Concert for Violin, Piano and String Quartet
{{Short description|Composition by Ernest Chausson}}
The Concert for Violin, Piano and String Quartet, Op.21 ({{langx|fr|Concert pour piano, violon et quatuor à cordes}}) is a piano sextet by Ernest Chausson scored for piano, violin and string quartet. The work was composed between 1888 and 1891.{{cite book|author1=Richard Langham Smith|author2=Caroline Potter|title=French Music Since Berlioz|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eKfF_WdZolQC&pg=PA70|year=2006|publisher=Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.|isbn=978-0-7546-0282-8|page=70}}{{cite book |title=Ernest Chausson: The Composer's Life and Works |author1=Jean-Pierre Barricelli |author2=Leo Weinstein |publisher=Greenwood Press |page=143 |year=1973}}
Structure
There are four movements:
Première performance
The work was first performed in Brussels on 26 February 1892, with Eugène Ysaÿe taking the solo violin part.{{cite web |publisher=Naxos Records |type=Sleeve note |url=https://www.naxos.com/mainsite/blurbs_reviews.asp?item_code=8.572468&catNum=572468&filetype=About%20this%20Recording&language=English |title=About this Recording |author=Steven M. Whiting |access-date=2020-09-03 |archive-date=2016-03-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311154858/https://www.naxos.com/mainsite/blurbs_reviews.asp?item_code=8.572468&catNum=572468&filetype=About%20this%20Recording&language=English |url-status=dead }} The work was well received. Chausson wrote in his diary:{{blockquote|"I must believe that my music is made for Belgians above all, for never have I enjoyed such a success [...] I feel giddy and joyful, such as I have not managed to feel for a long time [...] It seems to me that I shall work with greater confidence in future."}}
External links
- {{IMSLP|work=Concert for Violin, Piano and String Quartet, Op.21 (Chausson, Ernest)|cname=Concert for Violin, Piano and String Quartet}}
- [https://www.themorgan.org/music/manuscript/114329 Manuscript at The Morgan Library]
References
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