Hans Werner Henze

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Sonata for violin solo

Tirsi, Mopso, Aristeo

Period of composition 1976-77
Revised version 1992
Duration 14 minutes

Dedicated to Salvatore Sciarrino

I Tirsi
II Mopso
III Aristeo

World premiere

World premiere 10. August 1977

Montepulciano · 2° Cantiere Internazionale d’Arte

Violin Jenny Abel

Comments

This piece concerns the three shepherds in the prologue of the “Favola d’Orfeo” (1480) by Angelo Ambrogini, known as Politian. Its final movement describes the death of Euridice, of which the shepherds are the cause.

Hans Werner Henze

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Schriften und Gespräche 1955-1984
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