EASY TO INTERMEDIATE VIOLA DUETS
These items were suggested by viola mailing list members.
Although not explicitly mentioned, where duets are available in versions playable with violin or cello, they are of course also playable with many other non-transposing treble or bass clef instruments.
There are a few multiple viola works at the end of each section.
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EASY Viola Duets
(UK Grades 1 to 3, ASTA Grades 1 to 2)
Applebaum. Beautiful Music for Two String Instruments. Books One and
Two
(also playable with violin, cello or bass)
Belwin Mills
Applebaum. Chamber Music for Two String Instruments. Books One and
Two
(also playable with violin, cello or bass)
Belwin Mills
Applebaum. Duets for Strings. Books One and Two
(also playable with violin, cello or bass)
Belwin Mills
Duncan. Christmas Solos for beginning viola
Mel Bay
Herfurth. A Tune a Day. Books 1 and 2
(also playable with violin, cello or bass)
Chappell / Boston
Adolph Hoffman. Tanzbuchlein
Schott
Sheila Nelson. Tetratunes
(also playable with violin, cello or bass)
Boosey and Hawkes
Sheila Nelson. Stringsongs
(also playable with violin, cello or bass)
Boosey and Hawkes
Sheila Nelson. Technitunes
(also playable with violin, cello or bass)
Boosey and Hawkes
O'Reilly. Strictly Classics, Books 1 and 2.
(also playable with violin, cello or bass)
Highland / Etling
William Starr. Rounds for Reading, Recreation and Performance
Summy-Birchard
Suzuki. Ensembles for Viola, Volumes 1 and 2
(include some viola trios, and duets and trios with violin)
Summy-Birchard / Warner
Peter Wastall. Session Time
(also playable with violin, cello or bass, some items playable with
woodwind and brass)
Boosey and Hawkes
Viola trio :
Bach. from the Anna Magdalena Bach Notebook
Minuet in G
Musette
Medici
see also Suzuki ensembles
Viola quintet :
B. Fraser. Fun for Five in Five (in 5/4 time)
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INTERMEDIATE
Viola Duets
(UK Grades 4 to 6, ASTA Grades 3 to 4)
Applebaum. Beautiful Music for Two String Instruments. Books Three
and Four
(also playable with violin, cello or bass)
Belwin Mills
Applebaum. Chamber Music for Two String Instruments. Book
Three
(also playable with violin, cello or bass)
Belwin Mills
Applebaum. Duets for Strings. Book Three
(also playable with violin, cello or bass)
Belwin Mills
W.F. Bach. Drei Duette
Breitkopf/ International
Bartok. Duets for Two Violas, Vols. One and Two
(a few items in Vol.1 playable with violin)
Boosey and Hawkes/ Universal
Luigi Cherubini. Two Fugues
Augener
Michel Corette. Sonata in C
Schott
Domenico Gabrielli. Canone a due violoncelli, arr. 2
vlas
(also playable with cello)
SJ Music
Felice de Giardini. Duetto in D, ed. Schultz and
Hauser
Schott
Orlando Gibbons. Two Fantasias.
Rarities
F.J. Haydn. Duett fuer 2 Violen, Hob. XII : 4
Wollenweber
Gordon Jacob. Sonatina
Oxford
Kalliwoda. 3 Duets for 2 Violas, Op 178, arr. Matz
Peters
Lynne Latham. Fifteen Viola Duets : Bach, Handel, Telemann
Latham Music Enterprises
Elizabeth Maconchy. Three Easy Duets
Faber
Mazas. Three Duets, Op 71
International
Mozart. Twelve Duets, arr. Arnold and Lincer
Viola World Publications
Pietro Nardini. Sechs Duette (Six Duets)
Schott
Sheila Nelson. Keytunes, Violas I and II (separate books)
(also playable with violin or cello)
Boosey and Hawkes
Pleyel. Six duets, Op.8
International
Carl Schonebeck. Two Concert Duos, Op. 13
Schott
Carl Stamitz. Six Duets, vols.1 and 2
Schott
Viola trio :
Marshall Fine (arr.) Five mediaeval Motets.
Latham Music Enterprises
Viola Quartet :
Scott Joplin. Country Club Rag, arr. Kimber
Castle Enterprises
David M. Levenson (arr.) Quatrabratsche Volumes I and II
Latham Music Enterprises
Viola Quintet :
Faure. Pie Jesu, arr. Rush
Castle Enterprises
B. Fraser. Bagatelle
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