Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 3 Sections |
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Composition Year | 1912? |
Genre Categories | Concertos; For violin, orchestra; Scores featuring the violin; |
Contents |
Work Title | Violin Concerto No.2 |
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Alternative. Title | |
Composer | Gernsheim, Friedrich |
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. | Op.86 |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | IFG 54 |
Key | F major |
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 3 movements
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Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1912? |
First Performance. | 1913 October 20 |
First Publication. | 1913 – Leipzig: Jul. Heinr. Zimmermann |
Dedication | Seinem Freunde Henri Marteau |
Average DurationAvg. Duration | 20-25 minutes (estimated) |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Romantic |
Piece Style | Romantic |
Instrumentation | Solo: violin Orchestra: 2 flutes/piccolo, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons + 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba + timpani, glockenspiel + strings |
1912 composition date according to Emery (1928, 1969 revision?) "The Violin Concerto".
The full score (a rare thing it seems, but the Fleisher Collection at the Free Library of Philadelphia seems to list a copy, 80 pages) was published 1914 (they also have the parts).
Premiered 1913-10-20 - see Neue Zeitschrift für Musik, Jg. 80, 30 Oct.1913, p.609, article on Gernsheim's New Violin Concerto.
21 minutes in its only recording to date (cpo 777 861-2).