- Fauré composed two violin concerto movements in 1878-9, but feeling discontented with the work, he did not finish its finale.1
- More than once, Fauré’s self-criticism prevented him from completing or keeping larger-scale works like this; for example, he withdrew his D minor Symphony, Op.40, around the same time he wrote this concerto.
- Though he was dissatisfied with the concerto as a whole, Fauré recycled its second movement as a standalone Andante for violin and piano (Op.75).2
- The Andante, Op. 75, was published in 1897, and dedicated to Dutch violinist Johannes Wolff.3
- Fun fact: Wolff sat for a portrait by John Singer Sargent in the same year that he received the dedication for Fauré’s Op. 75.
Sources
- Jean-Michel Nectoux, “Fauré, Gabriel,” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed August 5, 2021, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000009366.
- Ibid.
- “Andante, Op.75 (Fauré, Gabriel),” IMSLP, accessed August 5, 2021, https://imslp.org/wiki/Andante%2C_Op.75_(Faur%C3%A9%2C_Gabriel).
Cut IDs
19127 46163