HOFFMEISTER Concerto for Viola and Orchestra in D major

SKU: FH.VA6

ISBN 978-1-55440-568-8.

This groundbreaking series for viola offers a sound and progressive collection of Repertoire, Recordings, Etudes, Technique, and Orchestral Excerpts for the aspiring virtuoso. Representing all major style periods and a variety of genres, Viola Series, 2013 Edition offers all the music and tools needed to support a comprehensive course of study from the beginner to advanced levels. A rich and varied selection of music in each of these nine progressive volumes of repertoire appeals to violists of all ages. From the Preparatory Level through Level 8, students will be exposed to quality selections originally written for viola, fun arrangements of traditional fiddle and folk tunes, as well as contemporary pieces by notable composers such as Violet Archer, Carey Cheney, and Fritz Kriesler.
Concertos:
Concerto in B flat Major - Hoffmeister, Franz Anton arr. Alison A. Copland
- First Movement
Premier Solo, op. 77, no. 1 - Dancla, Charles
Concerto in C Major - Schmitt, Joseph arr. Bernhard Pauler
- First Movement
Sonatas:
Sonata in E Minor, HWV 375 - Handel, George Frideric arr. Harold Birston
- Second Movement
- Third Movement
Solo per alto viola (The Billiard Sonata) - Giardini, Felice arr. Christine Donkin
- Second Movement
- Third Movement
Sonata in B flat Major - Stamitz, Carl
- First Movement
Concert Repertoire:
Couplets de folies - Marais, Marin arr. Paul Doktor
Hebrew Melody No. 1 - Joachim, Joseph
Air with Variations (The Harmonious Blacksmith) - Handel, George Frideric arr. Watson Forbes
Orientale - Granados, Enrique arr. Christine Donkin
elegie, op. 44 - Glazunov, Aleksandr
Unaccompanied Repertoire:
Fantasia No. 1 in E flat Major, TWV 40:14 - Telemann, Georg Philipp
- First Movement
- Second Movement
Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007 - Bach, Johann Sebastian
- First Movement: Prelude
- Second Movement: Gigue.

SKU: M7.BP-1050

ISBN 9790015105005.

SKU: TM.07159SC

Solo/pf.

SKU: BR.OB-15143-19

ISBN 9790004342022. 10 x 12.5 inches.

The unbroken popularity of Vanhal's sole double bass concerto in competitions and for practice and concert purposes is reason enough for us to publish the work in Breitkopf Urtext. The edition profits from Tobias Glockler's experience of many years. As with the other great double-bass concertos of the classical Viennese repertoire (Dittersdorf, Hoffmeister), Glockler arrives at convincing solutions. He began by filtering out a solid musical text from the source (which was not always free of contradictions) that was supplied with many additions. The disposition of the solo part required detailed knowledge of performance practice, since the work was written in the historical Viennese double bass tuning, and a few passages cannot be played without difficulty on a modern instrument. As with Dittersdorf and Hoffmeister, the piano reduction makes it possible to use three different double-bass tunings (solo, orchestral and Viennese). Moreover, it contains the editor's virtuoso cadenzas as well.I have performed the Vanhal in Viennese tuning and it was my thesis topic so I am thrilled to see an edition that makes this tuning so accessible. I highly recommend this all-encompassing edition. (Marian Heckenburg, Stringendo).