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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 felt abandoned by the Bergs in her time of mourning, and Berg was eager to repair the breach. Berg sent Alma some part of the score, possibly the dedicatory page and opening, in 1935.
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)
A violin concerto is a concerto for solo violin (occasionally, two or more violins) and instrumental ensemble (customarily orchestra). Such works have been written since the Baroque period, when the solo concerto form was first developed, up through the present day.
The Australian violinist Alma Moodie assisted Krenek, not with the scoring of the violin part, but with getting financial assistance from her Swiss patron 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 January 5, 1925, in Dessau. Krenek's ...
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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.