CHAMBER MUSIC REPERTOIRE TAUGHT 

By BAYLA KEYES

 

* Signifies Core Repertoire.

 

I.  String Duos

*Béla Bartók

Luciano Berio

Charles de Beriot

Rebecca Clarke

Handel-Halvorssen

*Zoltán Kodály

Bohuslav Martinů

*W. A. Mozart

*Serge Prokofiev

*Maurice Ravel 

Louis Spohr

Eugène Ysaÿe

 

II.  String Trios

*Ludwig v. Beethoven Opus 3, Opus 8, Opus 9 Nos. 1 & 3

*Erno v. Dochnanyi Serenade

*Antonin Dvorak Terzetto

Jean Francaix

Zoltán Kodály Serenade

*W. A. Mozart Divertimento, Preludes & Fugues

*Alfred Schnittke

Arnold Schoenberg

Franz Schubert

Ervin Schulhoff

Anton Webern

 

III.  String Quartets

Anton Arensky Cello Quartet

Grażyna Bacewicz           *Violin Quartet

*Samuel Barber

*Béla Bartók

*Ludwig van Beethoven

*Alexander Borodine  

*Johannes Brahms

*Claude Debussy  

*Antonin Dvořák

Philip Glass

Edward Grieg

*Joseph Haydn

Felix Mendelssohn

*W.A. Mozart 

Serge Prokofiev

*Maurice Ravel

G. A. Rossini  Bass Quartets

Arnold Schoenberg

*Franz Schubert

Robert Schumann  

*Dmitri Shostakovich

Bedrich Smetana

P. I. Tchaikovsky

Igor Stravinsky

George Walker

Anton Webern

 

IV.  String Quintets, Sextets, and Octets

*Johannes Brahms Opus 18, 36

Antonin Dvořák Opus 48, 77, 97

Georges Enescu Octet

Alexander Glazunov Opus 39

*Felix Mendelssohn Octet Opus 20

*W. A. Mozart KV 174, 406, 515, 516, 593, 614

*Franz Schubert Cello Quintet Opus 163

*Arnold Schoenberg Verklärte Nacht

P.I Tchaikovsky Serenade

Alexander Zemlinsky Viola Quintet

 

V.  Piano Trios

Anton Arensky Opus 32 

*Ludwig v. Beethoven Opus 1 No. 1, No.3, Opus 70 No. 1, Opus 97

*Johannes Brahms Opus 8, 87, 101

Claude Debussy

*Antonin Dvořák f minor, Dumky

Joseph Haydn Hoboken XV: 25, 27, 28

Charles Ives

Erich Korngold

Bohuslav Martinů

*Felix Mendelssohn Opus 49, 66

*W. A. Mozart KV 502, 542, 548

Astor Piazzolla Four Seasons

André Previn

*Maurice Ravel

Paul Schoenfield

Clara Schumann

Robert Schumann

*Franz Schubert D 898, 929

*Shostakovich #1, #2

Bedrich Smetana

P.I Tchaikovsky

 

VI. Piano Quartets and Quintets

Béla Bartók Piano Quintet

*Johannes Brahms Piano Quartets Opus 23, 26, 60, Piano Quintet Opus 34

Erno v. Dochnanyi Piano Quintet in c minor, in eb minor

*Antonin Dvořák Opus 81, 87

Edward Elgar Opus 84

Gabriel Fauré Opus 15

Cesar Franck f minor

John Harbison Piano Quintet

Eric Korngold Piano Quintet

Frank Martin Piano Quintet

*W. A. Mozart KV 478, 493

Alfred Schnittke Piano Quartet, Piano Quintet

*Franz Schubert Op. 114 (“Trout”)

*Robert Schumann Opus 44, 47

*Dmitri Shostakovich Opus 57

 

