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'Five Dances for Four Viols'
Title | Composer First Name | Composer Last Name | Birth | Death | Number of Parts | Scoring - Viols | Other Instruments | Difficulty | Duration | Link to score | Link to recording | Publisher | Composer's contact/ email | Additional Comments | Year |
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'Five Dances for Four Viols' | Barbara | Logen | 4 | tr, tn, tn, b | 10 | PRB Productions CC075 | Five movements Pavan Tango Waltz Jigg and Polka each named for one of the members of the composers viol consort. UI A | 2010 | |||||||
'L' | Heather Ruth | Spence | 3 | tr, t, b | 1 | VdGSA, New Music for Viols series | Part of '50 Seconds for the 50th Conclave' for which VdGSA members were invited to compose a 50-second piece in honor of the 50th Conclave. | 2012 | |||||||
(5 x 5)5 | Sarah | Mead | 5 | tr, tr, t, t, b | 1 | VdGSA, New Music for Viols series | Part of '50 Seconds for the 50th Conclave' for which VdGSA members were invited to compose a 50-second piece in honor of the 50th Conclave. | 2012 | |||||||
0.142857 | Andrew | Wilson-Dickson | 1946 | 6 | tr, tr, t, t, b, b | fairly difficult | 5 | Style is “advanced tonal”. “Title is 1/7, expressed as a decimal, an infinitely repeating and symmetrical series of numbers which generate rhythmic patterns and pitches” | 1972 | ||||||
2 Fantasias for 3 Viols | Martha | Bishop | 1937 | 3 | tr, tr, b or tr, t, b | fairly difficult | 2.5 | PRB Productions | Inspired by Purcell fantasias. | 1987 | |||||
3 Hymn Preludes | David | Goldstein | 1918 | 2003 | 5 | tr, tr/t, t, t/b, b | fairly difficult | 6.5 | Hymns: Fairest Lord Jesus, The Little King Sleeps, I Sing a Song of the Saints of God. “Can be used in church”. Finalist, Traynor Competition 1991. | ||||||
3 Pieces for Consort of Viols & Harpsichord | Tison | Street | 1943 | 5 | tr, tr, t, b, b | harpsichord (2-manual) | difficult | 10 | Style is “serial, yet mystically romantic”. 1. Praeludium (tr and hps.) 2. In Nomine; 3. Commentary on the Decision. | 1977 | |||||
4 Fantasias for viol consort, Op. 8 | Olga | Nazaykinskaya | 1962 | 4 | tr, tr, tn, tn, B | 35 | Fantasias 1-3 are for 5 parts tr tr t t b Fantasia n 4 is for 4 parts tr tr t b | 2014 | |||||||
5 Fantasias for 5 Viols | David | Loeb | 1939 | 5 | tr, tr ,t ,b ,b | moderate | 11 | Written for class use at the Tacoma, WA Conclave, 2004. | 2004 | ||||||
5 Variants on “Wondrous Love” | Eric | Haas | 1956 | 5 | tr, tr, t, b, b7 | fairly difficult | 6 | VdGSA, 1991 | Hommage à Ralph Vaughan Williams. Based on folk hymn. Variations worked out after Vaughan Williams’ “Dives & Lazar”. Also version with two 6-string basses. | 1991 | |||||
50 Sec. Fourplay | Charles | Nagel | 4 | tr, t, t, b | 1 | VdGSA, New Music for Viols series | Part of '50 Seconds for the 50th Conclave' for which VdGSA members were invited to compose a 50-second piece in honor of the 50th Conclave. | 2012 | |||||||
52nds | Stephen | Barbour | 4 | tr, t, t, b | 1 | VdGSA, New Music for Viols series | Part of '50 Seconds for the 50th Conclave' in which VdGSA members were invited to compose a 50-second piece in honor of the 50th Conclave. | 2012 | |||||||
8' 30'' für Viola da gamba und Tonband | Werner | Jacob | 1938 | 2006 | 1 | b | electronic tape | B&H | Calls for “viola bastarda”. | 1970 | |||||
A Bird Without Color and Name | David | Loeb | 1939 | 1 | b | soprano | difficult | 9 | Chamber cantata. | 1968 | |||||
A Christmas Carol | Martha | Bishop | 1937 | 1 | b | 3 female voices, tr/vn, t/va | fairly difficult | 4.5 | Bass viol part can be played on cello. | 1988 | |||||
A Flower on the Farther Side | Frances | White | 4 | tr, t, b, b | electronic sound | very difficult | 17 | Rosewhite Music | 2010 | ||||||
A Jacobean Suite | Robin | De Smet | 4 | tr, a, t, b | Cornelius Edition | ||||||||||
A Land of Remote Valleys | David | Loeb | 1939 | 6 | tr, tr, t, t, b, b | difficult | 8 | “Title reflects two trips taken in Japan to remote mountain areas.” Fantasia. | 1995 | ||||||
A Memory of David Munrow | Peter | Dickenson | 1934 | 1 | b | 2 ctens, 2 recs, hps | 1978 | ||||||||
