Smetana: Trio in G Minor/Barenreiter

Category: Violin, Cello, and Piano ** Composer: Smetana, Bedrich ** Title: Trio In G Minor ** Score and Parts ** Publisher: Barenreiter Verlag URTEXT ** Difficulty: A5/A6.

Composed in 1855, Smetana's 'Piano Trio in G Minor, Op. 15', was a memorial to his young daughter Bedriska, who died of complications from scarlet fever that same year. Smetana's own words on the source of the piano trio (translated and quoted in the preface to this edition) are touching: "...in remembrance of our first child Bedriska, who carried us away with her extraordinary talent for music, and who was soon snatched from us by inexorable death when she was but 4-1/2 years old..." The work is appropriately dark and mournful, with many tender moments woven throughout its pages.

This Urtext edition has been prepared by Frantisek Bartos, Josef Plavec, and Karel Solc. Published by Barenreiter Verlag. Includes score (piano score) and parts, plus a substantial preface of notes on the work. NOTE: The score mentioned is the piano score. There is no additional score.