Violin Sonata No. 1
| Full title | Sonata for violin and piano No. 1 in C Major op. 16 / 1. Sonate für Violine und Klavier op. 16 | |
| Date composed | 1923 | |
| Details |
Lebhaft—mit Kraft und Feuer Sehr langsam (Adagio), subtitled Des Singvögelchens Gesang vor Nacht (Dem Andenken unserer L.H.) Stürmisch (Allegro strepitoso) Composed 1922–1923 and completed in January 1923. The violin part of the published score includes the information: Bezeichnung des Violinparts durch Prof. Robert Pollak. Dedication [in published score and in composer's holograph note on a presentation copy of the published score]: Meiner lieben Frau zu eigen. Performance duration: ca. 23 min. |
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| Manuscript sources | NYPL JOB 73-112, holograph, with composer's note on title page: Wien / Januar 1923. See also NYPL JPB 99-7 no. 74, copy of published score. | |
| Publication details | B. Schott's Söhne, 1924: Edition No. 1954 (performance score and part). | |
| Availabiity | Performance score and part available from ACA and KWF. | |
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| Listen |
Violin Sonata No. 1: movement 1, Lebhaft |
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Performances (click
icon to expand or collapse list)| 11 August 1923*** | Salzburg, Zeitgenössische Musik Österreichischer Komponisten: Robert Pollak [not Georg Kulenkampff-Post, as first programmed], violin; Wilhelm Grosz, piano. Also on program: Egon Kornauth, Klavierphantasie op. 10; Julius Bittner, 4 Lieder (1922); Max Springer, 3 Klavierstücke op. 34; H.E. Heller, 3 Lieder (1923). |
| March 1924 | Düsseldorf, Ibachsaal, concert of the Immermannbund: Grete Eveler, violin; Hans Gál, piano. |
| April 1925 | Vienna, Kammermusiksaal, Konzert Moderner Komponisten: Margarethe Kolbe-Jüllig, violin; Ida von Hartungen, piano. Also on program: works by Hugo Kauder; Arthur Kohn; Franz Mittler. |
| 1 April 1925* | Vienna, Kleiner Konzerthaussaal, Kompositions-Abend Karl Weigl: Margarethe Kolbe-Jüllig, violin; Ida von Hartungen, piano. |
| March 1926 | Dresden, Tonkünstlerverein: unidentified violinist; Richard Byk, piano. |
| 21 February 1927 | Vienna: Karl Baltz, violin; Luise Wandel, piano. |
| October 1928 | Vienna: Hilde Rings, violin; Carl Lafite, piano. |
| 21 March 1933 | Vienna, Kammersaal, Musikverein: Magda Hajos, violin; Walter Bricht, piano. |
| 10 August 1939 | Cape Cod Institute of Music, Massachusetts, Dr. Karl Weigl in a program of his own compositions: Hugo Kolberg, violin; Karl Weigl, piano. |
| 17 January 1940 | New York, WQXR radio broadcast, Compositions by Karl Weigl: Roman Totenberg, violin; Karl Weigl, piano. |
| 8 May 1941 | New York, private musicale, home of Mrs. Emil Goldmark, 135 Central Park West, Compositions by Karl Weigl: Elsie Stein, violin; Karl Weigl, piano (Adagio). |
| 12 May 1944 | New York, Brooklyn College, Faculty Original Works Concert: Francis C. Lathrop, violin; Karl Weigl, piano (Adagio: The Singing Bird’s Song Before Night). Also on program: works by Francis C. Lathrop; Miriam Gideon; Josef Alexander; and Ivan Langstroth. |
| 7 April 1945 | New York, Brooklyn Museum, Ask the Composer: Outstanding Contemporary Composers and Their Music—Karl Weigl: Adagio from Violin Sonata No. 1 op. 16, with Boris Schwarz, violin, and Karl Weigl, piano. Also on the program: Pictures and Tales op. 2 for piano duet, with Karl Weigl and Vally Weigl, piano; Five Songs for soprano and piano op. 23, with Sally Cherry Pestcoe, soprano, and Karl Weigl, piano; Five Songs for mezzo-soprano and piano, with Alice Howland, soprano, and Karl Weigl, piano; Two Pieces for violoncello and piano op. 33, with James Scholz, cello, and Karl Weigl, piano. |
| 10 October 1981 | New York, Donnell Library Center: Marilyn Dubov, violin; Michael Recchuiti, piano (Adagio: The Singing Bird’s Song Before Night). |
| 2 September 1987 | Detroit, Michigan, Wayne State University, Community Arts Auditorium, The Karl Weigl Festival, concert 2: Violin Sonata No. 1 (Elwyn Adams and Doris Richards), and The Refugee and other songs (Elsie Inselman and Doris Richards). Also on program: songs by Wolf and Berg. |