A Musical Smorgasboard | Martha | Bishop | 1937 | 4 | tr, tr, t, b | 17.44 | Ensalada 2.16, Candied Yams 4.12, Roast Leg of Lamb 2.31, Sushi with Chopsticks 2.36, Chocolate 4.33, Cabernet Sauvignon 2.16. Parts may be published by PRB. Movements have ethnic flavors. | 2008 | |||||||
A Musical Triptych | Peter | Aldins | 1953 | 1 | b | ten voice, Bar fl | One song is based on Irish penny whistle tune. One is twelve-tone. | ||||||||
A Nameless Pod | Alessandro | Solbiati | 1956 | 4 | tr, tr, t, b | difficult | 5 | Edizioni Suvini Zerboni, Milan, 1995 | Title from Dickinson poem. Opens with Purcell sequence. | 1995 | |||||
A Pantheon on the Aegean Sea | Heihachi | Nagata | 1958 | 5 | tr, t, t, b, b | fairly difficult | 10 | Submitted to 1986 Traynor Competition, Japan. | 1986 | ||||||
A Piece of Oriental | Tsutomu | Mizuno | 1949 | 4 | tr, t, t, b | moderate | 1 | Modal fantasy. | 1988 | ||||||
A Pleasant Suite | David | Goldstein | 1918 | 2003 | 2 | t, b / t, t | moderate | PRB Productions, 1994 | Useful for elementary tenor players. | 1993 | |||||
A Prelude to Jack’s Tune | Art | Clay | 1959 | 1 | b7 | fairly difficult | 2 | Written for Agit Prop (N.Y.- based punk group). | 1989 | ||||||
A Reliquary for William Blake | Will | Ayton | 1948 | 3 | voice | moderate | 2004 | ||||||||
A Renaissance Garland | Seymour | Shifrin | 1926 | 1979 | 1 | b | sop, ten , rec, lute/perc | 1975 | |||||||
A Rose-bud By My Early Walk | Richard | Einhorn | 1952 | 4 | tr, t, b, b | tenor voice | moderate | Arrangement of a song by Robert Burns | 2013 | ||||||
A Shifting World of Darkness | David | Loeb | 1939 | 4 | tr, t, t, b | fairly difficult | 5.5 | 1996 | |||||||
A Sieur de Sainte Colombe | Maurizio | Marcelli | 1933 | 1 | b | basso continuo ad libitum | difficult | 2 | French Baroque style prelude. | 1992 | |||||
A Sinking Love | Tan | Dun | 1957 | 4 | tr, t, t, b | cten | difficult | 5 | Schirmer, New York | Based on first 6 notes of Purcell fantazia no. 8. Viols play only harmonics. “Cultural counterpoint” of “positive blending of the West and East” Commissioned by South Bank Centre. | 1995 | ||||
A Touch of Plain Bob | Andrew | Wilson-Dickson | 1946 | 1 | b | chamber org | fairly difficult | 4 | Style is “change-ringing patterns on syncronized jazz-like ostinato; minimalist tendencies.” Form is “static”. | 1975 | |||||
A Twelvemonth and a Day | Paul | Richards | 4 | tr, tr, t, b | very difficult | Paul Richard’s A Twelvemonth and a Day was composed for Parthenia, both as a concert piece and as the prelude to the third act of his new opera, The Loathly Lady (written to Wendy Steiner’s libretto.) The opening excitement of rhythmic vitality gives way | 2008 | ||||||||
A-hém | Sakuzo | Sendo | 1945 | 2 | b, b | difficult | 13.5 | In 3 sections. “Very still.” Musical rhythm borrowed from Haiku. | 1982 | ||||||
Abide with Me | David | Goldstein | 1918 | 2003 | 3 | tr, t, b | moderate | 1 | 1987 | ||||||
Acts 10:34–5 | David | Goldstein | 1918 | 2003 | 2 | t, b | spoken voice | fairly difficult | 2 | 1983 | |||||
Ad te Suspiramus | Thomas | Clark | 1949 | 5 | tr, tr, t, t, b | fairly difficult | Written for 1994 Traynor Competition. Variations on Salve Regina. | 1994 | |||||||
Adagio | Sterling | Jones | 1929 | 4 | b, b, b, b | fairly difficult | 3 | Oak Hill Music, 1993 | Version exists for 6 basses. Low C required. | 1992 | |||||
Adagio | Sterling | Jones | 1929 | 6 | b, b, b, b, b, b | Original title “Adagio for Six Cellos (or bass viols with lowest strings tuned C for parts 1-5”. | |||||||||
Adagio | Martha | Bishop | 1937 | 2 | b, b | fairly difficult | 2 | 1988 | |||||||
Afterwords | Andrew | Keeling | 1955 | 5 | tr, tr, t, b, b | fairly difficult | 1999 | ||||||||
Agitato | Philip | Spray | 3 | t, t, b | fairly difficult | 3 | Submitted to 1986 Traynor Competition, Japan. | 1986 | |||||||
Airs and Dances for Renaissance Instruments | William | Goldberg | 1917 | 1 | b | recs, corn, sack, rebec, harp, lute, psalt, perc | difficult | 15 | Viol used in only two movements: second (pavane) with one alto and two tenor recorders; third (air) with alto recorder and lute. Piece revised in 1995. | 1974 | |||||
