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.
Contents:
Somebody's Knocking At Your Door
Waltz [Brahms, Johannes]
Polonaise [Bach, Johann Sebastian]
German Dance [Haydn, Franz Joseph]
Waltz [Weber, Carl Maria Von]
Waltz [Schubert, Franz]
Almand
Romanze [Steibelt, Daniel]
Turkish March [Beethoven, Ludwig Van]
Somebody's Knockin' At Your Door
Galop Infernal [Offenbach, Jacques]
Gavotte [Martini, Giovanni Battista]
Prelude (Te Deum) [Charpentier, Marc Antoine]
Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin' (Oklahoma!) [Rogers, Richard] [Hammerstein, Oscar]
Habanera [Phillip Bass]
Sailors' Dance (Dido And Aeneas) [Purcell, Henry]
The Bold Gendarmes (Genevieve de Brabant) [Offenbach, Jaques]
Les Bergers Rustiques [Dandrieu, Jean-Francois]
Allegretto (Clarinet Quintet) [Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus]
The Pieces de Concours for Viola and Piano, a three-volume edition, is a valuable collection in the rare Viola repertoire of the Romantic era. Even today, the Conservatoire de Paris requires all instrumentalists to perform a contemporary piece, the 'piece de Concours', during their final examination. These pieces, which date back to 1896, were designed to highlight the technical, virtuosic and lyrical skills of the new 'masters'. Although many of these pieces have been forgotten, George Enescu's Konzertstuck (1908) and Hans Sitt's Concerto in G-Dur (1899) have become part of the standard viola repertoire. The present edition has modern fingerings and bowing indications added to the pieces to make them more accessible and facilitate sight-reading.
The Pièces de Concours is a rare collection of three viola and piano volumes containing the Romantic viola repertoire. At the Paris Conservatoire, all instrumentalists must perform a contemporary piece, known as the 'pièce de concours,' to demonstrate their mastery of technical, virtuosic, and lyrical skills. Unfortunately, many of these exam pieces have been forgotten, and only two of them, George Enescu's Konzertstück and Hans Sitt's Concerto in G-Dur, have become standard repertoire for the viola. To make these works more accessible, this edition has added modern fingerings and bowing indications.
