This collection of 14 pieces includes seldom-heard original compositions for viola and piano as well as a number of transcriptions from the violin and cello repertoire. The short musical vignettes are arranged in increasing order of difficulty. Represented are the following composers: Goltermann, Bertoni, Grieg, Gabriel-Marie, Viotti, Klengel, Kalliwoda, Faure, Dvorak and Wieniawski.