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Violin
Martinů, Bohuslav
(1890–1959)
Concerto No. 1 for Violin and
Orchestra H 226
BA 11527-90 • Piano reduction
Commissioned by the violin
virtuoso Samuel Dushkin,
Bohuslav Martinů wrote his
first violin concerto in Paris
in 1932–33. However, it was
never performed during the
composer’s lifetime and even
considered lost after his death.
It was not until 1961 that
musicologist and collector Hans
Moldenhauer bought it from
Boaz Piller, contrabassoonist
of the Boston Symphony
Orchestra. Moldenhauer
approached Czech violinist
Josef Suk, who gave the world
première of the work with the
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
under Georg Solti in October
1973.
From: Martinů, Concerto No. 1 for Violin and Orchestra · BA 11527-90
Violin part revised by
Josef Suk
Foreword by Martinů
scholar Sandra
Bergmannová (Cz/Eng/Ger)
• = Performance material
available on hire
Concerto No. 2 for Violin and
Orchestra H 293
BA 11529-90 • Piano reduction
After hearing the Boston
Symphony Orchestra perform
Martinů’s Symphony No. 1 in
New York, Mischa Elman
commissioned the composer to
write a violin concerto for him.
Martinu thereupon composed
his second violin concerto in
1943. That same year Elman
played the solo part at the
première, with Sergei
Koussevitzky conducting the
Boston Symphony Orchestra.
Violin part revised by
B. Bělčik
New Foreword by Martinů
scholar Sandra
Bergmannová (Cz/Eng/Ger)
Intermezzo
Four compositions for violin
and piano. Revised edition
by V. Nopp, K. Šolc
H 5259 Score with part
Sonatina
for violin and piano
Revised edition by V. Nopp
H 2172 Score with part
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