I. Allegro II. Scherzando poco allegretto III. Rondo. Allegro moderato
Józef Antoni Elsner was born in Grottkau, Poland in 1769. After short theological and medical studies in Wroclaw and Vienna he chose a musical career. Elsner is perhaps best known as the principal piano teacher of Frédéric Chopin. There are also indications that he privately tutored piano composer and virtuoso Maria Szymanowska. Chopin dedicated to Elsner his Piano Sonata No. 1 in C minor, Op. 4 (1828), composed while he was studying with Elsner. As Chopin's only piano teacher in 1823-29, Elsner taught him music theory and composition; Elsner wrote of Chopin in his diary: "Chopin, Fryderyk, third-year student, amazing capabilities, musical genius." Among Elsner’s instrumental works there is a Sonata for Violin and Piano in D Major, Op. 10 which dates back to his Lviv period. Along with other pieces composed at the same time the sonata was probably meant for the Lviv Music Academy, a society organized by Elsner in 1795. Its purpose was public presentation of the musical repertoire of the day, including Haydn, Mozart and their contemporaries.Notes by Tatiana Chulochnikova
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Józef Elsner
Sonata for Violin and Piano in D Major, Op. 10, No. 2 Play
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I. Allegro
II. Scherzando poco allegretto
III. Rondo. Allegro moderato
Józef Antoni Elsner was born in Grottkau, Poland in 1769. After short theological and medical studies in Wroclaw and Vienna he chose a musical career. Elsner is perhaps best known as the principal piano teacher of Frédéric Chopin. There are also indications that he privately tutored piano composer and virtuoso Maria Szymanowska. Chopin dedicated to Elsner his Piano Sonata No. 1 in C minor, Op. 4 (1828), composed while he was studying with Elsner. As Chopin's only piano teacher in 1823-29, Elsner taught him music theory and composition; Elsner wrote of Chopin in his diary: "Chopin, Fryderyk, third-year student, amazing capabilities, musical genius." Among Elsner’s instrumental works there is a Sonata for Violin and Piano in D Major, Op. 10 which dates back to his Lviv period. Along with other pieces composed at the same time the sonata was probably meant for the Lviv Music Academy, a society organized by Elsner in 1795. Its purpose was public presentation of the musical repertoire of the day, including Haydn, Mozart and their contemporaries. Notes by Tatiana Chulochnikova
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