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Violin Sonata No. 1 in A minor, Op. 105

185117 min

This guide follows Schumann’s Violin Sonata No. 1 in A minor, Op. 105 (1851) in three parts: Mit leidenschaftlichem Ausdruck (sonata form), Allegretto and Lebhaft (sonata form).

Recording: Guy Braunstein (violin), Martha Argerich (piano)

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Follow all 22 sections as they play

  1. I · Sonata form
  2. II
  3. III · Sonata form
I Sonata form0:36–8:14

The violin states the opening low in its range, and the is soon treated in (one voice following the other). The piano has real inner voices rather than plain arpeggios. The arrives, and then the . Just before the , the opening in much slower notes. The rests on a long note (a note held under changing harmony) that moves from F to E before the chords settle on A minor.

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II8:27–12:32
IIISonata form12:44–17:39

Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.

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Robert SchumannChamber musicRomantic periodA minorSonata form

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