Akikaze Fantasia | David | Loeb | 1939 | 1982 | |||||||||||
Al Alva Venzd | Ivan | Moody | 1964 | 3 | tr, t, b | sop, cten | fairly difficult | 6 | Vanderbeek & Imrie Ltd., 1992 | Written for Concerto Atlantico. | 1992 | ||||
Alba consort song after Samuel Beckett | Jeff | Abell | 1953 | 4 | tr, t, t, b | cten or ten voice | fairly difficult | 4 | Written for Barbara Broderick and Kishwaukee Konsort of Viols. | 1980 | |||||
Alcestis | Albert | Pertha | 1912 | 1980 | 2 | pard, b | va d’am, cb, hps | 12 | |||||||
All’Antica | Ferenc | Farkas | 1905 | 2000 | 1 | b | hps/piano | fairly difficult | 8 | Editio Musica - Budapest | 1: Pastorale; 2: Aria con Variazioni; 3: Giga. | 1962 | |||
Alternativements | David | Loeb | 1939 | 6 | tr, tr, t, t, b, b | difficult | 6 | VdGSA, 1992 | Title derived from suites having pairs of dances in which 2nd is called “alternative”. | 1988 | |||||
Amichai Songs | Shulamit | Ran | 1949 | 1 | b | mezzo, ob and Eng hn, hps | difficult | 16 | TP,1985 | 1985 | |||||
Amoretti | David | Loeb | 1939 | 1 | t | fairly difficult | 6 | 1982 | |||||||
An Ahistorical Suite | David | Loeb | 1939 | 4 | tr, t, b, b7 | ||||||||||
Anachronisms | Jay | Elfenbein | 1955 | 1 | b7 | difficult | 15 | Theme and variations. Optional amplification in some sections. Commissioned by SEM Emsemble . | 1995 | ||||||
Andante | David | Goldstein | 1918 | 2003 | 2 | b, b | fairly difficult | 2 | Written for Lesley Retzer. | 1987 | |||||
Archie’s Tune | Rachel | Archibald | 1911 | 1 | b | fairly difficult | 1.25 | Notated in tablature. 17th century lyra viol style. | 1980 | ||||||
As She Sings | John Anthony | Lennon | 4 | tr, tr, t, b | Published by Ripmeister Publications | Dedication For the Yukimi Kambe Viol Consort. Originally published by Michael Lorimer Editions in 2001 for classical guitar as part of "The Fortunels". | 2009 | ||||||||
Asagiri Sankei (Three Views of the Morning Mist) | David | Loeb | 1939 | 1 | b | theorbo | 8 | 2002 | |||||||
Asian In Nomines | David | Loeb | 1939 | 7 | tr, tr, tr, t, t, b, b, b | fairly difficult | PRB Productions | Some parts do not play every nomine, therefore allowing 7 players for 8 parts. Combination of melodies from Asian scales with traditional In Nomine. Combinations of 4–7 viols. | 2004 | ||||||
Asian Madrigals, Book 1 | David | Loeb | 1939 | 4 | tr, t, b, b | difficult | 15 | Fantasia 'Indonesian’ and Fantasia 'Indian’ in Four Fantasias for the Japanese Consort, PRB 2003 | Fantasias in “neo-Asian modern” syle. Each piece draws on traditions of individual Asian countries (scales, rhythmic patterns, etc.), combined with Western techniques (especially imitative counterpoint). | 1993 | |||||
Asian Madrigals, Book 2: “Gateways” | David | Loeb | 1939 | 4 | tr, t, b, b | difficult | 11 | Asian-influenced modern fantasias. | 1994 | ||||||
Asian Madrigals, Book 3 | David | Loeb | 1939 | 4 | tr, t, b, b7 | difficult | 14 | 1995 | |||||||
Aspects of a Singularity | B. Allen | Schulz | 4 | tTnBB | moderate | 9 | 2013 | ||||||||
Atrytone | David | Fetherolf | 2 | tr, b | very difficult | 15 | 2013 | ||||||||
Attenuated Dream | Robert | Fruehwald | 1957 | 5 | b, b, b, b, b | fairly difficult | 3.5 | 1989 | |||||||
Aubade (song of morning scene) | Takayoshi | Aoki | 1951 | 2 | b, b | 2 alto rec | difficult | 8 | In last movement recorders use both A=440 and A=415. Atonal, no barlines, semi-free rhythm. | 1983 | |||||
Ave Maria—Fantasia for voice and 2 viols | Will | Ayton | 1948 | 2 | t, b | high voice | moderate | 2 | 1995 | ||||||
Avec Madeleine, bien sage | Jay | Elfenbein | 1955 | 2 | b, b7 | 2000 | |||||||||
Ayre | Mary Jeanne | van Appledorn | 1927 | 6 | tr, tr, t, t, b, b | fairly difficult | 5 | 1989 | |||||||
Ayres | David | Loeb | 1939 | 2 | 3 movements of each combination: tr-tr; tr-t; tr-b; t-t; t-b; b-b | fairly difficult | 32 | Players may choose any 3 movts without changing instruments. | 1989 | ||||||
