Bartok: Sonata for Solo Violin, Sz. 124/Menuhin/Boosey

Bartók, Béla - Sonata for Solo Violin, Sz. 124 - edited by Yehudi Menuhin - Boosey & Hawkes Edition.

Béla Bartóks Sonata for Solo Violin, Sz. 117, was commissioned by the renowned violinist Yehudi Menuhin in 1943 and completed by the composer in 1944. Bartók was quite ill with leukemia at the time of its composition, and was nearing the end of his life. Appropriately to Mr. Menuhins skill and tastes, the sonata is extremely difficult, and contains a range of advanced violin techniques, including double-, triple-, and quadruple-stops; left-hand pizzicato; and artificial harmonics. This four-movement work has become one of Bartóks most popular pieces for violin.

This edition for solo violin is edited by Yehudi Menuhin. Published by Boosey & Hawkes.

Difficulty: A6.