiert und mit Fingerstaz versehen von Carl Melville, N.Y.: Belwin Mills, [197-?]. ~~ Herrmann. Frankfurt; New York: C. F. Peters, J:§ 1952. Select studies for the viola; taken from the works of --- Campagnoli ... [et al.]; in progressive order, ~- . -.­ Mayseder, Joseph. Six studies; op. 29: for viola solo; phrased, fingered and arranged by E. Kreuz. ------...... - - [transcribed by Ludwig] Pagels. New York: London: Augener, [195-?]. ----- International Music Co., [197-?]. ------Schubert, Franz. Neuf etudes pour alto; transcrites ==-~ Palaschko, Johannes. 10 studies; op. 49: for viola. du violon, revues et doigtees par Leon Pascal. :==------­~- New York: International Music, [1974?]. Paris: A. Leduc, 1962. a:= ==. --...... - Palaschko, Johannes. 12 studies for the viola; Viola excerpts from standard orchestral repertoire. ­ op. 55. Urtext ed. New York: Belwin Mills, Melville, N.Y.: Belwin Mills, [197-?]. --==--... [196-?]. ! ----~ Palaschko, Johannes. 12 studies; op. 55: for viola. This concludes the 1986 PIVA acquisitions. 1987 New York: International Music, [197-?]. acquisitions will begin next issue.

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Harlow, Essex, an hour or so northeast of Somehow it is always good to see familiar London. In the programming, Hindemith, of faces at viola events, as was the case here at Old course, was given notice, but also the late Harlow with Henry Danks and Tully Potter. In Gordon Jacob, who shares the same centenary case anyone besides myself has wondered if ofbirth with Hindemith. Jacob, like Tully could earn a living by writing exclusively Hindemith and Bloch, had a particular fond­ about violists and viola recordings, it came as a ness for the viola and violists and left a consid­ small relief to me to know that it isn't the case. erable repertoire for us. The evening's all-Jacob Without betraying secrets, his bread and butter program closed with the marvelous Suite job is writing and editing the music column for for Eight Violas. Mrs. Gordon Jacob and the Daily Mail. But there doesn't seem to be Mrs. Lillian Tertis (Lionel Tertis's widow) too much doubt to violists where his heart lies, were both in attendance. and he has just produced his first CD volume It is a tribute to John White as a teacher on the recorded history ofviolists. More on that no fewer than 16 ofhis current and former that later. students prepared for, and brought their collab­ orating colleagues to, this event, the proceeds ofwhich go to the benefit ofthe next Tertis Competition. -David Dalton

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Appearances by violists, as soloist or some baroque and classic repertory. Laredo prominent ensemble member, have graced the conducted and played the violin in the concert scene with gratifying frequency in the Fourth Brandenburg Concerto, the first violin recent few months. The most regnant place part in the Bach Double Concerto, and the to hear the instrument remains the string viola part ofMozart's E-flat Sinfonia quartet, and the large number ofquartet con­ Concertante. Laredo's partner in the latter certs in the Los Angeles area remains a source was 17-year-old Curtis Institute student Leila ofamazement. Chamber music ensembles Josefowicz, a product ofthe Colburn Institute departing from the standard four strings seem at U.S.C. to be proliferating as well, so that last spring Intimate baroque and classic pieces in we heard the former and present principal the 3,000 seat Dorothy Chandler Pavilion (I 13 violists ofthe New York Philharmonic (both present problems about which critics com­ being L.A. area products), Paul Neubauer plain with good reason, and those who are so with the Chamber Music Society ofLincoln inclined shrug and proclaim that this is Center, and Cynthia Phelps with Pacific Southern California and we can expect no Serenades. Marcus Thompson also appeared better. In January, Anthony Newman led a with Chamber Music/LA. mostly New York group called the Branden­ Last May, Irving Manning, a member of burg Collegium in a performance ofthe the Los Angeles Philharmonic viola section Brandenburg Concertos by Bach, including since 1956, announced his retirement, at age No.6, which features two violists as soloists, 78. In August, we learned that Leticia Oaks­ at the Orange County Performing Arts Strong will join the Philharmonic for the Center. The hall is about the same size as the 1994-95 season. At age 22, she will be Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, and since the the youngest member ofthe orchestra. Collegium players perform on "period" instru­ Mrs. Strong was a student ofDavid Dalton ments, acoustical problems were solved by (editor ofJAVS) and, more recently, of having the players use microphones and the Donald McInnes at U.S.C. Institutions must auditorium's amplification system producing renew themselves to remain vital; this move is a musical oxymoron or non sequitur that particularly dramatic. would be hard to top. During the 1994-95 season, two On the much happier side ofauthen­ visitors have adopted an "and-I-can-play-the­ ticity, Pamela Goldsmith gave a smashing viola-too" posture-to no particular critical recital at U.S.C. on 23 October 1994, marred acclaim, it should be added. On 13 October only by audience sparseness. Dr. Goldsmith 1994, touring as conductor with the Israel used a baroque bow for the all-baroque first Chamber Orchestra, Shlomo Mintz played half and demonstrated that the smaller, the Trauermusik by Hindemith as viola soloist lighter bow really does make a pleasant differ­ and the A Major Rondo by Schubert as vio­ ence. Her intelligent use oftempo, phrasing, linist; he also conducted some Mozart and vibrato, ornaments, and dynamics was entirely Stravinsky. Perhaps the Israelis are experienc­ satisfactory aesthetically and quite distinct ing some budget problems. from the self-conscious and disappointing In February, while much ofthe result ofmost attempts at "authenticity." The Philharmonic was serving in the pit with Esa­ recital, repeated at Brigham Young University Pekka Salonen accompanying a production of later in the week as the annual Primrose Peillas et Mllisande by Debussy, Jaime Laredo Memorial Concert, included the Trio for was given the task ofusing another but smaller Viola, Tenor Saxophone, and Piano by Paul portion ofthe orchestra for presentation of Hindemith. The playing was tasteful and 40

