Noten für Viola

Three vamp parts are layered on each other in this innovative improvisation collection, allowing soloists to join in as they please. Some vamps are simple, others more challenging. Improvising becomes...

40 of the most memorable songs composed by the inimitable Andrew Lloyd Webber are gathered in this value-packed instrumental solo collection.

If you've been taking viola lessons for a little while, you're probably eager to put your new skills to use and learn to play some familiar songs. The First 50 Songs You Should Play on the Viola inclu...

Preface by Jay Ungar, composer of Ashokan Farewell. A Festival of Violin & Fiddle Styles presents 23 styles and is chock full of right- and left-hand techniques, exercises, and advice designed to help...

A dozen contemporary hits are included in this collection perfect for budding instrumentalists.

A huge, jam-packed collection of 130 rock, pop, Broadway, country and folk songs from the past and present.

One of the most widely used series of methods for individual or like-instrument class instruction. Using a very well-rounded approach including scales, arpeggios, technical studies, studies for musici...

Introducing the Positions, a series widely used in classroom and private studio, represents a critical “next step” for string students. Position playing allows players to extend range beyo...

Play it Again is a lively collection of favourite tunes, both new and old, expertly arranged for easy viola the upbeat accompaniments really bring the music to life, yet remain fairly straight forward...

All young players need simple pieces that lie well on their instrument, stimulate the imagination and are fun to play. These 20 entertaining pieces, composed specifically for the viola player of eleme...

Mary Cohen's quick change! Is a brilliant new collection of traditional, well known pieces and scales in both alto and treble clefs, it is perfect both for violinists taking up the viola who need to b...

'Jackaroo' teaches fundamental string technique using only open strings and first finger, each piece introduces a new rhythmic or technical point, with useful suggestion boxes for the teacher. The add...

'Jurassic Blue' follows on directly from 'Jackaroo', this book begins with a revision of the first finger and then moves on to second, third and fourth fingers. Each piece introduces a new rhythmic or...

The title is a quote from John Milton. A limbeck is a glass, chemical apparatus (an alembic) used for distillation. So my piece, a short set of variations, is about the transformation of some original...

This is a celebration of music from the time the pioneers explored the vast reaches of North America. A presentation of eleven imaginative and idiomatic arrangements for elementary viola (Grade 1-3) w...

Winter Journey was originally written for solo violin in November and December 1982. This version for viola was made in 1999 for Sarah Jane Bradley. At the time that I wrote it, I was (not to get exce...

If you can play just a few notes on the viola, then you're ready for this book. Here are 12 imaginative, newly-composed little pieces for the absolute beginner, all with attractive piano accompaniment...

This piece was originally composed in 1989, with a new version created in 2002, commissioned by cellist Kate Dillingham and premiering in April 2002 at Merkin Concert Hall in New York City.

This work, originally for violin, is one the earliest works by Augusta Read Thomas that has not been withdrawn by the composer. This new edition for solo viola was made by the composer upon the sugges...

This work, originally for violin, was premiered by Ilya Gringolts on March 17, 2003. This new edition for viola was commissioned by Carol Rodland, who gave its premiere on June 15, 2006. 6 minutes.

Based on a well-known Chinese folk song, a common influence in Sheng's works. In this setting, the viola should evoke the timbre, and tone quality of a female folk singer.

Viola and piano reduction of Tower's one-movement concerto for viola and orchestra. 19 minutes.