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A viola concerto is a

concerto A concerto (; plural ''concertos'', or ''concerti'' from the Italian plural) is, from the late Baroque era, mostly understood as an instrumental composition, written for one or more soloists accompanied by an orchestra or other ensemble. The typi ...

contrasting a viola with another body of musical instruments such as an orchestra or

chamber music Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of instruments—traditionally a group that could fit in a palace chamber or a large room. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small numb ...

ensemble. Early examples of viola concertos include Telemann's concerto in G major and several concertos by Carl Stamitz and other members of his family. The first concertante work to use the viola without caution was

Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 17565 December 1791), baptised as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. Despite his short life, his ra ...

's violin and viola

Sinfonia Concertante Sinfonia concertante (; also called ''symphonie concertante'') is an orchestral work, normally in several movements, in which one or more solo instruments contrast with the full orchestra.Collins: ''Encyclopedia of Music'', William Collins Sons & C ...

Revitalization of the viola concerto

A number of violists and composers are credited with revitalizing the viola concerto and expanding its repertoire. British violist Lionel Tertis is often accredited with popularizing the viola as a solo instrument in the early 20th century through advocating for the composition of new pieces, as well as arranging works for the viola. A number of works were dedicated to Tertis including concertos by William Walton and York Bowen, and other concertante works such as Arnold Bax's Phantasy for Viola and Orchestra. Tertis also commissioned pieces such as Ralph Vaughan William's Flos Campi and Gustav Holst's ''Lyric Movement'' for Viola and Small Orchestra, in addition to transposing works for the viola such as

Edward Elgar Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet, (; 2 June 1857 – 23 February 1934) was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire. Among his best-known compositions are orchestr ...

Cello Concerto A cello concerto (sometimes called a violoncello concerto) is a concerto for solo cello with orchestra or, very occasionally, smaller groups of instruments. These pieces have been written since the Baroque era if not earlier. However, unlike instru ...

and Frederick Delius's ''Caprice and Elegy'' for cello and orchestra. William Primrose was also an important figure in establishing the role of the viola as a soloist, having a number of concertos dedicated to him by composers such as Quincy Porter and Darius Milhaud. He also commissioned works for the viola, the most famous of which being

Béla Bartók Béla Viktor János Bartók (; ; 25 March 1881 – 26 September 1945) was a Hungarian composer, pianist, and ethnomusicologist. He is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century; he and Franz Liszt are regarded as H ...

's Viola Concerto.

Selected list of concertos and concertante works

* Samuel Adler **Viola Concerto (1999)

* Julia Adolphe **''

Unearth, Release ''Unearth, Release'' is a viola concerto by the American composer Julia Adolphe. The work was commissioned by the League of American Orchestras and the New York Philharmonic with support from the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation. It was first perfor ...

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Airat Ichmouratov Airat Rafailovich Ichmouratov (russian: Айрат Рафаилович Ишмуратов, Tatar Cyrillic: Айрат Рафаил улы Ишмурат,) born 28 June 1973) is a Volga Tatar born Russians, Russian / Canadians, Canadian composer ...

**Concerto No. 1 for viola and orchestra, Op. 7 (2004) **Concerto No. 2 "Rennsteig" for viola and string orchestra with harpsichord, Op. 41 (2015) **Fantasy on D. Shostakovich's Opera " Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk" for viola and orchestra, Op. 12 (2006) **3 Romances for viola, string orchestra and harp, Op. 22 (2009) * Miguel del Aguila **Concierto en Tango (2014) * Kalevi Aho **Viola Concerto (2006) * Necil Kazım Akses **Viola Concerto (1977) * Malcolm Arnold **Viola Concerto with small orchestra, Op. 108 (1971) * Henk Badings **Concerto for Viola and String Orchestra (1965) * Johann Sebastian Bach **Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 (Solo parts for two violas) * Simon Bainbridge **Viola Concerto (1976)

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Lubor Bárta Lubor Bárta (8 August 1928 in Lubná near Litomyšl – 5 November 1972 in Prague) was a Czech composer. Bárta studied musicology and aesthetics from 1946 to 1948 at Charles University in Prague and was a pupil of Jaroslav Řídký at the Acad ...

