Viola Solo
SKU:
IS.VA4754EM
Composed
by Marinus de Jong.
Strings - Viola.
Metropolis Music
Publishers #VA4754EM.
Published by Metropolis
Music Publishers
(IS.VA4754EM).
ISBN
9790365047543.
Thou
gh born in the
Netherlands, composer
Marinus de Jong (1891 -
1984) traded his Dutch
citizenship for a Belgian
one in 1926, and is
considered one of
Belgium's most prominent
composers and pianists of
the 20th century. He
began his studies at the
Royal Conservatory of
Music in Antwerp,
Belgium, at the age of
15, studying under
Lodewijk Mortelmans and
Emile Bosquet. His Sonata
for Viola Solo, Op. 106
(Sonate voor altviool
solo), published by
Metropolis Music
Publishers in 1973, is a
masterful work in four
movements. It
demonstrates not only his
compositional style,
sometimes playful and
jazzy, other times
plaintive and
improvisatory, but also
his familiarity with the
viola, an instrument
which he also played.
