The Cello Sonata No. 1 in

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, Op. 109 is the first of the two

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s by

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. Composed in 1917 at Saint-Raphaël and Paris, it was premiered on 10 November 1917 at a concert of the

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as the cellist and

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as the pianist. At the same concert, the Second Violin Sonata was also premiered.Nectoux, p. 412 The dedicatee of the work was the cellist Louis Hasselmans, who gave a second performance at the

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in 1918.

Structure

# ''Allegro'' (3/4). The movement has the sonata form with two themes. # ''Andante'' (3/4, in G minor) # ''Finale: Allegro commodo'' (4/4, in D Major) * The playing time is about twenty minutes.

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External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cello sonata Nº 1 (Faure) Chamber music by Gabriel Fauré Fauré Compositions in D minor

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