# List of compositions for two violins

This is a list of classical repertoire for two violins – either unaccompanied, with orchestra, or with piano.

## Two solo violins

* Kalevi Aho: Lamento (2001)
* Gilbert Amy: 6 Duos (2002)
* Julian Anderson: Ring Dance (1987)
* Christian Asplund:
** Choreutics
** One Eternal Round
** Neuf Regards
** Hope #4
* Milton Babbitt: Arrivals and Departures (1994)
* Béla Bartók: 44 Duos, Sz. 98, BB 104 (1931)
* Ludwig van Beethoven:
** Duet in A major for two violins, WoO 34 (1822)
** Canon in A major for two violins, WoO 35 (1825)
* Luciano Berio: Duetti (1983)
* Charles Auguste de Bériot:
** 3 Grandi Studi, Op. 43 (1843)
** 3 Duos concertants, Op. 57 (1847)
** 12 Petits duos faciles, Op. 87 (1853)
** 6 Duos caractéristiques, Op. 113 (1863)
* Luigi Boccherini: 6 Duos, Op. 3 (1761)
* Gavin Bryars: Die letzten Tage (1992)
* Howard J. Buss: Time Capsule (2002)
* Unsuk Chin: Gran Cadenza (2018)
* Peter Maxwell Davies: A Little Thank You to Dave (2005)
* Edison Denisov: Sonata (1958)
* Franco Donatoni: Duet No. 2 (1995)
* Amos Elkana: Mostly cloudy (2023)
* Josef Bohuslav Foerster: Little Suite, Op. 183a (1944)
* Géza Frid:
** Twenty Duos, Op. 37
** Paganini Variations for two violin ensembles or two violins, Op. 77
* Robert Fuchs:
** 20 Duos, Op. 55 (1896)
** Phantasiestücke, 16 Duos, Op. 105 (1915)
* Reinhold Glière: 12 Duos, Op. 49 (1909)
* Vladimír Godár: Violin Duets, 72 pieces for two violins (1981) - I. 24 Duets; II. 40 Duets (Melodiarium); III. Suite for Two Violins
* Henryk Górecki: Sonata for Two Violins, Op. 10 (1961)
* Georg Friedrich Haas: Fuga (2009)
* Alois Hába: Duo for 6th-tone violins, Op. 49 (1937)
* Johan Halvorsen: Concert Caprice over Norwegian Melodies [Norwegian Rhapsody] for two Violins (composed 1894, printed posth. 1946)
* John Harbison: Fanfares and Reflection (1990)
* Joseph Haydn:
** 6 Sonatas, Op. 6 (1796)
** Duo, Hob.VI:C2, C3, D4, F3, G3, G4, A2
* Swan Hennessy: Sonatina, Op. 78 (c.1928–29)
* Paul Hindemith:
** Kanonische Variationen (1931)
** 14 leichte Stücke (1931)
* Vagn Holmboe: Sværm, Op. 190a (1992)
* Arthur Honegger: Sonatine (1920)
* Nigel Keay: Two-Step Distance (2020)
* Drago Kocakov: Intimus (1951)
* György Kurtág: Triptic, Op. 45 (2007)
* Jean-Marie Leclair
** 6 Sonatas, Op.3 (1730)
** 6 Sonatas, Op.12 (1747)
* Ana Leira Carnero: Carnavalito XXI (2021)
* György Ligeti: Baladă şi joc (1950)
* Alvin Lucier: Love Song, for two violinists whose instruments are connected by a cable attached to the bridge (2016)
* Darius Milhaud:
** Sonatina, Op. 221 (1940)
** Duo, Op. 258 (1945)
* Carl Nielsen: Violin Duet, CNW 48
* Luigi Nono: Hay que caminar, soñando (1989)
* Michael Nyman: Two Violins, for two amplified violins (1981)
* Allan Pettersson: Seven sonatas (1951)
* Ignaz Pleyel:
** Duos for 2 violins (2 flutes or violin, flute), B.507-512 (1788)
** Violin duos, B.513-524 (1789), B.534A-537 (1799), 538-543 (1806)
* Gerhard Präsent:
** Vier Tänze für zwei Violinen (Four Dances for Two Violins), Op. 24
** Easy Duos, Op. 56
** Green Music, Op. 72
* Sergei Prokofiev: Sonata for two violins in C, Op. 56 (1932)
* Marta Ptaszynska: Mancala (1997)
* Gaetano Pugnani: Six Sonatas for Two Violins, Op. 5
* Osmo Tapio Räihälä: Rampant (1997)
* Tomi Räisänen:
** Midsommar(so)natten (2010/2014)
** No-Go (2011/2016)
** Kiseki-no-ippon-matsu (2020)
* Behzad Ranjbaran: Six Caprices for Violin Duo (1988)
* Alan Rawsthorne: Theme and Variations (1937/38)
* Max Reger: Drei Canons und Fugen im alten Stil, Op. 131b (1914)
* Kaija Saariaho: Danse des flocons, I and II (2002)
* Giacinto Scelsi: Arc-en-ciel (1973)
* Alfred Schnittke: Prelude in Memoriam Dmitri Shostakovich (1975)
* Franz Schubert: 4 komische Ländler, D 354 (1816)
* Ferenc Sebök: 6 duos for violins, Op. 6
** Miroirs de styles, 24 duos for violins, Op. 4, 5, 8, 20
* Johanna Senfter: 10 Alte Tänze, Op. 91
* Joseph Sonnabend: Synergism (2020)
* Louis Spohr:
** 3 Concertant Duos, Op. 3
** 2 Concertant Duos, Op. 9
** 3 Grand Duos, Op. 39
** 3 Concertant Duos, Op. 67
** Grand Duo, Op. 148 (1856)
** Duo, Op. 150 (1856)
** Duo, Op. 153 (1856)
* Anton Stamitz:
** 6 Violin Duos, Op.8
** 6 Violin Duos, Op.9
* Carl Stamitz: 6 Duos for 2 flutes or violins, Op.27
* Toru Takemitsu: Rocking Mirror Daybreak (1983)
* Georg Philipp Telemann:
** 6 Sonates sans Basse for two traversos, violins or recorders, TWV 40:101-106 (1728-29)
** Gulliver's Travels, Intrada-Suite, TWV 40:108 (1728-29)
** 18 Canons Mélodieux for two traversos, violins or viola da gambas, TWV 40:118-123 (1738)
** Second Livre de Duo, 6 Sonatas for two violins, flutes or oboes, TWV 40:124-129 (1752)
* Mikis Theodorakis:
** Études (1945)
** Duetto (1946)
** Winternacht (2005)
* Giovanni Battista Viotti:
** 6 Violin Duos, Op. 5 (1797-98)
** 3 Violin Duos, Op. 18 (1803)
** 6 Duo Serenatas, Op. 23 (1804)
** 6 Violin Duos, WIV:1-6 (1789)
** 6 Concertant Duos, WIV:7-12 (1789-90)
** 6 Easy Duos, WIV:13-18 (1796)
** 3 Violin Duos, WIV:28-30 (1803)
* Antonín Vranický:
** Variations, Op. 7 (1807)
** Duos, Op. 9 (1804)
** Three Duos, Op. 20
** Twenty variations (1791)
* Johann Baptist Wanhal
** 16 Violin Duets, Op.17
** 6 Violin Duets, Op.28
** 24 Violin Duets, Op.56
* Mieczysław Weinberg: Sonata, Op. 69 (1959)
* Henryk Wieniawski: Études-Caprices, Op. 18 (1862)
* Christian Wolff: Duo for violins (1950)
* Eugène Ysaÿe: Duo Sonata (1915)
* Isang Yun:
** Sonatina (1983)
** Pezzo fantasioso per due instrumenti con basso ad libitum (1988)
* John Zorn: Apophthegms (2012)

