Solo Repertoire
Who is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?
She studied with Karen Tuttle and teaches at New England Conservatory.
Who is Kim Kashkashian?
He composed Sonata in G Major in Book 5.
Who is Benedetto Marcello?
He composed the "American" String Quartet which starts with a great viola solo.
Who is Antonin Dvorak?
Located in the pegbox and tune the viola.
What are tuning pegs?
He composed "Harold in Italy", a symphony that features an extensive part for solo viola.
Who is Hector Berlioz?
He commissioned works for viola and had a model of viola developed in his honor.
Who is Lionel Tertis?
He composed Concerto in G Major, also know as the first viola concerto.
Who is Georg Philipp Telemann?
He composed six string quintets for 2 violins, 2 violas and 1 cello.
Who is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?
Alto clef
Which clef is commonly used for the viola, but not for any other string instrument?
He composed his Viola Concerto for Lionel Tertis, but it was first performed by Hindemith in 1929.
Who is William Walton?
He is considered the father of modern viola playing and is named for a flower.
Who is Wiliam Primrose?
He composed Spinning Wheel in Book 5
Who is Nikolai Rubinstein?
His last piece, before he died in 1975, was a Viola Sonata and he composed a Piano Quintet with an exceptional viola part.
Who is Dmitri Shostakovich?
"Bratsche"
What the viola is called in the German language?
He was a Classical German composer, conductor and teacher of music and worked in his father's bricklaying business.
Who is Carl Friedrich Zelter?
Her TedTalk is titled “The Imperfect Instrument" and she was the first violist to win First Prize in the Concert Artists Guild.
Who is Jennifer Stumm?
He composed the French Dances in Book 5 and La Folia in Book 6
Who is Marin Marais?
He composed Eight pieces for clarinet, viola, and piano, Op. 83 (1910).
Who is Max Bruch?
He played the viola in school before he became a famous rock guitarist in the 1960s.
Who is Jimi Hendrix?
He was a Neoclassical German composer, violist, violinist, teacher, conductor and composed "Trauermusik"
He is the former principal violist of the Philadelphia Orchestra and the current president and CEO of the Curtis Institute of Music
Who is Roberto Diaz?
He composed the Six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello.
Who is Johann Sebastian Bach?
He composed 6 instrumental works dedicated to Christian Ludwig, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt. The sixth is for 2 violas and accompaniment.
Who is Johann Sebastian Bach?
He is a current double Guinness World Record holder for the fastest marathon and the fastest half marathon dressed as a musical instrument.
Who is Alistair Rutherford, known more widely as The Running Viola?