**Concerto for Viola and Orchestra (1957) *

** Viola Concerto *

Stanley Bate Stanley Bate (12 December 1911 – 19 October 1959) was an English composer and pianist. Life Bate was born in Milehouse, Devonshire, a suburb of Plymouth, and received his first musical education from local teachers. He took to the piano early ...

**Viola Concerto, op.46 (1944–6) * Arnold Bax **Phantasy for Viola and Orchestra (1920) *

Sadao Bekku was a Japanese classical composer. His works include five symphonies, film scores, a flute sonata, a piano concerto, choral work and art songs, and the opera, '' Prince Arima''. His work took strong influence from jazz. His best-known works i ...

**Concerto for Viola and Orchestra (1971) *

William Henry Bell William Henry Bell, known largely by his initials, W H Bell (20 August 1873 – 13 April 1946), was an English composer, conductor and lecturer. Biography Bell was born in St Albans and was a chorister at St Albans Cathedral. He studied organ ...

**Rosa Mystica, Concerto for viola and orchestra (1916) *

Jiří Antonín Benda Georg Anton Benda ( cz, Jiří Antonín Benda, italic=no, link=no; 30 June 17226 November 1795) was a composer, violinist and Kapellmeister of the Classical period (music), classical period from the Kingdom of Bohemia. Biography Born into a Bend ...

**Viola Concerto in F major (about 1775) *

Hector Berlioz In Greek mythology, Hector (; grc, Ἕκτωρ, Hektōr, label=none, ) is a character in Homer's Iliad. He was a Trojan prince and the greatest warrior for Troy during the Trojan War. Hector led the Trojans and their allies in the defense o ...

**'' Harold en Italie'' *

Valentin Bibik Valentin Savich Bibik ( ua, Валентин Савич Бібік; russian: Валентин Саввич Бибик; 19 July 1940 – 7 July 2003) was a Ukraine, Ukrainian composer, teacher and professor. Merited Artist of Ukraine, Honored ...

**Concerto No. 1 for Viola and Chamber Orchestra, Op. 53 (1984) **Concerto No. 2 for Viola and Orchestra, Op. 104 (1994) * Boris Blacher **Viola Concerto (1954) *

Herbert Blendinger Herbert Blendinger (3 January 1936 - 15 May 2020) was an Austrian composer and viola player of German origin. Career Born in Ansbach, Blendinger studied viola and composition with Willy Horwath and Max Gebhard at the conservatory in Nuremberg, ...

(b.1936) **Concerto for viola and orchestra, Op. 38 (1982) **Concerto for viola and string orchestra, Op. 16 (1962) *

Ernest Bloch Ernest Bloch (July 24, 1880 – July 15, 1959) was a Swiss-born American composer. Bloch was a preeminent artist in his day, and left a lasting legacy. He is recognized as one of the greatest Swiss composers in history. As well as producing music ...

**Suite for Viola and Orchestra (1919) **Suite Hébraïque (1951) * York Bowen **Viola Concerto (1908) *

Tim Brady Timothy Wesley John Brady (born 11 July 1956) is a Canadian composer, electric guitarist, improvising musician, concert producer, record producer and cultural activist. Working in the field of contemporary classical music, experimental music, a ...

**Viola Concerto (2012) *

Joly Braga Santos José Manuel Joly Braga Santos, ComSE (; May 14, 1924July 18, 1988) was a Portuguese composer and conductor, who was born and died in Lisbon. He wrote six symphonies. Biography José Manuel Joly Braga Santos was born in Lisbon in 1924 and died ...

**Viola Concerto Op.34 *

Johannes Brahms Johannes Brahms (; 7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, pianist, and conductor of the mid- Romantic period. Born in Hamburg into a Lutheran family, he spent much of his professional life in Vienna. He is sometimes grouped wit ...

**Viola Concerto (1894) * Max Bruch **Romance for viola and orchestra, Op. 85 ** Concerto for Clarinet, Viola and Orchestra, Op. 88 * Revol Bunin **Viola Concerto, Op. 22 (1953) *

Willy Burkhard Willy Burkhard (17 April 1900 – 18 June 1955) was a Swiss composer and academic teacher, influential in both capacities. He taught music theory at the Berne Conservatory and the Zürich Conservatory. His works include an opera, oratorios, cantat ...

