20NewMusicCatalog

New Music for Viols Database

Title

Composer First Name

Composer Last Name

Compsed Before

Composed After

Duration - Greater Than

Duration - Less Than

Publisher

Difficulty Level

Number of Parts

Click on any entry for more detailed information

Title	Composer First Name	Composer Last Name	Birth	Number of Parts	Year Composed	Difficulty	Duration	Publisher
Alba consort song after Samuel Beckett	Jeff	Abell	1953	4	1980	fairly difficult	4
Two Pieces for Solo Viola da Gamba	Murray	Adaskin	1906	1	1972	difficult	9	Calliopé
A Musical Triptych	Peter	Aldins	1953	1
Dedicatio ad Mariam	Claude Loyola	Allgen	1920	1	1958	difficult	2	distributed by Swedish Music Information Center
Trills	Peter	Androsch	1963	6	1989	difficult	7	KMG, Stuttgart, Germany
Sieben Schläge	Peter	Androsch	1963	1	1989	difficult	3	KMG, Stuttgart, Germany
Konzert für Viola da gamba, Streichorchester and Schlagzeug	Paul	Angerer	1927	1	1965	fairly difficult		Doblinger
Hyôî (drift) for viol solo	Takayoshi	Aoki	1951	1	1983	difficult	6
Aubade (song of morning scene)	Takayoshi	Aoki	1951	2	1983	difficult	8
Jazz Suite for Viol Consort	Rachel	Archibald	1911	5	1988	difficult	7
Chaconne	Rachel	Archibald	1911	4	1988	fairly difficult	3.5
Set for Four Viols	Rachel	Archibald	1911	4	1990	fairly difficult	7.5
Petite Fantasy on a Chorale	Rachel	Archibald	1911	3	1987	moderate	2
Bouquet	Rachel	Archibald	1911	4	2006	fairly difficult	1
Quintessence and Quiescence	Rachel	Archibald	1911	4	1990	fairly difficult	3.5
Knell	Rachel	Archibald	1911	1	1986	fairly difficult	1
Texas Suite	Rachel	Archibald	1911	1	1982	fairly difficult	2.5
Settings for Tenor & Bass viols	Rachel	Archibald	1911	2	1983	difficult	3.5
Archie’s Tune	Rachel	Archibald	1911	1	1980	fairly difficult	1.25
Song—for voice & viols	Rachel	Archibald	1911	2	1983	fairly difficult	1.5
Diversion for Two Bass Viols #1 and #2	Rachel	Archibald	1911	2	1988	fairly difficult	3
For Eloise	Rachel	Archibald	1911	2	1981
Polly	Rachel	Archibald	1911	3	1982		1
Rhythmicity	Rachel	Archibald	1911	4	1990	fairly difficult	3
Caprice for Viols	Rachel	Archibald	1911	3	1988	fairly difficult	4
Finger Board Fantasye	Rachel	Archibald	1911	1	1980	difficult	1
Caprice for Four Viols	Rachel	Archibald	1911	4
Phantasm	Rachel	Archibald	1911	4	1990	fairly difficult	2
Diversion for Tenor Recorder and Viols	Rachel	Archibald	1911	2	1989	fairly difficult	1
Fata Morgana	Rachel	Archibald	1911	3	1984	fairly difficult	1.5
Fanfare for Viols	Rachel	Archibald	1911	5	1988	fairly difficult	2
Diversion for Three Tenor Viols	Rachel	Archibald	1911	3	1990	fairly difficult	1.5
Vignette	Rachel	Archibald	1911	3	1986	fairly difficult	2
Fantasy and Dance	Bülent	Arel	1919	5	1974	difficult	10
In 3	John	Armstrong	1952	1	1992
Sonata da Camera	Richard Anthony Sayer	Arnell	1917	1				HIN
Concerning Stillness	Yvette	Audain		1			4	Sounz
Ave Maria—Fantasia for voice and 2 viols	Will	Ayton	1948	2	1995	moderate	2
Pavan and Fantasia, on a phrase of Richard Mico (1650)	Will	Ayton	1948	5	1990	fairly difficult	7
Reflections on American Shape Note Hymns	Will	Ayton	1948	4	2005
Music for Three Viols or String Trio	Will	Ayton	1948	3	1993	fairly difficult	4	PRB Productions, 1999
Music for Viol Consort a 5	Will	Ayton	1948	5				Allyon Wit Publications
Prelude For Solo Bass Viol	Will	Ayton	1948	1
Fantasia on “When Jesus Wept”	Will	Ayton	1948	3	1995	fairly difficult	2
Tunes of the British Isles	Will	Ayton	1948	3	2003	moderate		Cheap Trills - TR043
Music for My Lady’s Wedding Vol. I and Vol. II	Will	Ayton	1948	3	2003			Allyon Wit Publications 2003
Tears of a Dragon	Will	Ayton	1948	4