VII. Mixed Strings, Winds, and Voice

*Béla Bartók Contrasts

Amy Beach Flute Quintet

*Ludwig Van Beethoven Serenade Opus 25, Septet

Luciano Berio Folksongs

*Johannes Brahms Clarinet Quintet Opus 115, Horn Trio, Clarinet Trio 

Benjamin Britten Oboe Quartet

Ernst von Dohnanyi Sextet

Paul Hindemith Clarinet Quartet

Aram Khachaturian Clarinet Trio 

Darius Milhaud Clarinet Trio Opus 157b

Bohuslav Martinů Flute Trio

Olivier Messiaen Quartet for the End of Time

*W. A. Mozart Oboe Quartet KV 370, Clarinet Quintet KV 581, 

Flute Quartet KV 285

Ottorino Respighi Il Tramonto

Serge Prokofiev Quintet

Arnold Schoenberg Pierrot Lunaire

*Franz Schubert Octet Opus 166

*Igor Stravinsky L’Histoire du Soldat


 

VIOLIN REPERTOIRE TAUGHT IN MU 509/510, APPLIED VIOLIN PERFORMANCE

By BAYLA KEYES 

All works listed below are for violin solo, violin with piano, or violin with orchestra.

* Signifies Core Repertoire.

 

I.   Baroque

C.P. E. Bach: Sonatas

J.S. Bach: *Brandenburg Concertos, *Concerto in a minor, 

*Six Solo Sonatas and Partitas, *Sonatas

Heinrich Biber: Passacaglia, Mystery Sonatas

G. F. Handel: *Six Sonatas

Jean-Marie Leclair Sonata in e minor

Giuseppe Tartini: *Sonata in g minor (“Devil’s Trill”)

G.P. Telemann: Twelve Fantasias for Violin Solo

T. A. Vitali: *Ciaconna

Antonio Vivaldi: *Four Seasons: La Primavera, L’Estate, L’Autunno, L’Inverno

 

II.   Classical

Ludwig v. Beethoven: *Concerto, *Romances in F and G Major, *Ten Sonatas, Triple Concerto

Joseph Haydn: Concerto in C Major

W. A. Mozart: Adagio in E Major K. 261, *Concertos No. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 

Double Concerto K. 190, *Sonatas, *Sinfonia Concertante

Franz Schubert: *Sonatas, *Sonatina, *Fantasy in C Major, Rondo in b minor

Louis Spohr: Second Concerto

J. B. Viotti: Concertos No. 22 & 23

 

III.  Romantic

Ernest Bloch Two Suites

Johannes Brahms: *Concerto, Double Concerto, Hungarian Dances, *Three Sonatas, Sonatensatz

Max Bruch: *Concerto#1 in g minor, *Scottish Fantasy, Concerto #2 in d minor

Ernest Chausson: Concerto for Violin, Piano, and String Quartet, *Poéme

Antonin Dvořák: *Concerto, Humoreske, Four Romantic Pieces, *Romance, Sonatine

Edward Elgar: Concerto in b minor, Sonata

Heinrich Wilhem Ernst Last Rose of Summer

Gabriel Fauré: *Sonata in A Major, Sonata in E Major

Cesar Franck: *Sonata in A Major

Karl Goldmark: Concerto in a minor

Alexander Glazunov: *Concerto in a minor

Edvard Grieg: Sonatas in *c minor and g minor

Fritz Kreisler: Recitativo & Scherzo-Caprice, *Praeludium & Allegro, Schön Rosmarin, *Liebesfreud, *Liebesleid, Tambourin Chinois, Danse Espagnole, Variations on a Theme by Corelli, Caprice Viennois, Rondo (Mozart)

Eric Korngold: Concerto in D Major

Edouard Lalo: *Symphonie Espagnole

Amanda Maier: Concerto

Jules Massenet: *Thaïs Meditation

Felix Mendelssohn: *Concerto in e minor

Ottovar Novacek: *Perpetuum Mobile

Niccolo Paganini: *First Concerto, *24 Caprices, Moto Perpetuo 

Franz Ries: Perpetuum Mobile 

Camille Saint-Saens: *Third Concerto, *Introduction & Rondo-Capriccioso

Pablo Sarasate: *Carmen Fantasy, Habanera, *Introduction & Tarantella, Navarra, *Zapateado, *Zigeunerweisen

