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Viola Sonata6
First mvt.
m. 15, end of 2nd beat, viola: should be A flat (not natural)
m. 61, first note, viola: should be C natural (not B)
m. 73, last C, viola: should be a half note
m. 93: tempo should be 80-84, not 108
m. 98, viola: articulation should be the same as m. 100
m. 114, viola: the two separate 16ths should be up an octave creating three
octaves of A in that bar7
m. 119, piano: third beat should be E D C A in both hands
Second mvt.
m. 22, viola: dim into the 6/4 bar, then p dim to pp.
m. 34, viola: triplet should be D-G flat-D
m. 48: no rail.
Third mvt.
m.22, tutti: should be played twice: Ix f, 2x p
m. 59, viola: tremolo. D, tremolo C, then double notes on the 16ths in the 3rd &
4th beats. Also, the last note of the bar is an E.
m. 60, viola: Back to single notes.
m.62, tutti: quasi Tempo 1 “I allow the figure at the end of m. 59 to tug me back a
bit in tempo so that m. 60 is quasi Pesante and then again at m. 62 I resist the tempo
just a bit more, bringing it back more or less to the opening tempo.”8
m. 62-63, piano: should be bass clef
m. 82, viola: 2nd beat should be G/В flat
m. 85, viola: third beat should be naturals (В-E fifth)
m. 89, viola: last note is an F natural
m. 99, viola: third beat should be naturals (В-E fifth)
6 James Dunham, email to the author.
7 Dunham plays open A for the middle octave as per Larsen’s instruction.
8 James Dunham, email to the author.