List of solo violin pieces

A

• Anonymous
  • "Jeux interdits", Spanish Ballad, for Violin solo (transcription: Ruggiero Ricci)
  • Klagenfurt Manuscript (collection of 96 short pieces from c. 1685)
• Joseph Achron
  • Dans l'intimité, Op. 19 (1909) (1. Improvisation; 2. Plaisanterie musicale sur l'air populaire 'Oh, du lieber Augustin')
• Miguel del Aguila
  • Cutting Limes, for solo violin
• Georges Aperghis
  • The Only Line, for solo violin
• Lera Auerbach
  • par.ti.ta, I-X, for violin solo (2007)^[1]

B

• Grażyna Bacewicz
  • Sonata (No. 0) for solo violin (1929) -early work, no number-
  • Sonata No. 1 for solo violin (1941)
  • Sonata No. 2 for solo violin (1958)
  • Four Caprices for Violin Solo
  • Polish Caprice (1949)
• Johann Sebastian Bach
  • 3 Sonatas and 3 Partitas, for solo violin:
    • Sonata No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001
    • Partita No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002
    • Sonata No. 2 in A minor, BWV 1003
    • Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004
    • Sonata No. 3 in C major, BWV 1005
    • Partita No. 3 in E major, BWV 1006
  • Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542 (transcription for violin solo by Tedi Papavrami, 2010)
  • Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 (transcription for violin solo by Bruce Fox-Lefriche)
• Thomas Baltzar
  • Preludes and dances for solo violin
• Béla Bartók
  • Sonata for solo violin, Sz. 117, BB 124 (1944) (I. Tempo di ciaccona; II. Fuga (Risoluto, non troppo vivo); III. Melodia (Adagio); IV. Presto)
• Bruno Bartolozzi
  • "Variazioni" per violino solo (1957)
  • "Due studi" for violin
• George Benjamin
  • "Three Miniatures", for solo violin (2001):
    • 1. A Lullaby for Lalit
    • 2. A Canon for Sally
    • 3. Lauer Lied
• Paul Ben-Haim (b. Paul Frankenburger)
  • Sonata in G major, for violin solo
• Luciano Berio
  • Sequenza VIII, per violino solo (1976)
• Charles Auguste de Bériot
  • 10 Studi o Capricci, Op. 9 -ded. Baillot-
  • 6 Etudes brillantes pour le violon avec accompagnement de Piano (ad libitum), Op. 17
  • 3 Caprices for Violin, Op. 36
  • 3 Etudes caracteristiques, Op. 37 (1. Le Tourbillon; 2. L’Angelus; 3. La Sauterelle)
  • 9 Studies, for violin solo (1. Allegro agitato; 2. Allegro moderato; 3. Moderato; 4. Energico; 5. Melody: Largo; 6. Gulnare: Andantino; 7. March: Moderato; 8. Allegro vivace; 9. In imitation of the old masters: Moderato)
  • 12 Scènes ou Caprices, Op. 109 (1. La Separation; 2. La Polka; 3. Le Lezard; 4. Le Depart; 5. La Fougue; 6. La Banniere; 7. Le Caprice; 8. Saltarella; 9. La Reine; 10. Marche Russe; 11. L'inquietude; 12. La Consolation)
  • 12 Etudes Caractéristiques, Op. 114
  • 60 Etudes de Concert, Op. 123
  • Prélude ou Improvisation, for violin solo, Op. post.
• Lennox Berkeley
  • Introduction and Allegro, for Solo Violin (1949) -edited by Ivry Gitlis-^[2]
• Charles Harold Bernstein
  • Rhapsodie Israélienne, for solo violin (1984) -dedicated to Ivry Gitlis-
  • Romantic Suite, for solo violin (1984) (I. A huit heure; II. La commande; III. Presto ma non troppo; IV. Poème trascendental)
• Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber
  • Passacaglia in G minor -Rosary Sonata No.16-
• Carlo Bignami
  • 12 Capricci per violino solo (c.1948)
• Rainer Bischof
  • Hawa Nashira Acht Variationen für Violine solo, op. 31 (1991)^[3]
• Alexander Blechinger
  • Stimmungen für Violine Solo Op. 94^[4]
• Ernest Bloch
  • Suite No. 1, for solo violin (1958) (I. Prelude; II. Andante tranquillo; III. Allegro; IV. Andante; V. Allegro energico)
  • Suite No. 2, for solo violin (1958) (I. Energico deciso; II. Moderato; III. Andante; IV. Allegro molto; V. Mélodie. Moderato)
  • Nigun (arranged for solo violin by Jorge Bosso)
• Emil Bohnke
  • Solosonate Op. 13 Nr. 1 (1924)^[5]
  • Präludium^[6] und Ciacona Op. 15 Nr. 2 (1924)^[5]
• William Bolcom
  • Suite No. 1, for solo violin (1977) -to Sergiu Luca- (1. Prelude; 2. Perpetuum mobile; 3. Valse obsédée; 4. Sarabande; 5. Presto possibile)
  • Suite No. 2, for solo violin (2011) -to Gil Shaham- (1. Morning music; 2. Dancing in place; 3. Northern Nigun; 4. Lenny in spats; 5. Tempo di gavotte; 6. Barcarolle; 7. Fuga malinconica; 8. Tarantella; 9. Even music)
  • Suite No. 3, for solo violin (2018) -commissioned by the "International Violin Competition of Indianapolis"- (in 7 movements)
• Csiky Boldizsár
  • Passacaglia (Thema with Variations) for Solo Violin
• Nimrod Borenstein
  • Quasi una Cadenza for solo violin, Op. 26 (2002)
  • Kaddish for solo violin, Op. 78 (2018)
• Stephen Brown
  • Suite No. 1 for solo violin "Takkakaw Falls" (2003/04)
  • Four Romances and a Lunch, 5 movements for solo violin (2005)
  • Suite No. 2 for solo violin "There Was a Lady in the East" (2007)

