Saint-Saëns: Violin Sonata No.1, Op75

Includes accompaniments for:

1. Allegro agitato - Adagio

1. Allegro agitato - Adagio (practice)

2. Allegretto moderato - Allegro

2. Allegretto moderato - Allegro (practice)

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Saint-Saëns' first violin sonata, Op.75, is conisidered one of the finest of all French violin sonatas, As Saint-Saëns did with his famous 'Organ Symphony', in this work he contracts a traditional four-movement structure into just two, merging each pair with bridging passages part way through. The time signature changes at the beginning of the first movement give it a rhythmic freedom, while the later Adagio theme is cleverly formed as a dialogue between the violin and piano. The second movement consists of a scherzo in G minor which melds into a virtuosic D major finale which breathlessly passes thematic ideas between the two instruments.

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2 click-beats at beginning to set pulse of Allegretto

Bar 272 (Allegro molto): 2 click-beats before this section starts. Then crotchet click-beats indicate the new tempo of the Allegro molto

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