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Scan 165
Musical instruments, 1925
19 lines. Read by computer on 21 September 2026. Printed page 151. See the scan on archive.org.
1resonant A string of the Cello. (See No. 41). But the upper string of the Viola can be made of service rendering a lyric theme with much expression, such as the Oriental cantabile in the Allegretto of the Suite Algérienne by Saint-Saëns, who at this point gives the middle parts to the Violins.
3No. 40. Suite Algérienne
4Allegretto quasi andantino (J. = 54)
5Viola solo
6Horn I
7VI. I
8VI. II
9Vcl. I arco
10Vcl. II
11pp
12pizz.
14The technique of the Viola is in most respects like that of the Violin, and is frequently played by violinists. The chief difference results from the fact that the Viola being larger, the double stops require greater extension of the fingers and some of them are thus rendered rather troublesome.
16VIOLONCELLO
18The 'Cello is a much larger instrument than the Viola although its tuning is only an octave lower.
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