C

• John Cage
  • "Cheap Imitation" (1977)
  • "Chorals" (1978) -from Erik Satie's Douze petits chorals-
  • "Eight Whiskus" (1985)
  • "One⁶" (1990)
  • "One¹⁰" (1992)
  • (32) "Freeman Etudes":
    • Book 1 & 2, (Etudes No. 1-16) (1980)
    • Book 3 & 4, (Etudes No. 17-32) (1990)
• Bartolomeo Campagnoli
  • Divertissements, per violino solo
  • 30 Preludes (in all keys), per violino solo (rev./ed. H.Wessel)
• Julian Carrillo
  • Sonata No.1 para violin solo en Mi menor "a Paganini" (1939)
• Elliott Carter
  • "Four Lauds", for solo violin:
    • I. Statement - Remembering Aaron (1999)
    • II. Riconoscenza per Goffredo Petrassi (1984)
    • III. Rhapsodic Musings (2000)
    • IV. Fantasy - Remembering Roger (1999)
  • Cadenza for First Violin, in: String Quartet No. 2 (1959)
• Azio Corghi
  • Petit Caprice (style Offenbach), per violino solo (1992)^[7]
• Gloria Coates
  • Sonata, for solo violin (2000) (I. Prelude; II. Fantasia; III. Berceuse; IV. Hornpipe)
• John Corigliano
  • "The Red Violin" Caprices, for solo violin (1999)
  • "Stomp", for solo violin (2010) -employs scordatura tuning-
• John Craton
  • Sonata for Solo Violin (2007)

D

• • Bergamasques (2013)
• Edison Denisov
  • Sonata for violin solo (1978)
• Joël-François Durand
  • Roman for violin solo (1982)
• Melissa Dunphy
  • Kommós (2011)

E

• Gottfried von Einem
  • Solosonate für Violine, Op. 47
• Anders Eliasson
  • "In medias" for violin solo (1971)
• George Enescu
  • "Airs Dans Le Genre Roumain", for solo violin (1926)
  • "Fantaisie Concertante", for solo violin (1932: arr. Sherban Lupu)
  • "The Fiddler", for solo violin (ed. Sherban Lupu)
  • "Prélude à l'unisson", for solo violin (1st movement from "Suite No. 1 for Orchestra" in C major Op. 9)
  • "Sarabande", for solo violin (ed. Sherban Lupu)
  • "Ménétrier", for solo violin (1st movement from "Impressions d'enfance" Op. 28 (1940))
• Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst
  • 6 Études à plusieurs parties (6 Polyphonic Studies / 6 mehrstimmige Studien) for Violin Solo (publ. 1864):
    • 1. in F major
    • 2. in A major
    • 3. in E major
    • 4. in C major
    • 5. in E-flat major
    • 6. Variations de concert sur l’air irlandaise The Last Rose of Summer, in G major
  • Grand Caprice on Schubert's Der Erlkönig, D. 328, Op. 26 (1854) -transcription for solo violin-
• Iván Erőd
  • Drei Stücke für Violine solo, Op. 27 (1979)
  • "GeburtstagsPRÄSENT dem treuen Freund GErHArD", o.Op. (2007)

F

• Sebastian Fagerlund
  • Materie for solo violin
• Luboš Fišer (1896-1967)
  • Sonata for solo violin "In memoriam Terezin" (1981)
• Richard Flury (1896-1967)
  • 10 Capricen für solo violine (1950/52) (1. Allegro molto; 2. Prestissimo; 3. Andantino; 4. Allegro; 5. Moderato; 6. Allegro moderato; 7. Allegro; 8. Vivace; 9. Allegro; 10. Vivace)
• Urs Joseph Flury (b. 1941)
  • Sonate für Violine solo (1976) (1. Fantasia; 2. Interludium; 3. Habanera; 4. Perpetuum mobile)
• Jean Françaix (1912-1997)
  • Theme and 8 Variations, for violin solo (1980) -dedicated to Michael Goldstein-
• Joel Phillip Friedman
  • Uncle Hokum's Fiddle for solo violin (2013), Grey Bird Music
• Dai Fujikura
  • "Samarasa" for solo violin (2010)

G

• Antonio García
  • Your room at midnight^[8] (2018)
• Francesco Geminiani
  • Violin Solo Sonata in B-flat major (ed. Mario Corti) (I. Adagio, con fantasia; II. Vivace; III. Affetuoso; IV. Giga. Allegro)
  • Violin Solo in C major
• Robert Gerhard
  • Cachonne for solo violin (1959)^[9][10]
• Vittorio Giannini
  • Violin Solo Sonata No. 1 (1940) -dedicated to Ruggiero Ricci- (I. Praeludium con bravura; II. Cantabile; III. Allegro)
• Philip Glass
  • "Strung Out", for solo amplified violin (1967)
  • "Knee Play 2", violin solo from Einstein On The Beach
  • Partita for solo violin (2010/11) -dedicated to Tim Fain- (I. Opening; II. Dance 1; III. Chaconne, Part 1; IV, Morning Song; V. Chaconne, Part 2; VI. Dance 2; VII. Evening Song)
• Benjamin Godard
  • Sonata No. 1 for violin solo in B minor, Op. 20
  • Sonata No. 2 for violin solo in A minor, Op. Posth.
• Jorge Grundman
  • Terezin Through the Eyes of the Children (2012)
  • Shoah for Solo Violin and Sacred Temple (2016): (I. Yom HaShoah; II. Ghetto Warszawskie; III. Terezín Through the Eyes of the Children; IV. Babi Yar; V. Bergen-Belsen; VI. The Last Breath)

