Viola Mix 3

From the Publisher

Viola Mix is an original series of new arrangements for viola. Book 3 offers attractive repertoire at Grade 3 in a wide variety of styles. Well-known music includes ‘Jupiter’ from The Planets and the African-American spiritual ‘Deep River’. There are also lots of new tunes to be explored, such as ‘Rabbit Foot’ by Florence Price and the traditional Ukrainian song ‘Halya carries water’.

The series has been compiled by string specialists Kathy and David Blackwell and covers the musical and technical elements of the early grades in three progressive volumes. Many of the arrangements are featured on the ABRSM Viola syllabus from 2024 and, in addition, all are ideal choices for Performance Grade exams. There are piano accompaniments for every piece, and viola accompaniments and guitar chords for many pieces, providing useful flexibility for students and teachers.

Key features of the series

• new arrangements of repertoire spanning many cultures and styles, in three progressive volumes at Grades Initial to 3
• accompaniments for piano, viola and guitar
• a rich source of repertoire for a concert or exam
• many of the pieces are featured on the ABRSM Viola syllabus from 2024
• an interesting footnote and fun fact for every piece

Kathy and David Blackwell both studied music at the University of Edinburgh. Kathy continued with studies at the University of Oxford before following a career in string teaching and writing educational music. David has worked
in music publishing and has composed and arranged a wide range of music from choral and organ compositions to educational music for strings, piano and a variety of other instruments. Together they have written the award-winning String Time series published by Oxford University Press. They have twice won the UK’s Music Industries Association award for Best Education Publication and in 2017 they received an ESTA UK award in recognition of exceptional services to string teaching.

Contents

• Contredanse No. 12  from 12 Contredanses, WoO 14 -Ludwig van Beethoven
• Rabbit Foot - Florence B. Price
• Minuet - Ignatius Sancho
• Canzonetta  from Album des enfants, Op. 123 - Cécile Chaminade
• Jupiter  from The Planets, Op. 32 - Gustav Holst
• L’cha Dodi - Trad. Jewish, arr. Franklyn Gellnick
• Für Elise - Ludwig van Beethoven
• Mi Teresita - Teresa Carreño
• Bella ciao - Trad. Italian
• Gavotte  No. 2 from Children’s Album, Op. 36 - Amy Beach
• Deep River - African-American Spiritual, arr. Nikki Iles
• Flight of the Swans  from Swan Lake, Op. 20 - P. I. Tchaikovsky
• Water in the Moonlight- Thomas ‘Blind Tom’ Wiggins
• Halya carries water - Trad. Ukrainian, arr. Ros Stephen and Julian Rowlands
• La campanella  from Viola Concerto No. 2, Op. 7 - Nicolò Paganini
• Habanera  from Dama de Ouros - Chiquinha Gonzaga
• March in D  from The Anna Magdalena Bach Book of 1725 - C. P. E. Bach
• Rondo alla Hornpipe  from Keyboard Sonata Op. 3 - C. M. Barthélemon
• Funeral March of a Marionette - Charles-François Gounod

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