JAVS Fall 1998

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N EW WORKS

-Courtesy Canadian Viola Society Newsletter

Sonate pour alto seul. Georges Migot/Marc Honegger. SEDIM, 1996. Wrirren in 1952. Relatively co nservative. Four long move ments. Consonant, although not uaditionally ronal. Fairly difficult. Twenty-Four Caprices (solo viola) . Casimir Frederic Laine , Billaudot, 1996, $30 U.S. Wri tten 1849 and surprisingly difficu lt fo r the period. Premier Voyage, 2 vols . (viola/piano). Yvette Voirpy/Ala i n Vo irpy. Lemoine, 1996, $25/vol. European folk songs adapted for the first-year violist. A more demanding piano part. Pieces Classiques. Frederic Laine. Billadour, 1996, $11.50 U.S. The first of five volumes of progressive difficulty. Twelve short, very easy arrangements of compositions by Classi cal and Romantic composers.

Exuacred from American String Teacher, Wimer 1998. Comments by Jeffrey Showell, associate professor of viola and assisranr clirecror of the School ofMusic ar the University ofArizona. Orchesterstudien, Vols. 3 (Elekrra) and 4 (Rosenkaval ier). Richard Strauss/August Gentz. Fuersrner, 1987, $27 U.S ./vol. A reissue of the venerable 1912 edition. Exten sive excerpts rather than entire works. Have occasional bowings and fingerings. Probably less expensive ro buy complete parts. Poem for Viola and Orchestra (viola/organ). Leo Sowerby. H. W. Gray/Presser, 199 [?], $18 U.S. A reprint of the 1947 edition. An eclec tic, solid work, quire typical of that period of American composition. Moderately difficult. The North Shore (v io la/p iano). Gavi n Gryars. Schon, 1995. Shorr, repetitive with motivic repetition. Dissonant, bur shows off the viola tone well. Medium difficulty. HARID

MUSIC DMSION 1998- 99

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