Sonata for Violin and Piano

Sheet Music: Score & Part(s)

Sonata for Violin and Piano / Dulcie Holland ; edited by Jeanell Carrigan.

by Dulcie Holland (1937)

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  • Instrumentation: Violin, piano.
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    Performance by Asmira Woodward-Page, Scott Davie from the CD Australian album

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The sonata is in three movements. The first movement opens with a fanfare-type flourish played by the violin over a dominant pedal in the piano. The Edvard Grieg Sonata for Violin and Piano op. 13 in G major opens in a similar fashion and it is not known whether this sonata was a source of inspiration for Holland. The structure is not a straightforward sonata-allegro form instead it is built on several themes which reappear, closing with a coda.

The second movement is slow and in the style of a fantasy - free form. The third movement contains a jolly opening theme followed by a slower middle section. The opening theme returns to place the movement into a quasi-ternary form. It is a challenging work for both instruments and definitely an example of a duo work, both instruments playing an equal part.

Published by: Wirripang [979 0 720227 21 4] — 1 score 34p. -- A4 (portrait)) and 1 part

Duration: 15 min.

First performance by Vaughan Hanley, Dulcie Holland — 21 Apr 37. Radio 2BL, ABC Sydney

Includes biographical notes and the compoer and notes about the work, written by Jeanell Carrigan.

Typeset edition.

This edition produced 2020.

ISMN: 979 0 720227 21 4

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Score & Part: Sonata : for violin and piano / Dulcie Holland.

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CD: Women of Note : A Century of Australian Composers, Volume 2.

Australian album
CD: The Australian album / Asmira Woodward-Page, violin, Scott Davie, piano.

 

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