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The Sonata for Violoncello and Piano, Op. 6, by Samuel Barber is a sonata for cello and piano. It is in the key of C minor.[1]
The sonata was composed between June and December 1932 during a trip to Europe as Barber was finishing his studies at the Curtis Institute of Music. The score is dedicated to Barber's composition teacher, Rosario Scalero, and was officially premiered on 5 March 1933 with the composer at the piano and his friend and colleague Orlando Cole as cellist, at a concert of the League of Composers in New York City.[2] Together with the Music for a Scene from Shelley, Op. 7, this sonata won both a Pulitzer travel stipend and the Rome Prize of the American Academy in Rome in 1937.[3][4]
The Cello Sonata, Opus 6, is a chamber piece. A romantic piece in a clear C minor, it is a profound and passionate cello sonata reminiscent of the examples of Brahms and Hans Pfitzner.[citation needed]
The sonata is in three movements:
- Allegro ma non troppo
- Adagio (in combination with a scherzo)[5]
- Allegro appassionato.
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