Romance for violin (Elgar)
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The Romance in E minor for violin and piano is a work by Edward Elgar
composed in 1878 or 1879 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. It was published by Schott's in 1885 and the first performance was on 20 October, in Worcester.
It is a short work, with performing time about 5 minutes.
Edward Elgar
Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet OM, GCVO was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire. Among his best-known compositions are orchestral works including the Enigma Variations, the Pomp and Circumstance Marches, concertos...
composed in 1878 or 1879 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. It was published by Schott's in 1885 and the first performance was on 20 October, in Worcester.
It is a short work, with performing time about 5 minutes.
Recordings
- Elgar: Romance for Violin & Piano, Op. 1, Simone Lamsma (Violin), Yurie Miura (Piano)
- Elgar: Romance for Violin & Piano, Op. 1, Marat BisengalievMarat BisengalievMarat Bisengaliev is a Kazakh violinist and director of both the West Kazakhstan Philharmonic Orchestra and TuranAlem Kazakhstan Philharmonic Orchestra...
(Violin), Benjamin Frith (Piano)