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information about the repertoire, supporting a more informed and expressive performance approach.

9 Stanislav Poniatovsky, Istoriya al’tovogo iskusstva (History of Viola Artistry) , (Moscow: Muzyka, 2007), 264-267. 10 Natalia Podgayeva, “Fyodor Serafimovich Druzhinin: Ispolnitel, Pedagog, Kompozitor [Fyodor Serafimovich Druzhinin: Performer, Pedagogue, Composer],” (Ph.D diss., Orenburg Governmental Rostropovich Institute of the Arts, 2009), 47. 11 Podgayeva, 47. 12 Anastasia Shevtsova, “Viola in Russia Before Bashmet: Teachers and Performers (Borisovsky and Druzhinin),” South Russian Musical Almanac, no. 2 (2019), 59. 13 Shevtsova, “Viola in Russia Before Bashmet,” 59. 14 Podgayeva, 52; Translated by the author. 15 Poniatovsky, 270. 16 Nethanel Pollak, “Red Ties, Trumpets, and Balalaikas. Part I: Beginning With Bunin,” Journal of the American Viola Society 38, no.1 (Spring 2022), 78-79. 17 Anastasia Shevtsova, “Stanovlenie Solnava Repertuara Otechestvenoi Al’tovoi Shkoly: V Poiskakh Khudozhestvenoi Individualnasti Instrumenta [The Formation of Soloistic Repertoire in the Patriotic Viola School: In Search of the Artistic Individualism of the Instrument],” (Ph.D diss., Saratov Governmental Sobinov Conservatory, 2022), 109. 18 Shevtsova, “Stanovlenie Solnava Repertuara Otechestvenoi Al’tovoi Shkoly”, 110. 19 Moscow Conservatory Department of Solo Viola Performance webpage, Accessed February 26, 2024, https://www.mosconsv.ru/ru/groups/7279. 20 Boris Schwarz, “Auer, Leopold (von),” Grove Music Online (Oxford Music Online, Oxford University Press), https://doi.org/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630. article.01503. 21 Almanakh Maloizvestnie Stranitsy Istorii Konservatorii (Little-known Pages in the Conservatory’s History), s.v. “Iz Istorii Al’tovei Shkole Peterburgskoy Konservatorii (From the History of the Viola School at the Petersburg Conservatory),” by Maria Avdeyeva, 55. 22 Konservatorii, s.v. “Iz Istorii Al’tovei Shkole Peterburgskoy Konservatorii.” 23 N.B. Seliverstova, “Ryvkin, Alexander Mikhailovich (1893-1951),” a Biographical Page on the St. Petersburg Conservatory Website, posted in 2016, https://www.conservatory.ru/esweb/ryvkin-aleksandr mikhaylovich-1893-1951. 24 Seliverstova, “Ryvkin, Alexander Mikhailovich (1893 1951).”

Conclusion My research aims to bring historical justice to forgotten pieces of art, neglected composers and overlooked performers and traditions. Many years of exploration are anticipated beyond this project, to keep diving deeper into specific works and their composers. It is my hope that the updated catalogue of Soviet viola works, designed mainly for the viola community, along with analytical, historical, and performance-based information beyond the mere bibliographical record, will motivate and inspire violists to join the mission. Members of the global viola community – students, teachers, researchers, and performers – can now find all that they need to incorporate Soviet music into their repertoire. Footnotes 1 Following the standard musicological definition, Soviet Era refers to music that was written between the years 1917-1991 in Russia and within the other 14 republics that constituted the USSR during the time of the Soviet occupation. 2 The list does not cover the large number of arrangements and transcriptions made for viola in the USSR, and rather focuses on original viola music. 3 Konrad Ewald, Musik für Bratsche: Das reiche Viola Repertoire von Aaltonen bis Zytowitsch , (Basel: InnoSET AG, 2013). 4 Galina Kosenko, “Representacia tembra al’ta v zhanre koncerta (na primere koncerta dlya al’ta s orkestrom D. Klebanova) [Representation of the Viola Timbre in the Concerto Genre (Based on Material from Concerto for Viola and Orchestra by D. Klebanov)],” Yuzhno Rosiyskiy muzikalniy almanah (2017): 68-71. 5 Maurice Riley, The History of the Viola (Ann Arbor: Braun-Brumfield, 1993), 260-262. 6 Elena Artamonova, “Vadim Borisovsky and His Viola Arrangements: Recent Discoveries in Russian Archives and Libraries, Part I,” Journal of the American Viola Society 30, no. 2 (2014), 31. 7 Misha Galaganov, “The Viola Class of Yuri Kramarov: Students, Pedagogy, and Influences” (DMA essay, Rice University, 2003), 11. 8 Galaganov, “The Viola Class of Yuri Kramarov,” 15.

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