Theodore Presser Company

Fiery and funky, Spark is a 3-minute ride commissioned by conductor Kirk Smith for his daughter, the young viola virtuoso Yvonne Smith, whose stunning YouTube performance of the work has brought Spark...

Stately yet folklike; CEREMONIAL is a graceful 4-minute work in comfortable reach of intermediate students; and equally attractive for advanced and professional violists to exercise their cantabile. T...

MEDITATION ON THE NAME BACH is an alluring 4-minute work, perfectly described by its title. The piece begins with Bb-A-C-B natural, which is the musical transliteration of B-A-C-H in German-language n...

THE SOLITUDE OF STARS is a 5-minute work for viola and piano. It depicts the composer"s awe at experiencing a nighttime view of the starry heavens, shining brightly over the vast expanse of the Wyomin...

For Solo Viola. Duration 13:30.

For Viola. Composed 1987. Duration 9:00.

Transcriber by the composer from the original version for cello and piano

For Viola and Piano

For Viola and Piano

Long-celebrated as a fount of new repertoire for strings; Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (who played violin in the American Symphony under Stokowski and studied with Galamian) has created a wealth of chamber wo...

The two-movement VAPORS was composed in 2008-09; inspired by the composer's visit to artist Constance DeJong's studio. Leisner was moved by her large two-paneled Nitrate Painting XVI; and he has writt...

For Viola and Piano

Edited by Gregor Piatigorsky. Arranged by Gregor Piatigorsky. For Piano, Viola. Solo part with piano reduction. 10 pages.

For Viola and Piano

For Viola (or Flute or Clarinet) and Guitar

For Viola and Piano

The Struwwelpeter (Slovenly Peter) book of poems was a 19th-century German collection intended to scare children out of bad habits. The macabre nature of these verses inspired Lowell Liebermann to set...

For unaccompanied cello