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Title	Composer First Name	Composer Last Name	Birth	Number of Parts	Year Composed	Difficulty	Duration	Publisher
Alba consort song after Samuel Beckett	Jeff	Abell	1953	4	1980	fairly difficult	4
Two Pieces for Solo Viola da Gamba	Murray	Adaskin	1906	1	1972	difficult	9	Calliopé
A Musical Triptych	Peter	Aldins	1953	1
Dedicatio ad Mariam	Claude Loyola	Allgen	1920	1	1958	difficult	2	distributed by Swedish Music Information Center
Trills	Peter	Androsch	1963	6	1989	difficult	7	KMG, Stuttgart, Germany
Sieben Schläge	Peter	Androsch	1963	1	1989	difficult	3	KMG, Stuttgart, Germany
Konzert für Viola da gamba, Streichorchester and Schlagzeug	Paul	Angerer	1927	1	1965	fairly difficult		Doblinger
Aubade (song of morning scene)	Takayoshi	Aoki	1951	2	1983	difficult	8
Hyôî (drift) for viol solo	Takayoshi	Aoki	1951	1	1983	difficult	6
Archie’s Tune	Rachel	Archibald	1911	1	1980	fairly difficult	1.25
Song—for voice & viols	Rachel	Archibald	1911	2	1983	fairly difficult	1.5
Diversion for Tenor Recorder and Viols	Rachel	Archibald	1911	2	1989	fairly difficult	1
Texas Suite	Rachel	Archibald	1911	1	1982	fairly difficult	2.5
Polly	Rachel	Archibald	1911	3	1982		1
Phantasm	Rachel	Archibald	1911	4	1990	fairly difficult	2
Rhythmicity	Rachel	Archibald	1911	4	1990	fairly difficult	3
Chaconne	Rachel	Archibald	1911	4	1988	fairly difficult	3.5
Petite Fantasy on a Chorale	Rachel	Archibald	1911	3	1987	moderate	2
Quintessence and Quiescence	Rachel	Archibald	1911	4	1990	fairly difficult	3.5
Caprice for Four Viols	Rachel	Archibald	1911	4
Fata Morgana	Rachel	Archibald	1911	3	1984	fairly difficult	1.5
Knell	Rachel	Archibald	1911	1	1986	fairly difficult	1
Jazz Suite for Viol Consort	Rachel	Archibald	1911	5	1988	difficult	7
Vignette	Rachel	Archibald	1911	3	1986	fairly difficult	2
Bouquet	Rachel	Archibald	1911	4	2006	fairly difficult	1
Caprice for Viols	Rachel	Archibald	1911	3	1988	fairly difficult	4
Fanfare for Viols	Rachel	Archibald	1911	5	1988	fairly difficult	2
Diversion for Two Bass Viols #1 and #2	Rachel	Archibald	1911	2	1988	fairly difficult	3
Finger Board Fantasye	Rachel	Archibald	1911	1	1980	difficult	1
Settings for Tenor & Bass viols	Rachel	Archibald	1911	2	1983	difficult	3.5
Set for Four Viols	Rachel	Archibald	1911	4	1990	fairly difficult	7.5
For Eloise	Rachel	Archibald	1911	2	1981
Diversion for Three Tenor Viols	Rachel	Archibald	1911	3	1990	fairly difficult	1.5
Fantasy and Dance	Bülent	Arel	1919	5	1974	difficult	10
In 3	John	Armstrong	1952	1	1992
Sonata da Camera	Richard Anthony Sayer	Arnell	1917	1				HIN
Concerning Stillness	Yvette	Audain		1			4	Sounz
Music for Viol Consort a 5	Will	Ayton	1948	5				Allyon Wit Publications
Duets for Bea	Will	Ayton	1948	2	2002			Allyon Wit Publications
Fragments from Fitzwilliam	Will	Ayton	1948	2	2000			self
Hush! My Dear, Lie Still and Slumber	Will	Ayton	1948	3	2009
Four by Four	Will	Ayton	1948	4				PRB Publications
Traditional Jewish Melodies	Will	Ayton	1948	4				Cheap Trills
