Bartók, Béla. (1881–1945) & D’Aranyi, Jelly. (1893–1966)
Deux Sonates pour Violon et Piano. IIe - INSCRIBED to Paul Collaer
Wien: Universal Edition. 1923. Deux Sonates pour Violon et Piano. IIe (en 2 mouvements), composes pour Mlle. Jelly d’Arányi par Béla Bartók. Score: 35 pp., folio. Publisher’s front wrapper, backstrip reinforced with tape, slight abrasion to front cover. Inscribed and signed, in blue ink, by the composer at the head of the title-page “À M. Paul Collaer, avec remerciement et en souvenir, Béla Bartók, le 30. Jan. 1938." Inscribed and signed also by the work's dedicatee on the first page of the musical score, in lavender pencil: “A Monsieur Collaer / au merveilleux collegue avec qui j'ai tant amaié jouer / Jelly d'Aranyi” and with “Pro Arte, 22 déc [19]29." In fine condition, well thumbed, pencil markings on a number of pages most of which pertain to the piano part and are in Collaer's hand but several of which are clearly in the hand of d'Aranyi herself, in purple pencil, and concern the violin part.The Belgian musicologist, pianist and conductor, Paul Collaer (1891-1989) founded the Pro Arte concerts at Brussels in 1921.
Though originally composed for Adila Fachiri, Bartok dedicated both of his sonatas for violin and piano to her sister, Jelly d’Aranyi, whose performance with the Bartok in Paris inspired Maurice Ravel’s "Tzigane." (8711)
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