Romance for violin (Elgar)
Appearance
The Romance in E minor for violin and piano is a work by Edward Elgar composed in 1878 or 1879 [1] 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.[2] It was published by Schott's in 1885 and the first performance was on 20 October, in Worcester.[3]
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 Bisengaliev (Violin), Benjamin Frith (Piano)
Notes
References
- Kennedy, Michael (1987). Portrait of Elgar (Third ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN 0192840177.
- McVeagh, Diana M. (1955). Edward Elgar: His Life and Music. London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd.
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(help) - Moore, Jerrold N. (1984). Edward Elgar: a Creative Life. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0193154471.