Romance for violin (Elgar)
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The Romance in E minor for violin and piano is a work by Edward Elgar composed in 1878 or 1879 Kennedy, p. 12 and published in 1885 as his Opus 1.
The Romance was dedicated to Oswin Grainger, an older friend of Elgar's from a Worcester orchestra they played in, who was an amateur musician and grocer by trade.Moore, p. 72-73 It was published by Schott's in 1885 and the first performance was on 20 October, in Worcester.McVeagh, p. 13
Structure
Andante, 12/8, E minor
Following a four-bar introduction by the piano, the violin introduces the subject.
\relative c' \new Staff \with { \remove "Time_signature_engraver" } {
\set Staff.midiInstrument = "violin"
\key e \minor \time 12/8
e'2.\p \upbow \< g4\!( fis8\>) e4( dis8\!) a'4.~\downbow _\markup \italic restez. ( a8 g-- fis--) e4.~\< ( e4 c'8--\!)
c4_\markup \italic espress. ( g8) g4( fis8) b4( fis8) fis4( e8) a4\>( e8\!) e4-- dis8--\downbow fis2.\upbow
}
The same piano introduction then leads to the second subject in G minor, played by the violin.
\relative c' \new Staff \with { \remove "Time_signature_engraver" } {
\set Staff.midiInstrument = "violin"
\key e \minor \time 12/8
d2.\p ^\markup \italic { poco più mosso. } ( e\<) d'\! b c4.~( c8_\markup \italic dol. b a) g4 e8( a4) e8 g4.~( g8 fis e) d4.-- b8--( c-- cis--)
}
The music reaches two passionate climaxes before the first theme reappears. Double stops in the violin lead to the quiet conclusion of the work.
It is a short piece, with a performance time of approximately five minutes.
Recordings
- [http://www.hbdirect.com/album_detail.php?pid=919685 Elgar: Romance for Violin & Piano, Op. 1], Simone Lamsma (Violin), Yurie Miura (Piano)
- [http://www.hbdirect.com/album_detail.php?pid=343011 Elgar: Romance for Violin & Piano, Op. 1]{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Marat Bisengaliev (Violin), Benjamin Frith (Piano)
Notes
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References
- {{cite book | last=Kennedy | first= Michael | author-link=Michael Kennedy (music critic) | edition=Third | title=Portrait of Elgar | location=Oxford | publisher=Clarendon Press | year=1987 | isbn=0-19-284017-7 }}
- {{cite book | last=McVeagh | first=Diana M. |author-link=Diana McVeagh| title=Edward Elgar: His Life and Music | location=London | publisher=J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. | year=1955 | isbn= }}
- {{cite book | last=Moore | first=Jerrold N. | title=Edward Elgar: a Creative Life | location=Oxford | publisher=Oxford University Press | year=1984 | isbn=0-19-315447-1}}
- Score, Elgar: Romance pour Violon, Schott & Co., London, ca. 1885
External links
- {{IMSLP2|work=Romance_for_Violin_and_Piano,_Op.1_(Elgar,_Edward) |cname=Romance for violin}}
- [http://www.elgar.org/3pviol.htm Other Music for Piano and Violin] on website from Elgar Society
- {{allMusic|class=composition |id=mc0002433075|label=Romance for violin}}
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