Donald McInnes

Representative List of Viola Repertoire

Please note that although pieces are listed in order of technical difficulty, all are
presentable in a concert program.

Level I | Level II | Level III | Level IV | Etudes

Level I
Amran, D.
Bach, CPE
Bach, CPE
Bach, JC
Bach, JCF
Bach, JS
Bach, JS
Bach, JS
Bach, JS
Bach, JS
Bach, WF
Baker, M.
Bartok
Beale, J.
Berlioz
Bizet
Bloch
Boccherini
Bohm, C.
Brahms
Brahms
Bruch
Campagnoli
Cannabich, C.
Carter, E.
Cassado
Chopin-Vardi
Chopin
Chopin
Chopin
Collet, H.
Corelli

The Wind and the Rain

Solfeggietto
Sonata in G minor
Concerto in C minor
Double Concerto in Eb major for Viola & Piano
Air, for Viola & Piano
Aria, "Bist du bei mir", for Viola & Piano
Sinfonia for Viola & Piano from Cantata #29
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
Fantasia in C minor for Violin & Viola
Three Viola Duos
Counterplay
Forty-four Duos for Two Violas
Ballade, op. 23
Aria from Damnation of Faust for Voice, Viola, and Piano
Adagietto
Meditation & Processional
Sonata in G major
Perpetual Motion
Soft Strains of Music Drifting
Two Hungarian Dances
Kol Nidrei for Viola & Piano
Theme and Variations for Viola & Piano
Six Duos for Viola & Violin
Elegy
Requiebros
Nocturne in C# minor, op. posth.
Nocturne in C minor, op. posth.
Prelude in E minor, for Viola & Piano
Prelude in Bb major, for Viola & Piano
Rapsodie Castillane for Viola & Orch.
La Folia for Viola & Piano

Corelli
Creston
Dargomyzhsky
Debussy
Debussy
Dittersdorf
Dello Joio
Donizetti
Dvorak
Dvorak
Dvorak
Eccles
Eichner
Faure
Faure
Faure
Faure
Fick
Fiocco
Flackton
Frescobaldi
Gal, H.
Gardano, A.
Glazunov
Glazunov
Granados
Handel
Handel
d'Hervelois
Hindemith
Hindemith
Hoffmeister
Hovhaness
Howells, H.
Hummel, B.
Hummel, B.
Hummel, J.
d'Indy
Joachim
Joplin
Kreisler
Kreisler
Kreisler-Oppelt
Krenek
Leclair

Sonata in D minor, op. 5 #8

Suite
Elegy
The Girl with the Flaxen Hair
Beau Soir
Sonata in Eb major
Lyric Fantasies for Viola & Orch.
Romanza for Voice, Viola, & Piano
Bagatelle, op. 47 #3
Sonatina, op. 100
Two Waltzes
Sonata in G minor
Six Duets, op. 10, for Violin & Viola
Apres un reve
Elegy
Lamento
Sicilienne
Prelude in C minor for Solo Viola
Allegro
Sonata in G major
Toccata for Viola & Piano
Suite, op. 102a
Variations on "The King's Hunting Jigg"
Elegie
Meditation, op. 32, for Viola & Piano
Orientale
Sonata in E minor
"Where'er you Walk", for Viola & Piano
La Chambor (Allemande)
Meditation
Trauermusik
Concerto in D major
Talin-Concerto for Viola & String Orch.
Elegy for Viola, String Quartet, & St. Orch.
Sonatina (1971)
Sonatina No. 2 (1973)
Sonata in Eb major, op. 5 #3
Lied
Hebrew Melodies, op. 9
Solace
Liebeslied
Liebesfreud
Preghiera (In the Style of Martini)
Sonata for Viola & Piano
Six Sonatas for Two Violas

Liszt
Loeffler, Alfred
Loeillet
Marais
Marcello
Marcello
Marcello
Minsky, A.
Moor, E.
Mozart
Onslow, G.
Nardini
Nardini
Paganini
Paradies
Piston
Poulenc
Porter, Q.
Primrose
Purcell
Purcell
Rachmaninoff
Ravel
Ravel
Ries
Rimsky-Kors.
Roussel
Schubert
Schubert
Schumann
Serly, T.
Shostakovich
Sitt, H.
Stamitz, K.
Stamitz, K.
Stamitz, K.
Tchaikovsky
Tchaikovsky
Telemann
Telemann
Telemann
Toch
Vaughan-Will.
Vaughan-Will.
Vaughan-Will.

