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Strings
Lost proof sheets
unearthed
Felix Mendelssohn
Bartholdy:
Concerto for Violin and
Orchestra E minor
op. 64
Second version 1845
Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto is a key work of 19 th -century music.
While still beholden to the classical style of Beethoven, it points
the way to the romantic ethos of Brahms.
It is well-known that the soloist at the première, Ferdinand David,
was closely involved in the compositional process and had an
influence on the writing of the solo part. But the recent discovery of
the allegedly lost proof sheets for the solo part has caused a minor
sensation: Mendelssohn gave them to the young Belgian virtuoso
Hubert Léonard, with whom he played the concerto at a private
gathering in 1845. Not only is this source essential for reconstructing
the context of the concerto’s genesis, Léonard’s fingering and bowing
marks also shed light on the authentic interpretation of this work.
• New source material thanks to rediscovery of allegedly lost proofs
• Revised Urtext edition
• Foreword (Ger/Eng) on the work’s genesis and the influence of the
first soloists on the writing of the solo violin part
BÄRENREITER URTEXT
Edited by R. Larry Todd and
Clive Brown
Study score
☞ TP 394 · € 14.50
Already published, not announced in
previous New Publications Bulletin
ISMN 979-0-006-20308-6
9790006203086
New Issue Title
23 New Publications I/2019 · The Programme