Graded Viola Music for Learners

Graded Viola Music for Learners

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Viola Music Graded for Difficulty Index Introduction

This page lists viola music for learners, at successive levels of difficulty or 'grades' from early learner to pre-professional. pre-pro fessional. This listing does not attempt to be a complete list of music for viola learners. It is just an unofficial compilation of the viola pieces set in recent years by the three Examining Boards which organise British nationwide music exams. So the list does not contain music for complete beginners, or many tutors, studies, or fun books such as Christmas albums and 'play along' recordings. Also most of the composers, arrangers, and publishers are European. The three Examining Boards are : Associated Board Of The Royal Schools Of Music, London (ABRSM). Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London. Trinity College London. There are ten levels of exam, from Preliminary, through Grade One to Grade Eight, to a Recital / Performer's Certificate, all pre-professional training. Sometimes the different Examining Boards disagree about the difficulty of a piece. In these cases the piece has been put at the lower level (on reflection, it would have been more encouraging to put them at the higher level!). In multi-movement works, different movements may be assigned to different grades. The next level up, not included here, is a professional Performing / Teaching Licentiate. There are extensive lists of professional repertoire for violists in the main viola site resources. site resources. The ABRSM also has exams for several instrumental ensembles. The current syllabus lists for viola and piano, and for for string quartet, are given given below. below. Some of the items may be out of print.

As well as the solo viola and viola ensemble lists compiled from exam syllabuses, this page includes lists of viola duets and of music for learning treble clef. These have been compiled from suggestions from viola mailing list members.

The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music has a web site which gives the full listing of their current syllabuses for all instruments. instruments . The site also includes syllabuses for various instrumental ensembles. ensembles. The ensembles involving viola have been included below. below.



Guildhall School of Music and Drama has Drama has a site which does not contain their syllabuses, but the syllabuses can be ordered from the site. Trinity College London has not currently (September 1998) got a web site. Internet sites for on-line order of sheet music : J W Pepper Shar Music Southwest Strings Theodore Front

INDEX TO MUSIC LISTS

(nb. these are UK grades 1-8, not US levels 1-6) Early Learners : able to play one-octave C,G,D scales. Preliminary. Grade One. One. Grade Two Grade Three. Three. Intermediate : learning to shift and play vibrato. Grade Four . Grade Five Grade Six Advanced : most amateurs do not go to this level : roughly equivalent to Donald McInnes' Repertoire List Level I. Grade Seven. Seven. Grade Eight. Eight. Recital / Performer's Certificate Viola and piano : piano : both parts at same level of difficulty String Quartet Easy to Intermediate viola duets. Easy to Intermediate pieces for learning treble clef . Professional Professio nal repertoire repertoire lists lists in main viola site resources

PRELIMINARY / INITIAL Barrell. A Pageant of Pieces.

No.2 Sword Dance Dance Stainer and Bell


Cohen. Superstudies for Viola Book 1

No.5 Robots Robots Rocking at the Microchip Microchip Ball Faber

K. and H. Colledge. Waggon Wheels

Knickerbocker Glory Waterfall. Boosey and Hawkes

Cowles. 10 Easy Melodic Fragments

Intermezzo Fentone

Cowles. First Finger Patterns

On Parade Fentone

Dawe. Travel Tunes / Complete Travel Tunes

No.2 France - Folk Folk Song Cramer

Fletcher. New Tunes for Strings. Book 1

Cradle Song Boosey and Hawkes

Hand. Schott Viola Repertory no.1, Progressive Pieces for Viola

No.2 Lazy River River Schott

Huws Jones. 10 O'Clock Rock

Back Scratcher Boosey and Hawkes

Huws Jones. The Really Easy Viola Book

No.2 Striding Striding High No.6 Rock-a-Bye Rock-a-Bye Rhino Faber

Murray and Brown. Tunes for my Viola

No.1 Pipers Pipers Boosey and Hawkes

Nelson. Piece by Piece 1 Nelson. Mad as a Hatter Nelson Over the Moon Nelson The Tadpole's Tale Nelson Trot along Wohlfart. Polka



Boosey and Hawkes

Nelson. Right From the Start

No. 7 Ringing Ringing Bell No. 10 George George got out of bed too late. late. No. 12 Lullaby Lullaby No. 13 Don't Don't bother me Boosey and Hawkes

Nelson. Tetratunes Tetratunes Traditional. Twinkle Twinkle Nelson Fish Cakes and Apple Pie Nelson Michael Mackintosh Nelson Peter Piper (easy part) Nelson Swingalong (hard part) Nelson Walking Talking (easy (eas y part) Boosey and Hawkes

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GRADE ONE Brodsky. Old Music for Viola No.3 Jeremiah Clark Minuet No.7 Jean Hotteterre Cotillon No.9 J.C.F.Bach Schwabisch Editio Musica / Boosey and Hawkes

Mary Cohen. Superstudies Book 1

No.11 No.11 Hurry if you you want to see see the engine No.12 Strawberry Strawberry milk shake No.17 Let's all go to the grizzly grizzly bear's grump grump Faber

Waggon aggon Wheels Wheel s for Viola Katherine and Hugh Colledge. W Bell-Ringers Full Moon Polka Dots Boosey and Hawkes



Elgar. 6 Very Easy Pieces Op.22

No.1 Andante Bosworth

Forbes. A First Year Classical Album No.6 Lully Air from Amadis OUP

Hand. Schott Viola Repertory no.1, Progressive Pieces for Viola

No.3 Hill Walking Tune No.5 Song of the Norsemen No.6 Soaring Schott

Harrison. Amazing Solos for Viola Bartok Scherzando from 'For Children' Boosey and Hawkes

Edward Huws Jones. Ten O'Clock Rock

Gone for Good Ink Spot Toodle-Pip Boosey and Hawkes

Kinsey. Elementary Progressive Studies for Viola, Set 1

No.5 in G Associated Board

Joan Lovell. Forty Four Easy Tunes

No.26 Bagatelle No.31 Roundelay No.35 Scherzino No.39 A Sea Song OUP

Neil Mackay. A Modern Viola Method

No.10 Flying High No.17 Wyoming Waltz OUP

Murray and Brown. Tunes for My Viola

No. 7 Laendler Boosey and Hawkes

Eleanor Murray and Phyllis Tate. The New Viola Books, Book 2

No.3 Bohemian Polka OUP

Sheila Nelson. Piece by Piece 1 for Viola



No.11 Nelson On the Ice No.13 Traditional Dance to your Daddy No.17 Nelson Flag Dance No.24 Purcell Rigadoon No.26 Schubert Landler Boosey and Hawkes

Sheila Nelson. Piece by Piece 2 Nelson Henry's Hornpipe Nelson Hurry on Down Boosey and Hawkes

Sheila Nelson. Right from the Start

No. 18 The Centipede Boosey and Hawkes

Nelson. Stringsongs Hilton Come, Follow Boosey and Hawkes

Norton. Microjazz for Starters

New Toy Boosey and Hawkes

Lionel Salter. Starters for Viola Handel Menuett from Musick for the Royal Fireworks Schumann Of Strange Lands and Peoples, Op.15 no.1 Salter A legend Associated Board

Scott. Play It Again for Viola Anon. English When a Knight won his Spurs Traditional What shall we do with the drunken sailor ? Faber

Wilkinson and Bass. Viva Viola

No.1 At Anchor No.2 Turtle Retreat No.8 The Underworld of Worms and Other Crawlies No.9 Jenny's Reel Faber

