Sonata for Flute and Piano
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The Swedish composer and violinist Amanda Maier (Carolina Amanda Erika), who has not yet been mentioned in the most comprehensive standard work on music history, the MGG, or in any other continental European reference work, was born on February 20, 1853 in Landskrona, Sweden. She received her first violin lessons from her father Carl Edvard Maier, who came from Württemberg in southern Germany and who, in addition to his work as a musician, also made a name for himself as a pastry chef. Young Amanda's extraordinary talent became apparent early on and at the age of 14 she was studying at the Stockholm Conservatory. She was the first woman in Sweden to receive the title of “Music Director” in 1872. To continue her studies, she went to Leipzig, where she studied composition with Carl Reinecke, among others. Her violin sonata in B minor was written during this time and was extremely well received and honored by the Stockholm Academy. A performance of the sonata in the presence of Edvard Grieg in Leipzig, where she was accompanied by the pianist and later husband Julius Röntgen, further drew attention to her. This was followed by performances of her Violin Concerto under the direction of Carl Reinecke and the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig and at the Opera in Stockholm. In 1876 she returned to Sweden and settled in Landskrona. Tours through Russia and Finland followed. In 1880 she married the son of her Leipzig violin teacher, the composer and pianist Julius Röntgen, with whom she eventually moved to Amsterdam because he had a job as a piano teacher there. Music evenings were held at the Röntgen house, attended by guests such as Anton Rubinstein, Clara Schumann, Joseph Joachim, Edvard Grieg and Johannes Brahms, who was very well disposed to Amanda. In 1886, Amanda's lung disease first became noticeable, which she hoped to cure during a spa stay in Davos. A further stay in Nice initially alleviated her suffering, so that she was able to return to Amsterdam and from then on focus primarily on the musical education of her two children. But the appearance of healing was deceptive. Amanda Röntgen-Maier died on June 15, 1894 at the age of just 41.
The above-mentioned violin sonata in B minor, which was written during her time in Leipzig and dedicated to her father, was revised and published in 1878 and forms the basis for this edition. The sonata is increasingly being discovered for the flute and is now available here for the first time in the version for flute and piano. The piano text is reproduced exactly, but changes were necessary in the violin part, as the violin's range extends up to small G in the low register, and in the best case, up to small B in the flute. In a few places the option for flutes with B foot up to small B is shown. For double stops, the top note of the corresponding chord was always written for the flute. Otherwise, this edition follows the first printing in terms of dynamics and articulation.
Our Description
The video is a little different to the printed music which has been abridged.
Movements
- Allegro
- Andantino
- Allegro molto vivace
Item Details
Instrumentation
- Part 1: Flute
- Part 2: Piano
Publisher: Edition Kossack
Publisher's reference: EK20216
Our Stock Code: 1694857
Media Type: Paperback (44 pages [score])
