Bassoon Sonata (Saint-Saëns)
The French composer Camille Saint-Saëns wrote the bassoon sonata in G major op.168 in 1921 parallel to the oboe sonata in D major op.166 and the clarinet sonata in E flat major op.167 .
Emergence
The Sonata for Bassoon and Piano in G major (French: Sonate pour bassoon avec accompagnement de piano) was written by Saint-Saëns in May to June 1921 for Léon Letellier, who was a bassoonist in the Orchester de l'Eldorado, the Concerts du Châtelet, the Orchester de l'Opera and the Société des concerts. Together with the two previous sonatas for oboe and clarinet , the sonata is one of Saint-Saën's last works. Even if the sonata was composed in the early twenties of the twentieth century, it contains almost no influences from modern music, but is written in the romantic style.
construction
The sonata consists of three movements, with a short final part following the last movement:
- Allegro moderato (4/4 time; G major)
- Allegretto scherzando (6/8 time; E minor)
- Molto adagio (4/4 time; G major) - Allegro moderato (2/4 time; G major)
literature
- Sabine Teller Ratner: Camille Saint-Saëns 1835-1921, A thematic catalog of his complete works, Volume I, The Instrumenta Works; Oxford University Press, New York 2002, ISBN 0-19-816320-7 pp. 239 f