**Viola Concerto, Op. 93 (1953/54) * Diana Burrell **Viola Concerto ''“...calling, leaping, crying, dancing...”'' (1994) *

Britta Byström Britta Byström (born 14 March 1977) is a Swedish classical composer who specializes in orchestral music but has also composed vocal music and opera. In 2015, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra honoured her as the winner of the Elaine Lebenbom Memoria ...

**"A walk after dark", viola and orchestra (2013) *

Cristian Carrara Cristian Carrara (born January 28, 1977) is an Italian composer who is active in the Italian social and institutional scene. Early life Born in Pordenone, Carrara graduated in composition from the Conservatory "Jacopo Todini" in Udine under Ren ...

**"The Waste Land", viola concerto (2016) * Henri Casadesus **Concerto in B minor in the style of

George Frideric Handel George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel (; baptised , ; 23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a German-British Baroque music, Baroque composer well known for his opera#Baroque era, operas, oratorios, anthems, concerto grosso, concerti grossi, ...

**Concerto in C minor in the style of

Johann Christian Bach Johann Christian Bach (September 5, 1735 – January 1, 1782) was a German composer of the Classical period (music), Classical era, the eighteenth child of Johann Sebastian Bach, and the youngest of his eleven sons. After living in Italy for ...

* Rebecca Clarke **Sonata for Viola and Orchestra (1919)

* Benjamin Dale ** Romance *

Gyula Dávid Gyula Dávid (May 6, 1913 – March 14, 1977) was a Hungarian violist and composer. Dávid studied composition with Zoltán Kodály at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music. He played viola with the Municipal Orchestra in Budapest from 1940 to 19 ...

**Viola Concerto (1950) **Music for Viola and Orchestra (2011) * Brett Dean **Viola Concerto (2004) * Edison Denisov **Viola Concerto (1986) * Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf **Viola Concerto in F major * Cornelis Dopper **Nocturne for Viola and Orchestra (1937) * Iván Erőd **Concerto for viola and orchestra, Op. 30 (1979–1980) **Koncertant Fantasy for viola and string orchestra, Op. 35 (1980–1981) * Morton Feldman **''The Viola in My Life IV'' (1971) * Cecil Forsyth **Viola Concerto in G minor (1903) *

Benjamin Frankel Benjamin Frankel (31 January 190612 February 1973) was a British composer. His best known pieces include a cycle of five string quartets, eight symphonies, and concertos for violin and viola. He was also notable for writing over 100 film scores ...

**Viola Concerto, Op. 45 (1967) * Kenneth Fuchs **Divinum Mysterium (2010) *

Srul Irving Glick Srul Irving Glick (September 8, 1934 – April 17, 2002) was a Canadian composer, radio producer, conductor, and teacher. Born in Toronto, Ontario, he received a Bachelor of Music from the University of Toronto 1955, and a Masters of Music ...

**Concerto for Viola and Strings * Steven Gellman **Viola Concerto (2004) *

Mikhail Goldstein Mikhail Emmanuilovich Goldstein (russian: Михаил Эммануилович Гольдштейн, also transcribed as Michael Emmanuilowitsch Goldstein, he, מיכאל גולדשטיין; pen name: Mykhailo Mykhailovsky; 7 September 1989), was ...

**Concerto in C Major * Evgeny Golubev **Viola Concerto, Op. 57 (1962) * Morton Gould **Viola Concerto (1943) * Geoffrey Gordon **Meditation and Allegro for Viola and Ensemble (2010)

* Ignatz Gspan **Concerto in C major for Viola and Orchestra (Strings) (18th century) *

Sofia Gubaidulina Sofia Asgatovna Gubaidulina (russian: Софи́я Асгáтовна Губaйду́лина, link=no , tt-Cyrl, София Әсгать кызы Гобәйдуллина; born 24 October 1931) is a Soviet-Russian composer and an established ...

