Classical Music | Violin Music

Amanda Röntgen-Maier

Allegretto con moto, from Six Pieces for Violin and Piano  Play

Gregory Maytan Violin
Nicole Lee Piano

Recorded on 05/14/2014, uploaded on 10/09/2014

Musician's or Publisher's Notes

Amanda Maier (1853-1894) was a woman of many talents. Mainly a violinistand composer, she was also an excellent pianist, cellist and musichistorian. She was the first woman to receive the degree of Music Director from the Stockholm Conservatory. Her output was relatively small; perhaps her most popular work is the Sonata in B minor, a work recently recorded by several prominent violinists. She is also said to have written a violin concerto and a piano quartet, though no trace of these has been found. 

The Six Pieces for Violin and Piano were written in Leipzig in 1879. Like the violin sonata in B minor, they mostly reflect the influence of Schumann and Mendelssohn, and she should not be considered a national-romantic composer like Grieg. There is no unifying musical ideal or motif and all six pieces could stand alone quite well. These pieces were discovered two summers ago at the Royal Musical Library in Stockholm, Sweden while browsing their catalogue. There is no record of them ever having been performed publically, or recorded in recent times, until now.     Gregory Maytan