H

• Edward W. Hardy
  • "Mama, now I can breathe", for solo violin (2020) (dedicated to George Floyd)
  • Evolution, for solo Violin (2019) (inspired by the Evolution of Black Music)
  • Nevermore for solo violin (2018) (first movement from "Three Pieces Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe")
  • Swans at the Shore, for solo violin (2017) (from the production of "Lake of Sorrows")
  • Odette and Siegfried’s First Dance, for solo violin (2017) (from the production of "Lake of Sorrows")
  • Making the Perfect Dress, for solo violin (2017) (from the production of "Lake of Sorrows")
  • Ship at Sea, for solo violin (2016) (from the production of "The Pearl Diver")
  • The Lovers Dance, for solo violin (2016) (from the production of "The Pearl Diver")
  • The Woodsman (Musical Score), for solo violin (2012) (from the production of "The Woodsman")
• Karl Amadeus Hartmann
  • Sonata No. 1, for solo violin (1927) (I. Toccata. Sehr lebhafte Achtel; II. Ruhige Viertel, sehr fliessend; III. Verrückt schnell, unschön spielen!!; IV. Breit!! Mit viel Ausdruck; V. Fuge (Toccata). Heiter, burschikos)
  • Sonata No. 2, for solo violin (1927) (I. Langsam, breite Achtel. Sehr lebhaft und kräftig; II. Variationen über eine rhythmische Idee:...; III. Sehr langsame Achtel mit viel Empfindung; IV. Fuge. Sehr wild und roh im Vortrag (schnelle...)
  • Suite No. 1, for solo violin (1927) (I. Canon. Lebhaft; II. Fuge. Munter!; III. Rondo. Nicht zu schnell; IV. Dreiteilige Liedform. Breit; V. Ciaccona: Lebhaft)
  • Suite No. 2, for solo violin (1927) (I. Lebhaft; II. Fliessend; III. Stürmisch; IV. Jazz Tempo, sehr robust. Presto)
• Hans Werner Henze
  • Sonata for violin solo (1977)
• Kenneth Hesketh
  • Les Grandes Plaines du Jour for solo violin (2005)
• Paul Hindemith
  • Sonata for Solo Violin (No. 1) in G minor, Op. 11/6 (1917/18) (I. Mäßig Schnell; II. Siziliano, Mäßig bewegt; III. Finale, Lebhaft)
  • Sonata for Solo Violin (No. 2), Op. 31/1 (1924) (I. Sehr lebhafte Achtel; II. Sehr langsame Viertel; III. Sehr lebhafte Viertel; IV. Intermezzo, Lied ganz leise und zart su spielen; V. Prestissimo)
  • Sonata for Solo Violin (No. 3), Op. 31/2 (1924) (I. Leichte bewegte Viertel; II. Ruhig bewegte Achtel; III. Gemächliche Viertel; IV. 5 Variationen über das Lied "Komm, lieber Mai" v.Mozart. Leicht bewegt)
• Gilad Hochman
  • Variations for violin solo (2003) ^[11]
  • Moment Before... for violin solo (2005) ^[12]
• Heinz Holliger
  • Trema (1981, rev. 1983)
  • Souvenirs de Davos -No. 2 for solo violin- (1999/2000)
  • Soli, for violin (2000/01)
  • Souvenirs trémaësques, version for violin (2000, rev. 2009)
  • Ri-Tratto, for violin (2011)
  • Drei kleine Szenen, für Violine solo (2014)
• Arthur Honegger
  • Sonata for solo violin (1940)
• Peter Hristoskov
  • Suite for Solo Violin No. 1, Op. 7 -dedicated to Igor Bezrodny-
  • Suite for Solo Violin No. 2, Op. 13 -dedicated to Vladimir Avramov-
• Jenő Hubay
  • 6 Etudes for the Development of Bow Technique -pedagogical work-, Op.63 (1896)
  • 6 Etudes for the Development of Left-Hand Technique -pedagogical work-, Op.64 (1896)
  • 10 Concertant Etudes (Tíz koncertetűd), Op.89 (1900)
• Jordan Hunt
  • Two, Alone for Solo Violin (2022)
• David Hush
  • Sonata for Violin Solo (1976)
  • Shir Eres (Lullaby) (1993)
  • Lachash (Incantation) (1995)
  • Sephardic Song (2003)

I

• Jacques Ibert
  • Caprilena, for solo violin (1950/51)

J

• Joseph Joachim
  • Scottish Melody, for solo violin
• André Jolivet
  • Suite rhapsodique (1965), pour violon seul [1.Preludio; 2.Aria I; 3.Intermezzo; 4.Aria II; 5.Finale]

K

• Ejnar Kanding (b. 1965)
  • Berge des Urleids (1998–99), solo violin & live electronics (using Max software)
• Aram Khachaturian
  • Sonata-Monologue, for unaccompanied violin (1975)
• Giselher Klebe
  • Sonate No. 1 für Violine Solo
  • Sonate No. 2 für Violine Solo (1955)
• Richard Rudolf Klein
  • Meditation (on the theme: Veni Creator Spiritus^[13])
• Ernst-Lothar von Knorr
  • Partita für Violine solo in G minor (1946)^[1]
• Fritz Kreisler
  • Recitative and Scherzo-Caprice Op. 6, for solo violin (1910)
  • Study on a Choral “in the style of Johann Stamitz”, in G major, for solo violin (publ. 1930)
  • Austrian Imperial Hymn "Gott erhalte unseren Kaiser" (transcribed for solo violin by Kreisler, 1915)
• Ernst Krenek
  • Sonata No. 1 for solo violin, Op. 33 (1925)
  • Sonata No. 2 for solo violin, Op. 115 (1948)
• Rodolphe Kreutzer
  • 42 Studies or Caprices for the Violin (publ. 1796; ed./rev. Edmund Singer, 1894)

L

• Yury Levitin
  • Variations on a Theme by Glinka (collaborative work - 11 Variations by leading Soviet composers on "Vania's Song" from the Opera "Ivan Susanin". One Variation each by Dmitri Kabalevsky, Eugen Kapp, Andrei Eshpai, Rodion Shchedrin, Georgi Sviridov and Yury Levitin; two by Vissarion Shebalin; and three by Dmitri Shostakovich), Op.45 (1957)
• Franz Liszt
  • Sonata in B minor (transcription for solo violin by Noam Sivan, 2007)
  • Mephisto Waltz No. 1 "Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke", S. 514 (LW A189) for violin solo (arr. Nathan Milstein)
• Pietro Locatelli
  • "The Harmonic Labyrinth", 24 Caprices (Cadenzas from 12 Violin Concertos "Il Labirinto armonico" Op.3)
• Charles Martin Loeffler (1861–1935)
  • Danse bizarre, pour violon seul (1851)
• Theo Loevendie
  • Dance (1986)