**Concerto for viola and orchestra (1996) **Two Paths: A Dedication to Mary and Martha for two viola solo and orchestra (1998) * John Harbison ** Viola Concerto (1988)

* Hans Henkemans **Viola Concerto (1954, premiered 1956)

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Jacques Hétu Jacques Hétu (August 8, 1938 – February 9, 2010) was a Canadian composer and music educator. Biography Jacques Hétu was born in Trois-Rivières, Quebec; he began his professional training at the University of Ottawa where he was a pupil ...

**Viola Concerto Op.75 *

Jennifer Higdon Jennifer Elaine Higdon (born December 31, 1962) is an American composer of contemporary classical music. She has received many awards, including the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Music for her Violin Concerto and three Grammy Award for Best Contempora ...

** Viola Concerto (2015) * Paul Hindemith **'' Kammermusik'' No. 5 for viola and chamber orchestra **Konzertmusik for Viola with Chamber Orchestra **'' Der Schwanendreher'' **'' Trauermusik'' for viola and strings * Franz Anton Hoffmeister **Viola Concerto in B flat major **Viola Concerto in D major * Robin Holloway **Viola Concerto (1984) * Gustav Holst **Lyric Movement for Viola and Small Orchestra (1933) * Alan Hovhaness **Talin for Viola and Strings, Op. 93, No. 1 (1951–52) * Herbert Howells **Elegy for Viola, String Quartet and String Orchestra, Op. 15 (1917) *

Johann Nepomuk Hummel Johann Nepomuk Hummel (14 November 177817 October 1837) was an Austrian composer and virtuoso pianist. His music reflects the Transition from Classical to Romantic music, transition from the Classical period (music), Classical to the Romantic ...

**Potpourri for Viola and Orchestra, Op. 94 * Gordon Jacob **Concerto for Viola and Orchestra (1925) **Viola Concerto No. 2 (1979)

* Michael Jarrell **Emergences-Résurgences (2016)

* Joseph Jongen **Suite, Op. 48 (1915) * Giya Kancheli **Viola Concerto ''Mourned by the Wind'' (1986) * Nigel Keay **Viola Concerto (2000)

* Aaron Jay Kernis **Viola Concerto (2014) * Erland von Koch **Viola Concerto, Op. 33 (1946 rev. 1966) * Joseph Martin Kraus

**Viola Concerto in C Major **Viola Concerto in E-flat Major * Samuel de Lange **Viola Concerto (1900) * Victor Legley **Viola Concerto, Op. 78 (1971)

* Peter Lieberson ** Viola Concerto (1992) *

Zdeněk Lukáš Zdeněk Lukáš (21 August 1928 in Prague – 13 July 2007 in Prague) was a prolific Czech composer who authored over 330 works. He graduated from a teachers' college and worked as a teacher from 1953 to 1963. He was a musical editor and progr ...

(born 1928) ( Kabeláč student) **Viola Concerto (1983

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Peter Machajdík Peter Machajdík (born 1 June 1961) is a contemporary Slovakia, Slovak composer, sound and visual artist. He was born and grew up in Bratislava, Slovakia. In the 1990s, he took part in seminars with Vinko Globokar, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Claren ...

**Behind the Waves (Concerto for Solo Viola and String Orchestra) (2016)

**Between the Waves (Concerto for Solo Viola and String Orchestra) (2021)

* James MacMillan ** Viola Concerto (2013) * Jef Maes **Viola Concerto (1943) *

Bohuslav Martinů Bohuslav Jan Martinů (; December 8, 1890 – August 28, 1959) was a Czech composer of modern classical music. He wrote 6 symphonies, 15 operas, 14 ballet scores and a large body of orchestral, chamber, vocal and instrumental works. He bec ...

**Rhapsody-Concerto for Viola and Orchestra (1952) * Darius Milhaud **Viola Concerto with orchestra of soloists, Op. 108 (1929) **''Concertino d'été'', Op. 311 (1951) **Viola Concerto No. 2, Op. 340 (1955; for William Primrose)

**Air (from Sonata No. 1), Op. 242 (1944) * Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ** Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra *

Paul Müller-Zürich Paul may refer to: *Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name) *Paul (surname), a list of people People Christianity *Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Chris ...

