Piano Accompaniment;
Violin (Violin/Piano)
SKU: HL.48024893
Violin and Piano.
Composed by Bertold
Hummel. Boosey & Hawkes
Chamber Music. Classical.
Softcover. 20 pages.
Duration 360 seconds.
Simrock #M221122551.
Published by Simrock
(HL.48024893).
ISBN
9783923051700. UPC:
840126925098.
As an
educational and recital
piece, Bertold Hummel's
Sonatina Op. 35, composed
in 1969, has accompanied
many a young musician
following his or her own
path. Having sold a
thousand times all over
the world, it is one of
the composer's best-known
works and hasbeen
included in the
repertoire list for the
'Jugend musiziert'
competition by the German
Music Council. The three
movements are
characterized by warmth
and exciting rhythms: in
the powerful Maestoso,
the sonority of the main
theme is contrasted with
a lyrical side theme; the
recapitulation ends with
an impulsive Fugato. The
second movement Elegie
consists of a single
soulful melody over
spherical harmonies of
the piano. As a
highlight, playful ease,
marching rhythms and
dramatic intensifications
alternate in quick
succession in the Finale
vivace, followed by wild
arpeggios that conclude
the piece. Originally
composed for violin,
versions for viola and
violoncello were already
commonly used. To mark
its 50th birthday,
Simrock / Boosey &
Hawkes present the work
in a revised, newly set
edition. Written in the
1990s by the composer
himself and now available
forthe first time, the
versions for alto and
tenor saxophone are
valuable additions to the
repertoire for beginning
instrumentalists.