Music Archive

ARCHIVE OF BOOKS & MUSIC OF INTEREST TO VIOLA PLAYERS

Collected by Jules Riley for the Welsh Viola Society

Thanks to Otto Freudenthal and Nick Davies for their contributions

All the books, documents, and music below are available for inspection or short-term loan to members of the Welsh Viola Society. Anything taken away must be signed for, the postage paid, and returned at the earliest opportunity.

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Books, publications, and documents

B=Book
M=Magazine
O=Other

Author	Title	Cat	Notes
Bernard Shore	The Orchestra Speaks	B	Hardback Longman Green & Co 1944
John White	Lionel Tertis	B	Boydell Press 2006
Various	Die Viola No.69 – 2006/2	M	Deutsche Viola Gesellschaft
Anon	Entry Exam for BBCSO - viola players	O	!
John White	Anthology of British Viola Players	O	Extract – Gwynne Edwards, Kenneth Harding, Rae Jenkins & Raymond Jeremy short biographies
Lionel Tertis	Cinderella No More	B	Wm. Carling & Co 1953

Sheet Music

It is assumed that these all consist of a score and individual parts except where stated. Some duets, for instance are printed in score format, some as a score with separate parts, some just with separate parts.
The full title is omitted where it is merely descriptive of the instrumentation (e.g. “Intrada for viola and piano” becomes “Intrada” VP)
Instrumental abbreviations - V=viola, O=oboe, F=flute, P=pianoforte, D=double bass, v=violin, x=number when more than two of any one instrument (e.g. Vx6 = “for six violas”)

Viola & Piano or viola, piano & 1 other instrument

Composer	Title		Insts	Notes
Johann Sebastian Bach	Adagio from Toccata & Fugue in C major BWV 564		VP	See Anthology 2
Johann Sebastian Bach	Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring		VP	OUP arr. Watson Forbes
Johann Sebastian Bach	Suites for solo cello		V	arr. Watson Forbes
Wilhelm Friedrich Bach	Sonata in C minor		VP	OUP
Ernst Bloch	Suite Hébraique		VP	Schirmer – Rapsodie, Processional & Affirmation
Johannes Brahms	Minnelied Op.71 No.5		VP	See Anthology 2
Johannes Brahms	Sonata in F minor Op.120 No.1		VP	Lengnick
Johannes Brahms	Sonata in Eb major Op.120 No.2		VP	Lengnick
Eric Coates	First Meeting (Souvenir)		VP	See Anthology 1
Frederick Delius	Serenade from Hassan		VP	See Anthology 1
John Eccles	Sonata in G minor		VP	Peters
Gabriel Fauré	Elégie		VP	See Anthology 3
Howard Ferguson	Four short pieces		VP	Boosey & Hawkes
Josef Haydn arr. W. Burmeister	Capriccio		VP	See Anthology 3
John Ireland	The Holy Boy		VP	See Anthology 3
John Jacobsson	Three Pieces for clarinet, viola and piano Op.45			Verlag Walter Wollenweber
Franz Liszt	Liebestraum (Notturno No.3)		VP	See Anthology 2
Felix Mendelssohn	Spring Song Op.62 No.6		VP	See Anthology 3
Felix Mendelssohn	Song without Words Op.19/1		VP	See Anthology 2
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Adagio (Clarinet Concerto)		VP	Augener arr. WSB Woodhouse
Ian Parrott	Aquarelle		VP	Chester
Gabriel Pierné	Sérénade		VP	See Anthology 1
Alan Richardson	Intrada		VP	OUP
Hilding Rosenberg	Serenade for flute, violin and viola Op.82		fvV
Robert Schumann	Romance in F Op.28 No.2		VP	See Anthology 1
Robert Schumann	Märchenbilder Op.113		VP	Litolff
Cyril Scott	Cherry Ripe		VP	See Anthology 1
Arnold Schoenberg	Verklärte Nacht		vvVVCC	Verlag Dreililien
Alexander Scriabin	Etude Op.42 No.4		VP	See Anthology 1
Karol Szymanowski	Chant de Roxane		VP	See Anthology 1
Lionel Tertis	A Tune & Sunset		VP	See Anthology 2
Lionel Tertis	The Blackbirds & The River (Nos.2 & 3 of 3 sketches)		VP	See Anthology 3
Bob Thomas	Flowerfall		VP	Computer-set
Various	A Lionel Tertis Album		VP	Josef Weinberger – see Anthology 1
Various	Lionel Tertis - The early years Book.1		VP	Comus Edition – see Anthology 2
Various	Lionel Tertis - The early years Book.2		VP	Comus Edition – see Anthology 3
Ralph Vaughan Williams	Suite for viola & orchestra		VP	OUP (Group 1)
Ralph Vaughan Williams	Suite for viola & orchestra		VP	OUP (Group 2)
Ralph Vaughan Williams	Suite for viola & orchestra		VP	OUP (Group 3)
William Wolstenholme	The Question & The Answer	VP		See Anthology 2
William Wolstenholme	Romanza & Allegretto	VP		See Anthology 3

