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Janáček, Leoš: 1. X. 1905 (Piano Sonata)

sheet music

Op. 23,4
Setting: Piano
Length: 20 pages
Weight: 0.103 kg
Published: May 1, 2017
Publisher: G. Henle Verlag
Item number: HN1174
Other reference: HN 1174
ISMN: 9790201811741
The composition 1.X.1905, generally referred to as a sonata, stems from the autumn of 1905, the peak of the riots between the Czech- and German-speaking populations in Janácek's hometown Brno. Reacting to the violent death of aCzech worker, Janácek wrote a three-part composition for piano originally bearing the title From the Street, on October 1, 1905. Dissatisfied with the work, however, Janácek is said to have first burned the third movement in hisfireplace and then thrown the remaining two m
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