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The viola concerto repertoire occupies a unique, somewhat fraught space in classical music history. For decades, the literature was dominated by two poles: the Classical era works of Stamitz and Hoffmeister, and the towering, posthumous masterpiece by Béla Bartók. The "Bartók shadow" has historically been long and dark; any Hungarian composer writing for the viola in the 20th century inevitably faced comparison to the elder statesman’s swan song.

For the violist tired of the same old repertoire, or the listener looking for a "new" 20th-century masterpiece, the search bar is open. Gyula Dávid is waiting. Gyula David Viola Concerto Imslp