Musical arrangements by Barbara Solís
This section contains manuscript scores of works from the Spanish classical repertoire arranged by Barbara Solís, most for piano with viola.
Ms. Solís conceived of her duo arrangements as two parts that were complementary, with neither instrument taking a consistently solo role. She was particularly interested in exploring the viola’s capacity for musical colour to express the various moods of her chosen repertoire.
Most of Ms. Solís’s arrangements are for piano with viola, but she also arranged a few pieces for solo viola to accompany a dancer who plays finger cymbals or tambourine. She also arranged two works for two pianos (Albeniz’s Granada and Rapsodia Cubana) and another work for two pianos with soprano and viola (Falla’s El Amor Brujo).
Starting in the 1990s, Ms. Solís studied music arranging with composer Steven Gellman at the University of Ottawa. Their association was uniquely productive and collaborative, with Professor Gellman and his wife, Cheryl Gellman, a professional visual artist, providing tangible support to several of Ms. Solís’s concert presentations in Ottawa.
Many of the files listed below reproduce the manuscript scores that Barbara Solís used in concert. Ms. Solís wrote her arrangements by hand, and they remain legible, accurate and usable for performance.
Seven of Ms. Solís’s arrangements for piano with viola listed below can be heard on the CD The Mystical Music of Andalucia.
Readers are welcome to download copies of Barbara Solís’s musical arrangements and present them in performance.
Isaac Albeniz
Danza oriental - arranged for dancer with finger cymbals accompanied by solo viola
En la Alhambra - arranged for piano with viola
- Albeniz - En la Alhambra - viola and piano - full score - unannotated original
- Albeniz - En la Alhambra - viola and piano - full score - annotated
- Albeniz - En la Alhambra - viola part - colour
- Albeniz - En la Alhambra - viola part - grey scale
- Albeniz - En la Alhambra - viola part - page 2 annotated
En la Playa - arranged for piano with viola (audio recording and score available on YouTube)
- Albeniz - En la playa - viola and piano - full score - unannotated original
- Albeniz - En la Playa - viola and piano - full score - annotated
- Albeniz - En la Playa - viola part - annotated
- Albeniz - En la Playa - viola part - original ms.
Granada - arranged for two pianos
- Albeniz - Granada - two pianos - full score - annotated for Piano I
- Albeniz - Granada - two pianos - full score - annotated for Piano II
- Albeniz - Granada - two pianos - full score - unannotated revision
Serenata Andaluza - arranged for piano with viola
- Albeniz - Serenata Andaluza - viola and piano - full score - unannotated original
- Albeniz - Serenata Andaluza - viola and piano - full score - annotated
- Albeniz - Serenata Andaluza - viola part - original ms.
Serenata Arabe - arranged for piano with viola (audio recording and score available on YouTube)
- Albeniz - Serenata Arabe - viola and piano - full score - unannotated original
- Albeniz - Serenata Arabe - viola and piano - full score
- Albeniz - Serenata Arabe - viola part - annotated
- Albeniz - Serenata Arabe - viola part - original ms.
Tango - two versions: one arranged for piano with viola and another for solo viola
- Albeniz - Tango - solo viola and dancer
- Albeniz - Tango - viola and piano - full score - annotated
- Albeniz - Tango - viola and piano - viola part - original ms.
Torre Bermeja - arranged for piano with viola (audio recording and score available on YouTube)
- Albeniz - Torre Bermeja - viola and piano - full score - unannotated original
- Albeniz - Torre Bermeja - viola and piano - full score - annotated
- Albeniz - Torre Bermeja - viola part - unannotated original
- Albeniz - Torre Bermeja - viola part - annotated
Zambra Granadina - two versions: dancer with finger cymbals and solo viola, and dancer with flute, viola and finger cymbals
- Albeniz - Zambra Granadina - dancer with finger cymbals accompanied by solo viola - viola part - original ms.
- Albeniz - Zambra Granadina - flute, viola, piano and finger cymbals - partial score
Manuel de Falla
El Amor Brujo - arranged for two pianos, voice and viola
- Falla - El Amor Brujo - 2 pianos, viola, voice - full score - annotated
- Falla - El Amor Brujo - 2 pianos, viola, voice - viola part - annotated
- Falla - El Amor Brujo - 2 pianos, viola, voice - viola part - original ms. pages 1-10
- Falla - El Amor Brujo - original full score - unannotated
Serenata Andaluza - arranged for piano with viola
- Falla - Serenata Andaluza - viola and piano - full score
- Falla - Serenata Andaluza - viola part - annotated
Enrique Granados
Andaluza - arranged for voice, viola and piano
- Granados - Andaluza - voice, viola, piano - piano score - unannotated original
- Granados - Andaluza - voice, viola, piano - piano score - unannotated original - darker copy
- Granados - Andaluza - solo viola part - orig ms.
