JAVS Fall 2000

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VIOLA CONCERTO IN £-FLAT MAJOR BY jOSEPH SCHUBERT

Later in the development (mm. 224-34), this C minor passage concludes with virtuoso tech nique: string crossings between single notes and double stops, and an extraordinary leap to the solo part's highest note.

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Example 6. Schubert, Viola Concerto in E-flat Major, I, mm. 319-26.

This concerto also contains many beautiful melodies. The following eight-measure phrase (mm. 11-18) marks the entrance of the soloist after the introduction to the second movement.

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Example 7. Schubert, Viola Concerto in E-jlat Major, II, mm. 11-18.