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An event that spurred him to start the concerto was the death by polio of 18-year-old Manon Gropius, daughter of Walter Gropius and Berg's friend and patron Alma Mahler (Gustav Mahler's widow). Berg set Lulu aside to write the concerto, which he dedicated "To the memory of an angel"; [ 3 ] he identified the "angel" to Alma as Manon.
Alma Elizabeth Deutscher (born 19 February 2005) is a British composer, pianist, violinist and conductor. A former child prodigy, Deutscher composed her first piano sonata at the age of five; at seven, she completed the short opera, The Sweeper of Dreams, and later wrote a violin concerto at age nine.
Alma Moodie assisted Krenek, not with the scoring of the violin part, but with getting financial assistance from Werner Reinhart at a time when there was hyper-inflation in Germany. In gratitude, Krenek dedicated the concerto to Moodie, and she premiered it on 5 January 1925, in Dessau .
Violin Concerto (1971) Concierto del alma for violin and string orchestra (1987) Frank Martin. Violin Concerto (1950–51) Polyptyque, Concerto for Violin and Double String Orchestra (1973) Jean Martinon. Violin Concerto No. 2 (1958, rev. 1960) Bohuslav Martinů. Violin Concerto No. 1 (1943) Violin Concerto No. 2 (1944–45)
Duo Concertante (Concerto No. 1) for 2 violins and orchestra, H. 264; Concerto No. 2 in D major for 2 violins and orchestra, H. 329; Karl Marx: Concerto for 2 violins and orchestra; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concertone in C major for 2 violins and orchestra, K. 190; Mark O'Connor: Double Violin Concerto for 2 violins and symphony orchestra
Orpheus and Eurydice for violin, cello, piano and orchestra (2006) Bernhard Heiden. Triple concerto (1957) [2] Alun Hoddinott. Triple concerto, Op. 124 (1986) [3] Vagn Holmboe. Concerto for violin, cello, piano and chamber orchestra (once called Chamber Concerto No. 4) M.139 (1942) [4]
Alma Mahler-Werfel (born Alma Margaretha Maria Schindler; 31 August 1879 – 11 December 1964) was an Austrian composer, author, editor, and socialite.Musically active from her early years, she was the composer of nearly fifty songs for voice and piano, and works in other genres as well. 17 songs are known to have survived.
In 1900, Zemlinsky met and fell in love with Alma Schindler, one of his composition students. [15] She reciprocated his feelings initially; however, Alma felt a great deal of pressure from close friends and family to end the relationship.