Élégie, Op. 40
- Instrumentation
- Cello, Piano
- Publisher
- A. Z. Mathot, Paris, 1921 (plate Z.866.M); also playable on violin
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About this piece
Halina Krzyżanowska's Élégie, Op. 40 was published by A. Z. Mathot in Paris in 1921 for piano with cello or violin, and is dedicated to M. and Mme Jean Boisselet. It is a single Andante movement. Cellist Anna Wróbel recorded it on the Dux album Reverie: Polish Cello Miniatures. The first edition, with cello and violin parts, is a free public-domain scan on IMSLP.
Technical overview
A singing Andante in D minor with a brighter A major middle section, written mostly in tenor and treble clef high on the instrument, with one passage marked to stay on the D string. Long slurred phrases mix dotted and double-dotted figures, with frequent ritardandos and returns to tempo and dynamics from pp to ff.
Technical focus
- Accidentals
- Collaboration with Piano
- Dotted Rhythms
- Dynamics
- Hairpin Dynamics
- Hooked Bowings
- Legato
- Shifting
- Tempo Changes
- Tenor Clef
- Treble Clef