**Viola Concerto in F minor, Op. 24 (1934) * Nico Muhly ** Viola Concerto (2015) * Thea Musgrave **''Lamenting with Ariadne'' for Viola and Chamber Orchestra *

Gösta Nystroem Gösta Nystroem (Silvberg, 13 October 1890 – Särö, 9 August 1966) was a Swedish composer. Nystroem, originally ''Nyström'', was born in Silvberg, Sweden, a parish in the province of Dalarna, but spent most of his childhood in Österhanin ...

**Viola Concerto ''Hommage à la France'' (1940) * Niccolò Paganini **Viola Concerto (1820) ** Sonata per la Grand Viola (1834) * Joseph de Pasquale **Theme and Variations for viola, string orchestra, and harp (1954) **Variations for viola, string orchestra, and harp (1984) * Krzysztof Penderecki **Viola Concerto (1983) *

Allan Pettersson Gustaf Allan Pettersson (19 September 1911 – 20 June 1980) was a Swedish composer and violist. He is considered one of the 20th century's most important Swedish composers, he was described as one of the last great symphonists, ...

**Viola Concerto (1979) * Walter Piston ** Viola Concerto (1957) * Mikhail Pletnev **Viola Concerto (1997) * Quincy Porter **Viola Concerto (1948)

* Behzad Ranjbaran **Concerto for Viola and Orchestra (2014) * Alessandro Rolla (1757–1841) **Concertino in E-flat major for Viola and Orchestra (or String Quartet), BI. 328/546 **Introduction and Divertimento in F major for Viola and Large Orchestra (incomplete), BI. 329 **Divertimento in F major for viola and orchestrad'archi, BI. 330 **Rondo in G major for viola and string orchestra, 2 oboes and 2 horns, BI.331 **Divertimento in G major for viola and orchestra, BI. 332 **Adagio and Thema with Variations in G major for viola and orchestra, BI. 333 **Concerto in C major for viola and orchestra, BI. 541 **Concerto in D major for viola and orchestra, BI. 542 **Concerto in D major for viola and orchestra, BI. 543 **Concerto in E-flat major for viola and orchestra, BI. 544 **Concerto in E-flat major for viola and orchestra, BI. 545 **Concerto in E-flat major for viola and orchestra, BI. 547 **Concerto in E major for viola and orchestra, BI. 548 **Concerto in F major for viola and orchestra, BI. 549 **Concerto in F major for viola and orchestra, BI. 550 **Concerto in F major for viola and orchestra, BI. 551 **Concerto in F major for viola and orchestra, BI. 552 **Concerto in F major for viola and orchestra, BI. 553 **Concerto in F major for viola and orchestra, BI. 554 **Concerto in B-flat major for viola and orchestra, BI. 555 *

Antonio Rolla Giuseppe Antonio Rolla (18 April 1798, in Parma – 19 March 1837, in Dresden) was an Italian violin and viola virtuoso and composer. Antonio Rolla studied violin with his father, composer Alessandro Rolla. In 1803 the family is moved to Milan ...

(1798–1837) **Variazioni Brillanti in F major for Viola and Orchestra, Op. 13 (1822) * Julius Röntgen **Triple concerto in B-flat major, for violin, viola, cello and strings (1922) **Triple concerto for violin, viola and cello (1930) **Introduction, Fugue, Intermezzo and Finale for violin, viola, cello *

Hilding Rosenberg Hilding Constantin Rosenberg (June 21, 1892 – May 18, 1985)Lyne Peter H. Rosenberg, Hilding (Constantin). In: ''The New Grove Dictionary of Opera''. Macmillan, London & New York, 1997. was a Swedish composer and conductor. He is commonly reg ...

**Viola Concerto (1942, 1964, 1945) * Miklós Rózsa **Viola Concerto, Op. 37 (1979)

* Edmund Rubbra **Viola Concerto in A minor, Op. 75 *

Ahmet Adnan Saygun Ahmet Adnan Saygun (; 7 September 1907 – 6 January 1991) was a Turkish composer, musicologist and writer on music. One of a group of composers known as the Turkish Five who pioneered western classical music in Turkey, his works show a master ...

