Saint-Saëns, Camille - Havanaise Op 83 for Violin and Piano - edited by Christine Baur - Bärenreiter

Finally, an Urtext edition of one of Camille Saint-Saens most popular virtuoso works, Havanaise. Without annoying editing that gets in the way of Saint-Saens intent, this exciting new Barenreiter edition instead offers the background on how Saint-Saens proceeded in composing this brilliant piece. What better way to gain a real understanding of the music, thereby liberating your performance.This virtuoso work, based on the Cuban Habanera rhythm, was composed in 1887. This first-ever critical edition of Havanaise” draws on both the composer’s autograph version for violin and piano as well as the later orchestrated version. Where the solo part of the orchestral version differs from the version for violin and piano, the variants are shown in the violin part as ossias.- First scholarly-critical edition of this work- Variants from the orchestral version shown in the violin part