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  2. List of compositions for viola: A to B - Wikipedia

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    Ba Be Bi Bj Bl Bo Br Bu By B Ba Vahram Babayan (born 1948) Sonata for viola and piano, Op. 88 (1985) Sonata for viola solo, Op. 127 (2000) Milton Babbitt (1916–2011) Composition for viola and piano (1950); Associated Music Publishers Inc. Mehr “Du” for soprano, viola and piano (1991); C. F. Peters Play It Again, Sam for viola solo (1989); C. F. Peters Soli e Duettini for violin and viola ...

  3. Christopher Simpson (musician) - Wikipedia

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    Simpson made a small contribution to John Playford's work A Brief Introduction to the Skill of Musick but is best known for his book, The Division Viol, or the Art of Playing upon a Ground (published 1659) which is a set of practical instructions, organised into three sections: Of the Viol itself, with Instructions how to Play upon it; Use of the Concords, or a Compendium of Descant; and The ...

  4. Viola sonata - Wikipedia

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    The viola sonata is a sonata for viola, sometimes with other instruments, usually piano.The earliest viola sonatas are difficult to date for a number of reasons: in the Baroque era, there were many works written for the viola da gamba, including sonatas (the most famous being Johann Sebastian Bach's Three Sonatas for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord, now most often played on the cello) [citation ...

  5. Maurice Vieux - Wikipedia

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    A wonderfully gifted artist, an unparalleled virtuoso, he made of the viola a leading instrument, reducing the ostracism that kept it at a distance until then. Having been always considered the poor relation of the quartet, he made it a solo instrument. The musical literature for the viola, so limited until then, grew thanks to Maurice Vieux.

  6. Donald McInnes (violist) - Wikipedia

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    Donald McLeod McInnes was born on March 7, 1939, in San Francisco, California. [1] [2] His first viola teacher was Stefan Krayk.He received his bachelor's degree in music from UC Santa Barbara, and his master's degree from the University of Southern California, where he studied with William Primrose.

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  8. Giovanni Battista Viola - Wikipedia

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    Hence, Albani was Viola's stepson-in-law. Giulio Mancini commented in his writings that Viola was well respected for his landscape canvases, which were documented among the works in the collections of Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini, Giustiniani, Cardinal Mazarin, and the Pamphilj. Louis XIV of France collected at least landscapes, now in the Louvre.

  9. Viola Concerto (Walton) - Wikipedia

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    The Viola Concerto by William Walton was written in 1929 and first performed at the Queen's Hall, London on 3 October of that year by Paul Hindemith as soloist and the composer conducting. It had been written with the violist Lionel Tertis in mind, and he took the work up after initially rejecting it.