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The Sonata in G major, Op 28 is Edward Elgar's first sonata composed for the organ and first performed on 8 July 1895. It also exists in an arrangement for full orchestra made after Elgar's death. ==Structure== The genesis of the work was a request to Elgar to write an organ voluntary for a convention of American organists in the English city of Worcester in 1895. Instead, Elgar decided on a four movement sonata of nearly half an hour's length. The four movements are: :I. Allegro maestoso :II. Allegretto :III. Andanto espressivo :IV. Presto (comodo) The opening theme resembles the beginning of Elgar's ''The Black Knight'', a cantata completed two years earlier and gaining acceptance when Elgar began work on the organ sonata.〔 The outer movements follow the classic sonata form; the inner movements are in three-part A-B-A form. Michael Kennedy observes that to play the finale successfully, the organist needs to be a mental and physical athlete. Elgar wrote, "one week's work", in the score inscription, but that measures only the final constructive push. He had worked on the piece off and on for nearly three months. Biographer Jerrold Moore notes that Elgar depended, in order to complete a work, on the stimulation of an imminent deadline. This was the first time, but not the last, that Elgar cut it so close that there was insufficient time for rehearsal.〔 It was first performed by the Worcester Cathedral organist, Hugh Blair, on 8 July 1895.〔 The work was dedicated to Elgar's friend and fellow-musician Charles Swinnerton Heap (1847-1900).〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Organ Sonata (Elgar)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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