1. Violin romance (Beethoven)

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The violin romance No. 1 in G major, op. 40 is one of two romances for violin and orchestra by Ludwig van Beethoven . Beethoven's further contribution to this genre is the violin romance op. 50 in F major .

Composers such as Carl Nielsen , Max Bruch and Antonín Dvořák were inspired to make their own contributions by Beethoven's violin romances, which at the same time established a new musical genre.

Emergence

Nothing is known about the reason for the composition. Contrary to the numbering, the violin romance in G major was written later; it was composed in 1802 but published in 1803, two years before its sister work.

To the music

The piece is introduced by a deliberate violin theme with double stops, which - in contrast to the Romance in F major - is presented without orchestral accompaniment. A dialogue between violin and orchestra develops from the variation on the theme.

On the one hand, the G major romance shares with the F major romance the alla breve measure, the lyrical character in the main theme and its contrasting with another theme in minor (which in the case of the G major romance in ABA′- Form is structured), on the other hand the G major romance is in parts more dramatic than its sister work.

literature

  • Christoph Hahn, Siegmar Hohl (ed.): Bertelsmann concert guide. Bertelsmann Lexikon Verlag, Gütersloh / Munich 1993, ISBN 3-570-10519-9 .
  • Harenberg concert guide. Harenberg Kommunikation, Dortmund 1998, ISBN 3-611-00535-5 .
  • Sven Hiemke (Ed.): Beethoven manual . Bärenreiter-Verlag Karl Vötterle GmbH & Co. KG, Kassel 2009, ISBN 978-3-476-02153-3 , p. 155.

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