**Concerto for Viola and Orchestra (1977) * Alfred Schnittke ** Viola Concerto (1985) *

Joseph Schubert Joseph Schubert may refer to: * Joseph Schubert (composer) (1754–1837), German composer, violinist and violist * Joseph C. Schubert (1871–1959), mayor of Madison, Wisconsin * Joseph Schubert (bishop) (1890–1969), Romanian cleric and Roman ...

**Viola Concerto in C major **Viola Concerto in E-flat major *

Robert Schumann Robert Schumann (; 8 June 181029 July 1856) was a German composer, pianist, and influential music critic. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers of the Romantic era. Schumann left the study of law, intending to pursue a career a ...

**Märchenbilder for viola and orchestra (1851) * Peter Sculthorpe **''Elegy'' for Viola and Strings (2006) * Peter Seabourne **Viola Concerto (2020) *

Tibor Serly Tibor Serly (; Losonc, Kingdom of Hungary, 25 November 1901 – London, 8 October 1978) was a Hungarian violist, violinist, and composer. Serly was the son of Lajos Serly, a pupil of Franz Liszt and a composer of songs and operettas in the ...

**Concerto for Viola and Orchestra (1929) **Rhapsody for Viola and Orchestra (1948) *

Dmitri Shostakovich Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, , group=n (9 August 1975) was a Soviet-era Russian composer and pianist who became internationally known after the premiere of his Symphony No. 1 (Shostakovich), First Symphony in 1926 and was regarded throug ...

**String Quartet No. 13 for Viola and Orchestra (1970) **Sonata for Viola, Percussion, and Orchestra (1975) *

Ragnar Soderlind Ragnar ( non, Ragnarr ) is a masculine Germanic name, Germanic given name, composed of the Old Norse elements ''ragin-'' "counsel" and ''hari-'' "army". Origin and variations The Proto-Germanic forms of the compounds are "ragina" (counsel) an ...

**Viola Concerto “Nostalgia delle radici” (2003) * Anton Stamitz **Concerto in B-flat major **Concerto in F major for viola and strings (1779) **Concerto in G major **Concerto in D major * Carl Stamitz **Concerto No. 1 in D major (1774) **Concerto No. 2 in B-flat/A major **Concerto No. 3 in A major * Johann Stamitz **Concertos *

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**Viola Concerto (1955) * Toru Takemitsu ** A String Around Autumn (1989) *

Cengiz Tanç Cengiz is the Turkish form of Genghis, as in Genghis Khan. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Cengiz Aktar (born 1955), Turkish political scientist, journalist and writer * Cengiz Bektaş (1934–2020), Turkish architect, engineer ...

**Concerto for Viola and Orchestra (1986) * Josef Tal **Concerto for viola & orchestra (1953) * Georg Philipp Telemann ** Concerto in G major, TWV 51:G9 * Haukur Tomasson **'' Echo Chamber'' for viola and orchestra (2015) * Joan Tower **''

Purple Rhapsody ''Purple Rhapsody'' is a viola concerto by the American composer Joan Tower. The work was jointly commissioned by the Omaha Symphony Orchestra with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Virginia Symphony Orchestra, the Kansas City Symphony, the ...

'' for viola and orchestra (2005) * Johann Baptist Wanhal **Viola Concerto in C major **Viola Concerto in F major * William Walton ** Viola Concerto in A minor (1928–29, revised in 1961.) *

Leó Weiner Leó Weiner (16 April 1885 – 13 September 1960) was one of the leading Hungarian music educators of the first half of the twentieth century, and a composer. Life Education Weiner was born in Budapest to a Jewish family. His brother g ...

** Ballad for Viola and Orchestra * Jörg Widmann **Viola concerto *

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**Concerto for Viola and Orchestra (2009) *

John Woolrich John Woolrich ( ; born 1954 in Cirencester) is an English composer. Biography Woolrich has founded a group (the Composers Ensemble), a festival (Hoxton New Music Days), and has been composer in association with the Orchestra of St John's and th ...

Ulysses Awakes ''Ulysses Awakes'' ''(after Monteverdi)'' is a musical composition for solo viola and strings by English composer John Woolrich. It is a creative transcription of Ulysses's first aria in act 1, scene 7 of Claudio Monteverdi's opera '' Il ritorno d' ...

