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Scan 248
An Encyclopedia of the Violin, 1925
17 lines. Read by computer on 28 September 2026. Printed page 220. See the scan on archive.org.
1Play mezzo forte, with a slight crescendo up to the end of the measure 3.
2Accent the D flat of measure 5, as well as that of measure 6. Make a crescendo at the end on the last three eighth notes of measure 6, prolonging it into measure 7, and making a decrescendo in measure 8. The group in measure 7 should be played as shown below:
4Play measures 20 to 23 in a calm and uniform manner as regards tone.
5Measure 24 should be played forte. The G is hard to reach, hence it is well to use some means which will ensure its attainment, such as the following: while playing the A, at the same time prepare for the G by placing the fingers on a chord of the seventh in such a way that the G has the best possible chance of lying at hand when it is to be played.
7The three small notes in the above illustration are, of course, silent.
8In measure 26 play the group cleanly.
9Play measure 28 forte, and in measure 29 produce the thirty-second notes without hurrying them, and with a large bow. In measure 30, nearly all editions indicate a spiccato, which is most objectionable. One should play here with the bow on the string.
11In measure 1 sustain the three G's, and accent the three last eighths. Play measures 4 and 5 with restless sentiment and feeling.
12Measures 7 and 8 should be played as shown in the following example:
14with a generous breadth of bow.
15In measure 9 observe a rallentando when playing the six final sixteenth notes.
16With measure 28 begins a period of tragic grandeur. Attack the F with power, and sustain this forceful attack until measure 13 of the third period is reached. In measure 29 sustain and emphasize the sixteenth note.
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