considerate, but this combination pits two very conductor, the bassist Ami Porat, presented loud instrunlents against the viola, which is not Mozart's venerable Sinfonia Concertante, loud at all. Balance problems are built-in, and K. 364, with the concertmaster, Roger Wilkie, it isn't at all clear how they can be solved. and principal violist, Simon Oswell, as soloists. Possibly the major viola event ofthe The church is almost ideal for small orchestra, 1994-95 season was the performance ofthe the performers were in top form, the audience Bartok Viola Concerto, featuring Paul wa's friendly and large ... altogether a fine Neubauer with the Long Beach Symphony, instrumental experience, ifslightly frantic on conducted by JoAnn Falletta. The performance the podium. was in the lovely Terrace Theater in Long On 15 January 1995, Karen Elaine, the e Beach on 22 October 1994. It was the first viola virtuoso from San Diego, came again to performance ofa revision ofthe Tibor Serly the Bing Theater ofthe Los Angeles County edition that was prepared from Bartok's Museum ofArt to present a Sundays at Four sketches, but after the composer's death. The program. These are broadcast live every week new version is the product ofcollaboration by radio station KUSC. They are sponsored by between Neubauer and Peter Bartok, Bela's son. a number ofagencies, including the Musician's A complete comparison ofthe revision Union, Local 47, and the Los Angeles Cultural with the old Serly edition is not appropriate Mfairs Department. This program was named here but is material for a future article. Suffice ''A Musical Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King it to say that there are substantive changes, so Jr." and enlisted the assistance ofThe West­ that for one who knows the work well, the per­ wind Brass Quintet, plus no less than five formance was full ofsurprises: missing spots, cellists. Miss Elaine demonstrated her talents added spots, odd twists and odder notes, as soloist, arranger, conductor, and organizer. changes here and there, but nothing that would Most ofthe music made use ofstrong jazz ele­ keep you from recognizing the Bartok Viola ments blended into the traditional chamber Concerto. The opening dialogue between viola music idiom. The result was a fresh program of and lower strings is now between viola and fine viola playing, backed by untraditional timpani, so at least the listener was warned of instrumental combinations, which was any­ impending alterations. Perhaps more unsettling thing but dull. than the new edition was the uncompromised Jan Karlin, violist ofthe Southwest feeling that the conductor did not have real Chamber Music Society, who is also Mrs. Jeff command ofthe work. At least that was pro­ Von der Schmidt (that is, wife ofthe Southwest jected. Mr. Neubauer, on the other hand, Society's director), deserves a gold star for played with his usual total mastery ofthe endurance and good spirit. On 27 January, she instrument and the musical material. His huge, played Play itAgain, Sam for unaccompanied luscious sound was mostly covered by the viola by . The Southwesters play accompaniment, which played at ~ consistently plenty oftraditional repertory to be sure, but overwhelming mezzo forte throughout. Perhaps they also perform large doses of20th-century the most problematic part ofthe performance music that finds Karlin preparing barrels ofthe was the last movement tempo, where the most difficult and demanding viola music there soloist obviously wanted to go faster than the is. She has been doing it, program after pro­ conductor would allow. Oh, well; it isn't as gram, for years. Perhaps two gold stars would though we won't hear it again, under better be appropriate. circumstances. On 6 November 1994, at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Newport Beach, - Thomas Hall the Mozart Camerata, under its founder and Chapman University Samuel Koistein " Son Ltd.

