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An Encyclopedia of the Violin, 1925
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1since the chords, arranged in the following manner, would seem to be the chords as Bach himself conceived them:
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4Period of Four Measures
5This period of four measures only is a transition period, reintroducing the principal theme. The first as well as the last note in the first three measures should be played in a very sustained manner, and the first thirty-second notes of each of these same measures should be stressed. The fourth measure should be played with full power.
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8This should be presented in the same spirit as the beginning, with genuine majesty, and with the last D played in a very sustained manner.
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11This marvelous phrase should be played with great calm and with an expression of sublime serenity; the first six measures without shading. In the fifth measure it is impossible to play the chord without abruptness. It is preferable to pass over the three strings, with a piano shading, thus avoiding all shock.
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14Play with the utmost rhythmical conciseness, dwelling upon the first and the last eighth notes of each measure.
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17Period of Four Measures
18Play with much contrast in shading; the chords should be enunciated with a certain degree of roughness.
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21This should be played with a very light spiccato, yet not in a dry, short manner, dwelling upon the second sixteenth of the second and third measures.
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24Make a crescendo from the third to the fourth sixteenth note.
25Make a diminuendo from the fifth to the seventh sixteenth note.
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