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An Encyclopedia of the Violin, 1925
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1illustration of the melody orchestrally developed; the principal notes of the theme should, therefore, be sustained as in the following example:
3The crescendo from measure 7 to measure 10 should be played without violence; it should be a gentle crescendo with, at measure 10, a rapid diminuendo.
5The first A in measure 11 should be sustained, as well as the A in measure 12; and the same observation applies to measure 14.
7From measure 11 to measure 18, everything should be held on a very lightly colored plane of expression.
9Measures 21 and 22—counting in the two measures of the tutti—should be played calmly, and with a slight crescendo at the end of measure 22.
11The ideally lovely phrase of measures 23 to 30 is marked "amabile," and should be played with great expression; while a heartfelt transport should mark measures 27 to 28.
13Play measures 1 to 9 without forcing and with great breadth.
15Measures 10 to 16 should be played flowingly, lightly and softly, and transparently, with a crescendo in measure 16; while in measure 17 the C should be brought out with decision. Measures 17, 18, 19, and 20 should be declared, and measures 21 and 22 should be played very expressively and with great freedom. Measures 23 to 30 should be played as shown in the following example:
17Measures 3, 4, 5, and 6 belong to those fragments of an antiviolinistic type which are to be found in this great work, and in trying to make up for their deficiencies no recourse must be had to roughness or harshness. In measure 4 the second chord should be sustained. In measures 5 and 6 the sixteenth note should be prolonged, and played without harshness.
19From measure 7 to measure 16 play brilliantly and broadly. In measure 23 prolong the first E, and in measure 24, prolong the F.
21Play measures 25, 26 and 27 calmly and without hurrying.
23We pass over the 31 measures of the tutti.
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