Wilkinson and Hart. First Repertoire for Viola, Book 1 No.1 Beethoven Hymn to Joy, from Symphony No.9 No.5 J.S.Bach Chorale from St.John Passion No.6 Marz Serenade No.8 Kabalevsky Waltz No.12 Bakhanova March No.14 Humperdinck Gretel's Song from Hansel and Gretel



No.16 Bruckner Evening Hymn No.18 Anon. Polish Grandfather's Polka No.23 Anon. Hungarian Lament Faber

Woof . 50 Elementary Studies, trans. Banwell

No.28 Associated Board

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GRADE TWO Associated Board. New Pieces for Viola Book 1 Kenneth Jones Riding at Anchor Associated Board

Andre Ameller. Mon premier concert

No.3 Danse (unaccompanied) Editions Combre / UMP

Arnold. The Young Violist Vol.1 Mozart. Andante Viola World / Bosworth

Barrell. A Pageant of Pieces

No.4 Final Dance Stainer and Bell

Richard Rodney Bennett. Up Bow, Down Bow

No.3 Romance (to be played in the first position) Novello

Richard Rodney Bennett. Up Bow, Down Bow for Viola, Book 2

No.4 Fives Novello / Music Sales

Brodsky. Old Music for Viola Haydn Allemande Edition Musica / Boosey and Hawkes



Mary Cohen. Superstudies Book 2

No.1 Overture and Beginners... No.2 Saturday Night Stomp No.9 Overnight Mail Express No.10 The Whirly-Bird and the Hen Faber

K. and H. Colledge. Fast Forward

Drifting The Ceilidh Boosey and Hawkes

Margery Dawe. Travel Tunes for Viola

No.5 Russia-Gopak Cramer / Belwin Mills

Dodd. Schott Viola Album No.1 Purcell Rondeau from The Fairy Queen No.2 Handel Gavotte from Harpsichord Suite no.14 No.6 Mozart Larghetto from Piano Concerto K.491 Schott

Forbes. First Year Classical Album No.5 Schumann Melody, Op.68, No.1 No.13 Beethoven Ecossaise OUP

Forbes. A Second Year Classical Album No.1 Beethoven Sonatina No.10 Gossec Gavotte (from 'Rosine') OUP

Forbes. Tunes and Dances No.6 Brahms Cradle Song from Op.91, No.2 OUP

Kenneth Gange. First Concert for Viola

No.13 Bourree Piper Publications

Kuechler. Concertino in G, Op.13, 2nd mvt Andante Bosworth Joan Lovell. Forty Four Easy Tunes

No.44 Spinning Song OUP

Neil Mackay. A Modern Viola Method

No.45 March of the Monitors



No.63 Fantasie OUP

Murray and Brown. Tunes for my Viola

No.5 Pastoral Romance No.9 Minuet Boosey and Hawkes

Murray and Tate. The New Viola Books, Book 1

No.7 To and fro. No.11 Rustic Dance OUP

Murray and Tate. The New Viola Books Book II

No.1 Hornpipe OUP

Herbert Murrill. 4 French Nursery Songs

No.2 Bateau sur l'eau Chester / Music Sales

Sheila Nelson. Piece by Piece 1 No. 23 Nelson Whirlpool Waltz Boosey and Hawkes

Sheila Nelson. Piece by Piece 2 Beethoven. Bagatelle Boosey and Hawkes

Sheila Nelson. Technitunes for Viola

German Dance (upper part) Boosey and Hawkes

Norton. Microjazz for Starters

Snooker Table Boosey and Hawkes

Radmall. Graded Viola Pieces Vol.1, Chester String Series Traditional The King's Morisco C.P.E.Bach. Three Little Pieces : No.3 Allegretto Chester

Alan Ridout. Seascapes

No.4 The tide turns Associated Board

Rood. Old Dances for Young Violas No.2 L.Couperin Canaries No.6 Purcell Slow Air



McGinnis and Marx / Baerenreiter

Michael Rose. A Sketchbook for Viola

Minuet Hornpipe Associated Board

Lionel Salter. Starters for Viola J.S.Bach We have a New Master, from Peasant Cantata F.Couperin Gavotte, from Les Nations, 1er Ordre, La Francoise Salter Chatterbox Tchaikovsky Old French Song, Op.39, no.16 Associated Board

Yvette Volepy. Premier Voyage, pour l'alto, Vol.2

No.20 in C minor Tchecoslovaquie Lemoine / UMP

Widdicombe. 40 Folk Tunes for the Viola No. 34 Welsh Folk Tune. The King's delight Curwen / Faber


Lazy beat On the River Romans on the march Show Jumper The Steam Train Faber

Wilkinson and Hart. First Repertoire for Viola Book 1 No.10 Anon. Hebrew Hatikvah No.21 Zanetti La Mantovana No.24 Humperdinck Clapping Dance from Hansel and Gretel No.25 Mozart Papageno's Song from The Magic Flute No.26 Rameau Rigaudon Faber

Wilkinson and Hart. First Repertoire for Viola Book 2 No.2 Felipe Bajo Habanera No.3 Anon English c.1650 Almand No.4 Schubert Waltz No.6 Rodgers Oh What a Beautiful Morning ! No.7 Purcell Sailors' Dance from Dido and Aeneas No.11 Dandrieu Les bergers rustiques No.12 Mozart Allegretto from Clarinet Quintet K.581 No.18 Weber Waltz Faber




GRADE THREE Associated Board. New Pieces for Viola, Book 1 Kenneth Jones Full Steam Ahead, or Bourree Associated Board

Arnold. Basic Bach for the Young Violist No.4 March in G Viola World / Bosworth

Arnold. The Young Violist, Vol.1 Burgmueller Ballade Chopin Cantilena Viola World / Bosworth

Arnold. The Young Violist, Vol.2 Beethoven Sonatina Viola World / Bosworth

Philip Bass. Viola Walkways

No.2 London Walkways No.3 Oxford Walkways Piper Publications

Richard Rodney Bennett. Up Bow, Down Bow, Book 2

No.1 A Country Walk Novello

Mary Cohen. Superstudies for Viola, Book 2

No.7 The Snake Charmer's Lament No.8 Fivepenny Waltz Faber

Mary Cohen. Technique Takes Off

No.6 Village Bagpiper Faber

Stephen Dodgson. 7 Miniatures

No.4 For Dancing



Associated Board

Dodd. Schott Viola Album Haydn Allegretto, from Symphony No.100 Telemann Passepied from 'Wedding Divertissement' Tchaikovsky Rococo Theme Schott

Elgar. Six Easy Pieces, Op.22

No.5 Allegretto Bosworth

Howard Ferguson. Four Short Pieces

No.2 Scherzo Boosey and Hawkes

Forbes. A First Year Classical Album for Viola Players No.12 Handel Chaconne OUP

Forbes. A Second Year Classical Album for Viola Players No.4 Schubert Serenade 'An den Mond' OUP

Forbes. Popular Pieces for Viola No.1(a) Beethoven Song of Farewell, Op.52,no.5 OUP

Forbes. Tunes and Dances No.7 Mozart Menuetto and Trio No.9 Purcell Two Dances, from 'The Rival Sisters' OUP

Harrison. Amazing Solos for Viola Mozart Allegro Boosey and Hawkes

Edward Huws Jones. Got those Position Blues ? for Viola

No.4 Miles Away Faber

Jones. Three Pieces for Viola

Allegro energico e sempre forte Andante cantabile Schott

Klengel. Classical Pieces, Vol.1 No.4 J.S.Bach Gavotte from French Suite no.5 Peters