Bachiana Mineira | Calimerio | Soares | 1944 | 1 | b | difficult | 6 | Federal University of Uberlandia Press, 1988 | Suite with comtemporary musical language in a baroque context. | 1983 | |||||
Badinerie | Irwin | Heilner | 1908 | 1991 | 1 | b | lute, corn | ||||||||
Bagatelle | Gerald | Mueller | 1938 | 4 | tr, tr, t, b | 2008 | |||||||||
Balinese Madrigal | David | Loeb | 1939 | 4 | fairly difficult | Written for the Seelys (winner of 2006 Conclave auction). | 2006 | ||||||||
Ballet L'Inconstante | Jonathan | Dawe | 1965 | 1 | b | baroque flute, theorbo | very difficult | Premier performers: Emi Ferguson, baroque flute; Laurence Pangaro, bass viol; William Anderson, theorbo. | 2010 | ||||||
Baroque Relays | Etienne | Rolin | 1952 | 4 | b7, b7, b7 | Finalist in 2000 Traynor competetion. | 2000 | ||||||||
Bdelio | Gerson | Grünblatt | 1950 | 2 | b, b | difficult | 5 | Jorge & Jofer Luthiers, 1985 | 1985 | ||||||
Being Human | Randy | Sandke | 4 | trumpet, piano, bass, drums | 4 | Dinchmusic (BMI) | 2002 | ||||||||
Berceuse | Waddy | Thompson | 1953 | 1 | t | alto rec | 2 | Viola can be used instead of tenor viol. | 1973 | ||||||
Bestiary—A Music Theater Piece for Renaissance Ensemble | Peter | Schickele | 1935 | 2 | tr, b | vielle, rec, crum, shawms, corn, sack, gems, hurdy-gurdy, perc | difficult | 28 | Elkan-Vogel, Inc., 1982 | Suite. Narration and singing by instrumentalists; performed from memory; for 4 or more players. | 1982 | ||||
Bhakti (1), Unburdening | Jonathan | Pieslak | 4 | tr, t, b, b | recorded chanting | very difficult | 9 | 2013 | |||||||
Birds on Fire | Orlando | Gough | 1953 | 6 | tr, tr, t, t, b, b | 25 | A musical evocation of Aaron Appelbaum's novel Badenheim 1939 invoking several klezmer tunes. | 2000 | |||||||
Blue Ridge Echoes | Martha | Bishop | 1937 | 5 | tr, tr, tn. tn, b | 15 | PRB Productions CC074 | Movements are 5 Fantasias in a modern but traditional fantasia style. | 2011 | ||||||
Bonnô-No-Uta | Sakuzo | Sendo | 1945 | 1 | b | 3 gt, marimba | difficult | 8.5 | “Dissonance, which symbolizes Bonno, repeated 108 times.” | 1981 | |||||
Boshu (Thoughts of a Winter’s Night) | David | Loeb | 1939 | 1 | b | shinobue-shuro (Japanese flute) | difficult | 10 | “Neo-Asian modern” style. | 1984 | |||||
Bouquet | Rachel | Archibald | 1911 | 4 | tr, t, t, b | fairly difficult | 1 | Written for viol class. 2006 version slightly lengthened. | 2006 | ||||||
Bradentune Two | Theron | McClure | 4 | ||||||||||||
Browning | Martha | Bishop | 1937 | 5 | tr, tr, t, b, b | fairly difficult | 4.5 | PRB Productions, 1992 | Variations. Commisioned by 1992 Charney Manor Workshop in consort playing, Oxfordshire, England. | 1991 | |||||
Browning | Roger | Teichmann | 1963 | 5 | tr, tr, t, b, b | fairly difficult | 5 | 1986 | |||||||
Browning a4 | Jay | Elfenbein | 1955 | 4 | tr, t, b, b7 | 6 | PRB Productions C046 | 2003 | |||||||
Brèves d’Été | Claire | Renard | 1954 | 1 | b | lute/theorbo, harp | 48.5 | Accompanied by art work and lighting (A.Mecarelli). Suite; first movement has 7 sections. | 1994 | ||||||
Buzz | Barry | Guy | 1945 | 5 | tr, tr, t, t, b | difficult | 5 | Novello, 1995 | Written to observe Purcell year. “Reflection” of Fantasia upon One Note. Title from sound of pizz. | 1995 | |||||
By the Rivers of Babylon—Psalm 137 | David | Goldstein | 1918 | 2003 | 3 | tr, t, b | spoken voice | fairly difficult | 3 | Written for VdGSA Conclave. | 1992 | ||||
Ca' the Yowes | Richard | Einhorn | 1952 | 4 | tr, t, b, b | tenor voice | Original setting of a traditional tune | 2012 | |||||||
Cadman Requiem | Gavin | Bryars | 1943 | 6 | tr, tr, t, t, b, gt. b | vocal ensemble: alto, 2 ten, bar | fairly difficult | 9 | Viols alone in opening. Original version used modern strings. | 1997 | |||||
Cages and Dreams | David | Loeb | 1939 | 1 | tr | 2 recorders, soprano | difficult | 9 | Cantata with one movement recitative for voice and viol. Written for group named above. | 1965 | |||||
Can She Excuse | Randy | Sandke | 4 | trumpet, piano, bass, drums | 3 | Dinchmusic (BMI) | 2002 | ||||||||
Canon | Marc | Tallet | 1951 | 3 | tr, tr, t | Finalist in Traynor Competition, 1984, Tokyo. | |||||||||
