Zaderatsky V. Sonata for French Horn and Piano. Piano score and part

This is the first publication of the Sonata for French horn and piano by Vsevolod Petrovich Zaderatsky, which presents a worthy addition to the horn repertoire. The 65-year delay of this publication is connected to the peculiar circumstances of the composer’s life. His fate and the fate of his musical legacy are highly unordinary even in the context of the events of the first half of the 20th century. During his lifetime he was denied the right to live in the major cities of the Soviet Union or to have his music performed or published. Publications about his music were also forbidden. Only more than 25 years after his death in 1953 his musical scores had begun to be published, and the Sonata for French horn and piano had to wait a long time after that, following its turn after the publications of numerous piano and vocal works.