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Scan 288
An Encyclopedia of the Violin, 1925
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1The harmonics at the close of this movement should be played without harshness, and somewhat broadly, as indicated:
3Third Movement
5The recitative at the beginning should be well enunciated and should not be unduly hastened by the player.
7Allegro Non Troppo
9Here the violinist has a chance to show his quality in every way, shape and form, and to display rhythmic precision in presenting the opening theme.
11This beginning, full of nobility, should show clearly that the artist intends to adhere strictly to the indicated tempo, and there should be a slight rubato in the playing of the subordinate theme:
13The phrase on the G string which occurs later should be clearly enunciated but without undue force:
15The greatest difficulty which the student will encounter in this movement is a tendency to "bolt" on passages of this type.
17The whole movement is of such a superbly virile character, and so splendidly orchestrated that the player's enthusiasm is prone to speed up his tempos and thereby lessen the artistic effect of his performance.
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