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Adolf Weidig
Kleines Trio in d minor for Violin, Viola or Two Violins & Piano, Op.9
Adolf Weidig (1867-1931) was born in the city of Hamburg, where he studied violin, piano and composition at the conservatory there. Among his teachers was Hugo Riemann, the famous theory teacher and musicologist. During this time, he served as a violinist in the Hamburg Philharmonic Orchestra. His string quartet of 1888 won first prize from the Frankfurt Mozart Foundation and provided a four year scholarship which he used to study with Joseph Rheinberger at the Royal Conservatory in Munich. He then returned to Hamburg to take up a position with the Hamburg Philharmonic but subsequently decided in 1892 to emigrate to the city of Chicago in the United States. There, he obtained a position as a violinist in the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and also performed as a violist in a leading string quartet. In 1893, he obtained at teaching position at the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago and became its director in 1907, a position he held until his death. Besides performing and teaching, he continued to compose, writing 3 string quartets, a string quintet, this piano trio and several sonatas as well as orchestra works and songs.
His Kleines Trio was published in 1893 and composed the year before. Weidig brought it with him to Chicago and it was performed, along with several other works he had composed, at the Chicago World Fair's Columbian Exposition. In three movements, it begins with a genial and tuneful Moderato. The middle movement, Adagio cantabile, is one long song without words. The finale is a lively, upbeat Rondo.
This is an appealing work with excellent part-writing and is suitable for concert where a shorter work is required but also can be warmly recommended to amateurs looking for a concert piece as it presents no technical problems.
| (A) Violin, Viola & Piano | $19.95 |
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| (B) Two Violins & Piano | $19.95 |
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| (C) All Four Parts | $24.95 |
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