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Example 4. Erik Marchelie, Sonate, mvt. II, mm. 17–27. Copyright © Doberman and Productions d’Oz. Used with permission.

Max Vladimiroff, in purple, in blue (http:// vladimiroffmusic.net/Vladimiroffmusic/Studio.html, 2016) This single-movement work draws influence from rock and blues music, with extended passages for both instruments including structured improvisation and percussive effects. It contains tricky rhythms throughout, and sections of strumming patterns for the guitar borrowed from electric guitar playing. Eberhard Werdin, Vier Bagatellen (Vienna: Doblinger, 1984) These are four short bagatelles, all using a rounded binary form. The viola carries the melodic line throughout while the guitar has an accompanimental role. The viola-guitar duo is a special combination with both instruments uniquely suited to complement one another. With a few considerations, this duo comes together quite naturally. Playing in a viola-guitar duo is an invitation to explore color and embrace creativity as the instruments intertwine and fluidly change roles. There is high-quality repertoire for this duo which will hopefully continue to grow as this worthy combination gains more prominence in the chamber music world. Conclusion

ElizabethWhite holds a DMA from the University of Memphis and has degrees in viola performance from Boise State University and the University of Idaho, and has taught for the Interlochen Arts Camp, the University of Idaho Preparatory Division, and Sistema Utah. She is currently developing a music program at Vista College Preparatory in Phoenix, AZ. As a violist, she has been a member of the Washington Idaho Symphony, WallaWalla Symphony, Jackson Symphony, and she performs with her husband, classical guitarist Bill White, in the viola-guitar duo, Duo Violão. Bill White is a classical guitarist and composer with degrees from California State University: East Bay the University of Idaho. He is currently pursuing his DMA in Guitar Performance at Arizona State University. As a composer, he has written works for wind ensemble, orchestra, chamber groups, and soloists, with a new opera on the way.

Notes

1 Elizabeth White, “The Viola-Guitar Duo: Analysis and Performance Considerations in Gilbert Biberian’s Folklore III” (DMA Document, University of Memphis, 2019). 2 Roland Dyens, 20 Lettres (Paris: Editions Henry Lemoine, 2001).

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