This article lists notable compositions within the viola repertoire.

Viola alone

Luciano Berio Sequenza VI (1967) Bartolomeo Campagnoli 41 Caprices for Viola ( 1815) Franz Anton Hoffmeister 12 Etudes for Viola ( 1800) György Ligeti (1923–2006) Sonata for Solo Viola (1994) Max Reger 3 Suites for Solo Viola, Op. 131d

Viola and piano

Kurt Atterberg Sonata in B minor for cello (or violin, or viola, or horn) and piano, Op. 27 (1925) Ludwig van Beethoven Notturno in D major for viola and piano, Op. 42 (1803) Johannes Brahms Sonata No. 1 in F minor for viola and piano, Op. 120 No. 1 (1894) Sonata No. 2 in E-flat major for viola and piano, Op. 120 No. 2 (1894) Rebecca Clarke Morpheus (1917) Sonata for viola and piano (1919) Edward Elgar Canto Popolare (1904) Paul Hindemith Sonata in F for viola and piano, Op. 11 No. 4 (1919) Theodore Holland Suite in D major for viola and piano (1938) Felix Mendelssohn Viola sonata in C minor, MWV Q 14 (1824) Robert Schumann Märchenbilder, Op. 113 (1851) Dmitri Shostakovich Sonata for viola and piano, Op. 147 (1975) Henri Vieuxtemps Élégie, Op. 30 (1848) Sonata in B-flat major for viola and piano, Op. 36 (1862) Ralph Vaughan Williams Romance for viola and piano (c. 1914) Graham Waterhouse Sonata ebraica (2013) Henryk Wieniawski Rêverie in F sharp minor (1885)

Viola and other instruments

Johann Sebastian Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-flat major, BWV 1051 (1721) Ludwig van Beethoven Serenade in D major for flute, violin and viola, Op. 25 (1795) Duo in E-flat major for viola and cello, "mit zwei obligaten Augengläsern" ("with two obbligato eyeglasses"), WoO 32 (1796–97) Johannes Brahms Two Songs for voice, viola and piano, Op. 91 (1884) Claude Debussy Sonata for flute, viola and harp, L. 137 (1915) Michael Haydn Duo for violin and viola in C major, Perger 127, MH 335 Duo for violin and viola in D major, Perger 128, MH 336 Duo for violin and viola in E major, Perger 129, MH 337 Duo for violin and viola in F major, Perger 130, MH 338 Airat Ichmouratov Three Romances for viola, strings and harp, Op. 22 (2009) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Duo No. 1 in G major for violin and viola, K. 423 (1783) Duo No. 2 in B-flat major for violin and viola, K. 424 (1783) Kegelstatt Trio in E-flat major for clarinet, viola and piano, K. 498 (1786) Robert Schumann Märchenerzählungen for clarinet, viola, and piano, Op. 132 (1853) Jean Sibelius Duo for violin and viola, JS66 (1892) Ralph Vaughan Williams Four Hymns for tenor, viola, and string orchestra (1914) Graham Waterhouse Four Epigraphs after Escher for viola, heckelphone and piano, Op. 35 (1993) John Woolrich Ulysses Awakes for viola and ten strings (1989)

Viola and orchestra

Julia Adolphe Unearth, Release (2016) Henri Casadesus Concerto in D major (1911) (attributed to C. P. E. Bach) Concerto in B minor (1924) (attributed to George Frideric Handel) Concerto in C minor (1942) (attributed to Johann Christian Bach) Béla Bartók Concerto for viola and orchestra in A minor, Sz. 120, BB 128 (1945) Hector Berlioz Harold en Italie, symphony for orchestra with viola obbligato, Op. 16, H. 68 (1834) Ernest Bloch Suite Hébraïque for viola and piano or orchestra (1951) Max Bruch Romanze for Viola, and Orchestra, Op. 85 (1911) Concerto for clarinet, viola, and orchestra, Op. 88 (1911) Morton Gould Concerto for viola and orchestra (1943) Jennifer Higdon Concerto for viola and orchestra (2015) Paul Hindemith Kammermusik No. 5 for viola and chamber orchestra, Op. 36 No. 4 (1927) Der Schwanendreher for viola and small orchestra (1935) Trauermusik for viola and orchestra (1936) Franz Anton Hoffmeister Viola Concerto in D major (1799) Viola Concerto in B-flat major (1799) Airat Ichmouratov Viola Concerto No.1, Op.7 (2004) Peter Lieberson Concerto for viola and orchestra (1992) James MacMillan Concerto for viola and orchestra (2013) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat major for violin, viola and orchestra, K. 364 (K. 320d) (1779) Nico Muhly Concerto for viola and orchestra (2014) Walter Piston Concerto for viola and orchestra (1957) Alfred Schnittke Concerto for viola and orchestra (1985) Carl Stamitz Concerto for viola in D major, Op. 1 (c. 1774) Richard Strauss Don Quixote for cello, viola, and orchestra, Op. 35 (1897) Tōru Takemitsu A String around Autumn for viola and orchestra (1989) Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767) Concerto in G Major for viola and orchestra, TWV 51:G9 Concerto in G major for 2 violas and string orchestra, TWV 52:G3 Ralph Vaughan Williams Flos Campi for viola, wordless chorus, and small orchestra (1925) Suite for viola and small orchestra (1933–1934) William Walton Concerto for viola and orchestra in A minor (1928–1929)

References

Books

Further reading

Barrett, B. M., Barrett H. (1996). The Viola: Complete Guide for Teachers and Students. University of Alabama Press. . . White, Katie (2014). A Pedagogical Introduction: Viola Repertoire from 1986-2013. (DMA dissertation). University of Oregon. Warmath, Jordan (2016). The Contemporary Revolution—Evolution of Viola Repertoire. (DMA dissertation). University of California. .

External links List of Compositions Featuring the Viola at the International Music Score Library Project Directory of Works compiled by Music4Viola