Twas in The Moon of Wintertime	Will	Ayton	1948	4	2005
Fantasia a4 on a Theme of Henry Purcell	Will	Ayton	1948	4	1995	fairly difficult	5
Intermezzo	Will	Ayton	1948	5	1984	fairly difficult	5.75
Tears of a Dragon	Will	Ayton	1948	4
Music for My Lady’s Wedding Vol. I and Vol. II	Will	Ayton	1948	3	2003			Allyon Wit Publications 2003
Fantasia on “When Jesus Wept”	Will	Ayton	1948	3	1995	fairly difficult	2
Prelude For Solo Bass Viol	Will	Ayton	1948	1
Fanfare for the 50th Anniversary of the VdGSA	Will	Ayton	1948	6	2012		1	VdGSA, New Music for Viols series
Pavan and Fantasia, on a phrase of Richard Mico (1650)	Will	Ayton	1948	5	1990	fairly difficult	7
Coventry Carol Fantasia, for 3 viols and voice	Will	Ayton	1948	3	1991	fairly difficult	4
Fantasia a3, for viol trio	Will	Ayton	1948	3	1990	fairly difficult
Tunes of the British Isles	Will	Ayton	1948	3	2003	moderate		Cheap Trills - TR043
Imitations on Ein’ feste Burg	Will	Ayton	1948	4	2003
Miniatures For Martha	Will	Ayton	1948	4
Fugue	Will	Ayton	1948	2
The Ballad of the Rosemary	Will	Ayton	1948	4
Fantasia a3	Will	Ayton	1948	3		fairly difficult
A Reliquary for William Blake	Will	Ayton	1948	3	2004	moderate
Ave Maria—Fantasia for voice and 2 viols	Will	Ayton	1948	2	1995	moderate	2
Reflections on American Shape Note Hymns	Will	Ayton	1948	4	2005
Meditation No. 1 For Bass Viol	Will	Ayton	1948	1		moderate	3
Meditation No. 2 for bass viol	Will	Ayton	1948	1	2006	moderate
Music for Three Viols or String Trio	Will	Ayton	1948	3	1993	fairly difficult	4	PRB Productions, 1999
Variations on a Theme by Jean	Will	Ayton	1948	2
Fantasia a4 (in Homage to H.P.)	Will	Ayton	1948	4	1988	fairly difficult	4	PRB Productions
Rest, Sweet Nymphs	Will	Ayton	1948	3		moderate
Three Settings of Poems by Thomas Campion	Will	Ayton	1948	3		moderate
Incantations for the Solar Year	Will	Ayton	1948	3	2003			Cheap Trills
Reflections on Ein’ feste Burg, O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden, Nun danket alle Gott	Will	Ayton	1948	4				Allyon Wit Publication
Funeral Music	G.	Bachmann		3	1983
Henry’s Mobile	Simon	Bainbridge	1952	4	1995	difficult	5	Novello
Kinneret Pulses	Simon	Bainbridge	1952	5	1992	difficult		Novello, 1992
Variations on an Old Pavan	Francis	Baines	1917	2		fairly difficult		Schott (10463)
Pavane	Francis	Baines	1917	4	1960			Schott 10853
Fantasia	Peter R.	Ballinger	1932	4	1995	fairly difficult	4	PRB Productions, 1995
Six by Three	Peter R.	Ballinger	1932	6	1990	fairly difficult	6	VdGSA: New Music for Viola da Gamba, #3, 1992
Trio, opus 2	Peter R.	Ballinger	1932	3	1988	fairly difficult	8	PRB Productions: Contemporary Consort Series 8, ISBN 1-56571-011-8
Quartet for Viols	Seymour	Barab	1921	4	1985	difficult	10
52nds	Stephen	Barbour		4	2012		1	VdGSA, New Music for Viols series
Kanonspiel	Anibal	Barca		4
Triptych: Meditations on Auf Ein Altes Bild	Nancy	Barney		4	2019	moderate	6	Nancy Barney
if among silent skies	Marshall	Barron	1925	1	1990	difficult	2
