VIOLA MUSIC BY WOMEN
The "sister" anthology is here! Beginning, Intermediate 1, and Intermediate 2 volumes available.
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Viola Music by Women: Table of Contents by Volume
Volume 1: Beginning
This volume is all in first position (with some optional third position in the last piece). There's quite an assortment of styles for you to enjoy. While many of the pieces are transcribed from the violin volume, titles in purple are newly commissioned pieces for viola only! Don't forget to read the composer biographies at the back of the violin book!
Eve Hungerford
An Old World Minuet
The Gipsy Fiddler
Edith L. Winn
From the Carolina Hills, Op. 15
No. 3: “A Picture”
No. 4: “The Sunshine Lad”
No. 6: “Buy My Pine”
Eve Hungerford
The Marionettes
Hannah M. Bartel
Kansas Memories Suite
“Rainy Daze”
“Green Tomatoes”
“’Lil Blue”
“The Ice Skating Pond”
Charlotte Louise Woodbridge
Dance of the Gnomes
Wendy Ireland
Kitty Miniatures
"Giocoso Gattino"
"Avventuroso Gattino"
"Tarantella Segreta"
"Sonnolento Gattino"
Josephine Trott
Two Tuneful Sketches
“The Town Clock”
“At Dancing School”
Ethel Barns
Aria
Mary Cohen
Lean Mean Tango
Night Flight
Eve Hungerford
An Old World Minuet
The Gipsy Fiddler
Edith L. Winn
From the Carolina Hills, Op. 15
No. 3: “A Picture”
No. 4: “The Sunshine Lad”
No. 6: “Buy My Pine”
Eve Hungerford
The Marionettes
Hannah M. Bartel
Kansas Memories Suite
“Rainy Daze”
“Green Tomatoes”
“’Lil Blue”
“The Ice Skating Pond”
Charlotte Louise Woodbridge
Dance of the Gnomes
Wendy Ireland
Kitty Miniatures
"Giocoso Gattino"
"Avventuroso Gattino"
"Tarantella Segreta"
"Sonnolento Gattino"
Josephine Trott
Two Tuneful Sketches
“The Town Clock”
“At Dancing School”
Ethel Barns
Aria
Mary Cohen
Lean Mean Tango
Night Flight
Volume 2: Intermediate 1
The Intermediate 1 volume contains pieces that use first, second and third positions, with occasional forays up to the half-string harmonic. There are chances to use your vibrato as well as show your fast fingers. Upbow staccato, spiccato and artificial harmonics are included-- stretch your technical muscles! For violists only: get your Celtic on with Irish Fancy (suggestions for ornamentation in the back), and explore whole-tone scales in the spooky Ruined Castle!
Wendy Ireland
Irish Fancy
Florence Morey
Tanglefoot's Mad Chase
Ethel Harraden Glover
At Twilight
Gavotte
Grace White
Impromptu
Mary Cohen
The Ruined Castle
Grace White
Over the Snow
Julia Klumpkey
The Goblins Will Get You
Wendy Ireland
Romanza
Mary O'Hara
The Sunset Dance
Wendy Ireland
Irish Fancy
Florence Morey
Tanglefoot's Mad Chase
Ethel Harraden Glover
At Twilight
Gavotte
Grace White
Impromptu
Mary Cohen
The Ruined Castle
Grace White
Over the Snow
Julia Klumpkey
The Goblins Will Get You
Wendy Ireland
Romanza
Mary O'Hara
The Sunset Dance
Volume 3: Intermediate 2
The music in volume 3, Intermediate 2, grows in musical and technical demands as you grow with it! Using first through fifth positions (with the last piece pushing the envelope into sixth), works range from a Baroque period sonata, to several pieces with contemporary idioms, and then on to a Bollywood-inspired dance by New Zealand composer Claire Scholes. All but two pieces in this volume are original viola compositions--have fun!
Josephine Trott
In a Spanish Garden
Beatrice Mattei
Sonata per Viola e Cembalo
Freda Swain
Song at Evening
Patsy Gritton
Jazz Dance
Miriam Hyde
Passing Thoughts
Scherzino
Gena Branscombe
An Old Love Tale
Julia Klumpkey
Two Dances
Louise Lincoln Kerr
Toccata
Claire Scholes
Diwali Aukilani II
Josephine Trott
In a Spanish Garden
Beatrice Mattei
Sonata per Viola e Cembalo
Freda Swain
Song at Evening
Patsy Gritton
Jazz Dance
Miriam Hyde
Passing Thoughts
Scherzino
Gena Branscombe
An Old Love Tale
Julia Klumpkey
Two Dances
Louise Lincoln Kerr
Toccata
Claire Scholes
Diwali Aukilani II