| Composition Year | 1898 |
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| Genre Categories | Sonatas; For piano 4 hands; Scores featuring the piano; |
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| Work Title | Sonata in C sharp minor, VL 156a |
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| Alternative. Title | Piano Sonata No.1 |
| Composer | Čiurlionis, Mikalojus Konstantinas |
| Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. | VL 156a |
| Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. | IMC 82 |
| Key | C-sharp minor |
| Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1898 |
| First Performance. | 1915 |
| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Romantic |
| Piece Style | Romantic |
| Instrumentation | piano duet / piano 4 hands |
| Extra Information | Known from its first performance and from a surviving fragment for piano four hands; hence, two possible versions of the sonata — for two and for four hands. According to J. Čiurlionytė, the two-hand version is the first one (VL-ČM, p. 108).
First version For piano four hands, lost; known from the first performance and from the secondary theme of the 1st movement, written down from memory by J. Čiurlionytė (VL-ČM, p. 108). 4 movements: Allegro moderato, Andante, Menuetto, Finale First performed: Moscow, February 20, 1915; performed by M. Petražickaitė Unpublished Catalogue No.: VL 156 Reference: M. K. Čiurlionis’s letter to E. Morawski, December 5, 1901: “...the Menuet […] played from the sonata in C-sharp minor.” (Lith. menuetas […] laimėtas iš sonatos cis-moll). Literature: B. Kasaitis, “Lietuvių vakaras” (Lithuanian Evening), Viltis, February 28, 1915, No. 48 — review of the first performance (gives the year of composition and movement titles: 1898; Allegro moderato, Andante, Menuetto, Finale); VL-ČM, p. 108 — the secondary theme of the 1st movement of the sonata, written from memory by J. Čiurlionytė. Second version For piano four hands, unfinished. Čm 8, pp. 00478–00483 — 38-bar sketch in pencil (contains the exposition of the 1st movement). Unpublished Catalogue No.: KJŽ 759; VL 156a |