M

• Bruno Maderna
  • "Widmung" (1967)
  • "Pièce pour Ivry" (1971) (dedicated to Ivry Gitlis)
• Jean Martinon
  • Sonatina No. 5, for solo violin, Op.32/1 (1942)
  • Sonatina No. 6, for solo violin (1958)
• Donald Martino
  • Romanza (2000)
  • Sonata (2003)
• Gerardo Matos Rodríguez
  • "La Cumparsita" (arrangement for solo violin by Vicente Zito; edited by Ruggiero Ricci) ^[14]
• Nicola Matteis
  • 2 Fantasie
• Peter Maxwell Davies
  • Sonata for violin alone (2013)
• Pavle Merkù
  • Calmo espressivo, per violino solo
• Ernst Hermann Meyer
  • 6 Preludes for solo violin (1966/1973):
    • No.1 - Allegro
    • No.2 - Adagio
    • No.3 - Allegro assai
    • No.4 - Andantino liberamente
    • No.5 - Allegro
    • No.6 - Andante sempre un poco rubato
• Darius Milhaud
  • "Sonatina pastorale" for violin solo, Op.383 (1960)
• Nathan Milstein
  • Paganiniana (Variations)
  • Mephisto Waltz (freely arranged from Franz Liszt's Mephisto Waltz No.1 "Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke" S.514)
• Konstantin G. Mostras
  • Esquisse No.2 (published in The Strad magazine, 2006)
  • Caprice (Recitativ and Toccata), for violin solo
• Fred Momotenko
  • Eneato, for solo violin or viola (2003)
• Alexander Müllenbach
  • Capriccio per Niccolò Paganini, for solo violin (1994)
• Missy Mazzoli
  • Dissolve, O my Heart (2010)

N

• Pietro Nardini
  • 30 Caprices for solo violin, IPN 2 (Ed. Andreas Moser, 1925) -from the Berlin State Library, Manuscript No.15861-
• Lior Navok
  • In Memoriam (Yizkor), (2023)
• Carl Nielsen
  • Praeludium og Tema med Variationer, Op. 48, FS.104 (1923)
  • Preludio e Presto, Op. 52, FS.128 (1927/28)

O

• Giovanni Ocio
  • Bagatella per ogni sorta di instrumento in chiave di sol (1901)

P

• Niccolò Paganini
  • 24 Caprices for solo violin, in the form of études (dedicated: Alli Artisti) Op.1, MS 25 (1818 ant.)
  • "Duo merveille", Sonata for solo violin, in C major MS 6 (1805/9)
  • Introduction and variations on "Nel cor più non mi sento" from La molinara by Giovanni Paisiello, MS 44 (1827) -also with guitar accompaniment-
  • "Capriccio" (a.k.a. Preludio) in G major, MS 54 (1828)
  • "God Save The King" Variations on the English national anthem, Op.9, MS 56 (1829)
  • "Caprice d'adieu" (a.k.a. Farewell Caprice - dedicated: A mon ami M. E. Eliason), MS 68 (1833c)
  • 60 Variations on the Genoese folksong "Barucabà" Op.14, MS 71 for violin solo -also with guitar accompaniment- (1835) (Part I: Thema, in A major, with 20 Variations | Part II: Thema, in C major, with 20 Variations | Part III: Thema, in D major, with 20 Variations)
  • "Valtz" for violin solo, MS 80
  • "Inno patriottico" (Patriotic hymn), Allegro and 6 Variations in A major, MS 81 -also with guitar accompaniment-
  • "Tema variato", Theme and 7 Variations in A major, MS 82
  • "Sonata" for solo violin in A major, MS 83
• Gérard Pape
  • "Le Fleuve du Désir IV" (1994-2002)
• Hilda Paredes
  • "Permutaciones", for solo violin (1978)
• Krzysztof Penderecki
  • Cadenza, for solo violin or viola (1984)
  • Capriccio, for solo violin (2008)
• Mario Peragallo
  • Piece from "Emircal" (1980) for violin and tape (violin plays 3 lines)
• Paolo Pessina (b.1969)^[15]
  • Divertimento Op.3 for violin solo (1994) ^[16] (I. Preludio; II. Ciaccona; III. Capriccio; IV. Danzante; V. Variazioni: Thema - Var.I-XIV - Fuga)
  • Suite No.1 for solo violin
  • Suite No.2 in D minor, a violino solo senza basso (2010/11) (I. Prelude; II. Double en Courant; III. Saraband; IV. Valse perdu; V. Rigodon)
  • Suite No.3 for solo violin
• Goffredo Petrassi
  • Elogio per un'ombra, per violino solo "per Alfredo Casella venticinque anni dopo" (1971) (I. In tempo adagio; II. Quasi presto; III. Libero, quasi adagio)
• Astor Piazzolla
  • 6 Tango Etudes, for violin (or flute) solo
• Johann Georg Pisendel
  • Sonata in A minor, for solo violin (1730)
• Hermann Markus Preßl
  • "YLOP", für Geige allein (1992) -experimental- ^[17]
• Sergei Prokofiev
  • Sonata for solo violin in D major, Op. 115 (1947) (I. Moderato; II. Andante dolce. Tema con variazioni; III. Con brio. Allegro precipitato)
• Zoltan Paulinyi
  • Entre Serras e Cerrado (1995)
  • Flausiniana (1996)
  • Abstrato (2003)
  • Acalanto No. 1 (2003)
• Gerhard Präsent
  • Sonata regina per S.F. (1987)

Q

• Manuel Quiroga^[18]
  • Estudio
  • (6) Etudes-Caprices:
    • No.1 (1936)
    • No.2 (1937)
    • No.3 (1939)
    • No.4 (1941)
    • No.5 (1942)
    • No.6 (1942)
  • 9 variaciones sobre el capricho núm. 24 de Paganini (1928)
  • 12 variaciones sobre el capricho núm. 24 de Paganini (1942)

