Concerto Funebre. Karl Amadeus Hartmann. Violin and Piano

Concerto funebre

Originally entitled ,Music of Sorrow, the work was written in 1939, during the first months of World War II. It is Karl Amadeus Hartmanns only violin concerto and at the same time his most famous piece. Hartmann wanted the final chorale to be seen as an expression of confidence in hard times.

Content: 
I Introduktion (Largo)
II Adagio
III Allegro di molto
IV Choral (Langsamer Marsch)

Difficulty: difficult
ISMN: 979-0-001-05888-9
Performance duration: 20' 0"
Publisher: Schott Music
Series: Edition Schott
Uraufführung : Urfassung: 1940 St. Gallen · Dirigent: Ernst Klug
Neufassung: 12. November 1959 Braunschweig, Staatstheater-Kapelle ·
Dirigent: Heinz Zeebe · Wolfgang Marschner, Violine
Year of composition: 1939 (1959)
page number: 40
Binding: Saddle-wire stitching