Neil Mackay. Easy Position Tunes for the Viola

A Lakeside View Bugle Parade Kathleen's Wedding The Spinning Wheel OUP

May. Easy Original Movements for Viola No. 9 Marais Menuett Schott


No.5 Pastorale OUP

Herbert Murrill. Four French Nursery Songs

No.1 Les Marionettes Chester

Sheila Nelson. Piece by Piece 2 Nelson Fiddlesticks Tchaikovsky March, from the 'Nutcracker Suite' Boosey and Hawkes

Sheila Nelson. Technitunes for Viola

Dragonfly Waltz in C (upper part) Boosey and Hawkes

Christopher Norton. Microjazz for Viola

No.12 Rough Justice Boosey and Hawkes

Radmall. The Chester String Series, Viola Vol.1 No.1 Traditional Chanson Favori d'Henri IV No.6/1 Mozart German Dance No.1 No.8 Mozart Minuet and Trio Chester / Music Sales

Radmall. The Chesterian String Series, Book 2 Pergolesi Arietta Chester

Alan Ridout. Seascapes

No.2 A sea breeze Associated Board

Rieding. Concerto, Op.35, 2nd.mvt. Andante Bosworth



Roger Roche. Marcietta Philippo and Combre / UMP

Rood. Old Dances for Young Violas No.12 Campra Air a danser No.13 Telemann Adagio McGinnis and Marx / Baerenreiter

Rose. A Sketchbook for Viola

Ragtime Associated Board


Ballooning Show-jumper The Hobby-Horse Faber

Wilkinson and Hart. First Repertoire for Viola, Book 2 No.8 Brahms Waltz No.14 Haydn German Dance No.15 Spiritual Somebody's Knocking at Your Door No.16 Steibelt Romanze No.19 Grieg Kuhreigen Faber

Wilkinson and Hart. First Repertoire for Viola, Book 3 No.1 Goedicke Prelude No.2 Diabelli Siciliano No.3 Morley It was a Lover and his Lass No.6 Telemann Gavotte (from Ouverture in C) No.8 C.P.E.Bach March No.10 Boyce Bouree No.11 Joseph Gearen Big Foot Lou No.12 Sagreras Mazurka No.13 Mozart March (from 'The Magic Flute') No.15 Anon. Spiritual Were you there ? No.18 Humperdinck Evening Prayer (from 'Hansel and Gretel') Faber

Woof . 50 Elementary Studies for Viola

No.16 in E flat Associated Board

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GRADE FOUR Associated Board. New Pieces for Viola, Book 2 Kenneth Jones Song of Delight Sebastian Forbes Rondo Timothy Baxter Alla Greco Associated Board

Arnold. Basic Bach for the Young Violist J.S.Bach Bourree, from Cello Suite no.3 Viola World / Bosworth

Arnold. Beethoven's Best for the Young Violist No.8 Landler, from 12 German Dances Viola World / Bosworth

Bohm. Perpetual Motion, arr. Isaac Carl Fischer Carse. Viola School of Progressive Studies Book 3

No.4 Allegro moderato Stainer

Mary Cohen. Superstudies for Viola Book 2

No.11 Magic Carpet Ride Faber

Corelli. Adagio, from Op.5,no.5, arr.Davis International / Kalmus Corelli. 2 Sonatas, arr. Martos and Nagy

Sonata in G minor Op.5,no.7 : 1st movt. Preludio Edition Musica / Boosey ad Hawkes

Jean-Michel Damase. Ostinato Billandot / UMP Margery Dawe. The Lonely Vale Cramer Stephen Dodgson. 7 Miniatures

No.2 Humoresque Associated Board



Doktor. Solos for the Viola Player No.7 Dittersdorf German Dance No.8 Mehul Romance No.13 Anon. Spiritual 'I'm just a-goin' over Jordan' No.16 Traditional Boston Fancy Schirmer / Novello/ Music Sales

Flackton. Sonata No.4 in C minor, Op.2, no.8 : 3rd movt, Siciliana Schott

Forbes. Baroque Pieces for Viola No.2 D.Scarlatti Sonata, Kp.34 OUP

Forbes. Chester Music for Viola Rebikoff Dance Chester

Forbes. A Second Year Classical Album No.5 Mozart Larghetto OUP

Forbes. Tunes and Dances No.8 Rebikov Mazurka OUP

Handel. Sonata in C, 3rd and 4th mvts, Adagio and Allegro CPP / Belwin

Harrison. Amazing Solos for Viola Jacques Aubert Tambourin II Bernstein Maria (from West Side Story) Bizet Seguidilla, from 'Carmen' Boosey and Hawkes

Angela Hewitt-Jones. Ragtime, Serenade and Rumba

No.3 Rumba Musicland /Music Exchange

Bertoldt Hummel. Little Suite, Op.19c : 2nd movt. Andante sostenuto Simrock / Schauer Jenkinson. Elfentanz, arr. Arnold Viola World / Bosworth

Klengel. Classical Pieces, Vol.1 No.8 Locatelli Aria, from Op.6,no.9 Peters

Klengel Classical Pieces for Viola, Vol.3



No.9 Schubert 4 Waltzes (from Op.33) Peters

Neil Mackay. Easy Position Tunes for the Viola

Fantasie High Tune, and Ian Findlay's Reel OUP

Marais. Five Old French Dances

No.5 Le Basque Chester


No.1 Bourrees I and II OUP

Herbert Murrill. Four French Nursery Songs

No.4 Bateau, Batelier Chester

Sheila Nelson. Keytunes for Viola I Grieg Watchman's Song Stanley Siciliana Traditional A Pair of Hornpipes Boosey and Hawkes

Palaschko. Old Masters for Young Players Beethoven Libeslied Schott

Radmall. The Chester String Series, Viola Book 2 Eccles Minuet and Jigg Farnaby Bonny Sweet Robin Farnaby Nobodye's Gigge Chester / Music Sales

Reinecke. 3 Phantasiestucke

No.1 Romanze Amadeus / Schott

Roger Roche. Chant Pastoral Editions Combre / UMP Roche/Doury. Sous le Chapiteau

No.1 Entree Editions Combre / UMP

Michael Rose. A Sketchbook for Viola

Ragtime Associated Board



Lionel Salter. Starters for Viola Handel Gavotte, from Op.5,no.3 attrib.L.Mozart Passepied W.A.Mozart Menuet and Trio, K61b/1 Telemann Bourree (from 'Wedding Divertissement') Associated Board

Telemann. Suite in D, arr. Bergmann and Forbes : La Trompette, or Gigue Schott Telemann. Sonata in D, arr. Leerink, 1st mvt. Broekmans R.Valentine. Sonata no.9 in A minor, arr. Dinn : 3rd and 4th mvts, Adagio and Giga Schott Wilkinson and Bass. Viva Viola

No.18 Mazurka Faber

Wilkinson and Hart. First Repertoire for Viola, Book 2 No.17 Schumann Allegro, from 'Kinder Sonate' Faber

Wilkinson and Hart. First Repertoire for Viola, Book 3 No.7 Saint-Saens L'Elephant No.16 Anon. English Sailor's Hornpipe No.17 Prokofiev March, from 'Musiques d'Enfants' Faber

Wohlfarht. 60 Studies for Viola Vol.1 Op.45, ed. Vieland

No.25 Allegro IMC


GRADE FIVE Associated Board. New Pieces for Viola, Book 2 Stephen Dodgson Outwardly Serene



Stephen Dodgson Study (unaccompanied) Sebastian Forbes Capriccio Asociated Board Philip Bass. 4 Lyric Movements

No.2 Forlane Piper Publications

Philip Bass. Themes and Dances for Viola

Oberek Musicland / Music Exchange

Bridge. 4 Pieces

No.2 Serenade Faber

Buonporti. 2 Inventions, arr. Martos and Nagy

Invention in B flat, Op.10,no.3 : 2nd movt. Aria Kunzelmann / Schott

Carse. Viola School of Progressive Studies Book 3

No.9 No.13 Stainer

Classens. L'Alto Classique Vol.C No.2 Rimsky-Korsakov Chanson Indou No.12 I.Albeniz Tango Editions Combre / UMP

Cohen. Technique Takes Off !

