General information
Title CZKoncertantní suita pro housle a orchestr
Title ENSuite Concertante for Violin and Orchestra [auth.]
Title DESuite concertante für Violine und Orchester
Title FRSuite concertante pour violon et orchestre
CategoryConcertos
SubcategoryViolin Concertos
Halbreich number276 II
Parts of the composition (movements)1. Toccata (Allegro un poco moderato) 2. Aria (Andantino) 3. Scherzo (Allegretto scherzando) 4. Rondo (Poco allegro)
Durata22' 40''
Instruments2222-4231-Timp-Batt-Archi
Solo voiceVl
Dedicatee Dushkin, Samuel
Diplomatic transcription of the dedicationTo | Sam Dushkin.
Note on the dedicationDedicated to Samuel Dushkin.
Origin
Place of compositionNew York, NY
Year of origin1944
Initiation of composition01/1944
Completion of composition15.02.1944
First performance
Performer Dushkin, Samuel
Golschmann, Vladimir
Date of the first performance28.12.1945
Location of the first performanceSaint Louis, USA
Note on the first performanceSamuel Dushkin (Vl), Vladimir Golschmann (cond.)
Ensemble St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
Autograph deposition
Note on the autograph depostitionAutograph missing.
Reproduction of the autograph is located in Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin.
Copyright
CopyrightSchott Music GmbH & Co.
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First edition
PublisherSchott Music GmbH & Co.
Place of issueMohuč
Year of publication1955
Editions available at the BM Institute
Schott Music GmbH & Co., Mainz, 1955
Call number at the BM Institute: 1105
Specification of the edition: Reprint of the 1st edition - piano reduction
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Note Inscription on the title page of the autograph: "EN COLLABORATION WITH/AVEC S. DUSHKIN".
About the composition

This is the second version of the Concertante Suite for Violin and Orchestra, which Martinů completed, according to Harry Halbreich, in 1944 in New York [Jaroslav Mihule mentions the beginning of 1945]. This version is fully orchestrated, unlike the first version, which featured only piano accompaniment. The premiere took place on December 28, 1945, in St. Louis, performed by violinist Samuel Dushkin and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Vladimir Golschmann. The second version of the Concertante Suite was published in 1955 by Schott Music GmbH & Co. in Mainz. For more information see H 276 I.

[Completed by Zuzana Votavová, 2026]

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