Clara Schumann: Romances

Robert Schumann: Sonatas in *a minor and d minor, Romances

Jean Sibelius: *Concerto

Christian Sinding Suite in a minor

P.I Tchaikovsky: *Concerto, Waltz-Scherzo, Melodie

Henri Vieuxtemps: *Concertos No. 4 & 5

Tomaso Vitali Chaconna

Giuseppe Tartini *Sonata in g minor “Devil’s Trill”

Franz Waxman: Carmen Fantasy

Henri Wieniawski: *Concertos in d and f# minor, Fantasia on Themes from Faust, *Two Polonaises, *Scherzo-Tarantelle, Legende

William Walton Concerto

 

IV. Twentieth and Twenty-First Century

Louis Andriessen Riddles

Grażyna Bacewicz Polish Caprice, Sonata (1941)

Claude Baker Elegy

Samuel Barber: *Concerto

Vytautas Barkauskas Partita

Béla Bartók: *Concerto #2, *1st & 2nd Rhapsodies, 1st & 2nd Sonatas, 

*Rumanian Folk Dances, *Solo Sonata, Concerto #1

Alban Berg: *Concerto

Luciano Berio Sequenza 8

William Bolcom: 4 Sonatas, Graceful Ghost

Ernest Bloch Nigun

John Cage: Six Melodies

Elliott Carter Riconoscenza per Goffredo Petrassi, 

Four Lauds: Remembering Aaron Copland

Peter Childs Variations (1999)

Aaron Copland: *Sonata

John Corigliano: Sonata, Red Violin Caprices

Mario Davidovsky Synchronisms #9 for Violin and Tape

Claude Debussy: La Plus que Lente, *Sonata

David Diamond: Second Sonata

Edward Elgar: Sonata, Concerto in b minor

Georges Enescu Impressions of Childhood, Sonata No. 3

Irving Fine Sonata

Igor Frolov Fantasy on Porgy and Bess

George Gershwin: Porgy & Bess, Preludes (Heifetz arrangements)

John Harbison: Concerto, *Four Songs of Solitude

Bernard Heiden: Sonata

Paul Hindemith: Sonatas for Solo Violin Opus 11, Opus 31 Nos. 1 & 2

Charles Ives: *Four Sonatas

Leos Janacek *Sonata 

Dmitri Kabalevsky: Concerto

Nelson Keyes Sonata for Solo Violin (1980)

Aram Khachaturian: *Concerto, Sonata-Monologue

Peter Klatzow Sonata for Solo Violin

W. Lutoslawski: Concerto, Partita, *Subito

Frank Martin Concerto

Joyce McKeel Planh (1974)

Robert Merfeld Ballade for Bayla, Adagio 2019

Olivier Messiaen Theme and Variations

Nicolo Paganini Concerto #1

Astor Piazzolla *Four Seasons

Francis Poulenc: Sonata

Andre Previn: Sonata (“Vineyard”)

Serge Prokofiev: *2 Concertos, *Five Melodies, *Solo Sonata, *2 Sonatas

W. Maxwell Raimi: Solo

David Rakowski: When the Bow Breaks

Maurice Ravel: *Sonata, Sonata Opus Posth., *Tzigane

Alain Ridout: Ferdinand for speaker/violin

Jeremy David Sagala: Aenigma (2003)

Alfred Schnittke: *Sonatas, A Paganini

Ruth C. Seeger: Sonata

Arnold Schoenberg: *Fantasy

Paul Schoenfield: Three Country Fiddle Tunes

Bright Sheng: The Stream Flows (1999)

Dmitri Shostakovich: *2 Concertos, Preludes, *Sonata

William Grant Still: *Suite

Richard Strauss: Concerto

Igor Stravinsky: *Concerto, Elegy, *Suite Italienne

Karl Szymanowski: Myths

Joan Tower: Platinum Spirals (1976), String Force (2010)

George Walker: Bleu for Violin Solo

R. Vaughan-Williams:*The Lark Ascending

William Walton: Concerto, Sonata

Anton Webern: Four Pieces

Stefan Wolpe: Piece in Two Parts for Violin Alone (1964), 

Second Piece for Violin Alone (1966)

