Berceuse
by John Ireland
Violin Solo - Sheet Music

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Violin & Piano

SKU: ST.H484

Composed by John Ireland. String music. Standard: Intermediate. Score and part. Stainer & Bell Ltd. #H484. Published by Stainer & Bell Ltd. (ST.H484).

ISBN 9790220224430.

Although one of Ireland's earliest published works, his Berceuse for violin and piano of 1902 displays the exemplary grace of salon music at its most sophisticated. The finely crafted melody wears lightly the elegance of the genre, as perfectly expressed in Elgar's Chanson de Matin and Salut d'Amour. In the accompaniment, details of harmony suggest the influence of Tchaikovsky and a passionate utterance more typically Russian than English. Liberated by the innovations of Debussy and Ravel, Ireland in his later songs and piano solos would recreate this quality on his own terms; but the essence of his uniquely romantic voice feels already embryonically present in this exquisite Edwardian miniature.