Romance Oubliee
Sonata for Viola & Piano
Sonata in F# minor
Five Provencal Dances
Sonata in G major
Sonata in C major
Sonata in F major
Three American Pieces for Unaccompanied Viola
Prelude, op. 123
Three Sonatinas, K. 439b
Sonata in A major, op. 16 #3
Sonata in F major
Sonata in F minor for Viola & Piano
Moto Perpetuo
Toccata
Interlude
Air Grave
Speed Etude for Viola & Piano
Londonderry Air for Viola & Piano
Air & Dances for Viola & Piano
Sonata in G min for Viola & Piano
Vocalise, op. 34 #14
Pavane for a Dead Princess
Piece en Forme de Habanera
Perpetuum Mobile
Dance of the Jester
Aria
The Bee
Litany for All Soul's Day
Three Romances, op. 94
David of the White Rock
Adagio
Concertpiece, op. 46
Concerto No. 1 in D major
Concerto No. 2 in A major
Six Duos for Two Violas
Nocturne in D minor, op. 19
Valse Sentimentale, op.51 #6
Concerto in G major
Concerto in G major for Two Violas
Sonata in D major
Three Impromtus for Solo Viola
Fantasia on Greensleeves
Four Hymns for Voice, Viola, & Piano
Six Studies on English Folk Songs

Veracini
Verrall, J.
Vivaldi
Vivaldi
Walter, D.

Largo
Sonatina
Concerto in D minor, op.3 #6
Sonata in A major
Hommage to Casals

Level II
Bacewicz, G.
Bach, JS
Bach, JS
Bach, JS
Bach, WF
Bates, D.
Bax
Bax
Beethoven
Beethoven
Beethoven
Beglarian, G.
Benjamin, A.
Benjamin, A.
Berkeley, Lennox
Biggs, J.
Binder, CS
Bloch
Boccherini
Boccherini
Borodin
Brahms
Bruch
Bruch
Burkhard, W.
Burkhard, W.
Carter, E.
Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Chailley, Jacques
Chihara, P.
Clarke, R.
Cooley, C.
Couperin
Dittersdorf
Dvorak
Finney, RL

Polish Caprice
Brandenburg Concerto #6
Six Cello Suites
Three Gamba Sonatas
Sonata in C minor
Suena, Gestures & Interludes
Legend
Sonata for Viola & Piano
Seven Variations from the "Magic Flute"
Trio, op. 87, for 3 Violas
Two Romances
Diversions for Viola, Cello, & Orch.
From San Domingo
Jamaican Rumba
Sonata in D min. for Viola & Piano
Invention for Viola & Tape
Sonata in D major
Hebraique Suite
Sonata in A major
Sonata in C min. for Viola & Piano
Nocturne & Scherzo
Two Songs
Double Concerto, op. 88, for Viola & Clarinet
Romanze, op. 85, for Viola & Orch.
Concerto
Sonata for Solo Viola, op. 59
Pastoral
Sonata for Violin & Viola
"Suite 508" for Viola & Piano
Sonata for Viola & Piano
Duo Concertante for Violin & Viola
Sonata for Viola & Piano
Etude Suite for Solo Viola
La Precieuse
Sinfonia Concertante for Viola, Bass, Orch.
Romance
Sonata No. 1 in A major

Finney, RL
Freed, I.
Fricker
Gal, H.
Gal, H.
Gardner, M.
Gardner, M.
Glinka
Grieg
Handel, D.
Handel
Handoshkin
Handoshkin
Harris, R.
Haydn
Heiden, B.
Hessenberg, K.
Hindemith
Hindemith
Holst
Hubay
Hummel
Husa, Karel
Joachim
Jongen, J.
Juon, P.
Kabalevsky
Kiel, F.
Kodaly
Kreisler
Kreisler-Oppelt
Krol, B.
Lipinski, K.
Loeffler
Loeffler
Marais
Martinu
Mendelssohn
Moussorgsky
Mozart
Novacek
Persichetti
Piston
Pochon, A.
Porter, Q.