Jürg Wyttenbach On Cheating the Fiddler, for singing violinist (1993)

Yehudi Wyner Dances of Atonement

Chen Yi Memory

Isang Yun: Li-Na im Garten: 5 Pieces for Violin Solo (1984), Kontraste (1987)

Eugène Ysaÿe: *Six Sonatas for Violin Alone, Sonata for Two Violins, Reve d’enfant

 

 

V. Technical Studies*

 

Dont: *24 Etudes & Caprices, Opus 35, Opus 37

A.C. Dounis: *The Dounis Collection: Eleven Books of Studies for the Violin (Carl Fischer) (*Artist’s Technique of Violin Playing, *Daily Dozen, 

Fundamental Trill Studies)

Fiorillo: 24 Etudes

Simon Fischer: *Basics, Practice, Scales, Violin Lesson, Warming Up

Carl Flesch: *Art of Violin Playing, Scales Studies, Urstudien

Ivan Galamian: *Contemporary Violin Technique

Gavinies: *24 Studies 

Kourgeuf: *Doublestop Exercises

Rodolphe Kreutzer: *42 Studies & Caprices

Léonard: Gymnastiques du Violon

Paganini: *24 Caprices (Henle edition)

Polo: 30 Doublestop Studies

Rode: 24 Caprices

Schradieck: School of Violin Techniques

Sevcik: Preparatory Scales Studies, School of Violin Technics, 

*Opus 1 Parts 1-4, Shifting the Position, Opus 3

Sitt: 50 Daily Exercises

Tartini: Theme and 30 Variations on "L'arte del arco"
 

 

 

 

 

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WORKS FOR SOLO VIOLIN

 

Andriessen, Louis – Riddles

Bacewicz, Grażyna – Caprice, Sonata (1941)

Bach, J. S. – Six Sonatas & Partitas

Baker, Claude – Elegy

Barkauskas, Vytautas – Partita

Berio, Luciano – Sequenza VIII

Von Bekker, Martynas Švėgžda – le son et la parole(1997-2003)

Biber, Heinrich – Passacaglia

Bloch, Ernest – Two Suites

Carter, Elliott - Riconoscenza per Goffredo Petrassi, Four Lauds Remembering Aaron Copland

Childs, Peter – Variations (1999)

Corigliano, John – Red Violin Caprices (1999)

Davidovsky, Mario – Synchronisms No. 9 for violin & tape

Ernst, Heinrich Wilhelm - Last Rose of Summer

Foumai, Michael-Thomas - Relics (2018) 

Harbison, John - Four Songs of Solitude (1985)

Hindemith, Paul - Solo Violin Sonatas opus 11:6, 31:1, 31:2

Khachaturianc, Aram – Sonata-Monologue

Keyes, Nelson - Sonata for Solo Violin (1980)

Klatzow, Peter  - Sonata for Solo Violin

Kreisler, Fritz - Recitativo und Scherzo-Caprice, Op.6

Mckeel, Joyce – Planh (1974)

Paganini, Niccolò - Caprices 

Perkinson, Coleridge-Taylor - Louisiana Strut

Prokofiev, Sergey - Sonata for Violin Solo

Raimi, W. Maxwell - Solo

Rakowski, David - When the Bow Breaks

Ridout, Alain - Ferdinand for speaker/violin

Sagala, Jeremy David – Aenigma (2003)

Schnittke, Alfred - A Paganini (1982)

Sheng, Bright - The Stream Flows (1999)

Stravinsky, Igor – Elegy

Telemann, G. P. – Twelve Fantasias

Tower, Joan - Platinum Spirals (1976), String Force (2010)

Walker, George – Bleu

Wolpe, Stefan – Piece in Two Parts for Violin Alone (1964), Second Piece 

for Violin Alone (1966)

Wyttenbach, Jürg – On Cheating the Fiddler, for singing violinist (1993)

Yi, Chen - Memory for solo violin (2010)

Ysayë, Eugene – Six Solo Sonatas 

Yun, Isang - Li-na Im Garten:  5 Stucke fur Violine solo (1984), 

Kontraste (1987)