No.4 Swirling Arabesques No.5 Carriage Parade Faber

Corelli. Sarabanda, Giga and Badinerie

Badinerie Viola World / Bosworth

Corelli. Two Sonatas, arr. Martos and Nagy

Sonata Op.5, no.8 : Preludio and Allemande Editio-Musica Budapest

Doktor. Solos for the viola player Beethoven March Shirmer

Stephen Dodgson. 7 Miniatures

No.5 In the Phrygian Mode




Associated Board

Eccles. Sonata in G minor, arr. Klengel : 3rd movt. Adagio, or 4th movt. Allegro vivace Peters Elgar. Sospiri, Op.70 Breitkopf and Haertel Faure. Romance sans Paroles, Op.17, no.3, arr. Neuberth Hamelle / UMP Faure. 2 Songs, arr. Hind-O'Malley

Au fond de l'eau, or Aurore SJ Music

Howard Ferguson. 4 Short Pieces

No.2 Scherzo No.3 Pastoral Boosey and Hawkes

Finger. 2 Sonatas

Sonata No.3 in A : 2nd movt. Allegro Fentone

Flackton. Sonata in C minor, 3rd and 4th mvts, Siciliano and Minuetto Schott

Forbes. Chester Music for Viola Tchaikovsky Barcarolle Tchaikovsky Chanson Triste, Op.40, no.2 Chester / Music Sales

Forbes. A Book of Classical Pieces, Book 1 No.5 Mendelssohn Song without Words OUP

Forbes. A Second Book of Classical Pieces No.5 Brahms Choral Prelude, Op.122, No.8 OUP

Forbes. Classical and Romantic Pieces for Viola No.7 Purcell Hornpipe and Jig from 'King Arthur' No.9/1 Grieg Elegiac Melody 'Heart's Sorrows', Op.34, no.1 OUP

Forbes. Popular Pieces for Viola No.2 Faure Berceuse, Op.56, No.1 OUP

Forbes. Transcriptions for Viola and Piano No.6



Purcell Sonata in G minor : 2nd and 3rd movts, or 3rd and 4th movts. OUP Gluck. Melody from 'Orfeo', arr. Arnold Viola World / Bosworth Handel. Concerto in B flat, arr. Arnold : 1st movt. Andante Viola World / Bosworth Handel. Selected Handel Pieces, Arr. Borowski

No.2 Gavotte, from 'Ottone' Bosworth

Handel. Sonata in G minor, Op.1, no.6 trans. Pilkington : 4th movt. Allegro Stainer and Bell Bertholdt Hummel. Little Suite Op.19c : 1st Movt. Allegro Simrock / Schauer Huws Jones. Got Those Position Blues ?

No.9 Adrienne Faber

Claude-Henry Joubert. Sonate Facile for unaccompanied Viola : 2nd and 3rd movts. Vif and Lent Robert Martin UMP Kinsey. Elementary Progressive Studies for Viola, set 3, trans. Banwell

No.5 in D No.24 in C Associated Board

Klengel. Classical Pieces for Viola, Vol.2 No.5 Leclair Aria No.8 Vivaldi Giga, from Op.2, no.2 Peters

Kreuz. Select Studies Book III No.5 Fiorillo No.9 Corelli Augener / Stainer and Bell

Lanning. The Classic Experience for Viola Mozart Turkish rondo Cramer

Mozart. Sonatina in C (from K.Anh.229) arr. Piatigorsky : 1st movt. Allegro (Brillante) Ethan-Vogel/ UMP Herbert Murrill. Four French Nursery Songs

Dansez belles mains



Chester

Nelson. Keytunes Viola I Schubert Ballet Music from 'Rosamunde' Boosey and Hawkes

Norton. Microjazz for Viola

No.8 Song of the Isles No.13 A Touch of Spain Boosey and Hawkes

Pepusch. Sonata in D minor, arr. Dinn : 2nd movt. Allegro Schott

Radmall. The Chester String Series, Viola Book 2 No.8 Furcell Dance Chester / Music Sales

Ravel. Pavane pour une Infante Defunte, arr. Drouet Eschig / UMP Roche/Doury. Sous le Chapiteau

No.3 Les Chevaux Editions Combre / UMP

Telemann. Sonata in B flat, from 'Der getreue Music Meister' : 3rd and 4th movts, Largo and Vivace Schott Telemann. Sonata in D, 3rd and 4th mvts. IMC Valentine. Sonata in A minor, 1st. and 2nd. mvts., Adagio and Allegro Schott Vaughan Williams. Fantasia on Greensleeves, arr. Forbes OUP Vivaldi. Sonata in C, arr. Dinn : 4th movt. Allegro, or 5th movt. Giga Schott Zucchi. 3 Serenades, trans. Arlin

Serenade in C, Op.3, No.1 : 1st movt. Adagio International - Kalmus / MDS

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GRADE SIX I. Albeniz. Bolero 'Puerta de Tierni' (from 'Recuerdos de Viaje' Op.71), trans. Amaz (omitting 8va

indications) UME / Music Sales

Bach. 6 Cello Suites trans. Forbes

No.1 in G : Courante, or Minuets I and II, or Gigue No.4 in E flat : Bourree 1 Chester / Music Sales

Bartok. An Evening at the Village Editio-Musica Budapest Philip Bass. Themes and Dances for Viola

Exmoor Ballad Musicland / Music Exchange

Beethoven. Rondo (WoO 41) arr. Forbes Schott / MDS Bridge. Four Pieces for Viola

Elegie Faber


Invention in F minor, Op.10, no.6 : 4th movt. Fantasia Kunzelmann - Schott / MDS

Carse. Viola School of Progressive Studies Book 3

No.12 Moderato Stainer

Mary Cohen. Technique Takes Off

No.9 The Bees' Knees ! No.10 Sarabande with Variations Faber

Doktor. Solos for the Viola Player No.2 JS Bach Choral prelude No.5 d'Hervelois Tambourin No.6 Mozart Andante (from K424) No.10 Schubert Adagio from 'Arpeggione' Sonata Shirmer / Music Sales


Dvorak. Sonatina in G, Op.100, arr. Hallmann : 1st or 2nd movt. Peters Faure. Lamento, arr. Katims International Faure. Sicilienne, Op.78 Peters Howard Ferguson. 5 Irish Folk Tunes, arr. Forbes

No.1 A caione Associated Board

Fiocco. Allegro, trans. Arnold Viola World / Bosworth Flackton

Sonata in C, Op.2,no.4 : 2nd movt. Allegro Sonata in G, Op.2,no.6 : 2nd movt. Allegro Schott / MDS

