Concerto in E Minor

Composer

Pietro Nardini

Key

E minor; C Major; E Major

Nationality

Italian


Time Signature

Multiple

Annotation

1st movement

Key: E minor

Time Signature: 4/4

Range: B3-E6

Tempo: Allegro moderato

Left Hand

  • 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th positions
  • Rapid shifting
  • Position work on the A string and E string
  • Trills
  • 1 Fingered triple stop
  • Accidentals on all scale degrees except tonic and dominant

Bowing

  • Martelé
  • Accented Detaché
  • Porté
  • Louré triplets
  • Passage with groups of 4 sixteenth notes first three are slurred last is separate

Rhythm

  • Dotted Eighths with two 32nds slurred
  • Passage of triplets
  • Passage of sixteenths
2nd movement

Key: C Major

Time Signature: 4/4

Range: A3-C6

Tempo: Andante cantabile

Left Hand

  • 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 
  • Trills
  • Accidental on every scale degree except the dominant

Bowing

  • Mostly legato detaché
  • Porté
  • Hooked bows
  • 5 notes slurred

Rhythm

  • Tempo changes – poco animato, rallentando, 
  • Sixteenth notes fastest note value
  • Syncopation with eighth, quarter, eighth,
3rd movement

Key: C Major

Time Signature: 3/8

Range: B3-E6

Tempo: Allegretto giocoso

Left Hand

  • 1st, 2nd, 3rd position
  • Fingered for longer 2nd position passages
  • Trills
  • Accidental on every scale degree except the tonic
  • Double Stops in all positions – 3rds, 6ths, 7ths, octaves
  • Double stops with one finger holding while the other finger changes
  • Fingered octave while top 3rd and 4th finger have trill on eighth note
  • Natural harmonics

Bowing

  • Martelé
  • Up-bow staccato
  • Spiccato
  • Large string crossings 

Rhythm

  • Dotted quarter tied to eighth over the bar line in octaves.
  • Sixteenth notes are fastest note value

Recording

Sheet Music

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look inside Concerto In E Minor For violin And Piano. Composed by Pietro Nardini (1722-1793). Arranged by Miska Hauser. Piano-SWS. Solo part with piano reduction. With Standard notation. 26 pages. Carl Fischer #L598. Published by Carl Fischer (CF.L598).
look inside Konzert e-moll fur Violine und Orchester Composed by Pietro Nardini (1722-1793). Edited by Hauser, M./Sitt, H./Havemann, G. Solo part: Violin. Published by Thomi-Berg (TH.AM-7-08).

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