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UNACCOMPANIED VIOLA MUSIC

This page features contemporary viola solo repertoire, presenting diverse unaccompanied viola compositions and modern viola works. It includes solo viola music pieces that highlight the instrument's unique voice, ideal for solo performance and recitals.

In Memoriam (Yizkor) 

for unaccompanied viola

Duration:

4 minutes
 

Instrumentation:   

viola solo
 

Year Composed:  

2023

Premiere Performance: 
Bernardo Di Marco, viola
4 April 2025
Córdoba, Argentina
 

UNACCOMPANIED VIOLA MUSIC

MUSIC FOR UNACCOMPANIED VIOLA

THEMES:

REMEMBRANCE

Out of respect for the subject's sensitivity, the sheet music for In Memoriam is provided at no cost.

Program Notes:

In Memoriam (Yizkor) is a work for unaccompanied viola (a version for violin is also available) that I wrote following the tragic October 7, 2024, terror attack in Israel and the Gaza war that followed.

Related Music:

Selected Repertoire for Solo Viola (Unaccompanied Viola)

  • Ali-Zadeh, Franghiz (b. 1947): "Music for Viola Solo" (1993)

  • Barrett, Richard (b. 1959): codex X (1997)

  • Berio, Luciano (1925-2003): Sequenza VI for Solo Viola (1967)

  • Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976): Elegy (c. 1930)

  • Carter, Elliott (1908-2012): Figment IV (2007)

  • Chen Yi (b. 1953): The Fountains of the Xiang River (1999)

  • Dean, Brett (b. 1961): Wimmera (2009)

  • Dusapin, Pascal (b. 1955): In Nomine (2005)

  • Gubaidulina, Sofia (b. 1931): Sonata for Solo Viola (1996)

  • Henze, Hans Werner (1926-2012): Serenade (1949)

  • Hersch, Michael (b. 1971): a line from a poem (2016)

  • Hindemith, Paul (1895-1963): Sonata for Solo Viola (1937)

  • Hindemith, Paul (1895-1963): Sonata for Solo Viola, Op. 11 No. 5 (1919)

  • Hindemith, Paul (1895-1963): Sonata for Solo Viola, Op. 25 No. 1 (1922)

  • Huber, Klaus (1924-2017): Lamentationes (1993)

  • Jolas, Betsy (b. 1926): Quatre Études (2006)

  • Knox, Garth (b. 1956): Viola Spaces (various pieces, from 2005 onwards)

  • Kurtág, György (b. 1936): Signs, Games and Messages (Jelek, op. 5) (various periods)

  • Ligeti, György (1923-2006): Sonata for Solo Viola (1991-94)

  • Lindberg, Magnus (b. 1958): Étude I (1992)

  • Maderna, Bruno (1920-1973): Viola (1971)

  • Martin, Frank (1890-1974): Étude (1955)

  • Mazzoli, Missy (b. 1980): Dissolve, O My Heart (2010)

  • Milhaud, Darius (1892-1974): Sonatine for Viola Solo, Op. 336 (1961)

  • Mumford, Jeffrey (b. 1955): Wending (1990)

  • Navok, Lior (b. 1971): In Memoriam (Yizkor) (2023)

  • Reger, Max (1873-1916): Three Suites for Solo Viola, Op. 131d (1915)

  • Resanovic, Nicola (b. 1955): Sonata for Solo Viola "Invention of the Unwritten" (2000)

  • Rihm, Wolfgang (b. 1952): Über die Linie III (1975)

  • Rochberg, George (1918-2005): Viola Sonata (1979)

  • Rautavaara, Einojuhani (1929-2016): Sonata for Solo Viola (1973)

  • Scelsi, Giacinto (1905-1988): Coelacanth (1955)

  • Scelsi, Giacinto (1905-1988): Manto per 4 voci (1957)

  • Schnittke, Alfred (1934-1998): Minuet for Solo Viola (1992)

  • Sculthorpe, Peter (1929-2014): Irkanda IV (1961)

  • Shaw, Caroline (b. 1982): in manus tuas (2009)

  • Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971): Elegie (1944)

  • Widmann, Jörg (b. 1973): Etudes for Solo Viola (2019

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