Tango for Gabriela
for Violin and Piano
by Robert Livingston Aldridge
Violin Solo - Sheet Music

Violin and piano - Difficulty: difficult

SKU: PE.EP68077

For Violin and Piano. Composed by Robert Livingston Aldridge. Solo; Solo Small Ensembles; Violin and Piano. Edition Peters. Living Composer. Set of performance parts. With bowings and fingerings. Composed 1999. 9 pages. Duration 00:03:00. Edition Peters #98-EP68077. Published by Edition Peters (PE.EP68077).

ISBN 9790300749969. 9x12 inches.

Designed for use as a concert encore, the piece is short and displays taxes the violinist's virtuosity by covering the full range of the instrument.

Tango for Gabriela has its foundations in several time-honored traditions: artistry inspired by the beauty of a woman, musical themes drawn from the letters in a name, and the tango as a representation of passion. Aldridge wrote this work at the behest of his friend, violinist Boris Kucharsky, who was enamored of a young woman he had just met: Gabriela Skrabakova, a model and actress from Slovakia. Says Aldridge of his work: I made these pitches (G, A, Bb, E, A for Gabriela; Eb/Es, E, A, Bb, A for her last name) into a melodic phrase which is essentially repeated through the entire piece, as though one were saying over and over: 'Gabriela, Gabriela ... Gabriela Skrabakova.''