This miniature for violin and piano is dedicated to the Hungarian violinist Ede Réményi, and may date from 1882, when Carreño and Réményi appeared together on a Chicago stage, on March 24. For his part, Réményi, as a close friend of Brahms, inspired the latter to compose his “Hungarian Rhapsodies.”
Carreño’s Romance shows an elegant combination of lyricism and virtuosic display. Though written in ternary form, the consistent use of the principle of variation provides it with an organic quality. The themes are presented by the violin in phrases of eight bars each, most often followed by a variation restatement. This symmetry conveys a classical character to the music that is enlivened through the frequent use of chromaticism. Previously unpublished, the only extant version is a six-folio manuscript held at Vassar College.
This piece was performed on September 23, 2017 in Venezuela by Anthony Vivas and Mariatonia Palacios.
Romance by Teresa Carreno 
