Looking for a Violin/Viola Duet

June 20, 2004 at 02:09 AM · other than mozart and handel the only thing that comes to mind is the three beethoven transcriptions which are really quite wonderful and available through shar among others.

June 20, 2004 at 02:19 AM · Hoffmeister,Stamitz, sphor and martinu all wrote violin and viola duets (but yea the martinu might be a little bit harder than the rest:):)). There are also some transcriptions of Bach...I've never played them but I'm guessing that they would be his two part inventions. Also if there's a piano in the mix (or if there can be) then your options are tons broader...so much rep. there I couldn't name it all...

June 20, 2004 at 02:36 AM · Bruch wrote a Violin and Viola concerto I think... might not be what you're looking for (orchestral accompaniement, there's probably a piano reduction somewhere)

June 20, 2004 at 12:44 PM · I have never heard the other two pieces, so I don't know what level you're talking about. It's probably way below the others level. Anyway I played the Pleyel duet for violin and viola.

June 20, 2004 at 03:40 PM · Alessandro Rolla had several duets for violin and viola. There are also 8 short and beautiful duets by Reinhold Gliere.

June 22, 2004 at 12:29 PM · Hi,

there's a lot more than most people are aware of. In addition to what has already been mentioned, there's violin/viola duets by Kalliwoda and Lidel.

You might find it helpful to look up the viola society's page.

There's also a book (unfortunately only available in German. The author's name is Konrad EWALD and he's from Switzerland - however, it could be available from Amazon or through intra-library loan. On top of that there's the work of Professor Zeyringer.

Bye

Juergen

June 22, 2004 at 01:27 PM · Apart from what others have said.

Haydn - 2 Duos for Vln/Va

Goldschmidt - Berceuse for Vln/Va

Klein - Duo

Sibelius - Duo for Vln/Va

Mozart - 2 Duos (plus some minor duets)

Handel-Halvorsen - Sarabande

June 22, 2004 at 02:02 PM · The ones I can think of are by Pleyel (there are 3 by him), Rolla, Martinu, Bruni and Gliere. Then of course there are all kinds of arrangements, such as various Bach pieces like the 2 Part Inventions. Shar currently has a book of 15 Bach duets

The Bruch concerto mentioned above is probably an arrangement of his concerto for clarinet & viola (op. 88).

June 22, 2004 at 03:13 PM · i LOVEthe Martinu duets...he wrote two, a duet and three madrigals. I have a recording of the madrigals and they're really beautiful...but probably harder to pull off than the Mozart duets.

June 22, 2004 at 05:18 PM · ooh what does the sibelius sound like?

May 18, 2012 at 12:59 PM · Visconti Variations for Violin & Viola, in four movements.

May 18, 2012 at 02:19 PM · You can use the Browse Instrumentation/Genre facility on IMSLP to find all violin/viola duets they have: http://imslp.org/index.php?title=Category:For_violin,_viola&transclude=Template:Catintro.

May 18, 2012 at 02:31 PM · I think there is some arrangements of stuff like the Bach double violin concerto on virtual sheet music

May 18, 2012 at 02:58 PM · Gregory Lee started a similar thread:-

http://www.violinist.com/discussion/response.cfm?ID=5112

May 19, 2012 at 01:29 AM · Don't forget that Mozart wrote his to complete a set of six commissioned from Michael Haydn.

May 19, 2012 at 01:35 AM · My favorite duo if you have the technique is the Three Madrigals by Martinu. They are wonderful and truly explore the sound possibilities of the two instrument. Heifetz recorded them with Primrose.

May 19, 2012 at 05:52 PM · There are six by Joseph Haydn.

I know of two sets of three by Pleyel of which the first set is the easier.

May 20, 2012 at 04:16 PM · Hi Grace,

Here is what I have in my personal collection (never played them though):

Bach Four Duets, Arr. David International Music Co.

- No BWV number listed!

Michael haydn Duo No. 1, C-Major, Hausmusik edition

Kalliwoda Duets, Op. 208

Good luck!

Daniel

May 20, 2012 at 11:42 PM · Following on David Beck's post and including the thread he mentions, information on this present thread's topic can also be had at the v.com threads 'Duets for Violin and Viola', begun 7 August 2006, last posting 7 April 2012; 'Violin and Viola Duet', begun 17 December 2005, last posting 26 January 2010; 'Violin-Viola Duets', begun 1 November 2006, last posting 24 January 2010; 'Violin and Viola Chamber Music', begun 23 September 2004, last posting 4 May 2012. These should provide food for thought.

September 2, 2012 at 12:37 AM · Here are some great ones:

Giardini- duo in B-flat

Kruetzer- 6 Duos Dialogues, Op. 2

Alessandro Rolla- 78 Violin Viola Duets

Karl Stamitz- 30 Violin Viola Duets

These are all available at Gems Music Publications

www.gemsmusicpublications.com

September 3, 2012 at 11:36 AM · I have played many of the Rolla duos. They're excellent.