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Paul Hindemith, who made a living as a Opus 31, no. 4 (which he played in public violist for at least part ofhis life, wrote seven only halfa dozen times or so), for reasons sonatas for viola, four ofwhich are unaccom­ unknown. He had already recorded Opus 25, panied. Two of these were published during no. 1 for Columbia, so recording that work his lifetime; Opus 11, no. 5 (1919) came out again was out ofthe question. The solution in 1923, but Opus 25, no. 1 (1922) was not was to write another sonata, which he did, published until 1951, long after the composer largely on the train going from New York to had ceased to play publicly. Hindemith used . He started it on 18 April in New Opus 25, no. 1 as a concert vehicle for him­ York and played it in concert on 21 April at selfand might not have wanted to share. the Chicago Arts Club. The recording for The two present sonatas have an even Victor did not come to fruition, and appar­ more erratic publishing history. Opus 31/4 ently Hindemith never played the sonata was composed in 1923 and was first pub­ again in public. lished 69 years later, in 1992. Although it The Sonata Opus 31/4 is an 18-minute was written first in the Opus 31 series, it work in three movements following the pat­ ended up as number 4 in Hindemith's own tern offast, slow, moderate. The first move­ Catalog ofWorks because the two violin ment is almost a perpetual motion, marked sonatas and the Sonatine for two flutes in "extremely lively," which makes extended use Opus 31 were put out as numbers 1, 2, and ofthe accent produced by an open string and 3 much earlier, in 1924. (Reminiscent ofthe a fingered note ofthe same pitch played as a Beethoven Opus 18 quartets.) The 1937 double-stop. This movement is a challenge Sonata manuscript was given away as a for both bow and fingers. The second move­ present to Oliver Strunk, just days after its ment is a contrasting slow movement, titled composition and premier, and before it was Lied: expressive, quiet, and, for Hindemith, quite finished; dynamics and phrasing were perhaps even sentimental. The last move­ added by Hindemith to the photocopy ment, marked Thema mit Variationen, is he kept. longer than the first two combined and actu­ The circumstances ofthe composition ally seems more like a passacaglia, with 20 ofthe Sonata (1937) demonstrate the facility distinct sections, concluding with a decorated ofPaul Hindemith as a composer and per­ version ofthe "theme." The overall style is former. In the spring of 1937, he undertook unmistakably Hindemithian, with quasi-tonal a concert tour of the U. S.: Washington, but dissonant harmonic use and traditional D.C., New York, Boston, and Buffalo. He rhythmic language. The instrumental played Opus 25, no. 1 and Der Schwanen­ approach is virtuosic, with double-stops and dreher, which was just two years old in 1937. chords abounding. Hindemith himselfcom­ There were several concerts ofhis music, and plained about the difficulty ofperformance. he met many persons connected with musical Still, there is lyricism, nobility and heroic life in those cities. Hindemith wrote in his quality occasionally present. Criticism of journal that an official ofthe Victor Hindemith's esthetic qualities is probably Company in New York mentioned (possibly irrelevant at this point. in passing), that a recording ofa solo sonata The edition itself has an interesting might be possible. Apparently Hindemith preface (in both German and English) by the had given up performing Opus 11, no. 5 and editor, Herman Danuser, giving historical 43 data and placing the work within the context Hindemith's birth, it is appropriate that these ofHindemith's total output. The appendix is a two solo sonatas should become generally avail­ facsimile ofa manuscript copy ofthe Sonata able, thereby greatly enriching the 20-century made by Heinrich Burkard, to whom the work viola repertory. is dedicated. This copy has some bowings, fingerings, and other markings in Hindemith's own hand. The edition has no bowings or fin­ 1 See The New Grove, vol. 8, p. 579. gerings, as is normal with "complete editions," 2 . Sonatas for Viola/Piano and Viola so the performer will have some heavy editing Alone. Kim Kashkashian, Robert Levin. ECM New and other decisions to make before practical Series, ECMI330/32, 78118-21330-2. Made in performance is possible. Not the least ofthese USA, 1988 ECM Records. decisions will probably be how to get the pages 3 Untitled notes booklet accompanying two-disc set, turned. above. Produced by Manfred Eicher. The 1937 Sonata is a less ambitious piece, 16 minutes long, again in three move­ ments, using the fast, slow, moderate pattern. BIBLIOGRAPHY The slow movement has a faster middle sec­ tion, all in pizzicato, which is quite extensive Noss, Luther. Paul Hindemith in the United and effective. This sonata is reflective of States. Urbana and Chicago: University of Hindemith's notion that music should be prac­ Illinois Press, 1989. tical, useful, and not a means ofemotional self­ Rosner, Helmut, ed. Die ~rke Paul Hindemith. expression.! Frankfurt am Main: Stadtische Musikbib­ A wonderful two-disc CD set ofKim liothek, 1970. Kashkashian playing all the unaccompanied Sadie, Stanley, ed. The New Grove Dictionary of viola sonatas and the three viola and piano Music andMusicians. London: Macmillan, sonatas with pianist Robert Levin was released 1980. in 1988.2 This recording sets the standard for Hindemith performance and is an elegant representative of recording technology. You (Backgroundfor this article also came from con­ don't hear viola playing much better than this. versations with the late Hans Rudas, who studied Miss Kashkashian used photocopies ofthe under Hindemith at Yale.) manuscripts ofOpus 31/4 and 1937, as these sonatas were unpublished in 1985-86 when the recordings were done.3 In 1995, as we - Thomas Hall observe the hundredth anniversary ofPaul Chapman University

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