Eugène Ysaÿe (1858-1931)

Nationality: Belgian

Born: July 16, 1858, Liège Died: May 12, 1931, Brussels (age 72)

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Sonata in a minor

(for 2 violins)

10:51	I.	Poco lento, maestoso - Allegro fermo
7:10	II.	Allegretto poco lento
11:28	III.	Finale. Allegro vivo e con fuoco

Duration: 31 minutes (approximately)

Composed: 1915 (age 56-57)

2 recordings, 4 videos

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10:51

Tedi Papavrami, Svetlin Roussev

I. Poco lento, maestoso - Allegro fermo

7:10

Tedi Papavrami, Svetlin Roussev

II. Allegretto poco lento

11:28

Tedi Papavrami, Svetlin Roussev

III. Finale. Allegro vivo e con fuoco

31:43

Vilhelmas čepinskis, Pavel Berman

Student

Nationality: Swiss | American

Born: July 24, 1880, Geneva Died: July 15, 1959, Portland, OR (age 79)

Friend/Colleague

Nationality: German | American

Born: January 30, 1861, Schöneberg Died: May 19, 1935, Medfield, MA (age 74)

brother

Nationality: Belgian

Born: March 2, 1865, Verviers Died: 1918, Nice (age 52 or 53)

allegretto—moderately quick tempo. slower than allegro but faster than andante
allegro [I]—fast, lively tempo. From the Italian word for cheerful or gay.
chamber music, Kammermusik [G], musique de chambre [F], musica da camera [I], musica cameralis [L]—"Classical Music" for a small ensemble, generally 8 or fewer players with a canonical emphasis on 3-6 players. explore
con [I,S]—with
e [It]—and
finale [I], final [F]—The final movement, sometimes explicitly titled thus
fuoco, con fuoco, avec feu [Fr], mit Feuer [G], feurig [G]—fire, fiery; passionately, burning energy and excitement; impetuously
lento, lent [F], lentement [F], avec lenteur [F]—slow (tempo)
maestoso—With dignity and nobility; majestic
poco, un poco, poco a poco—a little bit, e.g. "andante un poco moto" is andante with a little more motion than typical. "poco a poco" means a little bit at a time, gradually.
vivo—lively, intense