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Sonate voor viool en piano op. 50

By Géza Frid

genre
Chamber music
instrumentation
Violin and keyboard instrument (vl pf)
duration
15 minutes
year
1955
location of manuscript
www.nederlandsmuziekinstituut.nl archive registration number 304/016
status
published score
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dedication

To Serah van Praag

Details

Quasi improvisando
Andante cantabile
Presto leggiero

Awarded the second prize 1956 by the Ministerie van O.K. en W.

Second movement can be performed as a single piece with the title: Romance voor viool en piano

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About Géza Frid

Géza Frid

The Hungarian Géza Frid was one of the key figures in the post-war Dutch music world. To escape the dictatorship of his country of origin, he fled to the Netherlands in 1927. He always remained true to the musical language of his roots. As of 1941, Frid as a stateless Jew, was prohibited from performing in public. He became involved in illegal activities and the artists' resistance movement, and it's a miracle he survived the war. After the liberation, he resumed his life as an artist. For years he was one of the most frequently performed composers in the Netherlands. Since the turn of the twentieth century there was even a sort of “Frid-Renaissance.”

by Arthur Frid