Three Fantasias on Doves Figary	Marshall	Barron	1925	3	1984	fairly difficult	6	Playford Consort Publications, 1985
Enigmas and Variations	Marshall	Barron	1925	4	1993	fairly difficult	38	Playford Consort Publications, 1993
Dances, Divisions and Diversions	Marshall	Barron	1925	1	1990	fairly difficult	31	Playford Consort Publications, 1990
O by the by	Marshall	Barron	1925	1	1990	difficult	2
Preludes and Involuntaries for tenor viol	Marshall	Barron	1925	1	1990	fairly difficult		Playford Consort Publications, 1990
in Just spring	Marshall	Barron	1925	1	1990	difficult	2
Scottish Lilts and Laments	Marshall	Barron	1925	3	1989	fairly difficult	76	Playford Consort Publications, 1992
Tombeau de Marin Marais	Pierre	Bartholomée	1937	2	1967		13.5	UE
Eclipse	Todd	Barton	1949	1	1995	fairly difficult	3.75
Divan	Sally	Beamish	1956	6	2009		25
in dreaming	Sally	Beamish	1956	5	1995	difficult	5
Les premiers hivernements	John	Beckwith	1927	1	1986		12
The Juniper Tree	David	Bedford	1937	1	1982			UE
Kleine Kammermusik	Peter	Benary	1931	2	1968	difficult	6	MOES
Upon Silence	George	Benjamin	1960	5	1990	difficult	10	Faber, 1990
Cinquains	Thomas Edward	Benjamin	1940	1	1978	fairly difficult	4.5
Love (?) Songs	Thomas Edward	Benjamin	1940	2	1980	fairly difficult	8
Suite for Bass Viol and Harpsichord	Kenneth	Benshoof	1933	1	1968	fairly difficult	5
Sonata Op. 1, Arr. C.J. Coggill	Alban	Berg	1885	4	1907		6	PRB Productions CC052
Three Songs for Jerusalem	Jonathan	Berger	1954	1	1995	fairly difficult
Una and the Lion, op. 98	Lennox Randal Francis	Berkeley	1903	1	1979	fairly difficult	10	JWC, BMIC
Concerto for Viola da Gamba and Orchestra	Balthasar	Bettingen	1889	1	1931
Browning	Martha	Bishop	1937	5	1991	fairly difficult	4.5	PRB Productions, 1992
The Lord’s Prayer	Martha	Bishop	1937	4	1993	fairly difficult	3
When our two souls	Martha	Bishop	1937	2	1987	fairly difficult	2.5
Jasmine	Martha	Bishop	1937	4	1997	fairly difficult	7	VdGSA, 2004
Gigue	Martha	Bishop	1937	2	1988	fairly difficult	1.5
Suite No. 2 for Two Bass Viols	Martha	Bishop	1937	2	2002			PRB Productions CC040
Three Communion Hymns	Martha	Bishop	1937	1	1983
Passiontide Chorale	Martha	Bishop	1937	1	1987	difficult	4
In Nomines Incognito	Martha	Bishop	1937	3	2006	fairly difficult	9	PRB 2007
Suite for 2 Bass Viols	Martha	Bishop	1937	2	1988	difficult	8	PRB Productions, 1990
Adagio	Martha	Bishop	1937	2	1988	fairly difficult	2
Trope on In Nomine	Martha	Bishop	1937	1				PRB Productions
Three Communion Hymns	Martha	Bishop	1937	1	1987	fairly difficult	6
The Twa Sisters	Martha	Bishop	1937	2	1986	fairly difficult	4	Susato Press (George Kelischek), 1987
Serna Suite	Martha	Bishop	1937	1	2009		8	Westwoods Publications
Passacaglia 1998	Martha	Bishop	1937	1	1998	difficult	4.5
Catlines Fantasie	Martha	Bishop	1937	5	2013
Tango in Nomine	Martha	Bishop	1937	4	2006	fairly difficult	3	Fountain Music and Finale Smart Music as a high school orchestra piece for strings and harp, 2007. Unpublished as a viol piece.