R

• Sergei Rachmaninoff
  • Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op.3 No.2 (transcription for Violin Solo by W.H. Reed)
  • Prelude in G minor, Op.23 No.5 (transcription for Violin Solo by Ernst Richard Schliephake, 1993)
• Behzad Ranjbaran
  • Caprice No.1 for Solo Violin (1995)
• Max Reger
  • (4) Violin solo Sonatas, Op.42 (1900)
    • No.1 D minor (I.Allegro energico; II. Adagio con gran expressione; III. Scherzo. Prestissimo assai; IV. Fuge. Allegro energico)
    • No.2 A major (I. Allegro con grazia; II. Andantino; III. Prestissimo. Scherzando)
    • No.3 B minor (I. Pesante. Allegro; II. Canon. Andante semplice; III. Gigue. Prestissimo; IV. Vivacissimo à la Capriccio)
    • No.4 G minor (I. Sostenuto - Fuge. Allegro energico; II. Scherzo. Allegretto con grazia; III. Chaconne. Andante con moto)
  • Prelude and Fugue for Violin, A minor, Oh.Op. (1902)
  • (7) Sonatas for Violin Solo, Op.91 (1905)
    • No.1 A minor (I. Grave; II. Vivace; III. Andate sostenuto; IV. Allegro energico)
    • No.2 D major (I. Allegro moderato; II. Larghetto; III. Vivacissimo)
    • No.3 B-flat major (I. Allegro moderato; II. Scherzo. Prestissimo; III. Vivace)
    • No.4 B minor (I. Allegro energico; II. Larghetto; III. Vivace; IV. Allegro energico)
    • No.5 E minor (I. Allegro moderato; II. Con moto; III. Larghetto; IV. Allegro energico)
    • No.6 G major (I. Allegro commodo; II. Allegretto; III. Andante; IV. Vivacissimo)
    • No.7 A minor (I. Allegro energico; II. Scherzo. Vivace; III. Chaconne. Grave)
  • (8) Preludes, Fugues and Chaconne, for Solo Violin, Op. 117 (1909/12)
    • No.1 B minor
    • No.2 G minor
    • No.3 E minor
    • No.4 G minor (Chaconne)
    • No.5 G major (on themes by J.S. Bach)
    • No.6 D minor
    • No.7 A minor
    • No.8 E minor
  • (6) Preludes and Fugues for Solo Violin, Op.131a (1914)
    • No.1 A minor
    • No.2 D minor
    • No.3 G major
    • No.4 G minor
    • No.5 D major
    • No.6 E minor
  • Prelude for Violin solo in E minor, Oh.Op. (1915)
• Steven Rochen
  • A Piece of PI for Solo Violin (2008)
• Ruggiero Ricci
  • "Jeux interdits" Romance (arranged: from Anonimous)
  • "Recuerdos de la Alhambra" for violin solo (transcription from: Francisco Tarrega)
  • "La Cumparsita", Tango for solo violin (transcription from: Gerardo Matos Rodríguez / arranged by Vicente Zito / edited by Ricci)
• George Rochberg
  • Caprice Variations, for violin solo (1970) (50 Variations on Paganini's 24th Caprice)
• Pierre Rode
  • 24 Caprices for solo violin (24 Caprices, plus some basic exercises), Op.22
• Joaquin Rodrigo
  • Capriccio, para violìn solo (1944)
• Johan Helmich Roman
  • Assaggi a violino solo
• Friedrich Wilhelm Rust
  • Sonata (No.1) for Violin Solo^[19] (I. Grave; II. Fuga; III. Gigue; IV. Chaconne; V. Gigue (reprise); VI. Courante)
  • Sonata No.2 for Violin Solo, in B-flat Major^[20] (I. Lento; II. Fuga; III. Aria - Double I, II, III, IV - Aria; IV. Bourrée; V. Couplet; VI. Gigue)
• Steve Rouse
  • Diamonds, for Violin solo (1989)^[21][22][23]
• Oleksii Rybak
  • Suite for Violin solo (2020)

