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Henry Dehlinger

Cello Sonata in C Minor

in Three Movements

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Cello Sonata in C Minor by Henry Dehlinger

TITLE
Cello Sonata in C Minor in Three Movements

DURATION
13 minutes 

YEAR OF COMPOSITION
2020

INSTRUMENTATION 
Cello & Piano

LICENSING
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)

PURCHASE
J.W. Pepper

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  1. 1
    Cello Sonata - I. Allegro moderato 4:50
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  2. 2
    Cello Sonata - II. Adagio cantabile 5:24
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  3. 3
    Cello Sonata - III. Allegro energetico 2:17
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COMPOSER'S NOTE

Cello Sonata in C Minor is my first sonata work. As in traditional sonata forms, there are contrasting themes developed in each movement. But there is also a cross-thematic unity that encompasses the entire work.

Movement I, Allegro moderato, is rendered in a minimalist musical language, comprised of repeating cycles of broken chords in the piano accompaniment. They reiterate a precise pattern of legato sixteenth notes from which the agitato cello melody emerges. A dialogue later develops between cello and piano, a playful call-and-response that heralds the closing of the movement.  

Movement II, Adagio cantabile, is a mesmerizing interlude, characterized by an expressive, modal cello melody that swells into a tender exultation. The wistful mood alternates with rhythmically animated phrases, finally closing in a blissful reverie. 

Movement III, Allegro energetico, begins with striking dissonant chords, jolting us from the preceding idyll. Fitful bursts of serial arpeggios juxtapose with melodic interludes. The cello starts a walking bass line that sets a more contemporary groove before handing it off to the piano and initiating a sultry new melody. Multiple musical arguments that incorporate themes from the first two movements lead us back home to conclude the work.

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