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Romance for Violin and Piano, Op. 23
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Romance for Violin and Piano, Op. 23 by Amy Marcy Beach Violin Solo - Digital Sheet Music

By Amy Marcy Beach
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Piano, Violin - Level 5 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1642734

Composed by Amy Marcy Beach. Arranged by Zellev. This edition: audio, pdf, streaming. 20th Century, Broadway, Classical, Musical/Show, Romantic Period, Wedding. 21 pages. Zellev Music #1210179. Published by Zellev Music (A0.1642734).

Key Signature: A major
Time Signature: 4/4
Tempo: Andante espressivo (virtuoso-ish)
Difficulty: Advanced
Version: parts included

Playback were modeled after the performance of:
Akemi Takayama, Violin, Kazuoki Fujii, Piano
May 23, 2010, Toppan Hall, Tokyo, Japan.

Composed in 1893, Romance for Violin and Piano, Op. 23 is one of Amy Beach’s early instrumental gems, written during a time when she was already making waves as a pioneering female composer in the male-dominated world of late 19th-century classical music. The piece was premiered by the renowned violinist Maud Powell, a champion of American composers and women in music, which helped shine a light on Beach’s talent beyond her well-known art songs and choral works. Though Beach was largely self-taught, her deep musicality and grasp of Romantic idioms are evident throughout this lush and lyrical work. It’s said that she wrote the piece specifically for a performance at the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago, a monumental event celebrating culture and progress—a fitting debut for a woman who herself represented both.

What makes Romance stand out is its unabashed lyricism and emotional warmth. The violin sings with an almost vocal expressiveness, swooping through tender melodies and rhapsodic swells, while the piano offers both delicate support and dramatic interplay. The harmonic language is rich with late-Romantic color, and there's a sense of refined elegance paired with heartfelt sincerity that feels uniquely Beach. While it’s a relatively short piece, it delivers an outsized emotional punch—part dreamy reverie, part impassioned confession. In many ways, it's a microcosm of Beach’s broader musical voice: refined, deeply emotive, and unmistakably her own.

This product was created by a member of ArrangeMe, Hal Leonard’s global self-publishing community of independent composers, arrangers, and songwriters. ArrangeMe allows for the publication of unique arrangements of both popular titles and original compositions from a wide variety of voices and backgrounds.

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