Forbes. Chester Music for Viola Mendelssohn Song without Words Op.19, no.1 Chester / Music Sales

Forbes. A Book of Classical Pieces, Book 1 Bach Sinfonia OUP

Forbes. Classical and Romantic Pieces for Viola Dvorak Sonatina in G, Op.100, 2nd movt, Larghetto Grieg Elegiac Melody 'Last Spring', Op.34,No.2 Mendelssohn Song without Words, from Capriccio Op.81 Schubert Ballet Music from 'Rosamunde' Tchaikovksy Reverie OUP

Forbes. Popular Pieces No.5 Tchaikovksy Humoresque Op.10, no.2 OUP

Genzmer. Sonatine, 2nd. movt. Peters Giordani. Sonata in B, 1st movt Schott Glazunov. Serenade Espagnole, Op.20, no.2, arr. Ginot Jobert / UMP



Granados. Dansa Espanola, No.2 'Orientale' or No.5 'Andaluza', arr. Amaz UME / UMP Grazioli. Sonata in F, trans. Marchet : 1st. movt. Allegro moderato Stainer and Bell / Augener Handel. Sonata, Op.1, no.6 : 1st and 2nd movts Stainer and Bell Handel. Sonata in C, trans. Jensen : 2nd. movt. Allegro International - Kalmus / MDS Haydn. Divertimento in D, arr. Piatigorsky : 1st movt. Adagio Elkan - Vogel / UMP Bertholdt Hummel. Little Suite, Op.19c : 3rd movt. Presto Simrock / Schauer Kalliwoda. Six Nocturnes, Op.186 : No.1 Peters Kinsey. Elementary Progressive Studies for Viola Set 3, trans. Banwell

No.15 in E minor Associated Board

Klengel. Klassische Stucke vol.2 No.3 Mozart Andante Peters

Orchestral Excerpts for Viola Vol.5, p.12 Kodaly Hary Janos Suite IMC

Kreuz. Select Studies for the Viola, Book 2 Campagnolli No.6 in E flat Stainer and Bell

Kreuz. Select Studies Book IV No.13 Mazas Study in G, No.15 Mazas Study in G (up to the pause bar only) Augener / Stainer and Bell

Liszt. Romance Oubliee Edition-Musica Budapest Marais. Five Old French Dances

No.2 La Provencale Chester

Marcello. Sonata in E minor : 2nd movt. Allegro



Stainer and Bell

Mazas. 30 special Studies Op.36 Book 1

No.6 Allegro non troppo No.10 Allegro non troppo Schirmer

Radmall. The Chester String Series for Viola, Vol.2 No. 10/2 Viotti Serenade Movement no.2, Allegretto piu tosto vivo Chester / Music Sales

Roger Roche. Vacances Philippo and Combre / UMP Roche/Doury. Sous le Chapiteau

No.2 Le Funambule Editions Combre / UMP

Schumann. 4 Marchenbilder (Fairy Tales) Op.113

No.4 Langsam, mit melancholischen Ausdruck Peters

Schumann. 3 Romances, Op.94, arr. for Viola

No.1 in A minor Stainer and Bell

Senaille. Sonata in G minor, Op.5, no.9 : 2nd movt. Allegro Stainer and Bell Sitt. Album Leaves, op.39 Peters Hans Sitt. 26 Studies from Op.32

No.14 in E flat Kunzelmann - Schott/ MDS

Tchaikovksy. Nocturne, Op.19 no.4, arr. Borissovsky IMC Telemann. Concerto in G major, ed. Wolf : 2nd movt. Allegro Baerenreiter Telemann. Sonata in A minor : 2nd movt. Allegro Schott / MDS Vaughan Williams. Suite for Viola, Group I, no.3 OUP Vivaldi. Concerto in G minor, RV 417, arr. Martos and Nagy : 1st movt. Allegro

or 3rd movt. Allegro




Edition Musica / Boosey and Hawkes

Vivaldi. 6 Sonatas, trans. Primrose

No.1 in B flat : 1st and 2nd movts. No.2 in F : 1st and 2nd movts No.3 in A minor : 4th movt. Allegro (non troppo) International - Kalmus / MDS

J.F.Wilson. Seguidillas (double stops optional) Arcadia / Kalmus / William Elkin Franz Wohlfahrt. 60 Studies, op.45

no.44 in D minor Peters


GRADE SEVEN I.Albeniz. Barcarola 'Mallorca', arr. Amaz UME / music Sales Arne. Sonata in B flat, arr. Craxton OUP attrib. J.C.Bach. Concerto in C minor, arr. Casadesus, viola version : 1st movt. Allegro molto ma maestoso,

or 2nd movt. Salabert / UMP

Bach. Cello Suites, trans. Forbes

No.2 in D minor : 1st movt. Prelude No.3 in C, BWV 1009 : 5th and 6th movts. Bourree I and II Chester / Music Sales

Bach. 3 Viola da Gamba Sonatas, arr. Forbes

No.1 in G, BWV 1027 : 3rd and 4th movts. Andante and Allegro moderato No. 2 in D, BWV 1028 : 1st and 2nd movts. Adagio and Allegro Peters

Philip Bass. Themes and Dances for Viola

Swing Caprice



Musicland / Music Exchange

Conrad Beck. Sonatine for Viola : 3rd Movt Vivace Schott / MDS Bloch. Meditation and Processional

Processional Shirmer / Music Sales

Boccherini. Sonata in C minor, 1st movt. Schott Brahms. 2 Hungarian Dances, arr. Forbes

No.1 : Dance no.3 Peters

Brahms. Ungarische Tanze, ed. Forbes

No.2 in D minor Hinrichsen

Brahms. Sonata movement, Scherzo, arr. Forbes Stainer and Bell Bridge. 2 Pieces for Viola

Pensiero Stainer and Bell


Invenzione Terza, Op,10, no.3 Kunzelmann / Peters

Campagnoli. 41 Caprices for solo Viola, Op.22

No.3 in A, Allegro moderato Peters

Carter. Elegy Peer International / Elkin Dvorak. Sonatina in G, op.100, arr. Hallmann : 4th movt. Finale : Allegro Peters Faure. Elegy. Op.44 IMC Faure. Pavane, Op.50, arr. Busser for viola Hamelle / UMP Flackton. Sonata no.4 in C minor, Op.2,no.8 : 1st and 2nd movts, Adagio and Allegro moderato Schott / MDS



Flackton. Sonata in C major, arr. Bergmann : 1st and 2nd movts. Schott

Forbes. Baroques Pieces for Viola No.1 Purcell Chacony in G minor, Z.730 OUP

Forbes. Popular Pieces for Viola No.4 Schumann Slumber Song, Op.124, no.2 No.6 Mussorgsky Gopak OUP

Glazunov. Elegy, Op.44 Belaieff Glinka. Sonata in D minor, 1st movt Musica Rara Willy Hess. Sonata in Old Style, Op.135 : 2nd movt. Theme, Variation 2 (Etude) and Finale (Allegro) Amadeus - Schoot / MDS

Orchestral Excerpts vol.5 for Viola Hindemith. Allegro from Symphonic Metamorphosis IMC

Hindemith. Nobilissima Visione

Meditation Schott / MDS

Hindemith. Trauermusik Schott Hofman. Melodic Double-Stop Studies Op.96

No.21 Allegretto Viola World / Bosworth

Hoffmeister. Concerto in D, 2nd movt. Grahl / Peters Hoffmeister. Studies for Viola