Canon in D—Once around the park | Jules | Siegel | 1942 | 2008 | 4 | tr, tr, tr, b | fairly difficult | 3.5 | VdGSA 2005 | Canon on ground. Finalist in Traynor Competition, Japan. | 1985 | ||||
Cantata Giapponesa | David | Loeb | 1939 | 4 | tr, t, b, b | voice | difficult | 8.5 | 1995 | ||||||
Cantata senza voce | David | Loeb | 1939 | 6 | tr, tr, t, t, b, b | fairly difficult | 12 | Cantata with recitative, aria, chorale and fantasia-type movements. Unifying melody derived from 15th c. French folk tune. | 1987 | ||||||
Cantata: To Nerthus | Geoffery | Poole | 1949 | 1 | b | bar, ob, fl, vn, hps | difficult | 20 | BMIC | Addition of dancer and staging is optional. | 1977 | ||||
Canzona | Wolfgang | Bottenberg | 1930 | 4 | tr, t, t, b | fairly difficult | Winner of First Prize in 2000 Traynor competetion. | 2000 | |||||||
Capricci ed elegie | Ernst | Pfiffner | 1922 | 2 | b, b | hps | difficult | 13 | SUISA | 1972 | |||||
Capriccio | Hans-Martin | Linde | 1930 | 3 | tr, tr/t, b | 3 rec (or fl), hand drum | fairly difficult | 6 | Schott 5389 | Drum required in first and last movements. | 1963 | ||||
Capriccio for lute, viola da gamba, cornetto | Irwin | Heilner | 1908 | 1991 | 1 | b | lute, corn | ||||||||
Caprice | Rudolph | Dolmetsch | 1906 | 1942 | 1 | b7 | difficult | 2 | PRB Productions, 1993 | French Baroque style. Dedicated to his student and future wife, Millicent Wheaton. Facsimile and printed version provided by publisher. | 1929 | ||||
Caprice for Four Viols | Rachel | Archibald | 1911 | 4 | tr, t, b, b | ||||||||||
Caprice for Viols | Rachel | Archibald | 1911 | 3 | tr/t, b, b | fairly difficult | 4 | 1988 | |||||||
Caprices | David | Loeb | 1939 | 1 | b | difficult | 8 | Suite written for August Wenzinger. | 1984 | ||||||
Carillon Fantasy | David | Loeb | 1939 | 12 | tr, tr, tr, tr, t, t, t, t, b, b, b, b, | ||||||||||
Cat Trot | Tsutomu | Mizuno | 1949 | 6 | tr, tr, t, t, b, b | fairly difficult | 3 | Humorous. Middle movement of Sonatine. | 1985 | ||||||
Catlines Fantasie | Martha | Bishop | 1937 | 5 | tr, tr, t, b, b | 2013 | |||||||||
Catlz (Cat Waltz) | Tsutomu | Mizuno | 1949 | 4 | tr, t/tr, t, b | fairly difficult | 2 | Fantasia in “modulated tonal” style, “short and cute”. | 1986 | ||||||
Cavatina for treble viol and harpsichord | Edward T. | Cone | 1917 | 2004 | 1 | tr | harpsichord | difficult | Written for Ruth Leach. | ||||||
Cervejante | Gerson | Grünblatt | 1950 | 1 | b | sop | difficult | 7 | DDC of U. de Sao Paolo, 1985 | Version for vn and elec gt. | 1984 | ||||
Chacona | John D. | McDonald | 1954 | 2 | b7, b7 | difficult | 5.5 | Third Floor Press | 1990 | ||||||
Chaconne | David | Powell | 1952 | 1 | b | difficult | 3.5 | 1982 | |||||||
Chaconne | Christine | Hodgkinson | 6 | tr, tr, t, t, b, b | fairly difficult | 4.5 | PRB Productions, 1991, CM004 | 1991 | |||||||
Chaconne | Rachel | Archibald | 1911 | 4 | tr, t, b, b | fairly difficult | 3.5 | 1988 | |||||||
Chaconne à 4 Mains | André Laurent | O'Neil | 4 | tr, t, t, b | |||||||||||
Charney Quadrille | Tricia | Warhurst | 1950 | 6 | tr, tr, t, t, b, b | fairly difficult | PRB Productions | 1980 | |||||||
Chelys, sp. coymbia | Patrice | Connelly | 4 | tr, tr, t, b | 1 | VdGSA, New Music for Viols series | Part of '50 Seconds for the 50th Conclave' in which VdGSA members were invited to compose a 50-second piece on honor of the 50th Conclave. | 2012 | |||||||
Chikurin no yoru (The Bamboo Forest at night) | David | Loeb | 1939 | 1 | b | theorbo | moderate | Written as a wedding present for Maki Noguchi (member of the YKVC). | 2001 | ||||||
Chinvat Bridge | Andrew | Keeling | 1955 | 5 | tr, t, t, b, b | 6 | Memorial piece for Richard Campbell. Very straightforward. | 2010 | |||||||
Chorale Labyrinth | Nicholas | Patterson | 1961 | 4 | tr, tr, t, b | moderate | 2006 | ||||||||
Ciaconna | Mauro | Carpiceci | 1950 | 1 | b | alto rec, hps | fairly difficult | 5 | 1994 | ||||||
Cinquains | Thomas Edward | Benjamin | 1940 | 1 | b | sop, vln, hps | fairly difficult | 4.5 | Commsissioned by Houston Harpsichord Society with Houston Cultural Arts Council for Musica Viva | 1978 | |||||