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• Kaija Saariaho
  • Nocturne (1994)
• Émile Sauret
  • 20 Grandes Études, Op.24 (1884)
  • 12 Artistic Etudes, Op.38 (1888)
  • 24 Études-Caprices, Op.64 (1902/03)
  • Suite for Violin solo, Op.68 (1907)
  • Cadenza to Paganini Violin Concerto No.1 in D major, Op.6 (1st mov.)
  • Cadenza to Mozart Violin Concerto No.4, K.218
  • Cadenza to Tartini "Devil's Trill" Sonata
• Marian Sawa
  • Lajkonik (2003)
  • Cadenza (2003?)
• Léon de Saint-Lubin
  • Adelaide de Beethoven transcrite en forme d'etude -to H.Vieuxtemps- (1848)
  • 6 grands Caprices ou Etudes, Op.8 for solo violin (new edition by Jenő Hubay)
  • 6 Exercises amusants en forme de Caprice, Op.41 for solo violin (1837)
  • 6 Grand Caprices, Op.42 for solo violin (new edition by Jenő Hubay, 1910)
  • (24) Etudes-Caprices dans les 24 tons de la gamme, for solo violin
  • Fantaisie sur un thême de Lucia di Lammermoor de Donizetti (on sextet "Chi mi frena in tal momento"), in D major Op.46 for solo violin (1844)
  • Thême Original et Etude de Sigismund Thalberg, Op.45a for solo violin
  • Variations sur un Thème de Haydn, Op.1 for solo violin (1818)
• Timothy Salter
  • "Oration" for solo violin
• Domenico Scarlatti
  • 12 Keyboard Sonatas (transcribed for solo violin by Tedi Papavrami, 2005/06):
    • in A minor, K. 54 (L. 241)
    • in D minor, K. 32 (L. 423)
    • in F minor, K. 466 (L. 118)
    • in F minor, K. 481 (L. 187)
    • in C minor, K. 11 (L. 352)
    • in E major, K. 380 (L. 23) "Cortège"
    • in B minor, K. 87 (L. 33)
    • in D minor, K. 141 (L. 422)
    • in G minor, K. 426 (L. 128)
    • in F minor, K. 185 (L. 173)
    • in D minor, K. 9 (L. 413), "Pastorale"
    • in B flat major, K. 332 (L. 141)
• Otakar Ševčík
  • 40 Variations faciles pour le violon, Op.3 (1893)
  • 6 Czech Dances and Airs, Op.10 -ded. Jan Kubelík- (1900)
  • Elaborate Studies on Wieniawski's 2nd Violin Concerto, Op.17 (1929)
  • Analytical Studies for Brahms' Violin Concerto, Op.18 (1930)
  • Elaborate Studies and Analysis bar to bar to P.I. Tschaikowsky, Op.35 Concerto in D Major with revised solo voice and complete piano score, Op.19
  • Elaborate Studies and Analysis bar by bar to N. Paganini Allegro-Concerto I, in D-Major with revised solo voice and complete piano score, Op.20
  • Analytical studies for Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto, Op.21 (1931)
• Hansheinz Schneeberger
  • Sonata (1942), for solo violin, dedicated to Walter Kägi^[24]
• Alfred Schnittke
  • Fuga, for solo violin, -Moderato- (1953)
  • "Prelude in memoriam Dmitri Shostakovich", for violin and tape (1975)
  • "A Paganini", for solo violin, -Andante- (1982)
• Erwin Schulhoff
  • Sonata for Solo Violin (1927) (I. Allegro con fuoco; II. Andante cantabile; III. Scherzo. Allegro grazioso; IV. Finale. Allegro risoluto)
• Laura Schwendinger
  • Sonata for solo violin (1995)
• Salvatore Sciarrino
  • 6 Capricci for solo violin (1975/76)
    • No.1 - Vivace
    • No.2 - Andante
    • No.3 - Assai agitato
    • No.4 - Volubile
    • No.5 - Presto
    • No.6 - Con brio
• Roger Sessions
  • Sonata for solo violin (1953)
• Rodion Shchedrin
  • "Echo Sonata", for solo violin (1984) -written for the 300th Anniversary of J.S. Bach's birth. First performance on 27 June 1985 in Cologne by Ulf Hoelscher-
  • "Balalaika", for violin solo (1997) -for Maxim Vengerov. First performance on 29 March 1999 in Budapest by Maxim Vengerov-
  • "Variations and Theme", for violin solo (1998) -composed for the 4th International Violin Competition "Leopold Mozart" in Augsburg. First performance on 21 November 1999 in Augsburg-
  • "Duo", for violin solo (2000)
  • Gypsy Melody (2006)
• Alexander Shchetynsky
  • Sonata for solo violin (2009)
• Bright Sheng
  • The Stream flows (1991)
• Christian Sinding
  • Suite in D minor, for solo violin Op.123
• Camillo Sivori
  • 12 Études-Caprices, for solo violin Op.25
• Nikos Skalkottas
  • Sonata for solo violin, AK 69 (1925) (I. Allegro furioso, quasi presto; II. Adagietto; III. Allegro ritmato; IV. Adagio quasi recitativo - Allegro molto moderato - Adagio quasi recitativo)
• Richard Strauss
  • Daphne-Etude op.AV.141 (Etude G-Dur nach einem Motiv aus "Daphne")
• Igor Stravinsky
  • "Elegy", for solo violin/viola (Élégie), in G minor (1944) -to Germain Prevost, violist of Quatuour Pro Arte; in memory of the ensemble's leader Alphonse Onnou-

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• Eric Tanguy
  • "Sonata breve", for violin solo (1999)
• Francisco Tarrega
  • "Recuerdos de la Alhambra" for violin solo (transcription by Ruggiero Ricci)
• Giuseppe Tartini
  • 50 Variations on a Gavotte by Corelli (ed. Ruggiero Ricci)
  • 30 Sonate "piccole" per violino solo (from "Padua manuscript", 1750/55):^[25][26]
    • Sonata No.1, in G major (I. Molto andante; II. Allegro cantabile; III. Allegro; IV. Giga)
    • Sonata No.2, in D minor (I. Siciliana; II. Allegro; III. Allegro affettuoso)
    • Sonata No.3, in D Major (I. Andante cantabile; II. Allegro; III. Giga; IV. Allegro assai)
    • Sonata No.4, in C major (I. Andante cantabile; II. Allegro assai; III. Grave; IV. Presto)
    • Sonata No.5, in F major (I. Andante cantabile; II. Allegro; III. Allegro assai; IV. "Il tormento di questo cuore")
    • Sonata No.6, in E minor (I. Andante cantabile "senti lo mare"; II. Allegro cantabile; III. Giga)
    • Sonata No.7, in A minor (I. Adagio; II. Allegro; III. Tema con variazione; IV. [Allegro assai])
    • Sonata No.8, in G minor (I. Andante; II. Allegro; III. Affettuoso; IV. Allegro assai)
    • Sonata No.9, in A major (I. Largo andante; II. Allegro; III. Allegro; IV. Allegro assai; V. Menuet)
    • Sonata No.10, in B flat major (I. Largo; II. Allegro; III. Subito affettuoso; IV. Menuet)
    • Sonata No.11, in E major (I. Andante cantabile; II. Allegro; III. [Siciliana]; IV. Menuet; V. Allegro assai)
    • Sonata No.12, in G major (I. Tasso; II. Grave "Il tormento di quest'anima"; III. Canzone Veneziana; IV. "Quanto mai felici siete"; V. Tema con Variazioni)
    • Sonata No.13, in B minor, B.h1 (I. Andante; II. Allegro assai; III. Giga: Allegro affettuoso)
    • Sonata No.14, in G major, B.G4 (I. Andante cantabile; II. Allegro assai; III. Allegro; IV. Aria del Tasso)
    • Sonata No.--, in G major, B.G3 (VI. Allegro; VII. Allegro arpeggio)
    • Sonata No.15, in C major, B.C2 (I. Andante cantabile; II. Allegro; III. Giga; IV. Menuet; V. Allegro)
    • Sonata No.16, in D major, B.D2 (I. Andante cantabile; II. Allegro assai; III. Aria del Tasso; IV. Furlana)
    • Sonata No.17, in C major, B.C3 (I. Andante cantabile amatissimo; II. Allegro battute sciolte; III. Allegro assai; IV. Gravi -per CSolfaut-; V. Giga)
    • Sonata No.18, in D major, B.D3 (I. Andante cantabile; II. Allegro assai; III. Siciliana. Andante; IV. Menuet 1 & 2; V. Aria: Allegro assai)
    • Sonata No.19
    • Sonata No.20
    • Sonata No.21
    • Sonata No.22
    • Sonata No.23
    • Sonata No.24
    • Sonata No.25
    • Sonata No.26 (27th in sequence)
    • Sonata No.27 (later hand sketches in "Padua Manuscript")
    • Sonata No.28 (later hand sketches in "Padua Manuscript")
    • Sonata No.29 (later hand sketches in "Padua Manuscript")
    • Sonata No.30 (later hand sketches in "Padua Manuscript")
• Georg Philipp Telemann
  • Twelve Fantasias, TWV 40:14-25 (1735)
    • No.1 in B-flat major (I. Largo; II. Allegro; III. Grave; IV. Si replica l'Allegro)
    • No.2 in G major (I. Largo; II. Allegro; III. Allegro)
    • No.3 in F minor (I. Adagio; II. Presto; III. Grave; IV. Vivace)
    • No.4 in D major (I. Vivace; II. Grave; III. Allegro)
    • No.5 in A major (I. Allegro: II. Presto; III. Allegro; IV. Andante; V. Allegro)
    • No.7 in E-flat major (I. Dolce; II. Allegro; III. Largo; IV. Presto)
    • No.8 in E major (I. Piacevolumente; II. Spirituoso; III. Allegro)
    • No.9 in B minor (I. Siciliana; II. Vivace; III. Allegro)
    • No.10 in D major (I. Presto; II. Largo; III. Allegro)
    • No.11 in F major (I. Un poco vivace; II. Soave; III. Da capo un poco vivace; IV. Allegro)
    • No.12 in A minor (I. Moderato; II. Vivace; III. Presto)
• Jesús Torres [es]
  • "Chacona" (2004), for solo violin
• Joan Tower
  • "Platinum Spirals" (1976), for violin
  • "String Force" (2010), for solo violin
  • "Second String Force" (2015), for solo violin
• Eduard Tubin
  • Sonata for solo violin, ETW 57 (1962)
  • Suite on Estonian Dance Pieces, for violin solo, ETW 58
• Erik Tulindberg
  • Polonoise and five variations, for solo violin

