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Scan 292
An Encyclopedia of the Violin, 1925
20 lines. Read by computer on 28 September 2026. Printed page 264. See the scan on archive.org.
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2Andante
4This sublime slow movement seems to evoke that Berber Africa where the Moors of Spain took refuge after having been driven from their terrestrial paradise in Grenada. It breathes a mystic poesy, a captivating charm, and an eloquence which is profoundly moving. It is a poem of love and suffering, where hope and illusion speak in turn. In order to interpret this wonderful andante worthily, the player must strive to exceed the limits of the commonly possible, the opening theme,
6requiring more than ordinary musical understanding.
8In the tempo following the poco rit, the rhythmic figure:
10should be kept in mind, and the player should guard against letting the music take on a Hungarian character, one from which the spirit of the work is immeasurably removed. The difference is a very important one, and should be emphasized by playing the sixteenth notes without harshness, while the sixteenth notes in Hungarian music are played, so to say, as though they were thirty-second notes. The cadenza:
12before the next tempo should be played tranquilly, and without attempting to make it brilliant. Play the first notes of the chromatic scale in the same tranquil manner, then hasten the tempo, little by little, after the trill, taking care not to hurry too much.
14At the close see that the final D is played with a pure and ideal quality of tone, long and sustained.
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17Rondo Allegro
19This rondo, full of vitality and spirit, brimming over with the joy of life, is anything but simple. The player should be able to present it with a rhythmic sureness which nothing can disturb. See to it that the poco più lento is presented with the greatest clarity, and also that the accents—which
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