The Two Serious Melodies, Op. 77, are concertante compositions for violin and orchestra written from 1914 to 1915 by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. They are:
Devotion, Op. 77/2 (1915); subtitled "Ab imo pectore" ("From my very heart")
Sibelius originally called No. 1 Lofsången (Song of Praise). In 1915, he made transcriptions of each piece for violin and piano. In 1916, he arranged both pieces for cello and orchestra and transcribed them, too, for cello and piano.[3][4]
Cantique is marked Moderato assai. Devotion is marked Tempo molto moderato.
Each piece is dedicated to the Finnish cellist Ossian Fohström [fi].
^ abDahlström 2003, pp. 338, 340.
^Dahlström 2003, pp. 338–339.
^Barnett 2007, pp. 248, 251, 260.
^Dahlström 2003, pp. 338–340.
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