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• Flausino Vale
  • 26 Prelúdios Característicos e Concertantes para Violino Só:
    • No.1 "Batuque", Allegro - Presto, in G major (Jacinto de Méis, 1922)
    • No.2 "Suspiro d'alma", Andante. Tempo rubato, in C major (Francisco Chiafitelli, 1923)
    • No.3 "Devaneio", Allegretto, in A major (Raul Laranjeira, 1924)
    • No.4 "Brado íntimo", ---, in A major (José Martins de Mattos, 1924)
    • No.5 "Tico-Tico", Allegretto, in G minor (Marcos Salles, 1926)
    • No.6 "Repente", Allegro, in A major (Torquato Amore, 1924)
    • No.7 "Marcha funebre", ---, in G minor (Ernesto Ronchini, 1927)
    • No.8 "Sonhando", Allegro - Moderato, in G major (Leonidas Autuori, 1929)
    • No.9 "Rondó doméstico", Allegro, in G major (Edgardo Guerra, 1933)
    • No.10 "Interrogando o destino", Moderato, in C minor (Zino Francescatti, 1933)
    • No.11 "Casamento na roça", Allegro, in G major (Oscar Borgerth, 1933)
    • No.12 "Canto da inhuma (I)", Allegro (sem bravura. Mimoso), in G major (Nicolino Milano, 1933)
    • No.13 "Asas inquietas", Allegretto, in E minor (Ernest N. Doring, 1933)
    • No.14 "A Porteira da fazenda", Allegro, in A major (Heitor Villa-Lobos, 1933)
    • No.15 "Ao pé da fogueira", Allegro comodo, in D major (Agnelo França, c.1935) - transcribed by Jascha Heifetz for violin and piano
    • No.16 "Requiescat in pace", Andantino in G major (Sra. Mãe Augusta de Campos Vale, c.1935/39)
    • No.17 "Viola destemida", Allegro, in G major (Ruggiero Ricci, 1939)
    • No.18 "Pai João", Allegretto, in G major (Jascha Heifetz, 1939)
    • No.19 "Folguedo campestre", Allegro, in E-flat major (Francisco Mignone, 1933)
    • No.20 "Tirana riograndese", Allegretto, in G minor (Renato Almeida, 1930s)
    • No.21 "Preludio da vitória", Allegretto, in D minor (Paulina D'Ambrosio, 1930s)
    • No.22 "Mocidade eterna", Allegro, in A minor (Orlando Frederico, 1940s)
    • No.23 "Implorando", Barcarolla, in A major (Cláudio Santoro, 1924)
    • No.24 "Viva São João", Allegro, in E-flat major (Isaac Stern, 1940s)
    • No.25 "A mocinha e o papudo" (Henryk Szeryng, 1940s)
    • No.26 "Acalanto", Andantino, in G major (Esteban Eitler, 1940s)
  • Variações sobre a canção "Paganini", for violin solo (from Operetta "Paganini" by Franz Lehár - dedicated to Jascha Heifetz)
• Franz von Vecsey
  • Preludio e Fuga in C minor (1914 - dedicated to Jenő Hubay)
• Giuseppe Verdi
  • "Celeste Aida" (transcription for Violin Solo by Ernst Schliephake, 1993)
• Henri Vieuxtemps
  • "6 Études de concert", Op.16 (pub. 1845; ed. Jenő Hubay)
    • No.1 in G minor (Allegro moderato)
    • No.2 in G major (Moderato)
    • No.3 in D major (Allegretto)
    • No.4 in E-flat major (Allegro ma non troppo)
    • No.5 in C major (Adagio, non troppo)
    • No.6 in E major (Adagio - Allegretto - Più lento - Tempo I°)
  • "3 Cadenzas" to Beethoven's Violin Concerto, Op.61 (1854)
  • "36 Études", for violin and piano or for violin solo, Op.48 -Op.2 posthumous; dedicated to the Conservatoire de Paris- (1881)
  • "6 Morceaux" pour violon seul suivis d'un Capriccio pour alto seul, Op.55 -Op.9 posthumous- (pub.1883)
    • No.1 Andante
    • No.2 Moderato
    • No.3 Prélude (dedicated to violinist Léon Reynier)
    • No.4 Tempo di minuetto
    • No.5 Andante
    • No.6 Introduction et fugue: Adagio cantabile
    • No.7 Capriccio "Hommage à Paganini", for viola solo
  • "Divertissement" pour violon seul, Op.61 -Op.15 posthumous; dedicated to violinist Lambert Massart- (pub.1883)
• Johann Joseph Vilsmayr
  • Six Partitas (Artificiosus Concentus pro Camera)
• Giovanni Battista Viotti
  • "Duetto a un violino solo... per il suo amico Cherubini", WV:23 (15.III.1821 / rev. Pietro Spada, 1984)

