Sonata in F minor for viola and piano, op.120, no.1 / Johannes Brahms -- La campanella / Paganini-Primrose --Sonata in G minor for cello and piano, op.19 / Sergey Rachmaninoff. / text

Gamba sonata in D major for viola and piano / J. S. Bach -- Romance in F major, op.85 / Max Bruch -- Sonata for viola and piano, op.147 / D. Shostakovich. / text

Sonata in C minor for viola and keyboard / Wilhelm Friedemann Bach -- Fratres for violin and piano / Arvo Part -- Sonata for cello and piano in G minor, op.19 / Sergei Rachmaninoff. / text

Sonata for viola and harpsichord / W. F. Bach -- Sonata for piano and arpeggione in A minor, D.821 / Franz Schubert -- Lachrymae- Reflections on a song of Dowland, op.48 / Benjamin Britten -- Sarasateana / Efrem Zimbalist. / text

Thesis (D. Mus. Arts)--University of Washington, 2000. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 67-70).

The main body of this document includes discussion of the background, analysis, and significance of eight compositions by Ralph Vaughan Williams which feature the viola. These works were selected from those which give the viola unusual prominence. Solo works include Flos Campi, Suite for viola and small orchestra, and Romance for viola and piano. Two transcriptions for viola and piano, Six Studies in English Folk Song and Fantasia on Greensleeves, are also discussed. The remaining works are Four Hymns for tenor, string orchestra or piano, and viola obbligato, the String Quartet in A Minor in which the viola leads, and the Phantasy Ouintet which uses two violas and evolves from a viola melody.Chapters two through eight discuss each work. Chapters two through four cover Flos Campi, the Suite, and the quartet. Chapter two includes additional sections about problems resulting from the extra-musical associations in Flos Campi and various theories as to how they are reflected in the music. The next three chapters discuss Romance, Four Hymns, and the quintet. Chapter eight discusses the transcriptions.Musical analyses were completed for each composition by the author. Theirdepth was determined by the overall importance of each work. The most detailed analyses are for Flos Campi, the Suite,and the quartet; the briefest are for the transcriptions.A section discussing pedagogical significance follows the discussion of each composition. This includes information regarding the difficulty of each work and its value as teaching material.The introductory chapter addresses Vaughan Williams' love for the viola, his partiality to it in compositions, and the problem of limited research in light of the seeming significance of this music.The conclusion reviews the significance of each composition. Flos Campi was found to be the most significant historically and musically; the Suite has the most pedagogical value. A need to study a variety of these works was discovered due to their diversity of style and value. The conclusion is followed by an appendix of the author's performance suggestions for selected passages from each composition. / School of Music

Sonata for viola da gamba and harpsichord in D major, BWV 1028 / J. S. Bach -- Sonata for viola and piano in E-flat, op. 120, no. 2 / Johannes Brahms -- Viola concerto in D major, op. 1 / Carl Stamitz. / text

Thesis (D. Mus. Arts)--University of Washington, 2007. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 81-94).

Material relating to the viola, its history, technique, use as a solo and orchestral instrument, and its use in chamber music, is practically non-existent. For this reason, this document is being written in an attempt first, to collect and discuss, for the benefit of the author as well as for any who might have some interest in the viola, facts which might eliminate some of the common misunderstandings about the instrument, and second, to show, through examination of viola music, the use to which the viola has been put in solo, orchestral, and chamber music from the Baroque period to the present.

Concerto for viola and orchestra / Bela Bartok -- Trio / Ludwig van Beethoven -- Two songs / Johannes Brahms -- Passacaglia / Johann Halvorsen. / text