Second Sonata
Rhapsody
Fantasy for Viola & Piano, op. 44
Divertimento, op. 90 #3 for Violin & Viola
Sonata, op. 101
Rhapsody for Viola & Orch.
Tricinium, Sonata for Solo Viola
Sonata in D minor
Sonata in A minor, op. 36
Mooncycle for Soprano, Viola & Piano
Concerto in B minor
Concerto in C major
Variations on A Russian Song of Love
Soliloquy & Dance
Divertimento
Sonata
Sonata, op. 94
Duo for Viola & Cello
Sonata, op. 25 #4 (1922)
Lyric Movement for Viola & Small Orch.
Morceau de Concert for Viola & Orch., op. 20
Fantasy
Poem for Viola & Chamber Orchestra
Variations, op. 10
Allegro Appassionato, op. 79
Sonata, op. 15
Improvisation
Three Romances, op. 69
Adagio for Viola & Piano
Praeludium & Allegro
Tambourin Chinois
Lassus-Variationen, op. 33
Impromptu-Etude
Quartre Poemes for Voice, Viola, & Piano
Two Rhapsodies for Viola, Oboe, & Piano
Suite in D major
Madrigals for Violin & Viola
Sonata in C minor
Hopak
Two Duos for Violin & Viola, K. 423 & 424
Perpetual Motion
Infanta Marina for Viola & Piano
Duo for Viola & Cello
Passacaglia for Viola Solo
Concerto

Porter, Q.
Prokofiev
Rawsthorne, Alan
Rolla
Schumann
Schumann
Senaille
Shtrum, Haim
Simons, N.
Spisak, M.
Stevens, H.
Stevens, H.
Suderburg, R.
Telemann
Turina, J.
Vaughan-Will.
Vaughan-Will.
Verrall, J.
Vieuxtemps
Vieuxtemps
Villa-Lobos
Ward, R.
Weber, KM
Whitaker, Michael
Williamson, M.
Wilson, G.
Winters, G.
Wolf, H.
Wranitzky

Duo for Viola & Harp (or Harpsichord)

Danse de Jeunes Antillaises
Sonata for Viola & Piano
Idylls for Solo Viola
Adagio & Allegro, op. 70
Marchenbilder
Allegro Spirituoso
Invenzione con Spirito, Sonata for Solo Viola (1991)
Songs for Wendy, for Voice & Viola
Duetto Concertante, for Viola & Bassoon
Suite (1959)
Suite (1969)
Chamber Music VI, 3 Movements for Viola & Double Bass
Twelve Fantasies for Solo Viola
Scene Andalouse for Viola, St. Qt., & Piano
Suite (8 mvts.)
Romance
Sonata No. 1 for Viola & Piano
Capriccio for Solo Viola
Elegie, op. 30
Duo for Violin & Viola
Arioso & Tarantella
Variations for Viola & Piano
"If Buifs" for Solo Viola
Partita for Viola on Themes of Walton
Sonata for Viola & Piano
Sonata No. 1, op. 8
Italian Serenade, for Viola & Orch.
Concerto for Two Violas & Orch.

