Janacek, Leos -Janacek 1. X. 1905 Piano Sonata Altieri to publish his fingerings and

to publish his fingerings and

Sonata in A minor (Drouet)

Bartók specialist László Somfai outlines the work’s exciting genesis and expounds on Bartók’s later revision

adding to the wistful first movement  (Modéré) a charming Menuet

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Janacek, Leos -Janacek 1. X. 1905 Piano Sonata Altieri to publish his fingerings andThe composition 1. X. 1905, generally referred to as a sonata, stems from the autumn of 1905, the peak of the riots between the Czech and German speaking populations in Janeks hometown Brno. Reacting to the violent death of a Czech worker, Janek wrote a three part composition for piano originally bearing the title From the Street, on October 1, 1905. Dissatisfied with the work, however, Janek is said to have first burned the third movement in his