Violin and orchestra
(solos: vl - 2.2.2.2 -
2.2.0.0 - timp - str)
SKU: BR.PB-15136
Urtext. Composed
by Camille Saint-Saens.
Edited by Christiane
Strucken-Paland.
Orchestra; stapled.
Partitur-Bibliothek
(Score Library).
In
Cooperation with G. Henle
Verlag
Solo concerto;
Romantic; Late-romantic.
Full score. 32 pages.
Breitkopf and Haertel #PB
15136. Published by
Breitkopf and Haertel
(BR.PB-15136).
ISBN
9790004214725. 10 x 12.5
inches.
The
Havanaise possibly has
its roots in the
friendship of the
composer with the
Cuban-born violinist
Rafael Diaz Albertini. It
is thus perfectly
plausible that
Saint-Saens borrowed the
Cuban syncopated slow
dance Habanera out of
kindness towards his
performance partner when
he was getting ready to
write a work for Diaz
Albertini in 1887.
Saint-Saens originally
wrote a version for
violin and piano, which
was later followed by the
orchestral version that
the publisher Durand had
urged him to write. Diaz
Albertini, to whom the
work was dedicated, gave
its world premiere before
other virtuosos adopted
it for themselves and
spread its fame
throughout the world. The
basis of this first
Urtext edition of the
piece is the first
edition, which was
presumably personally
overseen by
Saint-Saens.
