ABSTRACT

Szymanowski’s works for solo violin with piano accompaniment include six opus numbers: the Sonata in D minor, Op. 9, the Romance in D major, Op. 23, the Notturno e Tarantella, Op. 28, the Mythes, Op. 30, the Three Paganini Caprices, Op. 40, and La berceuse d’Aïtacho Enia, Op. 52. To these may be added the transcriptions for that combination made by Paweł Kochański and authorised by the composer: Roxanna’s Song from the opera Król Roger, the Dance from the ballet Harnasie and a Kurpian Song [see Transcriptions]. Szymanowski also worked with Kochański on two pieces, L’Aube and Danse sauvage. Because of the composer’s engagements with Universal Edition, these were published under the violinist’s authorship (by Carl Fischer, New York), with the indication that the piano part was ‘arranged’ by Szymanowski. Incomplete manuscripts, probably dating from the early 1920s, of an Allegretto and an Ansioso also exist.