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effort to add a work to the viola repertoire that is not serious or somber. The concerto will be performed at the Vienna International Viola Congress in June. (Addendum: Maurice Gardner's works for viola, including his Viola Concerto reviewed in JAVS, Vol. 7 No.2, are available from Staff Music Publishing CO.,170 N.E. 33rd St., Ft.Lauderdale, FL33334.)

Volume II is comprised of four principal sections: PART ONE, THE VIOLA AND ITS LUTHIERS, Chapters I-VI; PART TWO, RECENT RESEARCH RELATED TO THE VIOLA, Chapters VII-XVII; PART THREE< THE HISTORY OF THE VIOLA IN THE DECADE 1980-1990, Chapters XVIII XXXI; and PART FOUR, APPENDIX, BRIEF BIOGRAPHIES OF VIOLISTS. Tertis Autobiography Kahn & Averill, British publishers, announce the availability of the Lionel Tertis memoir My Viola & I. The author diescribes his prodigious career wi th vigor and a remarkable recall of detail. The musicians and composers, many of them his close friends of whom he writes, include some of the most important in 20th century music. He also addreses the string player with chapters on "Beauty of Tone in String Playing," "The Art of String Quartet Playing," "The Tertis Model Viola," etc. A bibliography of works written for solo viola is included, as is also a discography of the author's solo record.. ings. 200pp illus/20 half.. tones ISBN 1 871082 British pounds 9.95. Ensembles for Viola These are additional publications in the Sup.. plementary Suzuki Series edited and prepared by Elizabeth Stuen..Walker. They are transcribed directly from the earlier publication Duets for Violins in two volumes in both viola..violin and viola.. viola format. Published by Summy Birch.. ard Inc. and distributed by Warner Bros. Pub.. lications Inc. ISBN 411 & 412 $6.50 & $6.95. Quartets for Beginning Ensembles. ISBN 282 Vol. II $19.95. Contact Lynn Sengstack at Warner Bros. Pub.. lications, tel. (201) 348.. 0700. Gardner Commission Maurice Gardner has been commissioned through the Barlow Foun..dation to compose a double concerto for two violas for Clyn Barrus and David Dalton. The work is in five movements and is entitled "Five Bagatelles" with chamber orchestra (or piano). At the suggestion of the dedicatees, the prevailing mood of the concerto will be light..hearted and capricious, even jazzy in an Summy..Birchard also announces the availability of a second volume of String

Primrose Quartet Reissue (Oscar Shumsky & Josef Gingold, violins, William Primrose viola, Harvey Shapiro, cello) 2..CD set with Haydn Seven Last Words, Schumann Piano Quintet (with Sanroma), Brahms B..flat Quartet, Ope 67 (previously unissued), and Smetana Quartet in E Minor "From My Life." Biddulph Recordings, just released. Lionel Tertis Reissue Bach Chaconne, Brahms Sonata in F Minor (Harriet Cohen, piano), Delius 2nd Sonata for Violin (George Reeve, piano), Bax Sonata (Arnold Bax, piano). Pearl GEMM CD 9918 Yuri Bashmet Schnitke Viola Concerto, Schnitke Trio Sonata with London Symphony Orchestra, Mstislav Rostropovich, conductor. BMG RCA Red Seal 60446 Jerzy Kosmala Bloch Suite (1919), Vaughan Williams Flos Campi with Cracow Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Szymon Kawalla, con.. ductor. Centaur CRC 2094 Simon Rowland...Jones Bloch Suite (1919), Meditation & Processional, Suite Hebralque, In the Night, Five Sketches in Sepia"i (Noel Immelman, piano).Etcetera KTC 1112 James Creitz Enesco Concertpiece, Stravinsky Elegie, Shostakovich Sonata, Kodaly Adagio, Pender.. ecki Cadenza, Britten Lachrymae (Mihail Sarbu, piano). Dynamic CDS 61