Piano Accompaniment;
Viola
SKU:
HL.48024311
Viola
and Piano. Composed
by Richard H. Walthew.
Boosey & Hawkes Chamber
Music. Classical.
Softcover. 40 pages.
Boosey & Hawkes
#M060128028. Published by
Boosey & Hawkes
(HL.48024311).
ISBN
9780851629582.
9.0x12.0x0.165
inches.
New edition
of this charming suite by
the British composer
Richard Walthew
(1872-1951), originally
published in 1900. The
work was frequently
performed by Lionel
Tertis over his long
career; his fingerings
and bowings are of great
interest to students and
scholars, so these are
included for reference in
the viola cue stave in
the piano score; the
viola part itself is left
'clean' for performers to
make their own decisions
In 1943 Tertis premiered
A Mosaic in Ten Pieces in
the version for viola and
orchestra in a concert
broadcast by the BBC. The
performance was reviewed
in the Musical Times:
“It is the work of
a happy craftsman,
genial, jesting (so few
composers joke now). In a
slow movement Walthew is
at his serene best.
Brahms would have enjoyed
the Valsette, and Elgar
beamed upon other parts.
Tertis's phrasing is the
best lesson I can imagine
for any young
musician...â€.