The Sonata for Viola and Piano, Op. Appearing at the end of the composer's compositional output, the Sonata for Viola and Piano effectively represents the bleak, mortality-obsessed late style composition of Shostakovich.The work unfolds in three movements, following a relatively straightforward tempo scheme of slow-fast-slow. [4] This method of quotation and allusion is a characteristic feature of Shostakovich's late style. Viacheslav Dinerchtein, "Shostakovich's Viola Sonata: A Historical Survey" (DMA dissertation, Northwestern, 2008), 15. Shostakovich's sonata was swiftly performed internationally in the months after the premiere. See also For viola, piano (arr), For violin, piano, Scores featuring the viola, For viola, orchestra. The work received its official premiere in October 1975 with the performing forces of violist Fyodor Druzhinin and pianist Mikhail Muntyan. Shostakovich referred to it as an "Adagio in Memory of Beethoven" or "Adagio in Memory of a Great Composer. Shostakovich - Sonata for Viola and Piano, Op. Allegretto15:24 III. 4 • Switch back to classic skin, II. Complete Score and Viola Part [clarification needed] In the course of the work's first fifteen years, twenty-two recordings were released, compared to only ten recordings of Shostakovich's Violin Sonata during that work's first fifteen years. As this work was first published before 1925 or failed to meet notice or renewal requirements to secure statutory copyright with no "restoration" under the GATT amendments, it is very likely to be public domain in the USA as well. Daphnis (2008/7/20), Content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License 6 *#19169 - 2.63MB, 34 pp. 147, is the last composition by Dmitri Shostakovich. She had been supporting herself with some success as a soloist. [5] The first recording with Druzhinin and Muntyan appeared within two months. [1], The work unfolds in three movements, following a relatively straightforward tempo scheme of slow-fast-slow. Allegro energico, ma non troppo presto, http://imslp.org/index.php?title=Viola_Sonata,_GP_251_(Bax,_Arnold)&oldid=3041257. The finale of Felix Mendelssohn's early Viola Sonata (1824) also quotes from the "Moonlight" Sonata, indicating that Shostakovich may have studied this work in preparation for his own. However, it is in the public domain in Canada (where IMSLP is hosted) and other countries where the term is life-plus-50 years (such as China, Japan, Korea and many others worldwide). It begins with an unaccompanied pizzicato figure in the viola which recalls the opening of Alban Berg's Violin Concerto,[2] followed by an austere piano line, which leads into a more animated middle section. 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Donald Maurice, "Schostakovich's Swansong,". -  It is very unlikely that this work is public domain in the EU, or in any country where the copyright term is life-plus-70 years. The second movement, Allegretto, is characterized by sharp contrasting of dry, pointed figures with smooth, connected passages; most of the material was borrowed from Shostakovich's unfinished 1942 opera The Gamblers. GP 251 I-Catalogue Number I-Cat. (-) - V/19/24 - 10651×⇩ - Daphnis, PDF scanned by Unknown 0.0/10 Clarke had moved to the United States in 1916, after being disowned by her father. Viola Sonata, GP 251 (Bax, Arnold) It ... Sonata for Viola and Piano Alt ernative. Its public premiere took place on October 1, 1975 with the same performers. • Page visited 14,959 times • Powered by MediaWiki Adagio It was completed just weeks before his death on July 6, 1975; it is dedicated to Fyodor Druzhinin, violist of the Beethoven Quartet. The Sonata for Viola and Piano, Op. Scores published by Murdoch, Murdoch & Co. Works first published in the 20th century, Pages with commercial recordings (Naxos collection), Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License, Performance by Chieh-Fan Yiu (viola) and Bo-Kyung Park (piano) in April 2009, Molto lento - (Tempo of beginning of 1st Movement). 147 is the last composition by Dmitri Shostakovich. Cellists Viviane Spanoghe [de] (Talent, 2009), Petr Prause (Calliope, 2002), Carlos Prieto (Urtext, 2006), Friedrich Kleinhapl [de] (Ars Produktion, 2004), Raphael Wallfisch (Black Box Classics, 2002), Ramon Jaffé [ru] (G&J Records, 1992), and Sharon Robinson (Koch International Classics, 2007) have also recorded the cello arrangement. Title Composer Bax, Arnold: Opus/Catalogue Number Op./Cat. [citation needed]. 10 The movement closes with a remembrance of the opening bars. "[3] Allusions to Beethoven's "Moonlight" Sonata are juxtaposed with reminiscences of themes presented earlier in the Viola Sonata, followed by a "mega-self-quotation" which strings together references to each of Shostakovich's fifteen symphonies. Viacheslav Dinerchtein, "Shostakovich's Viola Sonata: A Historical Survey" (DMA dissertation, Northwestern, 2008), 13. No. Cellist Daniil Shafran, with Shostakovich's advice and approval,[8][dubious – discuss] transcribed the sonata for cello and piano. 2 The first movement, Andante, was described by the composer as a "novella." → Sort this list by work type, instrumentation, composer, and more. It was completed just weeks before his death on July 6, 1975; it is dedicated to Fyodor Druzhinin, violist of the Beethoven Quartet. [6] The work is now a staple of viola repertoire with more than sixty commercial recordings available.[7]. [9] He then recorded it in 1975 for Melodiya. The first movement, Andante, begins with a sparse pizzicato figure in the viola, accompanied by an equally stark piano line, followed by an explosive and wrenching middle section, and closing with a remembrance of the movement’s opening. The sonata was privately premiered by violist Fyodor Druzhinin and pianist Mikhail Muntyan at Shostakovich's apartment on September 25, 1975, on what would have been the composer's sixty-ninth birthday. The final movement of the sonata carries most of the work's emotional weight. Rebecca Clarke composed the Sonata for Viola and Piano, attributed to the year 1919, when the composer was 33 years old. The second movement, Allegretto, is characterized by sharp contrasting of dry, pointed figures with smooth, connected passages; the primary material of the movement was borrowed directly from Shostakovich’s unfinished opera The Gamblers (1942), granting the movement a vocal and dramatic quality.0:00 I. Moderato8:27 II. 147, is the last composition by Dmitri Shostakovich. Completed in July 1975, just weeks before his death, it is dedicated to Fyodor Druzhinin, violist in the Beethoven Quartet. 8 No. 147 - YouTube Viola: Isabelle van KeulenPiano: Ronald BrautigamSonata for Viola and Piano, Op. Pages in category "For viola, piano" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of 448 total.