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The second violin part in an orchestral score, generally a harmony to the first violins melody and generally less technically demanding.
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second violin — UK US noun [countable] [singular second violin plural second violins] music a musician who plays the violin in an orchestra and belongs to the group of violinists that is less important than the first violins … Useful english dictionary
second violin — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms second violin : singular second violin plural second violins music a musician who plays the violin in an orchestra and belongs to the group of violinists that is less important than the first violins … English dictionary
Violin Concerto No. 2 (Wieniawski) — Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 22, by the Polish violin virtuoso, Henryk Wieniawski, may have been started in 1856, but the first performance did not take place until November 27, 1862, when he played it in St. Petersburg with Anton… … Wikipedia
Violin Concerto No. 2 — may refer to any composers second violin concerto:*Violin Concerto No. 2 (Bartók) in B minor *Violin Concerto No. 2 (Bruch) in D minor *Violin Concerto No. 2 (Haydn) *Violin Concerto No. 2 (Mozart) in D major *Violin Concerto No. 2 (Paganini) in… … Wikipedia
second fiddle — n. the part played by the second violin section of an orchestra or by the second violin of a quartet, etc. play second fiddle or be second fiddle to have secondary status, as in the affection or attention of another … English World dictionary
Violin sonata — A violin sonata is a musical composition for solo violin, which is nearly always accompanied by a piano or other keyboard instrument, or by figured bass in the Baroque period.Some violin sonatas, notably those by Mozart and early Beethoven, are… … Wikipedia
Violin Concerto (Walton) — The Violin Concerto of William Walton (1902–1983) was written in 1938 ndash;39 and reorchestrated in 1943. It has three movements:#Andante tranquillo #Presto capriccioso alla napolitana #VivaceThe concerto was written for Jascha Heifetz, who… … Wikipedia
Violin Concerto No. 2 (Bartók) — Béla Bartók s Violin Concerto No. 2, BB 117 (written 1937 ndash;8) was dedicated to the Hungarian violin virtuoso, Zoltán Székely, who requested the composition in 1936 [Sleeve note of the Supraphon CD (SU 3682 2011)… … Wikipedia
Violin Concerto No. 3 (Paganini) — The Violin Concerto No. 3 in E major was composed by Niccolò Paganini in 1826. On 12 December 1826, Paganini wrote from Naples to his friend L. G. Germi that, having recently completed his Second Violin Concerto, he had now finished orchestrating … Wikipedia
second violinist — noun A violinist who is assigned to play the second violin part. See Also: second violin, violinist … Wiktionary
