Sibelius - Waltz in A flat major, JS 1 - "À Betsy Lerche"

Valse. À Betsy Lerche for Piano in A flat major, JS 1

Composer: Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)

Valse à Betsy Lerche (1889) is an exciting work containing several episodes, dedicated to the girl the composer was smitten with at the time. The work describes the stages of a love affair: the name of the episodes after the "Introduction" are "douce", "avec force", "à la Betsy", "avec passion" - and "adieu!".
http://www.sibelius.fi/english/musiikki/pianosavellyksia.htm

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[TheCitybike]

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[laucann]

I don't find this score ???????????

[refaful]

tres belle interprétation de ce grand compositeur

[harald144]

this sounds like a magical enchanting evening with a lady in purple dress...oh this melt my heart..

[macbs222]

Thank you very much for giving wonderful music.

By the way, who is the pianist?

I want to buy CD.

[tHEnOOSEsWING]

There is more happening here than the title suggests. Total melodrama and sensationalized with an alluring incandescent hyperbole. Silbelius is bigger than life, but, contained within a parameter of happenings. Each passage links to the following with an element of surprise. TY.