A viola once tried to sight-read Beethoven and now refuses to talk about it.
Beethoven tried to feature the viola, but it fell asleep.
A viola player went to a piano recital. After the performance he said 'I particularly liked that piece you played last—the one that started with a long trill.' The pianist said 'I didn't play any pieces that started with trills.' The viola player hummed the opening bars of Für Elise.
Beethoven removed the violas from his orchestra. He said the silence improved the acoustics.
Q: What's a string quartet? A: A good violinist, a bad violinist, a former violinist, and someone who hates violinists, all arguing about Beethoven.
