Four pieces op.70 (Bruch)
The four pieces for cello with accompaniment of the pianoforte op. 70 were written by the German composer Max Bruch in October 1896. The first piece of the cycle, however, was written by his son Max Felix .
They are dedicated to the violon cellist Robert Hausmann , who is a friend of Bruch and to whom the Kol Nidrei op. 47 is also dedicated .
History of origin
Bruch announced the first of the 4 pieces in a letter to Hausmann dated October 10, 1896 as my Maxel's piece in its original form . Just one day later he sent the A minor dance (3rd piece) to Hausmann. At the same time he let him know that he would like to orchestrate this piece: “I have arranged the accompaniment in a pretty piano-like manner; it will not cover now - the trio in A major would look very charming with an orchestra. The main movement, however, absolutely requires the unleashed power of the orchestra at various points, and how I could perceive the legitimate interests of the solo player is currently unclear to me. "
Since Bruch had initially only reached an agreement with his publisher Fritz Simrock about pieces for violoncello and piano , the plan for the orchestration was initially not made known.
In the fourth piece, Bruch let Hausmann design a passage at his own discretion:
“On page 18 I have left 4 bars of the solo part blank in the piano excerpt and ask you to change the passage as you see fit; the most effective is the best here. "
Individual evidence
Web links
- Four pieces for cello with accompaniment of the Pianoforte op. 70 (Bruch) : sheet music and audio files in the International Music Score Library Project