Violin Concerto No. 1
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Violin Concerto No. 1 is a dark, emotionally intense 20th-century concerto for violin and orchestra by Dmitri Shostakovich, renowned for its technical demands and powerful, introspective character.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
concerto
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violin concerto ⓘ |
| alternativeCatalogNumber | Op. 99 ⓘ |
| associatedPerformer |
David Oistrakh
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dmitri Shostakovich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| catalogNumber | Op. 77 ⓘ |
| character |
dark
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emotionally intense ⓘ introspective ⓘ |
| composer | Dmitri Shostakovich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| compositionEndYear | 1948 ⓘ |
| compositionStartYear | 1947 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | David Oistrakh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | concerto for violin and orchestra ⓘ |
| historicalContext | composed during the late Stalinist period in the USSR ⓘ |
| influencedBy | political climate of the Soviet Union in the late 1940s ⓘ |
| key | A minor ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | Russian ⓘ |
| movement |
Burlesque
NERFINISHED
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Nocturne NERFINISHED ⓘ Passacaglia ⓘ Scherzo ⓘ |
| movementOrder |
1st movement: Nocturne
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2nd movement: Scherzo ⓘ 3rd movement: Passacaglia ⓘ 4th movement: Burlesque ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
extreme technical demands for the soloist
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prominent use of passacaglia form in the third movement ⓘ virtuosic cadenza linking the third and fourth movements ⓘ |
| numberOfMovements | 4 ⓘ |
| orchestration | solo violin and orchestra ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Концерт для скрипки с оркестром № 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| period | 20th century ⓘ |
| premiereLocation | Leningrad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premierePerformer | David Oistrakh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereYear | 1955 ⓘ |
| publisher | Sikorski NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reception |
considered one of the major violin concertos of the 20th century
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renowned for its powerful emotional impact ⓘ |
| revisedYear | 1955 ⓘ |
| style |
Soviet classical music
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modernist ⓘ |
| technicalDifficulty | high ⓘ |
| typicalDuration | approximately 35–40 minutes ⓘ |
| workNumberInComposerOutput | first violin concerto by Dmitri Shostakovich ⓘ |
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