Sérénade, Op. 46
- Instrumentation
- Cello, Piano
- Composed
- 1899
- Publisher
- Éditions Fortin-Armiane
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About this piece
Published by Leduc in 1899 and dedicated to the cellist Marguerite Chaigneau, this D major Sérénade belongs to the Romantic genre-piece tradition of the barcarolle and impromptu. Bru Zane describes it as music for family and friends: the cello stays almost always in the foreground with all the cantabile expression, while the piano occasionally enters into dialogue. It is cast in a simple ABA' form, with a central passage that slips a tritone away into A-flat major, and Bonis also issued it in a version for violin.
Technical overview
ABA' form in D major with a middle passage in A-flat major; the cello carries a sustained cantabile line throughout, with the piano occasionally answering. Bru Zane notes no particular technical difficulties.
Technical focus
- Legato