Ballade in F-sharp Major, Op. 19

Composer: FAURÉ, Gabriel
  • Fauré’s Ballade in F-sharp Major, Op. 19, originated as a piece for solo piano. Written between 1877-79, the composer would later arrange a version of the piece for piano and orchestra in 1881.
  • Fauré dedicated his piano work to his teacher and mentor, Camille Saint-Saëns.1
  • The piece’s structure is sonata-esque, with three contrasting sections within a single movement.
  • In his Ballade, Fauré continued developing the dramatic solo piano genre in line with his pianist predecessors, such as Chopin.2

Sources

  1. Gabriel Fauré, Ballade, Op. 19 (Leipzig: C.G. Röder, 1880).
  2. Edward Blakeman, Essay in accompanying booklet, Faure: Orchestral Works performed by the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Yan Pascal Tortelier, CHAN 9416, 1995, compact disc.

Cut IDs

43015 43696 24898