Cinque Capricci after Girolamo Frescobaldi (La Frescobalda) | Bernd Alois | Zimmerman | 1918 | 1970 | 3 | SAT rec, ob d’am, lute, 3 trp, 3 trb | Bär BA 3367 (hire only) | ||||||||
Claros y Frescos Rios | David | Loeb | 1939 | 1 | b | voice | fairly difficult | 4.5 | Inspired by this text in its Renaissance setting. Written for Lawrence Lipnik. | 1992 | |||||
Coeur d’Hiver | David | Loeb | 1939 | 1 | b | harpsichord, orchestra | difficult | 18 | Movements have obscure titles from European cultures and places. Diverse forms including: passacaglia, dances, recitative, fugal movement, and unmeasured prelude. | 1987 | |||||
Concerning Stillness | Yvette | Audain | 1 | b | 4 | Sounz | Published by the Centre for New Zealand Music sounz.org.nz | ||||||||
Concertatio avium, plaisanterie virtuose | Harold | King | 1 | b | fl, vn, hps | 5.5 | DON | Dedicated to Quatuor Instr. de Paris. | 1965 | ||||||
Concertino | Sophie | Eckhardt-Gramatti | 1899 | 1974 | 1 | b | hps | 17 | Music is in Canadian Music Centre library. | 1971 | |||||
Concertino Grosso | Claude Adonai | Champagne | 1891 | 1965 | 1 | b | fl/vn, hps/pf, vc (instead of viol) | 14 | CMC | Revised 1963. | 1958 | ||||
Concertino for Ancient Instruments (on a Theme of Martin Peerson) | Elizabeth | Poston | 1905 | 1987 | 1 | b | rec, ob d’am, hps | 1950 | |||||||
Concertino for Viola da Gamba and Small Orchestra | Rudolph | Dolmetsch | 1906 | 1942 | 1 | b7 | fl, ob, cl, Eng. hn, bsn, hn, hp, strings | difficult | 12 | PRB Productions, 1996 | “Impressionistic”, “Delian” (but “thirties”) Orchestration realized by Layton Ring, 1992. Written for composer’s wife, Millicent. | 1941 | |||
Concerto No. 1 | David | Loeb | 1939 | 1 | b | chamber orchestra (2 flutes, 2 oboe, bassoon, strings) | difficult | 9.5 | 1980 | ||||||
Concerto for Viola da Gamba and Orchestra | Balthasar | Bettingen | 1889 | 1 | Orchestra | Manuscript housed at the Library of Congress Music Division. 18 leaves the 18th blank . 37 1 2 x 27 cm. | 1931 | ||||||||
Concerto for Violas da Gamba Small Orchestra | Stephen | Dodgson | 1924 | 0 | flute, 2 oboes, clarinet in A, bassoon, 2 horns in F, 6 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos, double bass | Written for Dennis Nesbit. | |||||||||
Concerto for two bass viols, strings and organ, Op. 4 | Olga | Nazaykinskaya | 1962 | 2 | b7, b7 | strings, organ | 22 | PDF file of score and parts is available. Recording of the first performance is on youtube:
1. Mvt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1clZBkGS2eQ
2. Mvt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBnqkl0KSC8
3. Mvt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-rexksAAtE | 2011 | ||||||
Consort Fantasias, Vol. 1 | David | Loeb | 1939 | 7 | (up to) 3 tr, 2 tn, 2 b | fairly difficult | 17 | 1965 | |||||||
Consort Fantasias, Vol. 2 | David | Loeb | 1939 | 2 | tr, t, b in various combinations | fairly difficult | 65 | Includes various forms: canzona, chaconne, 4-movement suite, and fantasias. | 1968 | ||||||
Consort Fantasias, Vol. 4 | David | Loeb | 1939 | 5 | tr, tr, t, b, b | difficult | 20 | Written for NYCV. | 1977 | ||||||
Consort Fantasias, Vol. 6 | David | Loeb | 1939 | 4 | tr, t, t, b | fairly difficult | 11 | 1980 | |||||||
Consort Fantasias, Vol. 7 | David | Loeb | 1939 | 4 | tr, t, t, b | fairly difficult | 14 | 1983 | |||||||
Consort Fantasias, Vol. 8 | David | Loeb | 1939 | 8 | various combinations | fairly difficult | 17 | VdGSJ (Akikaze Fantasia, à 6) | “Neo-Asian modern” style written for YKVC. This is the first consort piece to use Japanese traditions. Requires from 3 to 8 viols. | 1983 | |||||
Consort Fantasias, Vol. 9 | David | Loeb | 1939 | 3 | various combinations | fairly difficult | 19 | 1987 | |||||||
Consort Music | Andrew | Wilson-Dickson | 1946 | 4 | tr, tr, t, b | fairly difficult | 5 | “Post-Webern”/“serial”. | 1973 | ||||||
Consort Music (Opus 75) | Arnold | Rosner | 1945 | 5 | tr, tr, t, b, b | fairly difficult | 13 | Dedicated to Ronald Cross. | 1980 | ||||||
