title: Sonata for Solo Violin (Prokofiev)
text: # Sonata for Solo Violin (Prokofiev)
  
  The Sonata for Solo Violin in D major, Opus 115, is a three-movement work for unaccompanied violin composed by Sergei Prokofiev in 1947. It was commissioned by the Soviet Union's Committee of Arts Affairs as a pedagogical work for talented violin students. It is therefore a non-virtuosic piece, and was originally designed to be played not by one soloist but by multiple young performers in unison. It was not performed until 10 July 1959 - six years after Prokofiev's death - by Ruggiero Ricci at the Moscow Conservatory.
  
  ## Structure and Analysis
  
  The three movements of the sonata are as follows:
  
  * Moderato
  * Andante dolce. Tema con variazioni
  * Con brio. Allegro precipitato
  
  The work is composed in Classical style and its melodies are largely diatonic. The first movement is in sonata form, the second movement is a theme with five variations, and the third movement has characteristics of a mazurka.
  
  