Violin Sonata No.1 (Bax, Arnold)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 movements
Composition Year 1910 - revised in 1915, 1920, 1945
Genre Categories Sonatas; For violin, piano; Scores featuring the violin; Scores featuring the piano; For 2 players

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Performances

Sheet Music

Scores and Parts

1920 Revision

 Complete Score
#991656 - 6.86MB, 54 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 10×⇩ - Dbmiller

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 Violin
#991657 - 1.96MB, 16 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 3×⇩ - Dbmiller

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Publisher. Info. London: Murdoch, Murdoch & Co., 1921. Plate M. M. & Co. 182.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
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1945 Revision

 Complete Score
#991627 - 4.28MB, 51 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/C/V - 12×⇩ - Rawson

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 Violin
#991626 - 1.09MB, 16 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/C/V - 5×⇩ - Rawson

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Publisher. Info. London: Chappell, n.d.(ca.1945) [c1921].
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
Misc. Notes "Revision 1945." Printed with 1921 copyright claim only. Mostly re-uses plates from the Murdoch edition of the 1920 revision, with alterations as necessary.
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General Information

Work Title Violin Sonata No.1
Alternative. Title
Name Translations Vioolsonate nr. 1; Sonate pour violon no 1
Name Aliases Vioolsonate nr. 1 (Bax); Sonata for violin & piano No. 1
Authorities WorldCat; VIAF: 175593717; LCCN: no96027938; BNF: 14031779s; NLA: 35528857
Composer Bax, Arnold
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. GP 124, 166, 236, 361
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IAB 58
Key E major
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 movements:
  1. Moderate tempo ( = 60)
  2. Allegro vivace ( = 152-160) - Poco più lento
  3. Moderate tempo ( = 96) (Smooth and serene)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1910 - revised in 1915, 1920, 1945
First Publication. 1921
Dedication Paul Kochanski
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Early 20th century
Piece Style Early 20th century
Instrumentation violin, piano
External Links Baxworks site (1910) / Baxworks site (1915) / Baxworks site (1920) / Baxworks site (1945)
Wikipedia article (Dutch)

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This is his first published violin sonata, but there is also a violin sonata in G minor, GP 49, from 1901 (recorded on Naxos and ASV.)

The 1910 version's 2nd and 3rd movements had tempo headings "Slow and Sombre" and "Allegro molto vivace" (and were fairly substantially different from the corresponding movements in the revision of 1915- revised at least slightly in 1920 and 1945 - published in 1921. Comparison is made possible by the recordings of these two movements on a Naxos CD; in GP 124 (1910) they were very different music.

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