Romance for violin (Elgar)

The Romance in E minor for violin and piano is a work by Edward Elgar composed in 1878 or 1879 [1] and published in 1885 as his Opus 1.

The Romance was dedicated to Oswin Grainger, an older friend of Elgar's from a Worcester orchestra they played in, who was an amateur musician and grocer by trade.[2] It was published by Schott's in 1885 and the first performance was on 20 October, in Worcester.[3]

Structure

Andante 12/8 E minor

Following the 4 bars of introduction by piano, violin shows the subject shown in excerpt 1.

Excerpt 1

Then, the same introduction by piano induces the exposure of excerpt 2, in G minor, played by violin.

Excerpt 2

The music reaches passionate climaxes twice before excerpt 1 reappears. Double stop of violin leads the quiet end of the work.

It is a short work, with performing time about 5 minutes.

Recordings

Notes
  1. Kennedy, p. 12
  2. Moore, p. 72-73
  3. McVeagh, p. 13

References
  • Kennedy, Michael (1987). Portrait of Elgar (Third ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN 0-19-284017-7.
  • McVeagh, Diana M. (1955). Edward Elgar: His Life and Music. London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd.
  • Moore, Jerrold N. (1984). Edward Elgar: a Creative Life. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-315447-1.
  • Score, Elgar: Romance pour Violon, Schott & Co., London, ca. 1885
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