Garth Knox is one of the most prominent violists of his generation, and as forme...(+)
Garth Knox is one of the most prominent violists of his generation, and as former long-time member of the Arditti Quartet he has developed and maintained a fondness of contemporary music. In the meantime, he gives concerts and teaches courses all over the world.With 'Viola Spaces' he wants to make contemporary playing techniques accessible to advanced players. The pieces, or 'playing spaces', are true concert studies, each of them dealing with specific techniques such as harmonics, pizzicato (with 9 fingers!) or tremolos which are explained in great detail.Another volume with modern playing techniques for two violas and a volume with variations on a piece by the French viola da gamba master Marin Marais for four violas are planned. / 2 Altos
Béla Bartók composed his 44 Violin Duos in 1931, at the urging of the German v...(+)
Béla Bartók composed his 44 Violin Duos in 1931, at the urging of the German violin pedagogue Erich Doflein. With two exceptions, all the pieces are based on original folk music themes, most of which the composer himself collected in the course of his numerous collecting trips to the Carpathian Basin and in Algeria. Although conceived as parts of a pedagogically motivated set, these little pieces are highly effective in concert performance as well. The viola transcriptions follow Bartóks original faithfully. / 2 Altos
Vamoosh Christmas for young Violists. 12 well known Christmas items arranged for...(+)
Vamoosh Christmas for young Violists. 12 well known Christmas items arranged for Viola duo with optional accompanying backing-track or piano. Books are compatible with Vamoosh Christmas for Violin, Cello, Double Bass, Flute and Recorder so you can join friends for a Christmas feast of music making. Backing-tracks are available on many online platforms such as Spotify, iTunes, GooglePlay and YouTube. Search for Vamoosh Christmas Backing-tracks.
EDITION : PERFORMANCE SCORE INSTRUMENTATION : 2 VIOLAS DATE OF PUBLICATIONS : 22...(+)
EDITION : PERFORMANCE SCORE INSTRUMENTATION : 2 VIOLAS DATE OF PUBLICATIONS : 22/11/1984 NUMBER OF PAGES : 16 ARRANGER : DOFLEIN, ERICH SERIES : VIOLA LIBRARY
30 petites pièces mélodiques et rythmiques pour alto/ 30 Short Melodic and Rhy...(+)
30 petites pièces mélodiques et rythmiques pour alto/ 30 Short Melodic and Rhythmic Pieces For Viola-Written for 2nd and 3rd year instrumental students My First Studies To Play Together for Viola presents itself as the little brother of the collection for Violin available under reference number AL30683. Valerie Bime-Apparailly once again deploys her usual teaching talent by transforming this genre often seen as boring and austere into a progressive introduction to the mysteries of technique captivating students with its clear clean design and focus on fun. In My First Studies To Play Together for Viola each unit begins with the melody that the young musician is to learn. The technical challenge to master is indicatedin boxed text. Explanations may follow (on the notation of Da Capo for example) after which comes the complete score and the accompaniment to be played by the teacher. Mozart Spohr and Beethoven but also great teachers like Charles de B?riot Jean-Delphin Alard and Maurice Hauchard help students absorb fundamental musical concepts like slurs syncopation appogiatura and bow indications without losing sight of the most important part: the pleasure of playing music.
Musical dialogues between two violas-Starter Duets for Viola contains a few arra...(+)
Musical dialogues between two violas-Starter Duets for Viola contains a few arrangements of traditional tunes but mostly new compositions inspired by the classical tradition - with some occasional contemporary elements. From the very beginning these duets can be played alongside any cello method. The upper and lower parts are equal in terms of difficulty and musical expression.
Scottish Melodies For Two Violas contains twenty-four pieces from 18th and 19th ...(+)
Scottish Melodies For Two Violas contains twenty-four pieces from 18th and 19th century Scotland.Included are airs and dance tunes originally for Voice or Fiddle. These duet arrangements are perfect forstudent and teacher as well as Viola colleagues. The music is presented in sets of two or three tunes ready for performance. The traditional music of Scotland has unique and beautiful qualities and is fun to play.
A viola method for children-For more than three decades the Sassmannshaus Tradit...(+)
A viola method for children-For more than three decades the Sassmannshaus Tradition has been the household name for excellence in beginner string methods in German-speaking countries. More than half a million students have successfully learned to play string instruments using this publication.The publication of the four Violin books in 2008 in a fully adapted English version has been a big success. On the back of this success story Bärenreiter published the four books for Cello in 2009 and now presents the four books for Viola in a newly adapted version for today's English speaking children.What makes this Viola method so unique?Large print notes and texts as wellas many colourful illustrations are ideal for pre-school as well as school children.Note reading is emphasised from the first lesson encouraging ensemble playing from the very beginning.Songs and scales in different positions are easily mastered within the first year of playing to ensure that children are not confined to first position playing.Advanced viola techniques such as varied bow strokes and shifting are introduced in a basic form.