No.31 in F sharp Peters

Ibert. Aria, trans. Neuberth Leduc / UMP Kayser. 36 Elementary and Progressive Studies for Viola, Op.20

No.17 in E flat Schirmer


Kreisler. Sicilienne and Rigaudon, arr. Arnold

Rigaudon Viola World / Bosworth

Kreuz. Select Studies Book III No.15 Campagnoli Maestoso Augener / Stainer and Bell

Massenet. Meditation, from 'Thais', trans. Arnold Viola World / Bosworth Mazas. 30 Etudes Speciales, Op.36 : Book 1

No.18 in A. Romance No.19 Finger exercise Allegro moderato No.24 Allegretto graioso Schirmer / International - Kalmus / MDS

Milhaud. Quatre Visages

No.1 The Californian UMP

Joaquin Nin. Chants d'Espagne, arr. Dalton

No.2 Granadina Eschig / UMP

Pleyel. Concerto in E flat, 3rd movt Grahl / Peters Putz. Blues for Benny : bars 1-39 : Free, not too fast Schott Rachmaninov. Vocalise, Op.34, no.14, arr. Davis International - Kalmus / MDS Ravel. Piece en forme de Habanera, arr. Neuberth Leduc / UMP Reinecke. 3 Phantasiestucke, Op.43

No.3 Jahrmarkt-Szene Amadeus -Schott /MDS

Rivier. Concertino, 1st movt. Salabert / UMP Roche/Doury. Sous le Chapiteau

No.5 Les Clowns Editions Combre / UMP

Rubinstein. Sonata, Op.49, 2nd movt. Amadeus



Schubert. Sonata Movement from String Trio in D flat, D.471, arr. Forbes Stainer and Bell Schumann. Adagio and Allegro, Op.70

Adagio - Langsam, mit inningem Ausdruck IMC

Schumann. Marchenbilder, Op.113

No.1 Peters

Schumann. Three Romances, Op.94, no.2 Kalmus Senaille. Sonata No.9, Op.5 : 3rd and 4th movts. Kalmus / Belwin Mills Sitt. Romance, Op.72 Schott Hans Sitt. 26 Studies from Op.32

no.20 in E flat Kunzelmann - Schott / MDS

A.Stamitz. Concerto in B flat, 3rd movt Schott Steptoe. Three Pieces, nos. 2 and 3 Stainer and Bell

Szeredi. Music for Viola Vol.1 Telemann. Sonata in E minor : 1st and 2nd movts. Cantabile and Allegro Edition Musica / Boosey and Hawkes

A.S.Taneyev. Albumleaf, Op.33 International - Kalmus / MDS Tchaikovsky. Canzonetta from Violin Concerto, Op.35, arr. Arnold Viola World / Bosworth Telemann. Viola Concerto in G : 3rd and 4th movts, Andante and Presto Baerenreiter Eduardo Toldra. Oracio al Maig, arr. Amaz UME / UMP Vaughan Williams. Suite for Viola, Group 1 : No.1 and No.2 (Carol) OUP Vaughan Williams. Suite for Viola, Group 2




No. 1 Ballad (ossia at bars 41 and 103 to be played) OUP

Vinci. Sonata in D, trans, Davis : 1st and 2nd movts, Adagio and Allegro International - Kalmus / MDS Vivaldi. 6 Sonatas, trans. Prinrose

No.4 in B flat : 2nd and 3rd movts, Allegro and Largo No.6 in B flat : 1st and 2nd movts, Largo and Allegro International - Kalmus / MDS

Wieniawski . Reverie International - Kalmus / MDS


GRADE EIGHT C.P.E.Bach. Sonata in G minor, Wq88 : 1st movt. Allegro moderato Schott / MDS Bach. 6 Cello Suites, trans. Forbes

No.2 in D minor, BWV 1008 : Allemande and Courante, or Sarabande and Gigue No.3 in C, BWV 1009 : 1st movt. Prelude, or 2nd and 3rd movts. Allemande and Courante Chester / Music Sales

Bach. 3 Viola da Gamba Sonatas, arr. Forbes

No.3 in G minor, BWV 1029 : 1st movt. Vivace, or 2nd and 3rd movts. Adagio and Allegro Peters

Beethoven. Notturno, Op.42, arr. Primrose : 1st and 5th movts. Schott Beethoven. 2 Romances, arr. Hermann

Romance in G, Op.40 Peters

Beethoven. 7 Variations on Mozart's 'Bei Mannern', Wo0 46 Peters L.Berkeley. Sonata in D minor for Viola : 3rd movt. Allegro



Chester / Music Sales

Howard Blake. Prelude for solo Viola Faber Bloch. Suite Hebraique : 2nd movt. Processional Schirmer / Novello Bloch. Meditation and Processional

Meditation Schirmer / Music Sales

Boccherini. Sonata no.3 in G (arr. for viola) : 1st and 2nd movts. Largo and Allegro alla militare International - Kalmus / MDS Brahms. Sonata in F minor, Op.120, no.1 : 2nd movt. Andante un poco adagio, or 3rd movt. Allegretto

grazioso, or 4th movt. Vivace Wiener Urtext - Kalmus / MDS

Bridge. Two Pieces for Viola and Piano : Allegro appassionata Stainer and Bell Bridge. There is a willow grows aslant a brook, arr. Britten Thames Publishing / William Elkin Britten. Elegy. Faber Bruch. Romance, Op.85 Schott / MDS Brunetti. Sonata in D : 3rd movt. Rondeau : Allegretto Amadeus - Schott / MDS Cambini. Viola Concerto in D : 1st movt. Allegro Amadeus - Schott / MDS Campagnoli. 41 Caprices Op.22

No.1 Largo No.12 Allegro assai No.17 (omitting Variation 4) Peters

Chausson. Piece, Op.39 Salabert / UMP Delius. Sonata No.2 arr. Tertis : from the beginning to bar 192 (pause preceding Molto vivace) Boosey and Hawkes Delius. Sonata no.3, trans. Tertis : 2nd movt. Andante scherzando



Boosey and Hawkes

Faure. Elegy, Op.24, trans. Katims International - Kalmus / MDS Flackton. Sonata in C Minor : 1st and 2nd movts Legnick Francoeur. Sonata in A, trans. Arnold : 1st and 2nd movts. Adagio and Allemande Viola World / Bosworth Franck. Sonata in A, arr. Vieland and Casadesus, 4th movt. IMC Harald Genzmer. Sonatine : 1st and 2nd movts. Allegro and Andante Peters Glinka. Viola Sonata in D minor : 2nd movt. Larghetto ma non troppo Musica Rara - Kalmus / MDS Handel. Sonata in G minor, arr. Dart : 1st and 2nd movts Schott Hindemith. Sonate, Op.11 no.4

1st movt Fantasie Schott

Honegger. Sonata for Viola : 1st movt. Andante-Vivace Eschig / UMP Hummel. Sonata in E flat, Op.5, no.3 : 2nd and 3rd movts. Adagio cantabile and Rondo con moto Peters Jacob. Air and Dance

OUP Jentsch. Three Studies : Praeludium Sikorski / Elkin Kodaly. Adagio Editio-Musica Budapest

Kreuz. Select Studies Book III No.10 Fiorillo Allegro Augener / Stainer and Bell

Kreuz. Viola Sonata in A minor, Op.13, no.6 : 2nd movt. Andante con moto e grazioso Amadeus - Schott / MDS Kreutzer. 42 Studies