Level III
Bacewicz
Bach-Kodaly
Babbitt, M.
Beethoven
Beethoven
Berkowitz, S.
Berlioz
Bliss
Bloch
Bozza
Brahms
Brahms
Brahms

Four Capricci
Fantasia Cromatica
Composition for Viola & Piano
Eyglass Duo for Viola & Cello
Notturno
Introduction and Scherzo
Harold in Italy
Sonata for Viola & Piano
Suite for Viola Solo
Improvisation & Burlesque
Sonata in D major, op. 78 (trans.)
Sonata in F major, op. 120 #1
Sonata in Eb major, op. 120 #2

Britten
Chihara, P.
Cooper, P.
Davies, PM
Denniston, D.
Despic
Duisberg
Enesco
Finko
Finko
Forsyth, M.
Franck
Fricker
Fricker
Fuchs, L.
Gardner, M.
Gould, M.
Handel-Halvorsen
Handel-Holvorsen
Hindemith
Hindemith
Hoddinott, Alun
Honegger
Janacek
Kechley, D.
Kimber, Michael
Kornauth, E.
Korngold
Levin, H.
Martinu
Martinu
Medins
Milhaud
Milhaud
Milhaud
Miletic, M.
Morrill, Dexter
Mozart
Mozart
Pasatieri
Pasatieri
Patterson, P.
Penderecki
Persichetti
Piston

Lachrymae
Redwood, for Viola & Percussion
Variants II for Viola & Piano
The Door of the Sun, for Solo Viola
"One Thought Fills Immensity" for Solo Viola
Monologue (1979), op. 66 for Viola Solo
Relativity's Rainbow for Viola & Bassoon
Concertpiece
Concerto for Viola & Orch.
Concerto for Viola, St. Bass., & Orch.
Steps, for Viola & Piano
Sonata in A major
Concerto
Thee Movements for Solo Viola, op. 25
Sonata Pastorale
Concerto for Violin, Viola & Orch.
Concerto
Passacaglia for Violin and Viola
Sarabande with Variations for Violin & Viola
Sonata, op. 11 #4 for Viola & Piano
Sonata, op. 25 #1 for Solo Viola
Concertino for Viola & Small Orchestra
Sonata
Children's Rhymes for Solo Viola, Choir, & Piano
Sonata for Viola & Piano
Sonata for Solo Viola (1997)
Sonata in C# minor, op. 3
Four Pieces, op. 11 for Viola & Piano
Seven Pieces for Viola & Piano
Rhapsody-Concerto for Viola & Piano
Sonata for Viola & Piano
Sonata for Viola & Piano
Quatre Visage for Viola & Piano
Sonata No. 1 for Viola & Piano
Sonata No. 2 for Viola & Piano
Concerto
Dance Bagatelles for Viola and Piano (1994)
Sinfonia Concertante in Eb major, K. 354
Sinfonia Concertante in A major, K. 104
Sonata for Viola & Piano
Windsong, for Voice, Viola, & Piano
Tides of Mananan, op. 64, for Solo Viola
Cadenza for Solo Viola
Parable for Solo Viola
Concerto

Porter
Prokofiev
Rolla, A.
Reger
Rochberg, G.
Sapieyevski
Schafer, G.
Schubert
Sculthorpe
Serly, T.
Shostakovich
Shulman, A.
Stravinsky
Tircuit, H.
Tufts, P.
Tufts, P.
Tufts, P.
Tufts, P.
Vaughan-Will.
Verrall, J.
Vitali
Vitetta
Weber
Wellesz
Wieniawski
Wieniawski
Wieniawski
Wilson, E.
Wilson, G.
Winters, G.

Suite for Viola Alone

Theme & Processional from "Peter and the Wolf"
Adagio and Theme with Variations
Three Solo Suites, op. 131d
Sonata for Viola & Piano (1979)
Concerto for Viola & Winds
Expressioni
Sonata in A minor "Arpeggione"
Sonata for Viola & Percussion
Rhapsody on Folk Songs for Viola & Orch.
Sonata, op. 147, for Viola & Piano
Theme & Variations for Viola and Orch.
Elegie, for Solo Viola
Sonata (Homage to Mahler)
Sonata (1967)
Suite
Sonata (1978)
Three Pieces for Violin & Viola (1981)
Flos Campi for Viola, Ch. Choir, & Ch. Orch.
Sonata No. 2 for Viola & Piano
Chaccona for Viola & Piano
Etude Caprice, No. 1 in E minor
Andante & Rondo Ongarese for Viola & Orch.
Rhapsody for Viola Solo
Alla Saltarella, op. 10 #5
Alla Saltarella, op. 18 #4
Scherzo-Tarantella
Sonata for Viola & Piano
Sonata for Viola & Piano
Sonata No. 2, op. 57

