Igor Stravinsky - Elegy for Solo Viola (1944)

[Astartes40000]

I am doing a project on Igor Stravinsky for my music & art class and after looking up a couple songs of his, I really am hooked

[CriticaLxThoughX]

I LOVE the viola...although the violin is a beautiful and sweet instrument, a viola touches me much more. it´s just can be rougher, wilder and more melancholic. Love it...<3

[Musicalaga]

anybody have the score?

[AJ1234574]

this sucks punk

[AndoCCB4ever]

Nice

[Shootbag]

1 dislike....WHAT THE FECK?

[chiledofthekorn]

this is amazing

if you like this you might like

gabriel williams - dancing with the schizophrenic

[stelixana]

so peaceful... :)

[killercheese101]

This is the main reason I play viola. The most awesome string we can gloat to the violinists about. And they can't say they have the E string, because we have a fourth-finger note for it. :P

[death0personified]

@killercheese101 yep you do, but its not nearly the same XD i played the viola for a while and though the deep voice it owns is..... well sexy to put it bluntly, the violin still gives me goosebumps lol. Still much love to violist everywhere :p

[airplanedude550]

This is how a viola piece should sound...emphasizing the C-string tactfully.

[bpertz]

1 dislike? Must be a jealous violinist...

[papatia]

@bpertz make that 2 sucka!

[TheJunglist1210]

@bpertz I doubt anyone who disliked could be classified as a violinist.

[bpertz]

@TheJunglist1210 i was just kidding; I somewhat agree. I mean, everyone still has their own taste, and this might not appeal to some. eh, who knows. to each their own, i suppose.

[jorojoroviolinistico]

hhaahhahhahhahahahahahahahhaha­..............thats true!!..hhahaaahhahhaha.....it must be a very jealous violinist....hhahahhhahahha...­... nice commentary :) LARGA VIDA A LA VIOLA!!!!

[chubbaustralia]

amazing....

[AbsoluteZ3R0]

Hah, I love it. Whenever a composer wants to write a depressing piece what key do they immediately resort to? C minor, the bloodiest and deepest red of all keys. There is no way around it, there are so many elegies written in c minor, even ones not written for the viola!

[catnip4life55]

@AbsoluteZ3R0 another one that the greeks even said was considered to be an evil key (chord) not all keys were invented back then lol was the F# - you can make some evil stuff and very depressing

[DannyWrigley]

Still can't get over this piece.

[utopianvirtuoso]

Stravinsky happens to be a relative of mine and I just happen to be a musician myself as were my grandfather

[kratanuva725]

@utopianvirtuoso Thats awesome!

[MelasChupa]

Stravinsky, cada dia me rompes el corazon.

[Fatboyshazam]

anyone know where to get this sheet music?

[catnip4life55]

@Fatboyshazam sheet music plus or metzlers violin

[Klaus126]

Wow, amazing. I didn't know he wrote a piece for viola!

Does anyone know where that first picture of him with the sunglasses is from? That's the coolest Stravinsky pic I've ever seen!

[barnabyhall]

That looks like an Avedon

[barnabyhall]

@Klaus126

Be an Avedon I would guess

[ViolaBoii93]

This Song Makes Me Think Of My Mom... I Really Miss Her... This Song In A Way... Kinda Comforts Me... Thank You Stravinsky.. ~.:Your A Many Of Many Words.. But More So Of Notes:.~

- Joseph R. Sammut

[DannyWrigley]

This piece is breathtaking.

[nubcss]

it's really hard to express my feelings.

[ivonnesthebest]

simplemente genial

[wilthroop]

The violist is Miles Hoffman.

There are other great performances on the CD, including a bunch of Stravinsky/Dushkin transcriptions for violin and piano (from Mavra, Firebird, etc.).

[scienquist]

This piece is so devastating. I love how it really challenges tonality without fully departing from it.  It is truly tragic.

[MothmanCometh]

@scienquist

Yeah, Stravinsky is great at that. This work is a great example of counterpoint, and with varying tonalities, no less.

[catnip4life55]

@MothmanCometh one of the best 20th century composers

[tondue]

I'm grateful for this.  It's a very fine performance. But who's the performer?

David Schoenbaum

[DanielOsorioCuesta]

i have the viola part....

so... is in ares too

who wants write me!!!

[BiteSizedRose]

me la puedes enviar?

[juanman2000]

@DanielOsorioCuesta can I have a copy?

[DanielOsorioCuesta]

yes, of course.....

just need your e-mail...to send it

[yuehchopin]

einsam und weinen

[ptyxs]

Wonderful, A piece I didn't know of. The score is available at Schott Music.

[violinmans]

@ptyxs Also Boosey & Hawkes

[arredifestivi]

♥ meraviglia♥

[gsbreath2]

anybody some sheet music fer this?

[zuzzita]

yep

[mijistine]

Who plays this recording?