Grażyna Bacewicz (1909-1969)

Nationality: Polish

Born: February 5, 1909, Łódź Died: January 17, 1969, Warsaw (age 59)

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Sonata No. 1

(for solo violin)

Duration: 7 minutes (approximately)

Composed: 1941 (age 31-32)

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Arlan Vriens

Teacher

Nationality: Polish

Born: June 28, 1895, Zürich Died: July 23, 1986, Warsaw (age 91)

Teacher

Nationality: French

Born: September 16, 1887, Paris Died: October 22, 1979, Paris (age 92)

adagio [It]—slow tempo, often implying a lyrical, poignant character
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
solo—a piece or section of a piece featuring a single instrumental part. Often, this implies one instrument alone but may indicate a soloist with accompaniment (e.g. continuo) especially in a section within a larger work for ensemble
sonata, sonate, suonato—a complicated term. Originally, "sounded" rather than "sung" (sonar vs. cantar), e.g. instrumental music. According to historical period, sonata began to imply a formal plan of movements as well as the structure within a single movement, e.g. sonata form. In general usage as a work title, it designates a multi-movement piece for solo or duo instruments with one of the instruments enjoying a feature role.