If you haven't seen it yet, there's a great little book called "How Muscles Learn: Teaching the Violin with the Body in Mind" by Susan Kempter. (From the...
hello, I've been wondering what people here view as the best viola parts ( whether solo or section ) in the orchestral repetoire. I'm not just reffering to...
... I know that there were both, and in fact, I've found a picture of a Stroh 'cello being played. Apparently an original stroh viola and a stroh cello are...
In a message dated 3/1/05 4:32:04 A.M. Central Standard Time, godzilla_violist@... writes: I've been wondering what people here view as the best viola...
To prevent injury, I make it a habit never to practice too much. ;-) Occasionally, the conductor of my community orchestra will ask us to play and play, which...
Gretchen Gillis
GGillis@...
Mar 1, 2005 12:44 pm
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I resent that comment! Although I still play the viola, flute has become my primary instrument. When school is in seesion, my only opportunities to so much ...
... I suspect that the Polka from Shostakovich's ballet music for "The Age of Gold" is available in transcription. Even if not, you could transcribe from ...
Alexander Harper
zharper@...
Mar 1, 2005 2:20 pm
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One to avoid like the plague is Ravel, "Bolero". Allison F Barney godzilla writes; what people here view as the best viola parts ( whether solo or section )...
... Cindy: I've heard two recordings. Somewhere I have Manny Vardi playing it on a Heritage LP. And I heard another, I forget by whom and under what label. But...
Alexander Harper
zharper@...
Mar 1, 2005 2:29 pm
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There is a recording on Vestige Classics by Eric Shumsky. It also contains other peices for Viola and string orchestra. You can order it online from...
<<Hans Kindler turned around and bellowed, "Why don't you laugh? We shall play again till you do!" This time the audience laughed (as they wanted to do the...
Greyfeeld@...
Mar 1, 2005 2:43 pm
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Hello Violists out there: I have posted in the past about string quartets for violin, 2 violas and cello and a few people have asked me where one might get...
Myron Rosenblum
roseviola@...
Mar 1, 2005 2:44 pm
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Fellow Violists, I have been messing around using gut A strings instead of synthetic core/metal A strings. I love the gut sound on the A. However, I have some...
I seem to have made a typing error. That Bob. VI:6 is supposed to be Hob. VI:6, not that it should make much difference... I hope someone knows something...
Bruckner 4, almost anything Brahms (siiiiiiiiiiigh), Mendelssohn (esp. Sym. No. 5--what a great piece to so thoughtfully start out with the lower strings...
How about Dvorak Symphony in G Major (the one that is numbered either #4 or #8) Numerous soli parts, most of them split into viola 1/viola 2. I'm told Dvorak...
Gerry Boe
BoeG@...
Mar 1, 2005 4:46 pm
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Hi, listers. We're doing a piece that has the following score tempo marking: Precipitando. What does it mean? Thanks. ===== George Tate Texas Orchestra...
Hurrying, or rushing (but maybe you shouldn't give the orchestra the wrong idea...) ... Outgoing mail is Virus Scanned byNorman Data Defense. Inbound...
Warren Davidson
wadvln@...
Mar 1, 2005 5:19 pm
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Hi there. This is to all those fabulous viola players who are auditioning for the Julliard School of Music. I encourage you to stay for the lunch with the...
Hi, I'm looking for a teacher to study with after I graduate this coming up year. I like the teacher at NEC but herd it was very competitive. I love her works...
Hello all, The Chulalongkorn University Viola Ensemble of 26 violists accompanied by 1 double bass and percussion, will be performing on the 29th of March at...
Dear fellow violists, As a student in my second semester of my freshman year, I have discovered an alarming trend in musicians: severe performance anxiety and...
... Norm Pickering is the person to really answer the question. I can offer a couple of ideas for consideration. First, gut A strings would, I think,...
Eric Chapman
chapmanviolins@...
Mar 1, 2005 7:16 pm
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... in the way of ... I try to do joint mobility drills every day. There are a number of DVDs out there now, but I think the most applicable for musicians is ...
Hi Zan, This is the first I've heard of the piece being a forgery. I was under the impression that the original piece was written for cello/viola/or violin in...
Hi, Many years ago I was completely cured and never had stagefright again with a kind of autohipnotic reasoning which I describe in detail on my website ...
Dear Cindy, After Henri Casadesus died, his family gave all his original manuscripts to the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris. Pieces that were hitherto thought...
Myron Rosenblum
roseviola@...
Mar 1, 2005 10:57 pm
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Dear Myron, Thank you for the information. The viola concerto in question is (supposedly)written by JC Bach,- not CPE Bach - in the key of c minor. The...
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