Sonata For violin Solo by Nikos Skalkottas Chamber Music - Sheet Music

By Nikos Skalkottas

A half century after his death, an air of obscurity still surrounds both the life and work of Nikos Skalkottas, the most significant Greek composer. Sonate fur Geige allein was written in the summer of 1925 while Skalkottas studied with Kurt Weill and Phillipp Jarnach, and the sonata seems absolutely typical of the intellectually and musically radical mood of the time. Fresh, spare, mischievous, dissonant, tempermental and with a lively sense of humor, Sonate was clearly influenced by Jarnach as Skalkottas harks back to baroque forms and structures. The second and third movements imitate a minuet and a bouree, while in the closing fugue the young composer demonstrates his ability to mesh two relatively independent melodies together. This autograph text edition contains the composer's own fingerings and bowing indications, and his suggestions provide valuable insight to his musical intentions.

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Instrument:
Violin Solo
Ensembles:
Chamber Music
Genres:
Serialism
Composers:
Nikos Skalkottas
Publishers:
Universal Edition
UPC:
803452063599
ISBN:
9783702466404
Format:
Score
Item types:
Physical
Musical forms:
Sonata
Artist:
Nikos Skalkottas
Usages:
School and Community
Shipping Weight:
0.25 pounds

Chamber Music Violin

SKU: PR.UE021467

For violin Solo. Composed by Nikos Skalkottas. Full score. With Standard notation. Composed 1925. A/K 69. Duration 0:12:00. Universal Edition #UE021467. Published by Universal Edition (PR.UE021467).

ISBN 9783702466404. UPC: 803452063599.

A half century after his death, an air of obscurity still surrounds both the life and work of Nikos Skalkottas, the most significant Greek composer. Sonate fur Geige allein was written in the summer of 1925 while Skalkottas studied with Kurt Weill and Phillipp Jarnach, and the sonata seems absolutely typical of the intellectually and musically radical mood of the time. Fresh, spare, mischievous, dissonant, tempermental and with a lively sense of humor, Sonate was clearly influenced by Jarnach as Skalkottas harks back to baroque forms and structures. The second and third movements imitate a minuet and a bouree, while in the closing fugue the young composer demonstrates his ability to mesh two relatively independent melodies together. This autograph text edition contains the composer's own fingerings and bowing indications, and his suggestions provide valuable insight to his musical intentions.