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In the Sonata for Viola and Piano he has presented violists a work of sound craftsmanship, romanti cally arching melodies sometimes underscored with acerbic dissonance; a music accessible to audiences, and challenging to performers. It is a small wonder that the sonata has had little difficulty in establishing itself in the viola repertoire since its premiere twenty years ago. LeeAnn J Morgan received her master's degree in performance from Brigham Young University. She is a teacher andfree lance violist in the Seattle area. Her writings on the pedagogical works ofMaurice Vieux ap peared in ]AVS, Vol. 7 nos. 2 & 3. 1 The printed edition of the Sonata reads, "Commissioned by Friends ofWilliam Primrose, The American Viola Society and Brigham Young University in honor ofWilliam Primrose on his 75th Birthday." The rough score manuscript and the master tissues sent to the publisher (again in manuscript) are held in the Primrose International Viola Archive at Brigham Young University along with the recording of the Sonata's premiere by de Pasquale and Sokoloff. 2 Myron Rosenblum, "'You've Come a Long Way Baby!' A Report on the VII International Viola Congress, Provo, Utah, July 12-14, 1979," journal ofthe Violin Society ofAmerica 5 no. 1 (1978-79): 92. 3 Stanley Sadie, ed. The New Grove Dictionary ofMusic andMusicians (London: Macmillan, 1980), s.v. "Rochberg, George," by Austin Clarkson. 4 Freedman, "Metamorphosis of a 20th-Century Composer," Music journal34 (March 1976): 12. 5 Sadie, ed. New Grove Dictionary ofMusic. 6 Freedman, "Metamorphosis." 7 George Rochberg, "Reflections on the Renewal ofMusic," Current Musicology 13 (1972): 76. 8 Quote of George Rochberg from record jacket: George Rochberg, String Quartet No.3 performed by the Con cord String Quartet. Nonesuch H-1283 (1973). 9 Jonathan D. Kramer, "Can Modernism Survive George Rochberg?" Critical Inquiry (December 1984): 350. 10 George Rochberg, "Reflections on the Renewal ofMusic," Current Musicology 13 (1972): 79. 11 S.H., "George Rochberg," Newsweek 19 February 1979, 73. 12 L. Foss, "George Rochberg," Music andArtists Qune-July 1972): 13. 13 Roger Scanlan, "Spotlight on Contemporary American Composers," NATS Bulletin (October 1976): 49. 14 George Rochberg, "Reflections on the Renewal ofMusic," Current Musicology 13 (1972): 81. JOHN BRASIL

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