No.8 in A major Allegro non troppo No.14 in D major Allegro non troppo Schirmer

Locatelli. Sonata in G minor, ed. David and Hermann : 1st and 2nd movts. Largo and Allemande International - Kalmus Elizabeth Maconchy. 5 Sketches for solo Viola : any two Chester / Music Sales Marais. Fantasie, arr. Boulay Leduc / UMP Mendelssohn. Sonata in C minor : 1st movt. Adagio-allegro, or 3rd movt. Andante con variazioni DVFM / Breitkopf and Haertel Milhaud. Quatre Visages

No.2 The Wisconsonian No.4 La Parisienne Heugel / UMP

Milhaud. Sonata no.2 : 1st movt, or 2nd movt. Heugel / UMP Aaron Minsky. 3 American Pieces for unaccompanied Viola, trans. Dalton : any one piece OUP Mozart. Serenata Cantabile (from K.285), trans. Arnold (with cadenza) Viola World / Bosworth Nardini. Sonata in F minor : 1st movt. Allegro moderato International / Kalmus

Orchestral Extracts Vol.2 for Viola, pp.42-43 Prokofieff Allegro and Molto vivace, from Classical Symphony IMC

Eduard Putz. Blues for Benni Schott / MDS Priaulx Rainier. Sonata : 1st. movt. Allegro Ricercare Schott Rawsthorne. Sonata for Viola : 2nd movt. Scherzo OUP Reger. 3 Suites for Viola, Op.131d

Suite No.1 in G minor : 1st or 4th movt. Molto sostenuto or Molto vivace Peters



Jean Rivier. Concertino : 1st and 2nd movts. Allegretto rustico and Adagio molto cantando Salabert / UMP Roche/Doury. Sous le Chapiteau

No.6 Les Trapizistes Editions Combre / UMP

Rust. Sonata in F : 1st movt. Allegro International - Kalmus / MDS J. Schmidt. Viola Concerto in C : 1st movt. Allegro moderato Amadeus - Schott / MDS Schubert. Sonatina in D, Op.137, no.1, arr. Ritter : 1st and 2nd movts. Allegro molto and Andante International Schumann. Adagio and Allegro, Op.70 Peters Schumann. Maerchenbilder, Op.113 : 1st and 2nd movts. Peters Senaille. Sonata No.9/ Op.5 : 1st and 2nd movts Kalmus / Belwin Mills A. Stamitz. Viola Concerto in B flat. : 1st movt. Allegro Schott / MDS K.Stamitz. Concerto in D, Op.1 : 1st movt (with or without cadenza), or 3rd movt. Rondo Peters Svendsen. Romance, Op.26, arr. Dessauer Hanson / Chester Tchaikovsky. Melodie, Op.42, No.3, trans. Arnold Vila World / Bosworth Tchaikovsky. Nocturne, Op.19 no.4, trans Borissovsky IMC Telemann. 12 Fantasias, Book 1, arr. Rood

No.1 in E flat : 1st and 2nd movts. Largo and Allegro McGinnis and Marx / Baerenreiter

Telemann. 12 Fantasias Book 2, arr. Rood

No.8 : 1st and 2nd movts. No.12 in D minor : 1st and 2nd movts. Moderato and Vivace McGinnis and Marx / Baerenreiter

Vaughan Williams. Suite for Viola Group I : 2nd and 3rd movts. Carol and Christmas Dance



OUP

Vaughan Williams. Suite for Viola Group III, no.2 OUP Vaughan Williams. Romance OUP Villa-Lobos . Aria (Cantilena) (from 'Bachianas Brasileiras no.5'), arr. Primrose AMP - Schirmer / Music Sales Vivaldi. Concerto in G for Viola d'Amore : 1st movt. Allegro risoluto Kalmus / Belwin Mills


RECITAL / PERFORMER'S CERTIFICATE Some of the items in the Grade 6, 7, 8 lists are considered suitable for this Certificate but have not been repeated here. Bach. 6 Sonatas and Partitas, ed. Bennici

Partita no.2 in g minor, BWV 1004, Giga Ricordi

J.S.Bach. Three Sonatas for Viola da Gamba

No.2 in D major, BWV 1028, Adagio and Allegro No.3 in G minor Baerenreiter or Peters

Bloch. Suite Hebraique : Rapsodie Schirmer Bloch. Suite for Viola and Piano (up to bar after 5) Schirmer Brahms. Sonata, Op.120, no.1 : 1st or 2nd movt

Sonata Op.120 no.2 : 1st movt. Henle


Britten. Lachrymae Schott Hindemith. Sonate Op.11 no.4 : 2nd movt Thema mit variationen Schott Hoffmeister. Concerto in D : 1st movt with a cadenza Grahl / Peters Martinu. Rhapsody Concerto : 1st movt Baerenreiter Mozart. Sonata in E minor, K304 : 1st or 2nd movt IMC Paganini. 24 Caprices, Op.1

No.13 Allegro IMC

Reger. Three Suites for Viola Solo

Suite No.1, Op.131d in G minor : any movt Suite No.2 : 3rd movt Allegretto Peters or Henle

Rubinstein. Sonata, Op.49 : 1st movt Amadeus Schubert. 'Arpeggione' Sonata, D.821 : 1st movt or 2nd movt IMC or Doblinger Schumann. Maerchenbilder, Op.113 : 3rd and 4th movts Peters Vaughan Williams. Suite for Viola and Orchestra, Group I, II or III OUP Weber. Andante e rondo ungarese

Allegretto ungarese Schott





VIOLA AND PIANO ENSEMBLES The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music issues syllabuses for 'viola and piano' at three levels of difficulty. In these pieces the viola and piano parts are at about the same level of difficulty.

PRIMARY (Grades 4 to 5)

C. P. E. Bach Sonata in G minor, Wq.88 International-Kalmus/M.D.S. Howard Ferguson 4 Short Pieces : complete Boosey and Hawkes Michael Miller 3 Miniatures : complete Peters Pepusch Sonata in D minor Schott/M.D.S . R. Valentine Sonata no.9 in A minor Schott/M.D.S. Vaughan Williams 6 Studies in English Folk Song : nos.1, 2, 3 and 4 Stainer and Bell

INTERMEDIATE (Grades 6 to 7)

J. S. Bach Viola da Gamba Sonata no.1 in G, BWV 1027

from Bach 3 Gamba Sonatas Peters

Flackton Sonata in C minor, Op.2 no.8 Schott/M.D.S. Hindemith Trauermusik Schott/M.D.S . Herbert Murrill 4 French Nursery Songs : complete Chester/Music Sales Hans Poser Sonatine, Op.54 no.3 Sikorski/William Elkin



Telemann Sonata in A minor Peters

ADVANCED (Grade 8)

J. S. Bach Viola da Gamba Sonata no.3 in G minor, BWV 1029

from Bach 3 Gamba Sonatas Peters

Bloch Suite Hebraique Schirmer/Music Sales Bruch Romance for Viola, Op.85 Schott/M.D.S . Glinka Sonata in D minor Musica Rara-Kalmus/M.D.S . Handel Sonata in G minor Schott/M.D.S . Telemann Sonata in D Peters


STRING QUARTETS The Easy and Intermediate lists below have been compiled from suggestions by viola mailing list members. These two lists are followed by the ABRSM Syllabuses for String Quartet.

EASY QUARTETS (Grades 2 to 3)

Auton : (5 sets) : Aunt Nan and the Old Man. Classics for Strings, Set 1.