## Two violins and orchestra

* Malcolm Arnold: Concerto for 2 Violins and String Orchestra, Op. 77
* Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043
* P. D. Q. Bach: Konzertstück for Two Violins with Orchestra, S. 2+ †
* Anna Clyne: Prince of Clouds for two violins and string orchestra (2012)
* Gerd Domhardt: Concerto for 2 violins and orchestra in one movement (1979)
* Rob du Bois: Concerto for 2 violins and orchestra (1979)
* Lukas Foss: Orpheus and Euridice for 2 violins, chamber orchestra and tape (1983); 2nd version of Orpheus (1972)
* Géza Frid:
** Concerto for 2 violins and orchestra, Op. 40
** Concerto for Three violins and orchestra, Op. 78
* Philip Glass: Echorus for 2 violins and string orchestra (1995, version of the Etude No. 2 for piano)
* Gustav Holst: Double Concerto for 2 violins and orchestra, Op. 49
* Bohuslav Martinů:
** Duo Concertante (Concerto No. 1) for 2 violins and orchestra, H. 264
** Concerto No. 2 in D major for 2 violins and orchestra, H. 329
* Karl Marx: Concerto for 2 violins and orchestra
* Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concertone in C major for 2 violins and orchestra, K. 190
* Mark O'Connor: Double Violin Concerto for 2 violins and symphony orchestra
* Arvo Pärt: Tabula Rasa for 2 violins, prepared piano and string orchestra
* Marta Ptaszynska: Concerto Grosso for 2 violins and chamber orchestra (1996.)
* Steve Reich: Duet for 2 Violins and string ensemble (1994)
* Osmo Tapio Räihälä: A Sensuous Encounter in the Eastern Garden, for two solo violins and orchestra (2023)
* Pablo de Sarasate: Navarra, Duo in A major for 2 violins and orchestra (or piano), Op. 33 (1889.)
* Johanna Senfter: Concerto for 2 violins and string orchestra, Op. 40
* Obadiah Shuttleworth: 2 concerti grossi, for two solo violins and string orchestra, arranged from the opus 5 solo sonatas by Arcangelo Corelli (1653–1713)
* Nikos Skalkottas: Concerto for 2 violins (1944–5) (not orchestrated)
* Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 violins in A minor, RV522
* Eugène Ysaÿe: Amitié, poem for 2 violins and orchestra, Op. 26

## Two violins and piano

* Norman Fraser: Cueca for 2 Violins and Piano
* Géza Frid: Separate Ways, Op. 75a
* Vagn Holmboe: Isomeric, Duo Concertante, Op. 51 (1950)
* Darius Milhaud: Sonata for Two Violins and Piano, Op. 15
* Dmitri Shostakovich: Five pieces for 2 Violins and Piano
* Moritz Moszkowski: Suite, Op. 71
* Christian Sinding:
** Serenade, Op. 56/1
** Serenade, Op. 92/2
* Ladislav Gabrielli: Three trios for two violins and piano