I've always thought it ironic that Bach, who claimed that the viola was his
favorite instrument to play ("since it put [him] right in the middle of the
harmony") wrote extensively for cello and violin and little specifically
for viola.  Ditto Beethoven, Mozart, and Dvorak.

Aaron J. Rabushka
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