Violin and piano -
advanced
SKU:
HL.49017953
Composed
by Johanna Senfter.
Edited by Wolfgang
Birtel. This edition:
Saddle stitching. Sheet
music. String. Op. 32. 80
pages. Schott Music
#VLB134. Published by
Schott Music
(HL.49017953).
ISBN
9790001157506. UPC:
841886013186.
9.25x12.0x0.276
inches.
Johanna
Senfter (1879-1961) was a
pupil of Max
Reger.Beginning with an
expressive violin theme
in a densely packed,
'Brahms-like' piano
setting, the classical
four-movement work
centres around two
capricious and playful
movements: Lustig, nicht
zu schnell is how the
second movement begins, a
fugal gem working with
all kinds of contrapuntal
tricks. This is followed
by a scherzo-like,
wittily flirting Rasch.
The finale begins with a
melodically simple tune
in an almost
folksong-like tone which,
by a sequence of
character variations,
builds to a grand gesture
which eventually leads
back to the initial
cantabile - with the
sonata coming to a quiet
end. A valuable addition
to the chamber music
repertoire.