Bobby

Bobby has been playing the viola for over 18 years and performs in several orchestras around the Pittsburgh area.

There Are Only 13 of These Violas in Existence Today

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The oft-cited Stradivari violins and cellos are not the only string instruments that the famous Stradivari family crafted. They made violas as well. In fact, there are currently 13 known Stradivarius violas still in existence to this day. These instruments are so rare that one even was on market in 2014 for $45 million. Unfortunately, … Read more

Romance Oubliée by Franz Liszt

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  • Difficulty
  • Expressiveness
  • Solobility
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Beautiful Solo Piece

If you really want to explore the tonality ranges of your viola, Romance Oubliee is your piece.

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Romance Oubliee is the only piece written for viola and piano and does a phenomenal job of highlighting the viola’s deep, vibrant tones. This is the only Liszt work for piano and viola, apart from the Harold transcription, and the broken chords which inform the coda to the Romance oubliée are quite clearly an act of homage to the marvellous viola writing at the end of the Pilgrims’ March in Harold. Indeed, the whole final section is a later addition to the Romance oubliée, which was a reworking of an earlier piano Romance of 1848, itself derived from the song O pourquoi donc of 1843. The Romance oubliée was Liszt’s response in 1880 to a request to reprint the earlier piano piece. He prepared it for the viola virtuoso Hermann Ritter, but also made versions (with different piano parts) for violin and for cello, as well as a new piano transcription.   IMSLP Entry: [acf field=”imslp_link”]

Want some fun Liszt trivia?

Listen to this great podcast about how Liszt was essentially a rock star in his time: http://www.missedinhistory.com/podcasts/lisztomania/
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