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César Franck

Violin Sonata A major

Editor: Peter Jost

Fingering: Klaus Schilde

Fing. vn: Daniel Hope, Yehudi Menuhin

Urtext Edition, paperbound

with marked and unmarked string part

revised edition

replaces HN 293

Pages: 76 (VI, 46, 12, 12), Size 23,5 x 31,0 cm

Order no. HN 1351 · ISMN 979-0-2018-1351-6

Level of difficulty (Violin): difficult (Level 7)

ABRSM: Grade 8

ABRSM: LRSM (recommended)

ABRSM: FRSM (recommended)

Unlike other late works by Franck, the Violin Sonata of 1886 found a friendly reception among critics and public from the outset. It is dedicated to Eugène Ysaÿe, who was attracting much attention at the time with his flawless violin technique. Ysaÿe was so inspired by the Sonata that he promised “I will play this masterpiece wherever I can find an artistically-minded pianist”. Nothing has changed to the present day regarding the work’s continuing popularity, but it was time to revise Henle’s previous edition to reflect the latest research. In the intervening period it has been shown that Franck was actively involved in reading the proofs for the printed edition, meaning that the first edition, which contains many differences from the autograph, has become the basis for our new one. The markings of the violin part of our edition are by Yehudi Menuhin; Daniel Hope has undertaken the changes required by the revised musical text.