Viola (viola with piano
accompaniment)
SKU:
HL.48180258
For
Viola and Piano.
Composed by Joseph
Jongen. Leduc. Classical.
Softcover. Alphonse Leduc
#AL16981. Published by
Alphonse Leduc
(HL.48180258).
UPC:
840126934045. 9x12
inches.
Belgian
organist, composer and
teacher, Joseph Jongen
(1873-1953) was admitted
to the Liège
Conservatoire at the mere
age of seven years old.
Published in 1925,
Allegro
Appassionato is an
extraordinary addition to
the viola repertoire.
Jongen won many awards
during his sixteen years
of musical education,
including the Belgain
Prix de Rome in 1897. He
began composing at age 13
and therefore, has an
exhaustive catalogue of
works to his name.
Allegro
Appassionato is a
virtuosic work for the
Viola, addressing aspects
such as harmonics,
exploited tonality,
chromaticism, double
stops, flourishing
semiquavers, complex
rhythms, articulation and
a significant amount if
performance directions
and dynamics, among other
elements. For all
advanced violists,
Jongen's Allegro
Appassionato is
essential to a varied
repertoire.