Saint-Saëns’ The Swan (Le Cygne) is a beautifully lyrical movement from The Carnival of the Animals. This Edition Peters edition includes separate viola and cello parts with piano accompaniment, making this famous work accessible to either instrument.

Key Features:

• For viola or cello with piano

• Separate solo parts included

• Published by Edition Peters

• From The Carnival of the Animals

• Develops tone, legato, and expressive phrasing

• Ideal for lessons and recitals

First Repertoire for Viola – Book Two continues Wilkinson and Hart’s carefully graded approach with a varied selection of music for viola and piano. Featuring works by Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms, Purcell, Grieg and others, this Faber collection helps developing violists strengthen technique while exploring a broad range of musical styles.

Key Features:

• Compiled and arranged by Wilkinson & Hart

• For viola and piano

• Carefully graded developing repertoire.

• Wide variety of composers and musical styles

• Part of a progressive three-book series

• Ideal for lessons, examinations, and recitals

The Virtuoso Violist is a collection of six works for viola and piano, transcribed and edited by renowned violist William Primrose. Featuring music by Bach, Chopin, Myronoff, Wieniawski, Wolf, and Zimbalist, it offers a varied selection of expressive and virtuosic repertoire for advanced players.

Key Features:

• Six works for viola and piano

• Edited and transcribed by William Primrose

• Published by G. Schirmer

• Separate viola part included

• Lyrical and virtuosic repertoire

• Ideal for advanced study and performance

Pièces de Concours – Volume 1 is a distinctive collection of six historic Paris Conservatoire competition pieces for viola and piano, edited by Jutta Puchhammer-Sédillot. Published by Schott, these rarely heard Romantic works combine lyrical and virtuosic challenges, with modern fingerings and bowings added for today’s violists.

Key Features:

• Six works for viola and piano

• From the Paris Conservatoire repertoire

• Edited by Jutta Puchhammer-Sédillot

• Published by Schott Music

• Intermediate to advanced level

• Ideal for advanced study, auditions, and recitals

Ševčík’s School of Technique, Op. 1 – Parts 3 & 4, arranged for viola by Lionel Tertis, is a focused technical study book covering shifting, three-octave scales, arpeggios, double stops, intervals, and harmonics. Published by Bosworth, it is an excellent resource for serious violists developing greater accuracy and technical security.

Key Features:

• For solo viola

• Arranged by Lionel Tertis

• Op. 1, Parts 3 & 4 combined

• Develops shifting, intonation, and double stops

• Includes scales, arpeggios, intervals, and harmonics

• Ideal for systematic technical study

Waggon Wheels by Katherine and Hugh Colledge is a progressive collection of 26 short pieces for viola with piano accompaniment. Designed for approximately Grades 1–2, it introduces new notes, rhythms, and bowing techniques through enjoyable music that builds technique and confidence.

Key Features:

• 26 progressive pieces

• For viola with piano accompaniment

• Approximately Grades 1–2

• Develops notes, rhythms, and bowing skills

• Ideal for young and developing violists

The Boosey & Hawkes Viola Anthology features 13 pieces by 11 composers for viola solo or viola and piano. With music by Bartók, Britten, Copland, Delius, Rachmaninoff, Shostakovich and others, it offers a diverse selection of intermediate-to-advanced repertoire for study and performance.

Key Features:

• 13 pieces by 11 composers

• For viola solo and viola with piano

• Published by Boosey & Hawkes

• Intermediate to advanced level

• Varied 20th- and 21st-century repertoire

• Ideal for study, auditions, and recitals

Up Bow, Down Bow for Viola provides developing players with practical material to strengthen bow control, coordination, articulation, and rhythm, helping to establish a secure foundation for confident viola playing.

Key Features:

• For developing violists

• Focuses on bowing technique

• Improves coordination and articulation

• Develops rhythm and tone control

• Ideal for lessons and practice