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An Encyclopedia of the Violin, 1925
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2Allegro Assai
4We have now reached the outstanding moment of the Sonata. The first four measures should be played rather sharply, especially the sixteenth notes, as follows:
6In measure 5 avoid scratching, and never give way to an impulse to blurt or roar, even in the fortissimos. Even here the tone must be deployed in a broad and noble manner. In this famous "Devil's Trill," the trill itself must be continuous, uninterrupted, to the end of the period. It is possible to play this difficult period properly, with the exercise of a great deal of patience, but the student must not hurry too much, for he is face to face with one of the most arduous problems in all violin literature.
8Trille du Diable (Devils Trill)
10poco a poco cresc
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13Grave
15The same remarks made for section 3 apply here. What is left is a repetition of preceding periods, except the cadenza which should be played without haste, with a true understanding of the recapitulation of the different themes, and with perfect intonation.
17THE CONCERTO IN D MAJOR
18by L. van Beethoven Op. 61
19(1770-1827)
21Beethoven wrote this immortal work in 1806, and the original manuscript is preserved in the (former) Imperial and Royal Library of Vienna, now the National Library of the Austrian Republic. The manuscript bears the in-
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