Sonate pour violon et piano

Bohuslav Martinů (1890 - 1959) was born in Polička, Bohemia, a country with a living musical tradition. By the age of ten he was already composing, and in 1906 a patron enabled him to enrol at the Prague Conservatoire, where he studied violin with Josef Suk. It was composition, however, that remained his principal centre of interest, and in 1923, armed with a modest grant, he set off for Paris where he studied with Albert Roussel. His music shows the influence of Stravinsky, jazz, and of Debussy whom he admired above all other. In 1940 he had to leave France and lived at first in the United States, then again in France, in Nice, then Rome, and finally in Switzerland where he died in Liestal, home of the conductor Paul Sacher.

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Sonata nr 1 (Martinů Bohuslav)

Of the Six Sonates pour divers instruments Claude Debussy only completed three. The present Sonate pour violoncelle et piano was the first of the late group of sonatas begun in 1915. As in the case of the sonata for flute, viola and harp and the sonata for violin, the model taken is not the dualist sonata form ov Viennese classicism but the monothematic sonata of 17th and 18th century France. Particulary the works of François Couperin had an influence on Debussy's composition.

Lista utworów:
Sonata (Debussy Claude)