| Piano Trio in D minor | |
|---|---|
| No. 1 | |
| by Felix Mendelssohn | |
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Felix_Mendelssohn_Bartholdy.jpg) The composer in 1846 | |
| Key | D minor |
| Opus | 49 |
| Composed | 1839 |
| Published | 1840 |
| Movements | four |
Felix Mendelssohn's Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49, was completed on 23 September 1839 and published the following year. The work is scored for a standard piano trio consisting of violin, cello and piano. It is one of Mendelssohn's most popular chamber works and is recognized as one of his greatest along with his Octet, Op. 20. During the initial composition of the work, Mendelssohn took the advice of fellow composer Ferdinand Hiller to revise the piano part. Hiller wrote, "with his usual conscientious earnestness when once he had made up his mind, he undertook the length and rewrite the whole pianoforte part."[1]
The revised version was in a more romantic, Schumannesque style with the piano given a more important role in the trio. Indeed, the revised piece was reviewed by Schumann, who declared Mendelssohn to be "the Mozart of the nineteenth century, the brightest musician, who most clearly understands the contradictions of the age and is the first to reconcile them."[2]
- ^ Hefling, Stephen E. (1998). Ninettenth-Century: Chamber Music. New York and London: Routledge. pp. 192–193. ISBN 0415966507.
- ^ Er ist der Mozart des 19ten Jahrhunderts, der hellste Musiker, der die Widersprüche der Zeit am klarsten durchschaut und zuerst versöhnt. [1]