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• Rodney Waschka II^[27]
  • "Xuan Men", for violin solo (1991)
  • "Day Ut Ia Pobrusa", for violin solo (2009)
• Melia Watras (b.1969) ^[28]
  • "Luminous Points", for violin solo (2013)
• Mieczysław Weinberg (Moisei Vainberg)
  • Sonata No.1 for violin solo, Op.82 (1964) (I. Adagio – Allegro – Adagio; II. Andante; III. Allegretto; IV. Lento; V. Presto)
  • Sonata No.2 for violin solo, Op.95 (1967) (I. Monody: Allegro moderato -; II. Pauses: Andantino grazioso -; III. Intervals: Presto agitato -; IV. Remarks: Andantino non tanto -; V. Accompaniment: Allegretto leggiero -; VI. Invocation: Lento affettuoso -; VII. Syncopations: Vivace marcato)
  • Sonata No.3 for violin solo, Op.126 (1979) (one movement work, in seven sections)
  • from 24 Preludes for cello solo Op.100 (1969): Nos. 1 & 2 (arr. by Gidon Kremer for violin solo)
• Stanley Weiner (1925 - 1991)
  • Caprices (13) for solo violin "Homage to Violinists" (1957/60) [ed. Schott, 1962]:
    • No.1 to Yehudi Menuhin (Un poco lento e rubato)
    • No.2 to Joseph Szigeti (Un poco lento)
    • No.3 to Nathan Milstein (Scherzando)
    • No.4 to Arthur Grumiaux
    • No.5 to Henryk Szeryng (Allegro con fuoco)
    • No.6 to Louis Persinger (Un poco lento)
    • No.7 to Isaac Stern (Molto vivace)
    • No.8 to Ivan Galamian
    • No.9 to Zino Francescatti
• Johann Paul von Westhoff
  • 6 Partitas for solo violin
  • Suite in A major, for solo violin (1683)
• Henryk Wieniawski
  • "L’École Moderne", (9) Études-Caprices for Violin Solo, Op.10 (1854)
    • No.1 Le Sautillé (Presto)
    • No.2 La Vélocité (Allegro vivace)
    • No.3 L'Étude (Moderato)
    • No.4 Le Staccato (Allegro gioioso)
    • No.5 Alla Saltarella (Scherzando)
    • No.6 Prélude (Allegro moderato)
    • No.7 La Cadenza (Largo)
    • No.8 Le Chant du bivouac (Allegro marziale)
    • No.9 Les Arpéges - Variations sur l'Hymne autrichien (Thème. Andante — Var.I — Var.II effect: 'sons harmoniques' — Var.III effect: 'pizzicato main gauche' Poco più lento)
    • addendum: No.10 Exercices en trilles
  • (8) Etudes-Caprices, Op.18 -with 2nd violin- (1862; ed. Jenő Hubay)
    • Book I (1-4):
      • No.1 Moderato - Allegro moderato - con fuoco - Tempo I°
      • No.2 Andante - Agitato e vigoroso - Tempo I° - Adagio
      • No.3 Allegro moderato
      • No.4 Tempo di Saltarella, ma non troppo vivo
    • Book II (5-8):
      • No.5 Praeludium. Allegretto scherzando
      • No.6 Andante ma non troppo - Presto - Allegro non troppo
      • No.7 Andante non troppo
      • No.8 Allegro risoluto
• Randal Woolf
  • I’ve Got No Axe To Grind**
• Charles Wuorinen
  • "The Long and the Short" (1969)
  • "Violin Variations" (1972)

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• Yannis Xenakis
  • "Mykka(s)" -dedicated to Ivry Gitlis- (1972)

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• Eugène Ysaÿe
  • 6 Sonatas for Solo Violin, Op.27 (1923):
    • No.1 in G minor "to Joseph Szigeti" (I. Grave; II. Fugato; III. Allegretto poco scherzoso; IV. Finale. Con brio)
    • No.2 in A minor "to Jacques Thibaud" (I. Obsession. Prelude; II. Malinconia; III. Danse des Ombres. Sarabande; IV. Les furies)
    • No.3 in D minor "to Georges Enescu" (Ballades. Lento molto sostenuto – Allegro in tempo giusto e con bravura)
    • No.4 in E minor "to Fritz Kreisler" (I. Allemanda; II. Sarabande; III. Finale)
    • No.5 in G major "to Mathieu Crickboom" (I. L'Aurore; II. Danse rustique)
    • No.6 in E major "to Manuel Quiroga" (Habañera. Allegro giusto non troppo vivo)
  • Essai sur le mécanisme moderne du violon (13 Preludes), Op.35
  • Etude Posthume
• Isang Yun
  • "Koenigliches Thema" for violin solo (1976)
  • "Li-Na im Garten", 5 Pieces for violin solo (1984/85)
  • "Kontraste", 2 Pieces for violin solo (1987)

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• Bernd Alois Zimmermann
  • Sonata for Violin (1951) (I. Präludium. Andante sostenuto; II. Allegro moderato, risoluto; III. Toccata. Allegro moderato)
• Maciej Żołnowski
  • Sonata I (2014)
  • Sonata II (2014)
  • Sonata III (2014)
• John Zorn
  • Goetia
  • Passagen

See also

• Violin sonata
• String instrument repertoire

References

• The Canon of Violin Literature