- Granados - Andaluza - solo viola part - orig ms. - alternate version
Cancion Arabe - arranged for piano with viola (audio recording and score available on YouTube)
- Granados - Cancion Arabe - viola and piano - full score - first version
- Granados - Cancion Arabe - viola and piano - viola part - unannotated first version
- Granados - Cancion Arabe - viola and piano - viola part - unannotated second version
- Granados - Cancion Arabe - viola part - annotated
El Galente - Spanish Dance No. 1 - arranged for piano with viola - viola part
La Maya Dolorosa - arranged for piano with viola - viola part
La Maya y el Ruisenor - The Maiden and the Nightingale - arranged for piano with viola
- Granados - La Maya y el Ruisenor - Maiden and the Nightingale - full score - unannotated original
- Granados - La Maya y el Ruisenor - Maiden and the Nightingale - viola part - original ms.
Las Curratacas Modestas - Tonadilla a dos voces - arranged for piano with viola - viola part
Melancolico No. 10 - arranged for piano with viola
- Granados - Melancolico No. 10 - viola and piano - full score - unannotated original
- Granados - Melancolico No. 10 - viola and piano - viola part - from measure 43
Orientale - arranged for piano with viola
- Granados - Orientale - viola and piano - full score - unannotated original
- Granados - Orientale - viola and piano - full score - annotated
- Granados - Orientale - viola and piano - viola part - original
- Granados - Orientale - viola and piano - viola part - original - darker copy
- Granados - Orientale - viola part - original ms. - early version - annotated
- Granados - Orientale - viola part - original ms.
- Granados - Orientale - viola part - original ms. - alternate version
- Granados - Orientale - viola part - annotated
Playera No. 5 - Andaluza - arranged for dancer with tambourine accompanied by solo viola (audio recording and score available on YouTube)
- Granados - Playera No. 5 - dancer and tambourine with viola
- Granados - Playera No. 5 - viola and piano - viola part - annotated
- Granados - Playera No. 5 - viola part - early version - annotated
Spanish Dance No. 9: Romantica - arranged for piano with viola
- Granados - Spanish Dance No. 9 - Romantica - viola and piano - full score
- Granados - Spanish Dance No. 9 - Romantica - viola part - annotated
- Granados - Spanish Dance No. 9 - Romantica - viola part - original ms.
Valses Poeticos - arranged for piano with viola
- Granados - Valses Poeticos - viola and piano - full score
- Granados - Valses Poeticos - viola part - annotated
- Granados - Valses Poeticos - viola part - original ms.
Zapateado - arranged for piano with viola
- Granados - Zapateado - viola and piano - full score - some annotations
- Granados - Zapateado - viola part - original ms.
Federico Mompou
Cancion y Danza V - arranged for piano with viola
- Mompou - Cancion y Danza V - viola and piano - full score
- Mompou - Cancion y Danza V - viola part - original ms.
Cancion y Danza VI - arranged for piano with viola
Cancion y Danza IX - arranged for piano with viola
- Mompou - Cancion y Danza IX - viola and piano - full score
- Mompou - Cancion y Danza IX - viola part - original ms.
Cancion y Danza X - arranged for piano with viola
- Mompou - Cancion y Danza X - viola and piano - full score
- Mompou - Cancion y Danza X - viola part - original ms.
Joaquin Nin
El Vito - arranged for piano with viola (audio recording and score available on YouTube)
- Nin - El Vito - viola and piano - full score
- Nin - El Vito - viola and piano - viola part - annotated
Joaquin Turina
Fiesta de las Calderas - arranged for piano with viola (audio recording and score available on YouTube)
- Turina - Fiesta de las Calderas - viola and piano - full score - unannotated original
- Turina - Fiesta de las Calderas - viola and piano - full score
- Turina - Fiesta de las Calderas - viola part - annotated
- Turina - Fiesta de las Calderas - viola part - original ms.
Tres Danzas Andaluzia: Tango - arranged for piano with viola