Bridge’s early works those written before the first World War were mo...(+)
Bridge’s early works those written before the first World War were more late Romantic in style warmly expansive than his mature works. The Lament for Two Violas was written for himself and Lionel Tertis to perform at Wigmore Hall in March 1912. There were originally two pieces Caprice and Lament of which the first has been lost. Paul Hindmarsh has edited this sheet music from sketches and drafts.It is a deeply felt work interweaving the near-human Voices of the Violas into a work that is more thoughtful than grief-stricken yet no less effective for that.British composer Frank Bridge was active in the early decades of the 20th century and was a highly respectedconductor violist and teacher his sole composition student having been Benjamin Britten. Britten honoured his former teacher in his work Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge based on a theme from one of Bridge’s pieces for String quartet.
for Viola - Volume 1: Easy to Medium-Progressive Duets Volume 1 - Viola (Easy to...(+)
for Viola - Volume 1: Easy to Medium-Progressive Duets Volume 1 - Viola (Easy to Medium ) Is a comprehensive publication of two volumes of graded duets that have been arranged or composed by Larry Clark and Doris Gazda. Playing duets is an excellent way for the student to build ensemble skills.
This is a fun piece for two Violas playing the same part but with one player s...(+)
This is a fun piece for two Violas playing the same part but with one player starting one bar after the other player. There are two separate printed parts plus a score with both parts. It is by Domenico Gabrielli an Italian composer and Cello virtuoso who was born in Bologna in1651. He became widely known as a Cello virtuoso and composer of Vocal music. He wrote 12 operas in the 1680s but he contracted an incurable disease and died in Bologna in July 1690.
Par BERIO LUCIANO. This set of arrangements of Luciano Berio’s “Duetti”, o...(+)
Par BERIO LUCIANO. This set of arrangements of Luciano Berio’s “Duetti”, originally for two violins, represents a fascinating expansion of the limited repertoire for two violas. Berio originally conceived these duets as a collection of occasional pieces, each dedicated to someone who was close to him, rather like Elgar’s “Enigma” Variations, but they eventually developed into a full compositional project with pedagogical overtones. As such, there is a wide variation in technical demands, from pieces playable by beginners up to a duet that foreshadows the skills required for Berio’s “Sequenza” for the viola.
Taken as a whole, over some years of study, the “Duetti” can gently lead players into the mysteries of contemporary music; however, the composer also envisaged them in a concert performance of the complete cycle with at least 24 players of differing abilities taking turns to play. In this guise, it might be an intriguing idea to mix them with the original version for two violins (UE17757), although it must be understood that the two versions are not mutually compatible to be played as violin/viola duets./ Répertoire / 2 Altos
Harmonische Fantasie über ein Thema von Tallis. Par KNOX GARTH. Thomas Tallis (...(+)
Harmonische Fantasie über ein Thema von Tallis. Par KNOX GARTH. Thomas Tallis (1505–1585) was one of the great figures of English Renaissance music and the Third mode melody is probably his best known work, largely thanks to Vaughan Williams’s Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis.
In the manner of an illuminated manuscript, I wanted to illuminate this fascinating theme in three ways: from behind with medieval techniques like the ‘hoquetus’ passage of the opening or the dance at letter B, from in front with more contemporary sounds (letter A and similar), and from above with the extensive use of high harmonics. Almost all the notes of the theme fall very neatly on the ‘natural’ harmonics of the viola strings, and my ambition was to combine the ‘normal’ notes of the viola with its soaring harmonics, creating a rich luminous soundscape which reflects the spirituality of the theme.
Tallis’s melody returns repeatedly to the note B, and I interpreted this as a gentle invitation to simply be, in the sense of quiet moments of mediation. I decided to include a series of still points in the piece: the first one is in silence, the second reveals a note (B) that oscillates in a harmonic heartbeat, the third is a vibrating chord of B with harmonics, and on the last one the second viola tunes down the C string to B, then explores all the natural harmonics of this new world.
The term still point is of course a reference to the words of T.S. Eliot in his Four Quartets: 'At the still point of the turning world. Neither flesh nor fleshless; Neither from nor towards; at the still point, there the dance is.'
(Garth Knox)
/ Date parution : 2024-01-06/ Répertoire / 2 Altos
Ten Klezmatic Duets for Violas est un recueil aux multiples facettes : dix mélo...(+)
Ten Klezmatic Duets for Violas est un recueil aux multiples facettes : dix mélodies klezmer connues et de styles différents ont été arrangées pour être jouées par deux altistes, mais également en duo avec un autre instrumentiste à cordes, tel qu'un violoniste ou un violoncelliste possédant le recueil approprié. En tant qu'altiste, vous devrez cependant maîtriser la première position. / Altos / 16 pages / niveau : Elémentaire / Partition
Duo n° 1 pour deux altos-Création le 23 février 1983 au Grand Auditorium de R...(+)
Duo n° 1 pour deux altos-Création le 23 février 1983 au Grand Auditorium de Radio-France Paris par Paul Hadjaje et Serge Collot.ÉPISODES NOCTURNES: Prologue - Dialogue
21 character duets for pupil and teacher. Par COBB CELIA. Cool Beans is an eclec...(+)
21 character duets for pupil and teacher. Par COBB CELIA. Cool Beans is an eclectic mix of 21 character duets composed by Celia Cobb and Naomi Yandell. The pieces draw on a wide range of moods, styles and playing techniques, and young string players will enjoy exploring and performing them with their teachers. The duets in Cool Beans are designed to encourage excellence in both technical and performance skills, as well as build confidence in ensemble playing from an early stage. Each book comes with a separate pupil?s part, for ease of reading, as well as a full score. / Date parution : 2023-03-11/ Recueil / 2 Altos
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