This edition contains all of Janá ek?s works for Violin and Piano - the Sonata as well as the Romance and Dumka composed while he was still a student.Though probably written as early as 1914 Janá ek?s Sonata for Violin and Piano was revised several times before finally appearing in a definitive version in 1922. This new edition of the Sonata and the Romance is based on the Complete Critical Edition of the Works of Leo? Janá ek (Vol. E/1) with a clearer notation to optimise readability.For the Dumka the editor has drawn on the sole autograph source the Violin part (still considered lost when the above mentioned Complete Edition volume waspublished) and the revised version contained therein. Unlike the first edition it also contains Janá ek?s detailed dynamic markings.Newly engraved edition with notation adapted to conform with modern usage.Revised version of Dumka with original dynamic markings.Foreword by leading Janá ek scholar Alena N mcová (Cz/Eng/Ger)

The composition ?1.X.1905 ? generally referred to as a ?sonata ? stems from the autumn of 1905 the peak of the riots between the Czech- and German-speaking populations in Janá ek?s hometown Brno. Reacting to the violent death of a Czech worker Janá ek wrote a three-part composition for Piano originally bearing the title ?From the Street on October 1 1905.? Dissatisfied with the work however Janá ek is said to have first burned the third movement in his fireplace and then thrown the remaining two movements into the Vltava even before its premiere. A copy of these first two movements on which thepublication of the first edition was later based is also missing today. For this reason the Urtext edition of G. Henle Publishers and Universal Edition is based solely on the first edition from 1924 which Janá ek expert Ji Zahrádka has carefully evaluated and annotated for this volume.