One of this type of composition was written when the daughter of the composer's friend died suddenly of polio, and Samuel Barber's was rejected by its commissioner after Barber presented the perpetuum mobile third movement. Leopold Auer refused to premiere one of these in D major, saying it was unplayable, a term also applied to another one in D major whose final cadenza is accompanied by orchestra. A famous example in e minor is notable for its pioneering omission of an orchestral introduction and was written by Mendelssohn, and Vivaldi wrote a ubiquitous collection of these titled The Four Seasons. For 10 points, na
One of this type of composition was written when the daughter of the composer's friend died suddenly of polio, and Samuel Barber's was rejected by its commissioner after Barber presented the perpetuum mobile third movement. Leopold Auer refused to premiere one of these in D major, saying it was unplayable, a term also applied to another one in D major whose final cadenza is accompanied by orchestra. A famous example in e minor is notable for its pioneering omission of an orchestral introduction and was written by Mendelssohn, and Vivaldi wrote a ubiquitous collection of these titled The Four Seasons. For 10 points, name this type of solo composition for a certain stringed instrument.
One of this type of composition was written when the daughter of the composer's friend died suddenly of polio, and Samuel Barber's was rejected by its commissioner after Barber presented the perpetuum mobile third movement.