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What an opus 1/1. --- Now sorrowful I hear, pursuing ev'ry step, The accents full of woe, that tell of bygone days. --- Very melancholic piece indeed-, the middle section I have to say appears to me as “statement“ of an opus1, and not really as logical necessity of the composition. But still, a great piece (or “impression musical“ as it seems to be) I think, with lot of attention to detail and enjoyable interleaved melodic lines at the end. All very pianistic (I played and studied this today (but intensely), completely unedited performance.) Since I know people will ask where I got the score: Let me tell you: I got it from the “Album of russian piano music“ on imslp. Vladimir Sokalsky (1863, Heidelberg - 1919) was a composer, musical critic, and lawyer. (Interestingly born in Heidelberg, a german city not so far away from where I grew up). He learned music theory and music history by himself because he was a lawyer. he wrote several symphonies, continuing the best traditions of the ukrainian symphony of the 19th century (by that they probably mean Lysenko etc.).
