First Repertoire For Viola Book One Wilkinson & Hart (Faber)

First Repertoire for Viola Book One Wilkinson & Hart (Faber)

Compiled edited and arranged for viola and piano by Marguerite Wilkinson and Katharine Hart. Some of these pieces are in the ABRSM and Trinity syllabuses.

Haydn to Humperdinck, show tunes to spirituals- variety is the spice of musical life and the essence of First Repertoire for Viola.  Here, in three books, are over 60 carefull graded elementary pieces, which skilfully explore the viola's unique sonorities and provide a superb introductory literature for the young player.

Beethoven - Ode to Joy

English Traditional - Country Gardens

English Traditional - Shepherd's Hey

Hilton - Come, follow me

Bach - Chorale from St John Passion

Marz - Serenade

Campion - Ayre

Kabalevsky - Waltz

Ridley - Cushie Butterfield

Hebrew Traditional - Hatikvah

Beethoven - Two German Dances

Baklanova - March

Morley - Now is the Month of Maying

Humperdinck - Gretel's Song (Hansel & Gretel)

Paxton - Scots Air

Bruckner - Reveille

Polish 19th Century - Grandfather's Polka

Schubert - Ländler

Sullivan - The Mikado's Song (from The Mikado)

Zanetti - La Mantovana

Bononcini - Love leads to Battle

Hungarian Traditional - Lament

Humperdinck - Clapping Dance (from Hansel & Gretel)

Mozart - Papageno's Song (from the Magic Flute)

Rameau - Rigaudon