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165: 1098: 63: 1108: 22: 362:, but many violinists choose to perform a version, suggested by Menuhin, that only uses the standard 12 notes of Western classical music. Three contrasting themes appear throughout this movement, all of which re-appear in the final 338:. Nevertheless, it is not a strict fugue, as every episode introduces new material to the subject. The Melodia begins with a lyrical melody, stated alone and in all different registers of the instrument. It continues in 434: 1111: 283:. Bartók finished composing the piece in March 1944. He wrote letters to Menuhin in April and June 1944 to agree on minor changes to make the Sonata easier to play. 1147: 80: 35: 810: 127: 99: 369:
The Solo Sonata presents violinists with many difficulties and uses the full gamut of violin techniques: several notes played simultaneously (
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melody. After a section where the melody is accompanied quietly with fast running notes, it returns as a series of
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commissioned a work for solo violin from Bartók in November 1943. It was written in New York and in
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The Tempo di ciaccona is essentially a sonata-form movement written somewhat in the style of a
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Anderson in his liner notes writes that it is rather a sonata-form movement than a chaconne.
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executed simultaneously with a melody played with the bow, and wide leaps between pitches.
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Performance-Practice Issues in Bartók's Sonata For Solo Violin (1944)
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