Elegy and Passacaglia	Martha	Bishop	1937	3	1987	fairly difficult	4	PRB Productions
Millenial Musings	Martha	Bishop	1937	4	2000
Stabat Mater	Martha	Bishop	1937	4	2004	difficult	15	PRB forthcoming
Introduction and Dance	Martha	Bishop	1937	2	1990	difficult	3.5
Country Vistas Suite	Martha	Bishop	1937	5		fairly difficult
2 Fantasias for 3 Viols	Martha	Bishop	1937	3	1987	fairly difficult	2.5	PRB Productions
Shaker Prayer	Martha	Bishop	1937	4	2008		2
Trilogy on Sonnets of Elizabeth Barrett Browning	Martha	Bishop	1937	2	1987	difficult	9	Susato Press (George Kelischek)
Blue Ridge Echoes	Martha	Bishop	1937	5	2011		15	PRB Productions CC074
Incantation and Demonic Dance	Martha	Bishop	1937	5	1991
Variations on “Drmes” a Croation Dance	Martha	Bishop	1937	4	1995
Morphine	Martha	Bishop	1937	6	2012		1	VdGSA, New Music for Viols series
Fantasia #1	Martha	Bishop	1937	3	1987			self
Requiem for Weezer, Ann Stierli's late cat	Martha	Bishop	1937	3	2009		3.05
Three Works for Solo Viol	Martha	Bishop	1937	1	2014		12	PRB Productions CI034
“Barbara” Fantasia	Martha	Bishop	1937	4	1992	fairly difficult	3.5
In Nomine	Martha	Bishop	1937	6	1988	fairly difficult	3.5	VdGSA
Mirages	Martha	Bishop	1937	5	2007		4.55
Time Travel	Martha	Bishop	1937	4	2007		7.42
Reverie	Martha	Bishop	1937	4	2009		3.21
A Christmas Carol	Martha	Bishop	1937	1	1988	fairly difficult	4.5
Fanfare Canzona	Martha	Bishop	1937	8	1990	fairly difficult	4
A Musical Smorgasboard	Martha	Bishop	1937	4	2008		17.44
Passacaglia	Martha	Bishop	1937	2	1988	fairly difficult	4
Dancing Viols	Martha	Bishop	1937	4	2007		3.25	PRB
Eight Canonic Duets	Martha	Bishop	1937	2	1991	moderate	2	PRB Productions
Mosaics	Martha	Bishop	1937	4	1988	fairly difficult	3	PRB Productions CC012
Maquam Hijaz	Martha	Bishop	1937	1	2008	difficult	5	PRB Productions Contemporary Inst. Mus. Series No. 34
Preludio and Passacaglia	Martha	Bishop	1937	1	1999			PRB Productions CI010
Five by Five by Five	Martha	Bishop	1937	5	2003		5	PRB Productions CC044
Prelude and Fugue	Martha	Bishop	1937	1				PRB Productions
Anachronexus	Jacob	Bitinas	1992	8	2023	Fairly Difficult	10:00	Jacob Bitinas
Eidolon No. 6	Jacob	Bitinas	1992	6	2018	Moderate	4:10
Eidolon No. 4	Jacob	Bitinas	1992	5	2017	Moderate	4:00
Eidolon No. 3	Jacob	Bitinas	1992	5	2016	Moderate	4:30
Eidolon No. 5	Jacob	Bitinas	1992	5	2017	Moderate	4:10
Winter’s End	Charles	Boone	1939	1	1980	fairly difficult	7	Salabert
Kanzona, Op. 98	Siegfried	Borris	1906	1				Sirius Verlag
Trio, Op. 70	Siegfried	Borris	1906	1	1953	fairly difficult	11	Sirius Verlag