Anthology 1 - A Lionel Tertis Album

Composer	Title	Cat	Notes
Alexander Scriabin – arr. Paul Kochanski	Etude Op.42 No.4	VP	arr. Tertis
Frederick Delius	Serenade from Hassan	VP	arr. Tertis
Eric Coates	First meeting (Souvenir)	VP
Robert Schumann	Romance in F Op.28 No.2	VP	arr. Tertis
Gabriel Pierné	Sérénade Op.7	VP	arr. Tertis
Cyril Scott	Cherry Ripe	VP	arr. Tertis
Karol Szymanowski – arr. Paul Kochanski	Chant de Roxane	VP	arr. Tertis

Anthology 2 - Lionel Tertis - The early years Book 1

Composer	Title	Cat	Notes
JS Bach	Adagio from Toccata & Fugue in C major BWV 564	VP	arr. Tertis
Felix Mendelssohn	Song without Words Op.19/1	VP	arr. Tertis
Lionel Tertis	A Tune	VP
Johannes Brahms	Minnelied Op.71 No.5	VP	arr. Tertis
Franz Liszt	Liebestraum (Notturno No.3)	VP	arr. Tertis
William Wolstenholme	The Question	VP	arr. Tertis
William Wolstenholme	The Answer	VP	arr. Tertis
Lionel Tertis	Sunset	VP

Anthology 3 - Lionel Tertis - The early years Book 2

Composer	Title	Cat	Notes
Gabriel Fauré	Elégie	VP	arr. Tertis
Josef Haydn arr. W. Burmeister	Capriccio	VP	arr. Tertis
Felix Mendelssohn	Spring Song Op.62 No.6	VP	arr. Tertis
John Ireland	The Holy Boy	VP	arr. Tertis
Lionel Tertis	The Blackbirds (No.2 of 3 sketches)	VP
Lionel Tertis	The River (No.3 of 3 sketches)	VP
William Wolstenholme	Romanza	VP
William Wolstenholme	Allegretto	VP

Duets (with one or two violas)

Instrumental abbreviations - V=viola, O=oboe, v=violin

Composer	Title	Insts	Notes
Sancho Engano	Fugue in C minor	VV	Computer-set
Otto Freudenthal	12 veränderungen	VO	WW Neue Musik Edition – playing score
Otto Freudenthal	Duo for violas	VV	WW Neue Musik Edition – playing score
Kenneth Harding	Scherzo	vV	Chester – playing score x 2
Leo Jansa	Six duos Op.70 Nos.4-6	vV	Peters
Bohuslav Martinu	Three Madrigals	vV	Boosey & Hawkes – 2 scores
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Two duos K.423 & K424	vV	Peters
Heitor Villa-Lobos	Duo	vV	Seresta Music

String Chamber Music (at least 2 violas)

Composer	Title	Insts	Notes
Ludwig van Beethoven	Quintet in C major Op.29	vvVVC	See Anthology 4
Benjamin Dale	Introduction & Andante Op.5	Vx6	Corda
Antonin Dvorak	Quintet in Eb major Op.97	vvVVC	Barenreiter
Otto Freudenthal	Suite	Vx8	Computer-set – score only
Otto Freudenthal	Trio in alten stil	Vx3	WW Neue Musik Edition – score & parts
Nils Gade	Quintet in E minor Op.8	vvVVC	See Anthology 4
Ian Gammie	Bratschentanz	Vx6	Corda – score parts (ensemble piece)
Kenneth Harding	Rondo Capriccio	Vx6	Corda
Kenneth Harding	Divertimento	Vx4	Corda – score & viola IV (violas I-III missing)
Gordon Jacob	Suite	Vx8	Worldwide MP – score & parts
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Quintets Nos.4-8	vvVVC	Peters – Anthology 5
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Soave s’il vento	vvVVC	arr. J. Riley
Stuart Orford	3 pieces	Vx4D	Corda – with double bass obbligato
Joseph Rheinberger	Quintet in A minor Op.82	vvVVC	Merton Music
Jules Riley	Symphony for violas	Vx8	Computer-set – 8 solo violas or viola orchestra
Arnold Schoenberg	Verklärte Nacht	vvVVCC	Verlag Dreililen – parts only
Louis Spohr	Octet No.3	[vvVC]x2	Merton Music – score & parts
Charles Villiers Stanford	Quintet in F major Op.85	vvVVC	Merton Music
Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky	Souvenir de Florence Op.70	vvVVCC	D Rahter
Various	Quintets	vvVVC	Anthology 4
Vaclav Veit	Quintet in A major Op.29	vvVVC	Merton Music
Nicolai v. Wilm	Sextet in B minor Op.27	vvVVCC	Merton Music – score only

Anthology 4 – Various Quintets

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Soave s’il vento	vvVVC	arr. J. Riley
Ludwig van Beethoven	Quintet in C major Op.29	vvVVC
Nils Gade	Quintet in E minor Op.8	vvVVC

Anthology 5

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Quintet in C minor K406	vvVVC
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Quintet in C major K515	vvVVC
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Quintet in G minor K516	vvVVC
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Quintet in D major K593	vvVVC
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Quintet in Eb major K614	vvVVC