Play It Again, Sam: Viola Solo.

From: Notes | Date: March 1, 1996| Author: | Copyright information

The viola, particularly playing alone, has done well in recent additions to a number of publisher's catalogues.

Milton Babbitt's Play It Again, Sam is the composer's first addition to the viola's solo repertory since his monumental Composition for Viola and Piano of 1950. The title of the new work is a reference to its dedicatee, Samuel Rhodes, a compliment Rhodes is reported to have repaid at the first performance by taking the title as a literal direction. The new work offers a satisfying romp through Babbitt's tonal world. Many features of this world are recognizable from the ...

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