Gabriel Fauré - Élégie for Violoncello and Piano, Op. 24

Gabriel Fauré - Élégie for Violoncello and Piano, Op. 24 (With Marked and Unmarked String Parts). By Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924). Edited by Jean-Christophe Monnier. For Cello, Piano Accompaniment (Score and Solo Part). Henle Music Folios. Softcover. 8 pages. G. Henle #HN563. Published by G. Henle.

Composed in 1880, Élégie was intended to be the slow movement for a sonata. Fauré gave up the sonata project and published the piece individually. It was so successful that Fauré was urged by the publisher to write further pieces.