Schubert, Arpeggione for Viola and Piano (Henle) 1/32-1/16 extensions

extensions

This volume gives violists and their duo partners on the piano an opportunity to form an acquaintance with Fauré's art through their own performances

Composed by Neridah Oostenbroek

A String: Aluminum wound over a synthetic core

Schubert, Arpeggione for Viola and Piano (Henle) 1/32-1/16 extensionsGood intentions are simply not good enough (to freely paraphrase Kurt Tucholsky): the arpeggione, a kind of hybrid instrument like a large bowed guitar, never won acceptance among musicians. This curiosity of instrumental engineering would certainly have long since been consigned to oblivion had not Franz Schubert of all people composed his A minor sonata for it. This three movement work is now truly immortal, but at the same time presents a problem