Level IV
Bach, JS
Bartok
Bekku
Benjamin
Benjamin
Benjamin
Bergsma
Bergsma
Berio
Bloch
Bozza

Sonatas & Partitas for Solo Viola

Concerto
Concerto
Elegy, Waltz, & Toccata
Le Tombeau de Ravel
Romantic Fantasy, for Violin, Viola, and Orchestra
Fantastic Variations on a themes from "Tristan"
Sweet was the Song the Virgin Sung; Tristan Revisited; Concerto for
Viola & Orch.
Sequenza
Suite (1919)
Parthie

Colgrass
Dahl, I.
Draganski
Epstein, D.
Fink, P.
Friedman, JP
Ghent, E.
Gould, M.
Hamilton, Iain
Hindemith
Hindemith
Hindemith
Hindemith
Hindemith
Jacob, G.
Jacob, G.
Kelterborn
Mead, A.
Milhaud
Milhaud
Musgrave
Nixon, R.
Paganini
Paganini
Paganini
Paganini
Paganini
Paganini
Schuman, W.
Serly, T.
Serly, T.
Starer, R.
Suderburg, R.
Szentkiralyi
Verrall, J.
Vieuxtemps
Walton
Zimmerman
Zimbalist

Variations for Four Drums & Viola

Divertimento for Viola and Piano
Variations for Solo Viola
Fantasy Variations for Solo Viola
Fantasy for Solo Viola
Concerto (in the form of Variations) for Viola & Orch.
Entelechy, Concertpiece for Viola & Piano
Concertette
Sonata for Viola & Piano, op. 9
Kammermusik No. 5, op. 36 #4
Konzertmusik
Der Schwanendreher
Sonata op. 11 #5 for Solo Viola
Sonata (1939) for Viola & Piano
Concerto No. 1
Concerto No. 2
Nine Moments
Sonata for Solo Viola
Concerto No. 1
Concerto No. 2
Elegy for Viola & Cello
Concerto
La Campanella
24 Caprices
Caprice #13 for Viola & Piano
Caprice #20 for Viola & Piano
Caprice #24 for Viola & Piano
Sonata for Grand Viola & Orch.
Concerto on Old English Rounds, for Viola, Women's Chorus, &
Orch.
Concerto
Sonata in modus Lascivus for Solo Viola
Concerto for Viola, Strings, & Percussion
Solo Music II, Ritual Lyrics and Dances for Solo Viola
Monologo for Solo Viola
Concerto
Sonata in Bb major for Viola & Piano, op. 36
Concerto
Sonata for Viola Solo
Sarasateana, Suite of Spanish Dances

Etudes
(In order of difficulty)

Wohlfahrt
Blumenstengel
Kayser
Mogill
Schradieck
Reher, S.
Dont
Kruetzer
Rode
Rolla
Hoffmeister
Campagnoli
Fuchs, L.
Fuchs, L.
Fuchs, L.
Palaschko
Palaschko
Kimber, Michael
Palaschko
Schloming
Paganini

Foundation Studies for the Viola

24 Studies, op. 33
36 Studies, op. 20
Selected Etudes
School of Viola Technique
12 Studies for Viola
24 Etudes, op. 37
Etudes
24 Caprices
Esercizio ed Arpegio
Viola Etudes
41 Caprices, op. 22
15 Characteristic Studies
16 Fantasy Etudes
Caprices
Twelve Studies, op. 36
Twelve Studies, op. 55
Twelve Caprices
Ten Studies, op. 49
24 Etudes, op. 15
24 Caprices