Franck: Violin Sonata (arr. for viola)
Composer: César Franck (1822-1890) Editor: Douglas Woodfull-Harris Arranger: Douglas Woodfull-Harris Instrumentation (this edition): Piano, Viola Originally for: Piano, Violin Work: Violin Sonata in A Major, CFF 123, FWV 8 Binding: ISMN: 9790006559145 Size: 9.6 x 12.2 inches Pages: None Description Cesar Franck's Sonata for Piano and Violin is one of the most treasured works in the violin repertoire, a masterpiece of cyclic form with a gracefulness and expressive force almost paradigmatic for the age of musical Romanticism. This work was composed in 1886 and was dedicated to the Belgian violinist and composer Eugène Ysaÿe. After Franck's death in 1890 the original publisher of the Sonata, the Parisian house Julien Hamelle, announced an arrangement of the work for viola, but it has not been possible to locate any copy of this publication. The present arrangement for viola is largely based on Jules Delsarts arrangement for piano and cello, the only version of the So