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Scan 262
An Encyclopedia of the Violin, 1925
17 lines. Read by computer on 28 September 2026. Printed page 234. See the scan on archive.org.
1The sforzando on the C of measure 12 should be strongly accented. The sixteenth notes of the following measures should be played with an elongated bow; and a noticeable ritardando should be observed for the last five sixteenth notes in the measure before the last of this section.
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6The first two notes should come like a cry of despair. Do not take the tempo indicated at the very beginning, but work up to it gradually, commencing quasi allegretto in the first two measures and increasing the movement from measure 3 on. At the following a tempo continue with the tempo indicated.
8The following periods should be played without any undue haste and very clearly:
10The chords that follow:
12should be played with breadth and without harshness. In the phrase which succeeds:
14the group should be played as shown below:
16In the succeeding phrase the first two notes of measures 6, 10, and 14 should be strongly accented:
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