Romance Oubliée by Franz Liszt
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
What’s the Difference Between the First and Last Desk of a Viola Section?
What's the Difference between the First and Last Desk of a Viola Section? Half a measure.
What Do a Viola and a Lawsuit Have in Common?
What do a viola and a lawsuit have in common? Everyone is happy when the case is closed.
Why Shouldn’t Violists Take up Mountaineering?
Why Shouldn't Violists Take up Mountaineering? Because if they get lost, it takes ages before anyone notices that they're missing.
What’s the Difference Between a Viola and a Coffin?
What's the Difference between a Viola and a Coffin? The coffin has the dead person on the inside.
How Is Lightning like a Violist’s Fingers?
Why Shouldn't Violists Take up Mountaineering? Neither one strikes in the same place twice.
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