Max Bruch Max Bruch (6 January 1838 – 2 October 1920) was a German Romantic composer, violinist, teacher, and conductor who wrote more than 200 works, including three violin concertos, the first of which has become a prominent staple of the standard v ...

's Serenade in A minor, Op. 75 is a composition for

violin The violin, sometimes known as a ''fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone (string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in the family in regular ...

and

orchestra An orchestra (; ) is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which combines instruments from different families. There are typically four main sections of instruments: * bowed string instruments, such as the violin, viola, c ...

, which was composed in

1899 Events January 1899 * January 1 ** Spanish rule ends in Cuba, concluding 400 years of the Spanish Empire in the Americas. ** Queens and Staten Island become administratively part of New York City. * January 2 – **Bolivia sets up a ...

Structure

The work has four

movements Movement may refer to: Common uses * Movement (clockwork), the internal mechanism of a timepiece * Motion, commonly referred to as movement Arts, entertainment, and media Literature * "Movement" (short story), a short story by Nancy Fu ...

, and takes approximately 35 to 40 minutes to perform: # Andante con moto # Allegro moderato, alla marcia #

Notturno Notturno is the Italian word for nocturne. It may refer to: Film * '' Tango notturno'', a 1937 German film * ''Notturno'' (film), a 2020 Italian-French-German documentary Music * ''Euroclassic Notturno'', classical music recordings assembled by ...

# Allegro energico e vivace

References

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External links

* Compositions by Max Bruch Compositions for violin and orchestra 1899 compositions Compositions in A minor Serenades {{composition-stub