Konzert fur Gambe, Op. 87	Siegfried	Borris	1906	1	1957			Sirius Verlag (rental only)
Canzona	Wolfgang	Bottenberg	1930	4	2000	fairly difficult
Partita: for recorder quartet, guitar, and viola da gamba	Wolfgang	Bottenberg	1930	1	1978		23
Enneaenne	Michelle	Boudreau	1956	1	1983		9
Motet-Al Mishkavi (Song of Songs)	Martin	Boykan	1931	3		difficult
Repente	Luiz Otávio	Braga	1953	1	1992	difficult	12
Fugue on a Bach Tune	Chris	Briden		4	2012		1	VdGSA, New Music for Viols series
Jubileau De Prata	Odemar	Brigido	1941	3
Devaneio	Odemar	Brigido	1941	4
Pequena Suite para Quarteto de Viola da Gamba	Odemar	Brigido	1941	4
Marolas	Odemar	Brigido	1941	2
Sir William Dunch’s Pavan and Galliard	Virginia	Brookes		5	1993			PRB Productions, 1993
The Harper of Chao, op. 44	Christopher Roland	Brown	1943	1	1975	difficult	14	Musography; available from BMIC
Distilled for 7 String Bass Viol	Eliza	Brown	1985	1	2010		6.5	Copyright 2010 Eliza Brown Sketchbook Music ASCAP
Cadman Requiem	Gavin	Bryars	1943	6	1997	fairly difficult	9
In Nomine	Gavin	Bryars	1943	6		fairly difficult	8	Schott, 1995
Miniatures pour petite Aldis	Edvard Hagerup	Bull	1922	1	1963		10	NMI
The Turn of the Year	Freda	Burford		4	1989	fairly difficult	5.5	PRB Productions, 1991
In The Margins	Paul	Burnell	1960	1	2013	very difficult	17	Peacock Press (via Recorder Music Mail)
Saturn’s Rings	Robert	Butts	1950	4	1996	fairly difficult	10
Three Passacaglias	Robert	Butts	1950	4		fairly difficult
Musica per Palladio	Nicola	Campogrande	1969	1	2008
Sonata	Brian	Capleton	1957	3	1995	difficult	15	Asclepius Editions, 1999
Musica Mundana	Brian	Capleton	1957	4	1999	difficult	20
The Tetrad	Brian	Capleton	1957	2	1999	difficult	6	Asclepius Editions, 1999
Empidocles Fragment	Brian	Capleton	1957	2	1999	fairly difficult	5
The World is All	Brian	Capleton	1957	1	1997	difficult	7	Asclepius Editions, 1999
Quinque Viae	Brian	Capleton	1957	2	1997	difficult	12	Asclepius Editions, 1999
Sapere Aude	Brian	Capleton	1957	2	1995	fairly difficult	3	Asclepius Editions, 1999
The Elements	Brian	Capleton	1957	2	1992	difficult	20	Asclepius Editions, 1999
Private Music—Piece 1	Brian	Capleton	1957	2	1999	difficult	7
Malvern	Brian	Capleton	1957	1	1997	difficult	10	Asclepius Editions, 1999
Fantasia	Brian	Capleton	1957	3	1995	difficult	5	Asclepius Editions, 1999
Two for Le Nôtre	Robert	Carl	1954	1		difficult	14
Dor	Mauro	Carpiceci	1950	2	1994	fairly difficult	3
Fuga	Mauro	Carpiceci	1950	1	1994	fairly difficult	2

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