Claude Debussy: Sonata for Violin & Piano

Sonata for Violin and Piano by Claude Debussy (1862-1918). Edited by E. G. Heinemann. For Violin and piano. Violin. Henle Music Folios. Urtext edition-paper bound. Impressionistic. Single piece and set of parts. Introductory text, performance notes, bowings and fingerings. 56 pages. G. Henle Verlag #HN410. Published by G. Henle Verlag (HL.51480410).

Urtext Edition, paperbound with marked and unmarked string parts.

Debussy had intended to write a cycle comprising six sonatas. However, as he was seriously ill, he was forced to conclude it with the third one. Whereas the Sonata for Cello and Piano and the one for Flute, Viola and Harp were quickly written in 1915, an unusually fruitful compositional year, the violin sonata posed difficulties for the composer in the following year. He struggled with the finale in particular, and was only able to send the work to the publisher Durand in April 1917. Its difficult genesis is soon forgotten when one listens to the resulting work: it displays perfect classicism and is full of life, as the composer himself remarked.

With introductory text, performance notes, bowings and fingerings. Impressionistic. 9x12 inches.