Albert Dietrich

F.A.E. Sonata

The fascinating F. A. E. SONATA is a brilliant piece of music history. Albert Dietrich, a pupil of Robert Schumann, wrote the first Allegro movement, Robert Schumann composed the Intermezzo and the Finale, and Johannes Brahms composed the third Allegro movement. It was written as a gift to famed violinist Joseph Joachim, and the letters F. A. E. are taken from Joachim's signature "Frei Aber Einsam" (Free, yet lonely). The editors have closely followed the original in this edition, with a few necessary and annotated revisions within the violin part.