Franz Anton Hoffmeister 
12 Studies [PDF ebook] 
for Viola

As a music publisher in Vienna, Franz Anton Hoffmeister secured an important place in music history. But he was also an extremely prolific and valued composer of Viennese Classic. His 12 Studies offer a compendium of playing techniques from the Mozart/Beethoven era, with scales, triads and position playing, double stops, arpeggios, as well as cantabile and polyphonic playing.