Viola Concerto (Bartók)
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The Viola Concerto, Sz. 120, BB 128 (also known as Concerto for Viola and Orchestra) was one of the last pieces Béla Bartók wrote. He began composing it while living in Saranac Lake, New York, in July 1945. It was commissioned by William Primrose, a respected violist who knew that Bartók could provide a challenging piece for him to perform. He said that Bartók should not "feel in any way proscribed by the apparent technical limitations of the instrument".[1] Bartók was suffering the terminal stages of leukemia when he began writing the piece and left only sketches at the time of his death.
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Viola Concerto | |
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by Béla Bartók | |
Catalogue | Sz. 120, BB 128 |
Composed | 1945 (1945) |
Dedication | William Primrose |
Performed | December 2, 1949 (1949-12-02): Minneapolis |
Movements | Three |
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