Evolution of Viola Music (1716 - 1994)

The evolution of viola music. The year provided is either the year of composition or the year of first publication.

0:00 Telemann (1716)
0:44 Bach (1721)
1:15 Stamitz (1774)
2:05 Mozart (1779)
2:46 Beethoven (1797)
3:13 Hummel (1798)
3:58 Weber (1809)
4:57 Mendelssohn (1824)
6:16 Paganini (1834)
6:56 Schumann (1851)
7:35 Vieuxtemps (1881)
8:29 Glazunov (1894)
9:34 Brahms (1894)
10:05 Forsyth (1903)
10:40 Bowen (1905)
11:12 Enescu (1906)
11:56 Bruch (1911)
13:06 Reger (1916)
13:47 Clarke (1919)
14:30 Walton (1929)
15:04 Vaughan Williams (1934)
15:29 Hindemith (1935)
16:00 Milhaud (1943)
16:24 Stravinsky (1944)
17:11 Bartok (1945)
17:47 Bloch (1951)
18:40 Martinu (1952)
19:32 Fuchs (1953)
20:16 Shostakovich (1975)
20:56 Penderecki (1984)
21:48 Takemitsu (1994)