Original Viola Study Literature

Original Viola Study Literature

Author: Ashley Salinas

Publisher:

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 56

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Viola pedagogy has historically been closely intertwined with and highly dependent upon violin repertoire. As the viola emerged as an instrument worthy of independent study, many still rely on transcriptions of violin etudes. Fortunately, the efforts of performers, teachers, and scholars have brought forth discoveries of original viola literature and thus shifted toward the perception that viola should begin to embrace its individual pedagogy. Viennese composer and violist Marco Frank contributed three volumes of Viola-Etuden and a method book, Praktische Viola-Schule, which are suitable for the intermediate violist. This document explores and analyzes the usefulness of an original viola series in comparison to the 'tried and true' violin transcriptions.


The Viola

The Viola

Author: Henry Barrett

Publisher: University Alabama Press

Published: 1978

Total Pages: 240

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Provides detailed information on the literature, history, and instrumental study of the viola.


12 Etudes for Viola

12 Etudes for Viola

Author: Franz Anton Hoffmeister

Publisher: Independently Published

Published: 2020-10-12

Total Pages: 30

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The studies for viola by Franz Anton Hoffmeister (1754-1812) can be considered as one of the most important works written for viola players in this period nearly to the 19th century. This urtext edition is made from a complicated source, it is a facsimile of the first edition of the twelve studies that are divided into two books, therefore, this version tries to get as close as possible to the real intentions of Hoffmeister to provide interpretation opportunities to both professional and amateur musicians in a clear and spacious manner, also presents a musical text that is not limited by the philosophy of over-publishing of the 19th century. Convenient page turns for individual study and some parenthetical suggestions for slurs, dynamics and tempo have been offered by the editor. Los estudios para viola de Franz Anton Hoffmeister (1754-1812) pueden ser considerado como una de las obras más importantes hecha para los ejecutantes de viola en este período cercano al siglo XIX. La presente edición urtext está realizada a partir de una fuente complicada, se trata de un facsímil de la primera edición de los doce estudios que están dividido en dos libros, por lo tanto, esta versión trata de acercarse lo más posible a las intenciones reales de Hoffmeister para brindar oportunidades de interpretación tanto a músicos profesionales como aficionados de una manera clara y espacios, además presenta un texto musical que no está limitado por la filosofía de sobreedición del siglo XIX. Se han proporcionado pases de páginas cómodas para el estudio individual y algunas sugerencias entre paréntesis de ligaduras, matices y de tempo por el editor.


Essential Technique for Strings (Original Series)

Essential Technique for Strings (Original Series)

Author: Robert Gillespie

Publisher: Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation

Published: 1997-07

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780793571475

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(Essential Elements). Original series (green cover) Essential Technique for Strings is a book of studies to help the intermediate player develop the skills necessary for playing in an orchestra. Its flexible sequence allows you to choose pages from the three major sections: higher positions and shifting, keys and scales, and bowings and special techniques.


Violin and Viola

Violin and Viola

Author: Yehudi Menuhin

Publisher:

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781871082197

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Originally published: London: Macdonald and Jane's, 1976.


The Early Violin and Viola

The Early Violin and Viola

Author: Robin Stowell

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2001-07-26

Total Pages: 254

ISBN-13: 9780521625555

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An invaluable guide to the available historical source material on playing the violin and viola.


Notes for Violists

Notes for Violists

Author: David M. Bynog

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2020-11-19

Total Pages: 433

ISBN-13: 0190916133

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Notes for Violists: A Guide to the Repertoire offers historical and analytical information about thirty-five of the best-known pieces for the instrument, making it an essential resource for professional, amateur, and student violists alike. With engaging prose supported by fact-filled analytical charts, the book offers rich biographical information and insightful analyses that help violists gain a more complete understanding of pieces like Béla Bartók's Concerto for Viola and Orchestra, Rebecca Clarke's Sonata for Viola and Piano, Robert Schumann's Märchenbilder for Viola and Piano, op. 113, Carl Stamitz's Concerto for Viola and Orchestra in D Major, Igor Stravinsky's Élégie for Viola or Violin Unaccompanied, and thirty other masterpieces. This comprehensive guide to key pieces from the viola repertoire from the eighteenth through the twentieth century covers concertos, chamber pieces, and works for solo viola by a wide range of composers, including Bach, Telemann, Mozart, Hoffmeister, Walton, and Hindemith. Author David M. Bynog not only offers clear structural analyses of these compositions but also situates them in their historical contexts as he highlights crucial biographical information on composers and explores the circumstances of the development and performance of each work. By connecting performance studies with scholarship, this indispensable handbook for students and professionals allows readers to gain a more complete picture of each work and encourages them to approach other compositions in a similarly analytical manner.


Lillian Fuchs, First Lady of the Viola

Lillian Fuchs, First Lady of the Viola

Author: Amédée Daryl Williams

Publisher: Lewiston : E. Mellen Press

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 220

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Lauded as one of the first great American violists, she was a teacher and chamber music coach to many well-known musicians. Williams studied viola with Ms. Fuchs and shares a wealth of anecdotal stories for the first time.


The Viola D'Amore

The Viola D'Amore

Author: Rachael Durkin

Publisher:

Published: 2020

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 9781138358966

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This book provides the first scholarly history of the viola d'amore, a popular bowed string instrument of the Baroque era, with a unique tone produced by a set of metal sympathetic strings. Composers like Bach made use of the viola d'amore for its particular sound, but the instrument subsequently fell out of fashion amid orchestral standardisation, only to see a revival as interest in early music and historical performance grew. Drawing on literary accounts, iconography, and surviving instruments, this study examines the origins and development of this eye-catching string instrument in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It explores the rich variation of designs displayed in extant viola d'amore specimens, both as originally constructed and as a result of conversion and repair. The viola d'amore is then set into the wider context of Elizabethan England's development of instruments with wire strings, and its legacy in the form of the baryton which emerged in the early seventeenth century, followed by a look at the viola d'amore's own nomenclatorial and organological influence. The book closes with a discussion of the viola d'amore's revival, and its use and manufacture today. Offering insights for organological research and historical performance practice, this study enhances our knowledge of both the viola d'amore and its wider family of instruments.


Playing the Viola

Playing the Viola

Author: David Dalton

Publisher: OUP Oxford

Published: 1989-11-30

Total Pages: 259

ISBN-13: 0191039217

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`In all areas of human endeavour, time and again an individual appears who, due to a multitude of personal attributes, elevates his or her field to a hitherto unknown height. Such an individual was William Primrose. His name and the viola are synonymous.' Janos Starker This unique book is the result of a series of conversations with Primrose in the last years before his death in 1982. David Dalton describes how he came to the great artist armed with every question he could think of pertaining to performing on and teaching the viola. The lively dialogue contains a wealth of illuminating advice for the student on the technicalities of playing the viola. It is, however, far more than a technical guide. The two violists discuss the unique position of their instrument - `an instrument without tradition' is Primrose's bald description. They cover the topic of repertoire with fascinating insights into the performance of the great concertos by Bartók and Walton, with which Primrose was so closely associated. Still more invaluable advice emerges from the discussion of Primrose's own experience, on the art of performance, on demeanour on stage, on competitions, on recordings, and on preparing for a career. The book is a tribute to one of the greatest artists of this century.