Byron Adams
Sonata
for viola and piano
- Level: advanced
- Duration: 20'
- Genre: contemporary
- Composed: 2010/11
Reference: VA31
CHF37.00
- Published: 2016
- Publisher: Editions Bim
- Movements:
- I. Allegro appassionato (6')
- II. Allegretto grazioso (4')
- III. Adagio molto (6'30)
- IV. Allegro risoluto (5'30)
- I. Allegro appassionato (6')
III. Adagio
II. Allegretto grazioso
I. Allegro
IV. Allegro risoluto
Byron Adams (*1955)
Byron Adams (b. 1955, Atlanta, Georgia, USA) is a composer, musicologist, and conductor. He was educated at Jacksonville University, the University of Southern California, and Cornell University, w...
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About Sonata
About the Sonata
I cast my Viola Sonata in four movements, deriving the thematic material of the entire sonata from the opening measures. The turbulent first movement is a variant of sonata form in which a new theme, a sinister trumpet-call that first appears in the piano, heralds the beginning of the development section. The second movement is a lilting siciliana. The third movement is a somber funeral procession above which the viola sings a lament. In the finale, a sonata rondo in which themes from previous movements are varied upon return, the music hurtles forward inexorably towards a brusque, dismissive final.
Byron Adams, autumn, 2015, Los Angeles, USA