• First scholarly-critical edition of this work
• Variants from the orchestral version shown in the violin part

This virtuoso work, based on the Cuban Habanera rhythm, was composed in 1887 and is a part of standard concert repertoire. Following Christine Baur’s highly successful Bärenreiter Urtext edition of Saint Saens’ “Allegro appassionato” (BA 9047), the editor now presents the “Havanaise” in the version for violin and piano.

This first-ever critical edition of “Havanaise” draws on bo...