0 a type of musical instrument very similar to, but slightly larger than, the violin -- viola; bratsch
After being interrupted by this activity, the slow bass line is then sequenced in the violas and reintroduces the phrase (at rehearsal number 25).
It is an attractive work, distinguished as probably the first real viola concerto in existence.
During the course of the work, an archaic-sounding theme on viola, like a mediaeval chant or carol, is transmogrified and splintered.
The notion of the solo viola as the narrator of the poem is immediately implanted.
The soloist typically sings over repeated semiquaver viola figures - there are no violins - at the upper, more mellifluous end of his range.
Footnotes in the separate viola part relate to editorial decisions made concerning it alone, and these comments are not duplicated in the piano reduction.
The boy-to-girl ratios for learning viola, cello and double bass were 7:3, 7:3 and 5:1 respectively.
Initial discrete cells presented by a viola are permutated and distributed among other solo instruments in a gradually proliferating internal dialogue characteristic of chamber music.