Fragments from Fitzwilliam	Will	Ayton	1948	2	2000			self
Three Settings of Poems by Thomas Campion	Will	Ayton	1948	3		moderate
Rest, Sweet Nymphs	Will	Ayton	1948	3		moderate
Fantasia a4 (in Homage to H.P.)	Will	Ayton	1948	4	1988	fairly difficult	4	PRB Productions
Fugue	Will	Ayton	1948	2
A Reliquary for William Blake	Will	Ayton	1948	3	2004	moderate
Fantasia a3	Will	Ayton	1948	3		fairly difficult
Imitations on Ein’ feste Burg	Will	Ayton	1948	4	2003
Traditional Jewish Melodies	Will	Ayton	1948	4				Cheap Trills
Fanfare for the 50th Anniversary of the VdGSA	Will	Ayton	1948	6	2012		1	VdGSA, New Music for Viols series
Twas in The Moon of Wintertime	Will	Ayton	1948	4	2005
Coventry Carol Fantasia, for 3 viols and voice	Will	Ayton	1948	3	1991	fairly difficult	4
Intermezzo	Will	Ayton	1948	5	1984	fairly difficult	5.75
Duets for Bea	Will	Ayton	1948	2	2002			Allyon Wit Publications
Meditation No. 2 for bass viol	Will	Ayton	1948	1	2006	moderate
Hush! My Dear, Lie Still and Slumber	Will	Ayton	1948	3	2009
Reflections on Ein’ feste Burg, O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden, Nun danket alle Gott	Will	Ayton	1948	4				Allyon Wit Publication
Fantasia a4 on a Theme of Henry Purcell	Will	Ayton	1948	4	1995	fairly difficult	5
Fantasia a3, for viol trio	Will	Ayton	1948	3	1990	fairly difficult
Four by Four	Will	Ayton	1948	4				PRB Publications
Incantations for the Solar Year	Will	Ayton	1948	3	2003			Cheap Trills
Variations on a Theme by Jean	Will	Ayton	1948	2
Meditation No. 1 For Bass Viol	Will	Ayton	1948	1		moderate	3
Miniatures For Martha	Will	Ayton	1948	4
The Ballad of the Rosemary	Will	Ayton	1948	4
Funeral Music	G.	Bachmann		3	1983
Henry’s Mobile	Simon	Bainbridge	1952	4	1995	difficult	5	Novello
Kinneret Pulses	Simon	Bainbridge	1952	5	1992	difficult		Novello, 1992
Variations on an Old Pavan	Francis	Baines	1917	2		fairly difficult		Schott (10463)
Pavane	Francis	Baines	1917	4	1960			Schott 10853
Six by Three	Peter R.	Ballinger	1932	6	1990	fairly difficult	6	VdGSA: New Music for Viola da Gamba, #3, 1992
Trio, opus 2	Peter R.	Ballinger	1932	3	1988	fairly difficult	8	PRB Productions: Contemporary Consort Series 8, ISBN 1-56571-011-8
Fantasia	Peter R.	Ballinger	1932	4	1995	fairly difficult	4	PRB Productions, 1995
Quartet for Viols	Seymour	Barab	1921	4	1985	difficult	10
52nds	Stephen	Barbour		4	2012		1	VdGSA, New Music for Viols series
Kanonspiel	Anibal	Barca		4
Triptych: Meditations on Auf Ein Altes Bild	Nancy	Barney		4	2019	moderate	6	Nancy Barney
O by the by	Marshall	Barron	1925	1	1990	difficult	2
Dances, Divisions and Diversions	Marshall	Barron	1925	1	1990	fairly difficult	31	Playford Consort Publications, 1990
Enigmas and Variations	Marshall	Barron	1925	4	1993	fairly difficult	38	Playford Consort Publications, 1993
Three Fantasias on Doves Figary	Marshall	Barron	1925	3	1984	fairly difficult	6	Playford Consort Publications, 1985
if among silent skies	Marshall	Barron	1925	1	1990	difficult	2
Preludes and Involuntaries for tenor viol	Marshall	Barron	1925	1	1990	fairly difficult		Playford Consort Publications, 1990
in Just spring	Marshall	Barron	1925	1	1990	difficult	2
Scottish Lilts and Laments	Marshall	Barron	1925	3	1989	fairly difficult	76	Playford Consort Publications, 1992
Tombeau de Marin Marais	Pierre	Bartholomée	1937	2	1967		13.5	UE
Eclipse	Todd	Barton	1949	1	1995	fairly difficult	3.75
Divan	Sally	Beamish	1956	6	2009		25
in dreaming	Sally	Beamish	1956	5	1995	difficult	5
Les premiers hivernements	John	Beckwith	1927	1	1986		12
The Juniper Tree	David	Bedford	1937	1	1982			UE
Kleine Kammermusik	Peter	Benary	1931	2	1968	difficult	6	MOES
