Camille Saint-Saëns
Sonata No. 2 in E flat major op. 102
for violin and piano
Camille Saint-Saëns
Sonata No. 2 in E flat major op. 102
for violin and piano
- Instrumentation Violin and Piano
- Composer Camille Saint-Saëns
- Series Bärenreiter Urtext
- Editor Fabien Guilloux François de Médicis
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- Edition Piano Score Download
- Publisher Bärenreiter Verlag
- Order no. BA10958-DL
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Description:
The second half of the 19th century was a kind of "golden age" of the violin sonata in France: Violin sonatas as influential as those by Franck, Fauré or Saint-Saëns were among the successful works in this genre, which inspired a large number of other compositions.
Saint-Saëns' Violin Sonata No. 2 was composed during a stay of several months by the composer in Egypt in 1896: In Luxor and Aswan, he began with the main themes of all four movements as well as the canonic trio and completed the sonata on the journey along the Nile back to Cairo. In the same year, he premiered it with Pablo Sarasate in a concert on the occasion of Saint-Saëns' fiftieth stage anniversary - after all, he had performed on stage for the first time when he was only ten years old.
This practical edition by Fabien Guilloux and François de Médicis is based on volume III/4 of the series "Saint-Saëns - OEuvres instrumentales complètes". It thus reflects the latest research on this work and presents it in a score that is optimally set up for practical use.
Saint-Saëns' Violin Sonata No. 2 was composed during a stay of several months by the composer in Egypt in 1896: In Luxor and Aswan, he began with the main themes of all four movements as well as the canonic trio and completed the sonata on the journey along the Nile back to Cairo. In the same year, he premiered it with Pablo Sarasate in a concert on the occasion of Saint-Saëns' fiftieth stage anniversary - after all, he had performed on stage for the first time when he was only ten years old.
This practical edition by Fabien Guilloux and François de Médicis is based on volume III/4 of the series "Saint-Saëns - OEuvres instrumentales complètes". It thus reflects the latest research on this work and presents it in a score that is optimally set up for practical use.