Published in 1927 20 studies for Viola is the most famous work by Maurice Vieux (1884-1951) a French violist. Composed for upper intermediate / advanced players these twenty studies of two pages each will help to improve bow technique. Most of the studies are dedicated to famous violists who won the First Prize of the Paris Conservatoire: Jean Gay Etienne Ginot André Jouvensal Jacques Desestre Denise Thoret Pierre Pasquier Robert Boulay François Broos Louis Artières Mrs Crunelle-Martinet Louis Chaaton Alice Goninet Jean Lefebvre Albert Bernard Jean Cauhapé René Cézard Suzanne Robin Marcel Quattrochi Emile Amette and Alice Merckel. Marcel Vieux was also a professor at the Paris Conservatoire and a soloist at the Paris Opera. The Maurice Vieux International Viola Competition was established in 1983.

This collection of Broadway classics contains 101 fabulous songs from the shows all specially arranged for the Viola. This instrumental album features pieces by many much-loved composers for musical theatre including Andrew Lloyd Webber Rodgers and Hammerstein Irving Berlin Boublil and Schönberg and more. Songs include: As Long As He Needs Me (Oliver!) I Dreamed A Dream (Les Miserables) Tomorrow (Annie) Memory (Cats) The Music Of The Night (Phantom Of The Opera) If I Were A Rich Man (Fiddler On The Roof).

Viola-40 of the most memorable songs composed by the inimitable Andrew Lloyd Webber are gathered in this value-packed instrumental solo collection. Songs include: 'All I Ask of You' 'Amigos Para Siempre (Friends for Life)' 'Any Dream Will Do' 'Don't Cry for Me Argentina' 'I Believe My Heart' 'I Don't Know How to Love Him' 'Love Changes Everything' 'Love Never Dies' 'Memory' 'No Matter What' 'The Phantom of the Opera' 'Pie Jesu' 'Starlight Express' 'Stick It to the Man' 'Tell Me on a Sunday' ''Til I Hear You Sing' 'Unexpected Song' 'Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again' 'With One Look' and many more.

In 1922 Maurice Ravel heard the young Hungarian violin virtuoso and niece of Joseph Joachim, Jelly D'Aranyi, in concert in London. Following the performance, Ravel spent the remainder of the evening requesting D'Aranyi to play numerous gypsy tunes on her violin, probing her on the technical limits of the instrument. The result of this encounter is Ravel's virtuoso classic 'Tzigane?. Written originally for violin and piano or luthéal (a mechanism invented in 1919 that attaches to a piano, producing a sound similar to the rich overtones of the Cimbalon), the premiere took place in London in April 1924. The composer had finished the work only days beforehand. Ravel later orchestrated 'Tzigane? and both versions remain a 'must? for music-lovers and aspiring violinists today. Jelly D'Aranyi performed both versions regularly throughout her long career. This Urtext edition presents the first scholarly-critical edition of Ravel's masterpiece. It is published both in the orchestral version, complete with full score and performance material, as well as in the composer's earlier version for violin and piano. All known sources, including letters, have been drawn on for the new edition - one of the available sources, consulted for the first time, was a copy of 'Tzigane? from the estate of Jelly D'Aranyi, which is today part of a private collection. The version for piano and violin contains, besides the Urtext part, a second violin part as a facsimile with performance instructions by Jelly D'Aranyi. D'Aranyi's alterations and fingering reflect how Ravel must have heard the work in rehearsals and performance and as such are a document of early 20th century performance practice. The cooperation between Ravel and D'Aranyi is comparable to that of Brahms and Joachim working on the Brahms violin concerto.- First scholarly-critical Urtext edition of the work - Presented are both versions: for violin and orchestra and for violin and piano- Includes Jelly D'Aranyi's fingering / Alto

Haydn's Symphony #26 received its nickname 'Lamentazione? during his lifetime, though it is unclear whether this stems directly from the composer.This work probably originated no later than 1770. Its first and second movements quote excerpts from Gregorian chants used in Holy Week. In Haydn's day it was customary to play individual movements in church services, and it may be assumed that these two movements were performed, and possibly composed, independently from each other.Continuing the collaboration between Bärenreiter and the Henle publishing company in the areas of large-scale choral works, operas and symphonies, Haydn's Symphony #26 is appearing, based on the Henle Complete Edition of the 'Works of Joseph Haydn?. The complete performance material for several of Haydn's 'Sturm und Drang? symphonies and all of the London and Paris symphonies has already been published.- Based on the Henle Complete Edition of the 'Works of Joseph Haydn?- Orchestral parts available in a large format (25.5 x 32.5 cm) / Alto