(1989) **Viola Concerto (1993) *

Ralph Vaughan Williams Ralph Vaughan Williams, (; 12 October 1872– 26 August 1958) was an English composer. His works include operas, ballets, chamber music, secular and religious vocal pieces and orchestral compositions including nine symphonies, written over ...

** Suite for Viola and Orchestra **Suite '' Flos Campi'' for Viola, Chorus and Orchestra * Carl Friedrich Zelter **Viola Concerto E-flat major * Bernd Alois Zimmermann ** Antiphonen für Viola und 25 Instrumentalisten

Notes

Unfinished, completed by

. Transcription of the composer's Clarinet (or Viola) Sonata, Op. 120 No. 1 by composer Luciano Berio. The sonata for viola and piano orchestrated in 2004-5 by Ruth Lomon. From the composer's Suite in D major for viola and piano (1906), Op. 2, arranged for viola and orchestra (1909). Attributed to

Ivan Khandoshkin Ivan Yevstafyevich Khandoshkin (russian: Иван Евстафьевич Хандошкин, uk, Іван Остапович Хандошко) (1747 – 29 or 30 March 1804) was a Russian Empire violinist and composer of Ukrainian Cossack o ...

. Attributed to

Roman Hoffstetter Roman Hoffstetter (born 24 April 1742, in Laudenbach, near Bad Mergentheim, Germany; died: 21 May (Baker's) or June (''New Grove'' 2nd) 1815, in Miltenberg-am-Main, Germany; alternative spelling ''Romanus Hoffstetter'') was a classical compose ...

. A revised version — a version for larger orchestra was premiered by Monteux, conducting, Paul Hindemith, viola in Amsterdam. Transcription of Paganini's Guitar Quartet No. 15. Three versions - 1942, 1964, both for viola and strings, 1945 for larger orchestra

. Arranged by conductor, pianist, and composer

Max Erdmannsdörfer Max Erdmannsdörfer (14 June 184814 February 1905) (sometimes seen as ''Max von Erdmannsdörfer'') was a German conductor, pianist and composer. He was born in Nuremberg. He studied at the Leipzig Conservatory, becoming concertmaster at Sonders ...

from the composer's Märchenbilder for piano and viola, Op. 113. Transcription of Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 13 by composer and pianist Alexander Tchaikovsky. Transcription of Shostakovich's Sonata for Viola and Piano by violist and composer Vladimir Mendelssohn. Recordings on Panton and on Koch Schwann CDs, and on a 1980 Supraphon LP. A score was published by Schött in Mainz and New York in 1972. Score published by Schött in 1970. Referred to as concerto no. 2. Published by

Breitkopf und Härtel Breitkopf may refer to: * Bernhard Christoph Breitkopf, (1695-1777) founder of Breitkopf & Härtel * Johann Gottlob Immanuel Breitkopf, (1719-1794) son of Bernhard Cristoph Breitkopf * Michael Breitkopf, member of German band Die Toten Hosen * Breit ...

in 1971. Referred to as concerto no. 3. See also the comment under Carl Stamitz. Published by Breitkopf und Härtel in 1973. At least one of Anton Stamitz' concertos was published earlier by Sieber in Paris during the 18th century. At least one, in G major, published by Litolff in 1962. May have been meant for viola d'amore. Composed for and dedicated to

Winifred Copperwheat Winifred May Copperwheat (10 October 190523 February 1976) was an English classical music, classical viola player and teacher. She studied under English violist Lionel Tertis at the Royal Academy of Music. Tertis later said after one of her rec ...

. Famously played by many students. According t
the Duke university Wanhal page
both were originally for violoncello or bassoon. Premiered by Paul Hindemith. Version of the Ballad for Clarinet and Orchestra Op. 28, the score published by EMB Budapest, the viola part published by Rózsavölgyi Budapest, sold with the Clarinet-Piano version numbered Op. 8, see IMSLP. Premiered by Ilari Angervo (viola) & Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, cond. by Ernest Martinez-Izquierdo. Technically not a concerto.

References

External links

Viola website, hosting information about the viola.

Michael Haydn page with Many Classical and Early-Romantic Worklists

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