Scottish Fantasy

E784171

Scottish Fantasy is a romantic, folk-inspired composition for violin and orchestra by Max Bruch that weaves Scottish melodies into a virtuosic concert work.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Scottish Fantasy canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf orchestral composition
romantic composition
violin concerto
alternativeTitle Scottish Fantasy in E-flat major
basedOn Scottish folk melodies
catalogNumber Op. 46
character lyrical
virtuosic
composer Max Bruch
composerNationality German
compositionPeriod late 19th century
countryOfOrigin Germany
dedicatedTo Pablo de Sarasate
era late Romantic music
firstPerformanceLocation Breslau
genre concertante work
folk-inspired classical music
hasMovement Andante sostenuto
Finale: Allegro guerriero
Introduction: Grave – Adagio cantabile
Scherzo: Allegro
hasSoloInstrument violin
inspiredBy Scottish national music
instrumentation orchestra
solo violin
key E-flat major
languageOfMelodies Scots folk tradition
movementCount 4
nationalAssociation Scotland
notablePerformer Pablo de Sarasate
notableRecordingArtist Anne-Sophie Mutter
Itzhak Perlman
Jascha Heifetz
Joshua Bell
orchestrationFeature harp
period Romantic era
premiereYear 1881
publisher Simrock
scoring violin and full orchestra
structure four-movement fantasy
style Romantic
title Scottish Fantasy
typicalPerformanceDuration approximately 30 minutes
usesMelody “Auld Rob Morris”
“I’m A’ Doun for Lack o’ Johnnie”
“Scots Wha Hae”
linked to: Scots Wha Hae

“The Dusty Miller”
workNumberInComposerOutput Opus 46
workType concert piece for violin and orchestra

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Max Bruch notableWork Scottish Fantasy
Scottish Fantasy title Scottish Fantasy