EUGÈNE YSAŸE

Six Sonatas op. 27 for Violin solo

Norbert Gertsch (Editor)

Eugène Ysaÿe (Fingering and bowing for Violin)

Michel Stockhem (Preface)

Urtext Edition, paperbound

Pages 68 (XII+56), Size 23,5 x 31,0 cm

Weight 281 g

HN 776 · ISMN 979-0-2018-0776-8

First came Johann Sebastian Bach’s sonatas and partitas, then Nicolò Paganini’s caprices. Now, with the op. 27 sonatas of Eugène Ysaÿe, the key works in the repertoire for unaccompanied violin are available in urtext editions from Henle. Ysaÿe peppered these challenging works with extraordinary difficulties, dedicating each of them to a virtuoso violinist of his day and tailoring it to suit his special capabilities. Thanks to newly discovered source material, we are able to present a “definitive text” that in many respects supersedes the previously available text from the first edition.