Violin Sonata No. 5 (Ries)
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Ferdinand Ries composed the Violin Sonata in B-flat major, Op. 10 in 1808, while he was in Paris. During the same period he also composed his Op. 20 & Op. 21 cello sonatas and a D-minor violin sonata that remained unpublished until 1818. The B-flat major sonata was first published in 1810 by both Breitkopf & Härtel and Simrock with a dedication to a "Monsieur Eichhof, directeur Général de l'Octroi de Navigation du Rhein". Subsequent editions were published in the 1820s.[a] [1]
Composition History[]
As with many of Ries's compositions, there is little to go on beyond the manuscript evidence itself, in this case, the manuscript survives in the Berlin State Library, while a copy of the published score kept in the Royal College of Music, London contains a number of interpolated manuscript sheets in the composers handwriting showing that at a later point he was reworking the sonata so that could be performed by a piano soloist without the accompaniment of the violin. Cecil Hill speculates that this may have been intended for an English publisher, but no print edition of this version has been located.[1]
Structure[]
The sonata is in two movements:
References[]
- Notes
- Sources
- Hill, Cecil (1977). Ferdinand Ries: A Thematic Catalogue. Armidale, New South Wales: University of New England. ISBN 0-85834-156-5.
- Hill, Cecil (1982). "Ferdinand Ries. A Study and Addenda". Occasional Paper. Armidale, New South Wales: University of New England. ISSN 0314-5999.
External links[]
- Violin sonatas by Ferdinand Ries
- 1808 compositions
- Compositions in B-flat major
- Music with dedications
- Sonata stubs