Consort Songs | Sarah | Michael | 1953 | 4 | tr, tr, t, b | bar | fairly difficult | 20 | “West coast semi-tonal, some extended technique”, “settings alternating contrapuntal and textural emphases” . | 1995 | |||||
Consort Songs | Sarah | Michael | 1953 | 3 | tr, t, b | sop | fairly difficult | 15 | PRB Productions, 1994 | “West coast tonal/Lawes.” Bass viol must tune bottom string down to C. A treble viol can replace voice. | 1993 | ||||
Consort Suite for four violes | Keil | Friedrich | 1957 | 4 | tr, a/t, t/b, b | fairly difficult | 10 | Finalist in 1984 Traynor Competition, Tokyo. Timing is minus fifth movement. | |||||||
Consort Violado | Calimerio | Soares | 1944 | 4 | tr, t, t, b | fairly difficult | 1.5 | 1985 | |||||||
Consorting Together | Roger | Hannay | 1930 | 4 | a, a, t, b | fairly difficult | 7 | “Composed in reflective interpretation of ancient styles”. Alto parts can be played on tenors. | 1985 | ||||||
Contralumina | Mark | Kuss | 1960 | 2 | b, b | SAB rec, lute, hand perc | difficult | 25 | composer | Namibian drumming patterns. Pitch-based palindromes. | 1995 | ||||
Cosmos | Tsutomu | Mizuno | 1949 | 3 | tr, t, b | moderate | 2 | Modal fantasia. | 1985 | ||||||
Country Vistas Suite | Martha | Bishop | 1937 | 5 | tr, tr, t, b, b | fairly difficult | Finalist in Traynor Competition, 1994. 3rd movement requires props for forest sounds. | ||||||||
Coventry Carol Fantasia, for 3 viols and voice | Will | Ayton | 1948 | 3 | tr, t, b | voice | fairly difficult | 4 | Fantasia style. Written for Amici Musicai. | 1991 | |||||
Crabbed Age and Youth, opus 82 | John | Joubert | 1927 | 1 | b | cten, hps, rec | 20 | Novello | Gamba used melodically and chordally. Fourth movement is with viol only; first and fifth: hps, rec and vdg . | 1974 | |||||
Creation Myths, Suites 1 and 2 | Alan R. | Newhouse | 5 | tr, tr, t, t/b, b | fairly difficult | 18 | Written for 1986 Traynor Competition, Japan. Suite 1 has 4 movements. Suite 2 has 5. | 1986 | |||||||
Cristal | Gerson | Grünblatt | 1950 | 1 | b | gt | fairly difficult | 7 | DDC of U. de Sao Paolo, 1980 | Originally for violin and guitar. | 1972 | ||||
Cry Out | Eleonor | Sandresky | 4 | tTnBB | Composer's arrangement of a work for string quartet. | 2009 | |||||||||
Da Christus geboren war | Karl Julius | Marx | 1897 | 1985 | 1 | b | alto, fl, vn, hps | BVK 2522 | |||||||
Danca Brasileira No. 1 and No. 2 | Ivan Sergio | Nirenberg | 4 | tr, tr, b, b | |||||||||||
Danca Brasilieira | Ivan Sergio | Nirenberg | 5 | tr, b, b, b, b | |||||||||||
Dance Symphonye | Jeffery | Cotton | 1957 | 3 | 3 recs, string trio, hp, prep pf | 1985 | |||||||||
Danceries Provencales | David | Loeb | 1939 | 2 | t, b | difficult | 10 | Suite of early dances (branle, tourdion, etc.) written for August Wenzinger and Hannelore Mueller. | 1982 | ||||||
Dances, Divisions and Diversions | Marshall | Barron | 1925 | 1 | tr, t, or b | fairly difficult | 31 | Playford Consort Publications, 1990 | Style inspired by Van Eyck divisions. Can also be played by modern strings. Written for Grace Feldman. | 1990 | |||||
Dancing Viols | Martha | Bishop | 1937 | 4 | tr, tr, t, b | 3.25 | PRB | This set got a good review in a recent VdGSA Newsletter. | 2007 | ||||||
Danserye Vol. 2 | David | Loeb | 1939 | 1 | b | baroque flute | fairly difficult | 7 | Written for performers above (composer’s students). | 1991 | |||||
Daybreak | David | Goldstein | 1918 | 2003 | 4 | tr, t, t, b | fairly difficult | 3 | PRB Productions | Composed in memory of Richard Bodig, former president of VdGSA. Setting of Armenian folk tune. | 1998 | ||||
Dedicatio ad Mariam | Claude Loyola | Allgen | 1920 | 1990 | 1 | b | sop & alto voices, English horn, typewriter | difficult | 2 | distributed by Swedish Music Information Center | Typewriter acts as percussion instrument. | 1958 | |||
Der Basler Vogelgryff | David | Loeb | 1939 | 1 | b | difficult | 2.5 | 1979 | |||||||
Der Winter ist vergangen; Es steht ein Baum im Odenwald | Reinhold | Heyden | 3 | tr, tr, b | Nagel (MP 7) | ||||||||||
Devaneio | Odemar | Brigido | 1941 | 4 | tr, tr, t, b | soprano voice | |||||||||