Love (?) Songs	Thomas Edward	Benjamin	1940	2	1980	fairly difficult	8
Cinquains	Thomas Edward	Benjamin	1940	1	1978	fairly difficult	4.5
Upon Silence	George	Benjamin	1960	5	1990	difficult	10	Faber, 1990
Suite for Bass Viol and Harpsichord	Kenneth	Benshoof	1933	1	1968	fairly difficult	5
Sonata Op. 1, Arr. C.J. Coggill	Alban	Berg	1885	4	1907		6	PRB Productions CC052
Three Songs for Jerusalem	Jonathan	Berger	1954	1	1995	fairly difficult
Una and the Lion, op. 98	Lennox Randal Francis	Berkeley	1903	1	1979	fairly difficult	10	JWC, BMIC
Concerto for Viola da Gamba and Orchestra	Balthasar	Bettingen	1889	1	1931
Preludio and Passacaglia	Martha	Bishop	1937	1	1999			PRB Productions CI010
Millenial Musings	Martha	Bishop	1937	4	2000
Variations on “Drmes” a Croation Dance	Martha	Bishop	1937	4	1995
Passacaglia	Martha	Bishop	1937	2	1988	fairly difficult	4
Dancing Viols	Martha	Bishop	1937	4	2007		3.25	PRB
Trilogy on Sonnets of Elizabeth Barrett Browning	Martha	Bishop	1937	2	1987	difficult	9	Susato Press (George Kelischek)
2 Fantasias for 3 Viols	Martha	Bishop	1937	3	1987	fairly difficult	2.5	PRB Productions
Catlines Fantasie	Martha	Bishop	1937	5	2013
Maquam Hijaz	Martha	Bishop	1937	1	2008	difficult	5	PRB Productions Contemporary Inst. Mus. Series No. 34
Suite for 2 Bass Viols	Martha	Bishop	1937	2	1988	difficult	8	PRB Productions, 1990
Passiontide Chorale	Martha	Bishop	1937	1	1987	difficult	4
Mirages	Martha	Bishop	1937	5	2007		4.55
The Twa Sisters	Martha	Bishop	1937	2	1986	fairly difficult	4	Susato Press (George Kelischek), 1987
Fanfare Canzona	Martha	Bishop	1937	8	1990	fairly difficult	4
Passacaglia 1998	Martha	Bishop	1937	1	1998	difficult	4.5
Fantasia #1	Martha	Bishop	1937	3	1987			self
Three Works for Solo Viol	Martha	Bishop	1937	1	2014		12	PRB Productions CI034
Adagio	Martha	Bishop	1937	2	1988	fairly difficult	2
Trope on In Nomine	Martha	Bishop	1937	1				PRB Productions
The Lord’s Prayer	Martha	Bishop	1937	4	1993	fairly difficult	3
Eight Canonic Duets	Martha	Bishop	1937	2	1991	moderate	2	PRB Productions
Time Travel	Martha	Bishop	1937	4	2007		7.42
Three Communion Hymns	Martha	Bishop	1937	1	1987	fairly difficult	6
Incantation and Demonic Dance	Martha	Bishop	1937	5	1991
Three Communion Hymns	Martha	Bishop	1937	1	1983
Serna Suite	Martha	Bishop	1937	1	2009		8	Westwoods Publications
Suite No. 2 for Two Bass Viols	Martha	Bishop	1937	2	2002			PRB Productions CC040
“Barbara” Fantasia	Martha	Bishop	1937	4	1992	fairly difficult	3.5
A Christmas Carol	Martha	Bishop	1937	1	1988	fairly difficult	4.5
Prelude and Fugue	Martha	Bishop	1937	1				PRB Productions
Morphine	Martha	Bishop	1937	6	2012		1	VdGSA, New Music for Viols series
A Musical Smorgasboard	Martha	Bishop	1937	4	2008		17.44
Stabat Mater	Martha	Bishop	1937	4	2004	difficult	15	PRB forthcoming
Elegy and Passacaglia	Martha	Bishop	1937	3	1987	fairly difficult	4	PRB Productions
Requiem for Weezer, Ann Stierli's late cat	Martha	Bishop	1937	3	2009		3.05
Blue Ridge Echoes	Martha	Bishop	1937	5	2011		15	PRB Productions CC074
Gigue	Martha	Bishop	1937	2	1988	fairly difficult	1.5
Reverie	Martha	Bishop	1937	4	2009		3.21
Tango in Nomine	Martha	Bishop	1937	4	2006	fairly difficult	3	Fountain Music and Finale Smart Music as a high school orchestra piece for strings and harp, 2007. Unpublished as a viol piece.
Country Vistas Suite	Martha	Bishop	1937	5		fairly difficult
Shaker Prayer	Martha	Bishop	1937	4	2008		2
Mosaics	Martha	Bishop	1937	4	1988	fairly difficult	3	PRB Productions CC012
When our two souls	Martha	Bishop	1937	2	1987	fairly difficult

Viola da Gamba Society of America

To Members' Area

New Music for Viols Database