Concerto funebre, violin and string orchestra, piano reduction with solo part

Concerto funebre, Klavierauszug mit Solostimme

Originally entitled ,Music of Sorrow?, the work was written in 1939, duringthe first months of World War II. It is Karl Amadeus Hartmann?s onlyviolin concerto and at the same time his most famous piece. Hartmann wanted the final chorale to be seen as an expression of confidence in hard times.