Suite in A Major for String Trio — Parts: vl, vla, vlc

Sibelius, Jean
Title: Suite in A Major for String Trio — Parts: vl, vla, vlc
Authors: Sibelius, Jean (Composer)
Product number: 9790550090668
Product form: Sheet music
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Price: 33,90 € (30,82 € vat 0 %)

Publisher: Fennica Gehrman
Edition: 2014
Language: undefined
Product family: Chamber music
String ensembles
Finnish library classification: 78.5122 Kolme jousisoitinta
The Suite is a student exercise, first performed 13.4.1889 at a musical soiree at the Helsinki Music Institute. Ferruccio Busoni, who was teacher of piano at the Institute at the time, described the first performance as follows: "We sharpened our concentration as we realised that we were about to hear something quite beyond the usual standard for student works...". In the A major suite, colour comes to the fore for the first time as a major element in Sibelius's music. The emphasis on sonic texture is joined - somewhat unusually for such an early work - by a fairly bold handling of rhythm and harmony. Unfortunately only the first three movements of the suite have survived in tact. The concept of the missing Gigue has survived, however, and is included in this publication.


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