Dialogues | David | Loeb | 1939 | 1 | b | difficult | 10 | Dialogue between 2 top and 2 bottom strings. Written for Hannelore Mueller. | 1987 | ||||||
Dicamus Gracias | Mist | Porkelsdóttir | 1960 | 1 | b | alto/cten, hps | Islensk Tonverkamidstäd (cat. # 048-016) | ||||||||
Die Parabel vom barmherzigen Samariter | Ernst | Pfiffner | 1922 | 1 | b | 3 recs, Bar. bsn, Bar. tr, va d’am, hps | 14 | SUISA | 1982 | ||||||
Discorsi Musicale | Mary | Mageau | 1934 | 2 | tr, b | fl/alto rec | fairly difficult | 10 | Loux Music Co., LMP-110, 1996 | 1986 | |||||
Distant Songs | David | Loeb | 1939 | 4 | tr, t, b, b | ||||||||||
Distant Voices | Rami Y. | Levin | 1954 | 4 | 1991 | ||||||||||
Distilled for 7 String Bass Viol | Eliza | Brown | 1985 | 1 | b7 | 6.5 | Copyright 2010 Eliza Brown Sketchbook Music ASCAP | Scordatura: F1 C2 G2 C3 E3 A3 D4. Program Notes: Distilled is a detailed examination of the identity of the viola da gamba both as a physical, acoustic object and as an instrument with a particular place in music history. Detuning the two lowest strings | 2010 | ||||||
Divan | Sally | Beamish | 1956 | 6 | tr, tr, t, t, b, b | alto, oboe | 25 | A setting of several poems of the 15th century Persian Sufi mystic poet Hafez. Some of the material was adapted from previous compositions. | 2009 | ||||||
Diversion for Tenor Recorder and Viols | Rachel | Archibald | 1911 | 2 | t, b | tenor recorder | fairly difficult | 1 | 1989 | ||||||
Diversion for Three Tenor Viols | Rachel | Archibald | 1911 | 3 | t, t, t | fairly difficult | 1.5 | 1990 | |||||||
Diversion for Two Bass Viols #1 and #2 | Rachel | Archibald | 1911 | 2 | b, b | fairly difficult | 3 | 1988 | |||||||
Divertimento | Leo Justinus | Kauffmann | 1901 | 1944 | 1 | b | fl, hps | Schott, 1938 | |||||||
Divisions | John MacIvor | Perkins | 1935 | 2010 | 1 | b | hps | difficult | 6 | 1982 | |||||
Divisions upon a ground for viols | Marco | Pallis | 1895 | 1989 | 1 | tr (2 sets); b (4 sets) | hps or chamber org | difficult | Thames | 1980 | |||||
Djilile | Peter | Sculthorpe | 1929 | 4 | tr, tr, t, b | fairly difficult | 5 | Faber | Bass viol tuned in scordatura. Based upon adaptation of Australian aboriginal chant. Contains elements of chaconne. | 1994 | |||||
Dom | Heather Ruth | Spence | 6 | tr, tr, t, t, b, b | 5 | VdGSA, NMV9 | 'Written in honor of Dom Zuchowicz. Was also performed at Boston Early Music Festival concert June 18, 2012 in honor of Dom and at Conclave in Chicago, IL.' | 2011 | |||||||
Domen Milwyn | Andrew | Wilson-Dickson | 1946 | 3 | tr, tr, b | gt | fairly difficult | 5 | composer | Domen Milwyn is a bleak and (in December) ice-bound area in mid-Wales. Style is “not pastiche, coloristic; harmonically advanced”. Written for Harmonious Murmur. | 1995 | ||||
Dor | Mauro | Carpiceci | 1950 | 2 | b, b | hps | fairly difficult | 3 | Fantasia. | 1994 | |||||
Dotaku Hankyo (Echoes from Ancient Bronze Bells) | David | Loeb | 1939 | 1 | b7 | shakuhachi | difficult | 8 | “Somewhat resembles a Baroque sonata” in “neo-Asian modern” style. Probably first example of music combining viol with Japanese instrument. Written for Yukimi Kambe. | 1975 | |||||
Double Concerto for viola d’amore, bass viol and string orchestra, op. 74 | Rudolf | Moser | 1892 | 1960 | 1 | b | va d’am, string orch, hps | 23 | Music is in Archive SEI, library of Emil Seiler of Freiburg, Germany. | 1943 | |||||
Double Diptych for Renaissance Ensemble | Peter | Schickele | 1935 | 2 | tr, b | vielle, rec., crum, shawms, corn, sack, pipe & tabor, perc. | difficult | 9 | Ekan-Vogel, Inc., 1983 | “Folk and jazz influenced” suite. | 1983 | ||||
Double concerto for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord | John | Webber | 1949 | 1 | b | harpsichord, orchestra | difficult | 15 | 1989 | ||||||
Dragon Variations for 4 or 5 viols | Tsutomu | Mizuno | 1949 | 4 | tr, tr, t/b, b/t, b | fairly difficult | 5.5 | Middle part, for beginner, can be omitted. Some jazzy harmonies. | 1987 | ||||||
Drunk Green Cow Eats A Donut | Nicola | Ellis | 1964 | 2 | b, b | fairly difficult | 6 | 1994 | |||||||
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