This is a fun collection of seven String Quartet arrangements of famous pieces of music including Debussy's 'Cake walk' and the aria 'In the depths of the temple' from Bizet's 'The Pearl Fishers'. The arrangements feature prominent Viola parts (and very good 2nd Violin parts too!) and were created by Maxine Komlos with assistance by Danny Glancy as a result of most composers only giving the Viola occasional short solos in their works.

for 2 Violins Viola Basso and 2 Horns-Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's A Musical Joke is filled with intentional mistakes by the composer who inserted odd notes into this amusing and mischievous piece in order to take an angry side-swipe atdilettante composer-colleagues of his time whose lack of imagination and artless compositional technique are here mercilessly demonstrated - the piece was not intended to parody musicians who play wrong notes as its later title?Village Musicians? suggests. A musical and intellectual delight for today?s performers and audiences alike this piece is now performable for the first time using a genuine Urtext quality edition based onthe autograph in Berlin. A Musical Joke is scored for 2 Violins Viola Basso and 2 Horns in F.