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Violin master works and their interpretation, 1925
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1CHAPTER XVIII.
2CÉSAR FRANCK AND CHAUSSON.
4César Franck (1822-1890) has composed a Sonata in A major* for violin and piano which, written in 1886, and dedicated to Eugène Ysaye, universally known and justly famous, is one of the most played chamber music compositions of the present day. Like Beethoven's "Kreutzer Sonata," it is a chamber music composition which has become naturalized on the concert stage. Its popularity dates from the time Ysaye carried it triumphantly through all civilized lands and their concert halls, and it is still a favorite with the present generation of violinists.
6The First Movement abandons the usual introductory Allegro in favor of an Allegretto ben moderato or, rather a ben moderato without the "Allegretto." The violin must "breathe out" the questioning initial phrase, which has been compared to "a glance cast toward the infinite," and should be supported in similar fashion by the pianoforte pianissimo.
8The melody should produce the impression of a song coming from distant, celestial spheres. Five measures after No. 1 there is a slight swell in tone:
10which appears only to vanish. At Nos. 2 and 3 we have the great crescendo with its powerful, insistent ritenuto, played fortissimo:
12* César Franck, Sonata in A major, for violin and piano. Carl Fischer, Inc., New York.
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