Sheet Music for String Instruments

Transcription: Jacques Borsarello

It is From the Leaves of Shadow (1991) that gave birth to ...some leaves II... for solo viola. The presence of e 'mother-note' (D) confers on the piece some auditory landmarks, especially as this sort...

The title Les Lettres enlaces (Intertwined Letters) refers to a style of writing based on two melody lines that overlap, pile up, cross over and finally return to a more or less parallel position. The...

The original aim was to compose two chaconnes, or rather a double chaconne, one as a variation of extremely directive discursive material, and the other as a circular development of clearly defined fi...

I did not write Little Italy 'for' the viola, but 'against' it! The main issue here is the creation of dense polyphony for an instrument that is generally treated melodically. The illusion of a double...

cycle: Vies silencieuses - Recording: - 1 CD aeon, AE0754, Vies silencieuses - Ensemble Cairn: Guillaume Bourgogne (conductor)

Transcription for viola and piano by Bruno Monsaingeon and Antoine Joly

A fantastic teaching tool for maturing students who are preparing to work on Bach's Sonatas and Partitas, REFLECTIONS FROM THE EDGE OF THE MILLENNIUM is in seven movements: I. Preludio; II. Siciliano;...

Although Frank Bridge (1879-1941) was a violist, he wrote less for it than for other string instruments. These two pieces bring out the pensive melancholy which is so characteristic of the viola's rep...

This edition of Bach's Six Suite was transcribed for viola by Watson Forbes. He worked with the Bach-Gesellschaft edition and a facsimile of the manuscript copied by Anna Magdalena. The viola part, in...

Georg Phillipp Telemann (1681-1767), among the most prolific composers with 900 or so works, is also notable for having written the first concerto for the viola. Written in four movements rather than...

This piece, completed in 1920, was written for Henri Casadesus who performed it at the premiere. It became popular in its time and was performed broadly by famous musiciians such as Milhaud and Hindem...

In writing about his Viola Sonata, Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857) said that it was the best work he composed prior to his 1830 trip to Italy. Finished in 1828, it consists of only two movements as the fin...

Written in 1893 for the Danish violist Franz Hildebrand, "Elegie" is one of the few original works of the 19th century for viola. This piece is well-suited for teaching, as it does not make any partic...

This album contains beautiful solos which set a mood for solemn occasions or peaceful reflection. Selections by Fauré, J.S. Bach, Handel, Gluck, Schumann, Mozart, andTchaikovsky, plus American folk tu...

Intermediate level, on the jazzy/contemporary side. Contents: Coventry Carol; O Come, O Come, Immanuel; God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen; Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming; Bring a Torch, Jeanette Isabella; O...