Works Instrumental Sonata for Violin (1940)
Overview
One of Bernstein's earliest works, composed while he was a student at the Curtis Institute, for violin and piano.
Sonata for Violin
I. Moderato assai
II. Variations on Movement I
Related Works
Serenade (after Plato's Symposium)
Piano Sonata
Sonata for Clarinet and Piano
Piano Trio
Details
(1940) 16 min
World Premiere:
1940. Cambridge, MA / Raphael Hillyer, violin / Leonard Bernstein, piano
Scoring
violin and piano
Purchasing Licensing Information
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Media
Violin by Juan Gris 1913
Wikimedia Commons
Violin Sonata: II. Variation 1: Adagio
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