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)
  • 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)
  • 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 ([1])
    • 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

Two violins and piano