Violinsonate a-moll (F.A.E.-Sonate), Albert Dietrich, Johannes Brahms and Robert Schumann

Dietrich - Schumann - Brahms: Violinsonate a-moll (F.A.E.-Sonate)

HN 1572
ISMN 979-0-2018-1572-5 
With marked and unmarked parts
Level of difficulty: difficult

 The four-movement sonata dedicated to the violinist Joseph Joachim was composed by his friends Albert Dietrich (1st movement), Robert Schumann (2nd and 4th movements) and Johannes Brahms (3rd movement).
 The designation F.A.E. takes up Joachim's life motto, Free, but lonely, the tone sequence F A E shapes the thematic motifs.
 Follows the musical text of the Brahms Complete Edition
 Fingering of the piano part by Shai Wosner
 Volume contains colored frontispiece
 Parts with foldout pages
 
The so-called F. A. E. Sonata is an extraordinary collective work with an equally unusual title and concept. In late October 1853, Robert Schumann, Albert Dietrich and Johannes Brahms presented it as a surprise to their friend, the violinist Joseph Joachim, who had come to Düsseldorf to give some concerts. The three letters of its title refer to Joachims life motto Frei, aber einsam; free, but lonely, and the sequence of notes derived from it f-a-e infuses the whole sonata, more or less hidden from view. Dietrich composed the first movement, and the 20-year-old Brahms the fiery Scherzo (WoO 2), while the romantic, opulent movements nos. 2 and 4 are unmistakably by Schumann (who later took them into his own 3rd Violin Sonata in a minor).

The F. A. E. Sonata remained unpublished during the lifetimes of its three composers and its dedicatee. It was not published until 1935. The present Henle edition by Michael Struck is taken from the Violin Sonatas volume of the New Brahms Complete Edition and supplies many new findings on problematic passages in the musical text and on the works genesis and reception history.

Johannes Brahms: Violin Sonata (F.A.E. Sonata) [Joint effort by A. Dietrich, R. Schumann, J. Brahms] a minor
Albrecht Dietrich: Allegro a minor
Robert Schumann: Intermezzo F major
Johannes Brahms: Allegro c minor
Robert Schumann: Finale a minorDietrich - Schumann - Brahms: Violinsonate a-moll (F.A.E.-Sonate)