Violin Sonata No. 2 (Fauré)

{{short description|Violin sonata by Gabriel Fauré}}

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The Violin Sonata No. 2 in E minor, Op. 108, was written by Gabriel Fauré in 1916, more than 40 years after the first violin sonata.{{Cite book|last=Kolb|first=Fabian|url=https://www.henle.de/us/detail/?Title=Violin+Sonata+no.+2+e+minor+op.+108_1036|title=Fauré Violin Sonata no. 2 e minor op. 108 - Preface|publisher=G. Henle Verlag|year=2014|pages=IV-V}} It was premiered on 10 November 1917 at a concert of the Société Nationale de Musique with Louis Capet on the violin and the composer himself playing the piano. At the same concert, the Cello Sonata No. 1 was also premiered.{{cite book|last= Nectoux |first= Jean-Michel |author-link=Jean-Michel Nectoux|others=Roger Nichols (trans.)|year= 1991|title= Gabriel Fauré – A Musical Life |location= Cambridge |publisher= Cambridge University Press |isbn= 978-0-521-23524-2}} It was dedicated to Queen Elisabeth of Belgium, who was a violinist, and had shown sympathy towards Fauré's works.