SKU: MB.31154

ISBN 9781513473888. 8.75X11.75 inches.

Practicing scales is essential to building and maintaining strength, technique, tone, and agility on the viola, but it is easy to slip into the habit of playing scales automatically, without paying attention to tonality or sound production. The 29 single-page studies in this book focus the attention of violists on the beauty of sound, with a particular concern for the way different keys resonate on the viola.The first 24 studies address all minor and relative major keys and proceed through the circle of fifths; the last 5 pieces are individually conceived, i.e., apart from the circle of fifths. No metronome indications are given, so the etudes can be played at individually comfortable tempos.The names of the etudes refer to various animals that have scales, including insects, fish, birds, reptiles, and a few species of mammals. The author hopes that in addition to experiencing more enjoyable scale practice, students will be inspired to learn more about these amazing creatures and write scale studies of their own.

SKU: FH.VA6

ISBN 978-1-55440-568-8.

This groundbreaking series for viola offers a sound and progressive collection of Repertoire, Recordings, Etudes, Technique, and Orchestral Excerpts for the aspiring virtuoso. Representing all major style periods and a variety of genres, Viola Series, 2013 Edition offers all the music and tools needed to support a comprehensive course of study from the beginner to advanced levels. A rich and varied selection of music in each of these nine progressive volumes of repertoire appeals to violists of all ages. From the Preparatory Level through Level 8, students will be exposed to quality selections originally written for viola, fun arrangements of traditional fiddle and folk tunes, as well as contemporary pieces by notable composers such as Violet Archer, Carey Cheney, and Fritz Kriesler.
Concertos:
Concerto in B flat Major - Hoffmeister, Franz Anton arr. Alison A. Copland
- First Movement
Premier Solo, op. 77, no. 1 - Dancla, Charles
Concerto in C Major - Schmitt, Joseph arr. Bernhard Pauler
- First Movement
Sonatas:
Sonata in E Minor, HWV 375 - Handel, George Frideric arr. Harold Birston
- Second Movement
- Third Movement
Solo per alto viola (The Billiard Sonata) - Giardini, Felice arr. Christine Donkin
- Second Movement
- Third Movement
Sonata in B flat Major - Stamitz, Carl
- First Movement
Concert Repertoire:
Couplets de folies - Marais, Marin arr. Paul Doktor
Hebrew Melody No. 1 - Joachim, Joseph
Air with Variations (The Harmonious Blacksmith) - Handel, George Frideric arr. Watson Forbes
Orientale - Granados, Enrique arr. Christine Donkin
elegie, op. 44 - Glazunov, Aleksandr
Unaccompanied Repertoire:
Fantasia No. 1 in E flat Major, TWV 40:14 - Telemann, Georg Philipp
- First Movement
- Second Movement
Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007 - Bach, Johann Sebastian
- First Movement: Prelude
- Second Movement: Gigue.

SKU: FZ.5794

ISBN 9790230657945. 24.00 x 33.00 cm inches.

These early music methods are in facsimile in one book. ANCELET - Jean Laurent de BETHISY - C. R. BRIJON - Michel CORRETTE - Francois, le jeune CUPIS - Encyclopedie - FRAMERY N. E. et GINGUENE P. L. : Encyclopedie methodique - Francois-Alexandre-Pierre de GARSAULT - Jean-Benjamin de LABORDE - Marin MERSENNE - Michel WOLDEMAR. Table of contents: VIOLA. Mersenne Marin: Harmonie universelle - 1636. Bethisy Jean Laurent de: Exposition de la theorie - 1754. Garsault Francois-Alexandre-Pierre de: Notionnaire ou Memorial raisonne - 1761. Corrette Michel: Methode pour apprendre [. . . ] de la quinte ou alto - 1773. Laborde Jean-Benjamin de: Essai sur la musique - 1780. Framery N. E. et Ginguene P. L. : Encyclopedie methodique (reprend le texte de l'Encyclopedie de Diderot) - 1785. Cupis Francois, Le jeune: Methode d'alto - 1800 (ca). Woldemar Michel: Methode d'alto - 1800/1805 (ca). PAR-DESSUS DE VIOLE. Corrette Michel: Methode pour apprendre facilement a jouer du par-dessus de viole - 1748. Ancelet: Observations sur la musique - 1757. Garsault Francois-Alexandre-Pierre de: Notionnaire ou Memorial raisonne - 1761. Brijon C. R. : Methode nouvelle et facile pour apprendre a jouer du par-dessus de viole - 1766. Laborde Jean-Benjamin de: Essai sur la musique - 1780. Collection supervised by the musicologist Jean Saint-Arroman, professor at the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique et de Danse of Paris and at the CEFEDEM Ile de France (Training Centre for Music Teachers). He is the author of the majority of our prefaces and has also been involved in library searches. Facsimile of copies from: - Bayerische Staatsbibliothek of Munich (Germany). - National Library of Paris (France). - British Library of London (England). - Det Kongelike Bibliothek of Copenhagen (Denmark). - Gemeente Museum of The Hague (Netherlands). Anne Fuzeau Classique propose the complete theoretic documentation, methods, classical music scores on the viola and pardessus de viole.