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Violin & piano - Difficult
SKU: OU.9780193364561
Composed by Michael Finnissy. Violin & Piano. Score and part. 40 pages. Duration 10'. Oxford University Press #9780193364561. Published by Oxford University Press (OU.9780193364561).ISBN 9780193364561. 12 x 8 inches.
For violin and piano. The work explores both conventional Sonata forms and the flexibility of performance practice for which Finnissy is renowned. The piece was designed to interact with some of the materials of the first movement of the String Quintet in F major Op.88 by Brahms and embraces the Irish folk-song O! Thou hapless soldier, from Beethoven's Irische Lieder WoO 153.