Sonatina for trombone and piano (op. 59a, 1976)
I. Allegro moderato, II. Andante sostenuto, III. Finale - Allegro
Trombone, piano
Duration: 10 minutes
Norbert Daum | Claus Kühnl
Title: Sonatina for trombone - Length: 15 pages - Date: I. 7 June 76 II. 7 June 76 III. 5 July 76 - Location: Bavarian State Library, Munich
Zimmermann Musikverlag Frankfurt ZM 21080 / ISMN M-010-21080-3
The three-movement Sonatina op. 59a by Bertold Hummel from Würzburg was the discovery of the evening. This lively, transparent and witty composition was excellently realised. Dancing notes in the Allegro, a lyrically broad Andante and finally melancholy passages alternating with fast jazz-like rhythms in the Vivace up to the humorously pointed final chord made Hummel and the perfectly attuned Duo Roblee a special pleasure.
op. 59a, II Andante sostenuto - Formal arrangement:
A bars 1-19
B bars 20-33
A' (recapitulation) bars 34-45
Coda bars 46-48
A = 16 bars, each with 2-bar phrases that develop melodically. Bars 18+19 are a reminder of the first two bars
B = from bar 20 onwards, a new idea gains influence over a pedal point on the note A. Bars 25+26 return to the first bar of the movement.
From bar 27, the 2nd idea appears above the organ dot on the note D. Bars 32+33 return to the 1st bar and are considered a transition to the A' = recapitulation, which comprises 12 bars, now starting from the root note G.
Coda = The coda returns to the original tonality and brings the melody of bars 1+2 augmented and with the accompanying function of the beginning to a pp conclusion.
Bertold Hummel, 30 March 2000