Folk Songs for Strings. Sets 1, 2, and 3. Musicland

Applebaum. Chamber Music for String Orchestra. Books One and Two Belwin Mills

Baker. All at Sea (sea shanties) Spartan Press

Burgoyne. Suite of the Day Boosey and Hawkes

Irma Clarke. Introduction to String Quartets Book 1, Classics Boston

Dale : (4 sets) : J.S.Bach. Favourites Beethoven. Favourites Elgar Favourites Schubert. Favourites Piper Publications Viola quintet - Grade 3 B. Fraser. Fun for Five in Five (in 5/4 time) Music Services

Gange : (4 sets) : Handel. Favourites Mozart. Favourites Purcell. Favourites Sullivan. Favourites Piper Publications

Herfurth. A Tune A Day, Book Two (items marked string quartet/ ensemble) Boston Music Co

Herfurth. Early Classics for Beginning String Quartet Boston

Hewitt-Jones : (2 sets) :

Grumpy Grasshoppers. Hidden Rhymes. Musicland

Lumsden.Susato for Strings, Sets 1, 2, and 3. Musicland

Munday. Arco Anthems Spartan Press



Sheila Nelson : (3 sets) : Tunes for my String Quartet. Quartet Club : Books One and Two. Boosey and Hawkes

Praetorius. Dances from Terpsichore Musicland

Turner. Christmas Quartets. Schott

INTERMEDIATE QUARTETS (Grades 4 to 6)

Auton : (2 sets) : Classics for Strings, Set 2. Up and Back a Double (Country Dances). Musicland

Irma Clarke : (2 sets) : Introduction to String Quartets Book 2, Classics. String Music of the Baroque Era for String Quartet. Boston Music

Dale : (4 sets) : Beethoven Favourites, Level 2. Elgar Favourites, Level 2. Schubert Favourites, Level 2. Tchaikovsky Favourites, Level 2. Piper Publications Viola quintet - Grade 5 B. Fraser. Bagatelle Music Services

Gange : (5 sets) : J.S.Bach Favourites, Level 2 Handel Favourites, Level 2. Mozart Favourites, Level 2. Purcell Favourites, Level 2. Sullivan Favourties, Level 2. Piper Publications

Angela Hewitt-Jones : (6 sets) :

Ragtime, Serenade and Rumba. Birds of a Feather. The Great Western. Hidden Carols. The Mary Rose.



The Spider's Web. Musicland

William McConnell : (7 sets) : Handel with care. Highland Whisky : Reels and Strathspeys. Irish Mist. The North and The South : Tunes from the American Civil War. Reel Fiddlin'. The Ship's Fiddler, Sea Songs and Shanties. Wheal Friendly (Cornish Folk Tunes). Spartan Press

Gazebo Series for String Quartet : (5 sets) : Alexander's RagTime Band. Amazing Grace. Gay Nineties Medley. Tiger Rag. Vaudeville Spectacular. Musicians Publications

Munday. Arco Amadeus Spartan Press

Paradise : (5 sets) : The Best of Beethoven. The Best of Haydn. The Best of Mozart. The Best of Schubert. The Best of Johann Strauss Jr. Waltzes Belwin

Pejtsik. Easy Classic String Quartets. Editio Musica Budapest

Michael Rose. Cantilena Fentone-

------------------------------------------------------QUARTET SYLLABUSES

The ABRSM issues syllabuses for string quartet at three levels of difficulty.

PRIMARY (Grades 4 to 5)



J. S. Bach Contrapunctus no.1 (from 'The Art of Fugue')

from Easy String Quartets, Book 3, arr. Forbes Chester/Music Sales

Johann Fischer Tafelmusik Suite Baerenreiter Charles Hambourg String Quartet no.2 in F Lengnick/William Elkin Locke Suite no.3 in C

from Locke 4 Suites Peters

Purcell Chaconne (from 'King Arthur')

from Easy String Quartets, Book 1, arr. Forbes Chester/Music Sales


Beethoven Prelude and Fugue in F Nagel/Baerenreiter Boccherini String Quartet in D minor, Op.10 no.2

from Boccherini Quartets Peters

Mozart String Quartet in C, K.157

from Mozart 13 Early Quartets, Book 1 Baerenreiter

Purcell Fantasia a 4 in G, Z.742

from Purcell Fantasias and In Nomines Novello/Music Sales

C. Stamitz Quartetto Concertante in G Schott/M.D.S.

ADVANCED (Grade 8)

Beethoven String Quartet in D, Op.18 no.3

from Beethoven Quartets, Vol.1 Peters



Borodin String Quartet no.2 in D Belaieff/Peters Dvorak String Quartet in F 'The American', Op.96 Simrock/Schauer Haydn String Quartet in D, Hob.III/34 Doblinger-Kalmus/M.D.S. Schubert String Quartet in A minor, Op.29 no.1, D.804

from Schubert Quartets, Vol.1 Peters


EASY TO INTERMEDIATE VIOLA DUETS These items were suggested by viola mailing list members. EASY (Grades 1 to 3)

Applebaum. Beautiful Music for Two String Instruments. Books One and Two Belwin Mills

Applebaum. Chamber Music for Two String Instruments. Books One and Two Belwin Mills

Applebaum. Duets for Strings. Books One and Two Belwin Mills

Duncan. Christmas Solos for beginning viola Mel Bay

Herfurth. A Tune a Day. Books 1 and 2 Chappell / Boston

Lynne Latham. Fifteen Viola Duets : Bach, Handel, Telemann Latham Music Enterprises

Sheila Nelson. Tetratunes Boosey and Hawkes



Sheila Nelson. Stringsongs Boosey and Hawkes

Sheila Nelson. Technitunes Boosey and Hawkes

O'Reilly. Strictly Classics Highland / Etling

Suzuki. Ensembles for Viola, Volumes 1 and 2 Summy-Birchard / Warner

Peter Wastall. Session Time Boosey and Hawkes


Applebaum. Beautiful Music for Two String Instruments. Books Three and Four Belwin Mills

Applebaum. Chamber Music for Two String Instruments. Book Three Belwin Mills

Applebaum. Duets for Strings. Book Three Belwin Mills

W.F. Bach. Drei Duette Breitkopf Bartok. 44 Viola Duets, Vols. One and Two Boosey and Hawkes Domenico Gabrielli. Canone a due violoncelli, arr. 2 vlas SJ Music F.J. Haydn. Duett fuer 2 Violen, Hob. XII : 4 Wollenweber Mazas. Three Duets, Op 71 International

Sheila Nelson. Keytunes, Violas I and II (separate books) Boosey and Hawkes

Pleyel. Six duets, Op.8 International





EASY TO INTERMEDIATE PIECES FOR LEARNING TREBLE CLEF In the following books, at least half the pieces contain sections in treble clef. These items were suggested by viola mailing list members.

EASY (Grades 2 to 3) Mary Cohen. Viola Quick Change : specially for learning treble clef, folk tunes all in both alto and treble

clefs. Faber

Mary Cohen. Superstudies for viola. Book 2. Faber

INTERMEDIATE (Grades 4 to 6) Mary Cohen. Technique takes Off for Viola. Faber

Forbes. Classical and Romantic Pieces for Viola. OUP

Edward Huws Jones. Got those Position Blues for viola. Faber

Sheila Nelson. Keytunes. Viola I. (minimal clef changes in the Viola II parts). Boosey and Hawkes.

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