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Sheet Music
Arrangements and Transcriptions
For Violin and Piano
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composer
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| Publisher. Info.
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Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1912. Plate V.A. 3783.
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| Copyright
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| Misc. Notes
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Original images: ca.300dpi, color/grayscale jpg files approx. 2800 by 3590 pixels. Editing: re-sampled to 600dpi, converted to black and white tif files, de-skewed, and set uniform margins.
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General Information
| Work Title
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Violin Concerto
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| Alternative. Title
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| Composer
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Weingartner, Felix
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| Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.
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Op.52
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| Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.
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IFW 43
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| Key
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G major
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| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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3 movements:
- Allegro placido - Allegro molto
- Andantino quasi Allegretto (G minor)
- Caprice savoyard: Allegro molto deciso
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| Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.
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1911?
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| First Performance.
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1912-10-28 — Vienna Philharmonic, Fritz Kreisler (violin), Felix Weingartner (conductor)
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| First Publication.
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1912 – Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel
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| Dedication
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Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962)
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| Average DurationAvg. Duration
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25 minutes
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| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Romantic
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| Piece Style
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Romantic
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| Instrumentation
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Solo: violin Orchestra: 2 flutes, 2 oboes (2nd doubling English horn), 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons + 4 horns, 2 trumpets + 2 timpani + strings
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| External Links
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MPH preface (by Wolfgang Eggerking, 2013)
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Navigation etc.
Apparent source for premiere information - notes to cpo recording. (Also MPH notes.)
British premiere? - early performance: Musical Times and Singing-class Circular for March 1 1913 reports a performance, at the Palladium, on January 26 of that year by the Beecham Symphony Orchestra under Schilling-Ziemsen, again with Kreisler as soloist.