Fidelis Zitterbart(1845–1915)
1845-04-08∗04/08/1845 in Pittsburgh, USA
1915-08-30†08/30/1915
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The music of Fidelis Zitterbart is unfortunately quite unknown. But he has written quite a lot for the viola. The violist Carl Smith has put together a program with «American Lullabies». One of them is the Berceuse in F major by Zitterbart. The harmonies are somewhat exotic. Unfortunately, there is only one handwritten score on IMSLP, which is a little impractical for a performance. Smith has written it out - with a separate viola part.
Works
• Berceuse F-major, for Viola and Piano • Aeolian Messengers, for Viola and Piano • Barcarolle A-minor, for Viola and Piano • Barcarolle c-minor, for Viola and Piano • Barcarolle d-minor, for Viola and Piano • Barcarolle g-minor, for Viola and Piano • Barcarolle g-minor, for Viola and Piano • Barcarolle No. 2 g-minor, for Viola and Piano • Barcarolle No. 3 a-minor, for Viola and Piano • Barcarolle Pathetique Ab-major, for Viola and Piano • Barcarolle Sentimentale d-minor, for Viola and Piano • Ben Hur, a-minor, for Viola and Piano • Cavatine C-major, for Viola and Piano • Evening Reverie F-major, for Viola and Piano • Hirtengesang F-major, for Viola and Piano • Idylle, A-major, for Viola and Piano • Imogen, for Violin (Viola) and Piano • Introduction et Romanza Appassionato, D-major, for Viola and Piano • Juliet, for Violin (Viola) and Piano • Lied ohne Worte (Song without Words), for Viola and Piano • The Lighthouse, d-minor, for Viola and Piano • Morceaus de Salon, for Viola and Piano • Murmering Waves, Morceau de Salon, Eb-major, for Viola and Piano • Pastoral Meditation, F-major, for Viola and Piano • Reverie Melancolique, a-minor, for Viola and Piano • Romance in Eb-major, for Viola and Piano • Romanza «La Viol d'amour» D-major, for Viola and Piano • Scherzo in f-minor, for Viola and Piano • Serenade «Italian» in b-minor, for Viola and Piano • Sonata no. 2 «The 300 year old» in 2 movements, F-major, for Viola and Piano • Sonata No. 1, a-minor, for Viola and Piano • Sonata No. 2 in g-minor, for Viola and Piano • Sonata No. 3 in a-minor, for Viola and Piano • Sonata No. 4 «The Gladiator» in c-minor, for Viola and Piano • Sonata No. 5 in c-minor, for Viola and Piano • Sonata No. 6 in e-minor, for Viola and Piano • Sonata No. 7 in d-minor, for Viola and Piano • Sonata No. 8 «Panoramic» in e-minor, for Viola (Violin) and Piano • Sonata No. 9 in a-minor, for Viola and Piano • Sonata No. 11 in C-major, for Viola and Piano • Sonata No. 12 in b-minor, for Viola and Piano • Sonata [No. 13] in A-major, for Viola and Piano • Spanish Serenade, for Viola and Piano • Suite in C-major, for Viola and Piano • Swansong in G-major, for Viola and Piano • The Vision of the Spring, Morceau de Salon, E-major, for Viola and PianoOnline Shop
• Berceuse F-major, for Viola and Piano, Score and partInputs
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According to the list of works for viola on wikipedia, there are a number of compositions for viola and piano by Zitterbart... He wrote a total of 13 Viola Sonatas, and several smaller pieces for the same instrumentation. Many of them are available here in manuscript form here: https://digital.library.pitt.edu/collection/fidelis-zitterbart-manuscripts. The American Viola Society also published his Sonata number 2 in G-minor (beautifully edited by David M. Bynog in 2015) and his Three Pieces. These are available at the American Viola Project: http://www.americanviolasociety.org