![]() Genesis of the titleĬhausson initially called it Le Chant de l'amour triomphant, then changed it to Poème symphonique, and finally to simply Poème. ![]() It was dedicated to Ysaÿe, who gave its early performances. The work is notionally in the key of E-flat, and lasts about 16 minutes. The solo violin parts of these versions are identical except for one minor detail. He wrote three different versions of Poème: with orchestra with piano accompaniment (later rewritten by other hands) and a recently discovered version for violin, string quartet and piano, a companion to his Concert in D for piano, violin and string quartet, Op. It was commenced in April 1896 and finished on 29 June, and was written while Chausson was holidaying in Florence, Italy. It will be in very free form with several passages in which the violin plays alone. Chausson felt unequal to the task of a concerto, writing to Ysaÿe: I hardly know where to begin with a concerto, which is a huge undertaking, the devil's own task. Poème was written in response to a request from Eugène Ysaÿe for a violin concerto.
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