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North American publisher.
The history of music in the United States is closely connected to Schirmer's. Founded in 1866 (from a
previously existing publisher),
they have the merit of having introduced the music of the great
European masters to America, at a time when American music included
mainly hymns and folk tunes. Soon they started to encourage and publish
the works of American contemporary composers.
Also musical education was very important to Schirmer
and they persuaded notable composers to write operatic works for school
and community performance. The list of American and other contemporary
composers whose works are now published by Schirmer include Elliott
Carter, Henry Cowell, Roy Harris, Charles Ives, Walter Piston, William
Schuman, Samuel Barber, Leonard Bernstein, Morton
Gould, Gian Carlo Menotti, to name but a few.
Schirmer editions
for viola include works by J. S. Bach,
Franz Schubert, Henri Vieuxtemps, Ernest Bloch, Dmitri Shostakovich, Aram Khachaturian, Sofia Gubaidulina and
many more composers, collections of solos for viola and piano of
various genres and difficulty, as well as scales and studies books.
Another interesting characteristic of these editions
is the series "The Great Performer's edition".
These are works edited and sometimes arranged by great performers who
lived in the States, such
as the violinists Nathan Milstein, David Oistrakh, Yehudi Menuhin,
Ruggiero Ricci, the cellist Janos Starker, the flute player James
Galway, the french horn player Barry Tuckwell, the pianist Arthur
Rubinstein and (of interest to us) the violist William Primrose.
In these editions, one can see fingerings,
performance suggestions and
even ornamentation by these
great players.
Although someone may find these some of these editions a
bit dated, I
find them
very useful for the reason mentioned. For viola, Primrose edited works
like Brahms 1st sonata, Bach Suites, Telemann and Stamitz concertos, a
collection of his own transcription of virtuoso pieces, "The
Virtuoso Violist" and, my favourite one, the Aria (Cantilena)
by Heitor Villa-Lobos, from Bachianas Brasilieras No. 5, arranged for
viola and piano by William Primrose, from the original version for
eight cellos. You can listen to a sample of this charming work, click
on the picture on the right side.
 
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Aria
(Cantilena) - Viola And Piano (from Bachianas Brasilieras
No. 5). By Heitor Villa-Lobos
(1887-1959). Arranged by William Primrose. For viola (with optional
cello part) and piano accompaniment (Piano). String Solo. 20th Century.
Difficulty: medium. Set of performance parts (includes separate
pull-out viola/cello part). 8 pages. G. Schirmer #AMP95613-9. Published
by G. Schirmer (HL.50224430)
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Viola
Concerto In G - Viola/Piano (Set of performance parts). By
Georg Philipp Telemann
(1681-1767). Arranged by William Primrose. For
viola and piano. String Solo. Baroque. Difficulty: medium. Set of
performance parts (includes separate pull out viola part). Solo part
and piano reduction. 20 pages. G. Schirmer #LB1973. Published by G.
Schirmer (HL.50481381)
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Sonata
per Arpeggione (Viola/Piano) (Viola and Piano). By Franz Schubert (1797-1828). Edited by Paul
Doktor. For viola solo and piano
accompaniment. String Solo. Classical Period. Difficulty: difficult.
Viola solo single. Standard notation, piano accompaniment, bowings,
fingerings and introductory text. 29 pages. G. Schirmer #LB1832.
Published by G. Schirmer (HL.50262110)
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Suites (Viola Solo). By Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). Edited by William
Primrose. String Solo. Great Performer"s Edition. For unaccompanied
viola.. 44 pages. G. Schirmer #ED3142. Published by G. Schirmer
(HL.50334250)
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Suites (Viola Solo). By Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). Arranged by Samuel
Lifschey. For solo viola (unaccompanied). String Solo. Baroque.
Difficulty: medium-difficult to difficult. Viola solo songbook.
Standard notation. 53 pages. G. Schirmer #LB1564. Published by G.
Schirmer (HL.50260140)
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Sonata
(Piano/Viola) (Viola and Piano). By Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975). For
viola solo and piano accompaniment. Modern Russian Masterworks. 20th
Century. Difficulty: difficult. Viola solo single. Standard notation
and piano accompaniment. Op. 147. 40 pages. G. Schirmer #ED3301.
Published by G. Schirmer (HL.50335600)
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Studies - Viola (Viola Method). By Rodolphe Kreutzer (1766-1831). Arranged by
Walter Blumenau. For viola. String Solo. Instructional and Classical
Period. Instructional book. Performance notes. 69 pages. G. Schirmer
#LB1737. Published by G. Schirmer (HL.50261270)
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Etudes
Speciales, Op. 36 - Book 1 - Viola (Viola Method). By
Jacques Fereol Mazas
(1782-1849). Arranged by Leonard Mogill. For viola. String Solo.
Studies and Instructional. Instructional book. 48 pages. G. Schirmer
#LB1885. Published by G. Schirmer (HL.50262570)
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Passacaglia
(Piano / Viola) (on an Old English Tune). By Rebecca
Clarke (1886-1979). For viola solo and piano accompaniment. String
Solo. 20th Century. Difficulty: difficult. Viola solo single. Standard
notation, fingerings and piano accompaniment. 7 pages. G. Schirmer
#ED4110. Published by G. Schirmer (HL.50483591)
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Suite
Hebraique (Piano/Viola) (Viola and Piano). By Ernest Bloch
(1880-1959). For viola solo, violin solo and piano accompaniment.
String Solo. 20th Century. Difficulty: difficult. String solo single.
Standard notation and piano accompaniment. 16 pages. G. Schirmer
#ST42892. Published by G. Schirmer (HL.50286080)
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The
Virtuoso Violist (Viola and Piano). By Various. Edited by
William Primrose. String Solo. 80 pages. G. Schirmer #ED3922. Published
by G. Schirmer (HL.50482094)
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Solos
for the Viola Player (with Piano Accompaniment). Edited by
Paul Doktor. For viola solo and piano accompaniment. String Solo.
Classical. Difficulty: medium to medium-difficult. Viola solo book.
Solo part, standard notation, fingerings, bowings and piano
accompaniment. 64 pages. G. Schirmer #ED2307. Published by G. Schirmer
(HL.50329260)
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Sinfonia
Concertante (Score and Parts). By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
(1756-1791). Violin. String. 48 pages. G. Schirmer #LB1590. Published
by G. Schirmer (HL.50260330)
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Sonata
No. 1 in F, Op. 120 (Viola and Piano). By Johannes Brahms
(1833-1897). Edited by William Primrose. Viola. String Solo. Softcover.
32 pages. G. Schirmer #ED3332. Published by G. Schirmer (HL.50335910)
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