Anna Barbara Dütschler, Marc Pantillon Romantic Viola Music

The large repertoire of works for the viola is due primarily to the efforts of German composers from the Romantic period. Hummel and Weber, for example, reserved for the viola a special place in their compositions, and Schumann dedicated the four pieces of his Marchenbilder to this instrument. Also worthy of mention are Max Bruch's double concerto and his Pieces for clarinet, viola and piano. Brahms himself authorized the transcription for viola of his two clarinet sonatas.