Sonata in D minor, Op. 5 No. 12, La Folia

Key

D Minor

Nationality

Italian


Time Signature

Multiple

Stylistic Period

Level

6

Annotation

Theme and Variations

Key: D minor

Range: G3-C6

Time Signature: 3/4 unless otherwise marked

Each section 16 measures

I – Theme – Adagio

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  • Legato

II – Variation – Adagio

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  • Legato 2 quarter notes slurred.
  • 4 Notes detaché ponté

III – Variation – Allegro

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  • Mostly detached detaché eighth notes (some slurred)

IV – Variation

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  • Detaché sixteenth notes – 8 measures
  • Slurred triplets – 8 measures

V – Variation

Left Hand

  • Fingered 3rd on downbeat of each  measure 
  • 1 fingered double-stop fifth with trill on top note

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  • Accented double-stop eighth note followed by 5 eighth note slur
  • 2 measures of triplets – 2 slurred one separate

VI – Variation – Allegro

Left Hand

  • Double-stop 3rds followed by single note

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  • Detaché lancé quarter notes

VII – Variation

Left Hand

  • 4th finger extension – 2 measures
  • 2nd position – 2 measures

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  • Rapid detaché sixteenth notes

VIII – Variation – Allegro

(Rhythmic variation to VI Variation. Notes are the same up until last 3 measures)

  • Double-stop 3rds followed by single note

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  • Detaché lancé

IX – Variation – Adagio

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  • Legato 2 note slurs – 8 measures
  • Louré – 4 eighth notes – 6 measures

X – Variation – Vivace

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  • Rapid detaché sixteenths

XI – Variation – Allegro

Time Signature: 3/8

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  • Staccato
  • Detaché porté
  • String crossings covering 3 and 4 strings in eighth notes

XII – Variation – Andante

Time Signature: Return to 4/4

Left Hand

  • Double-stops throughout, mostly fingered 3rds

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  • Detaché

XIII – Variation – Allegro

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  • Detaché porté
  • String Crossings

XIV – Variation – Allegro

Time Signature: 12/8

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  • Staccato eighths contrasted with slurred sixteenths

XV – Variation – Adagio

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  • Long sustained legato half notes and dotted half notes

XVI – Variation – Moto Sostenuto

Left Hand

  • Double-stops fingered 6ths ad 5ths

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  • Double-stop sustained quarter and half notes

XVII – Variation – Allegro

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  • Eighth note string crossings

XVIII – Variation

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  • Accented detaché

Rhythm

  • Syncopation – Quarter note off beat

XIX – Variation – Allegro

Left Hand

  • Broken chord sixteenth notes

XX – Variation – Andantino

Left Hand

  • Accidentals that are not in other variations

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  • Legato – motto espressivo

XXI – Variation – Poco più vivo

Left Hand

  • Triplet broken chord

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  • Accents within 9 note slurs

XXII – Variation – only 8 measures

Left Hand

  • Double stops – 3rds, 6ths
  • Double-stop sustained bottom note with moving top note

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  • Legato

XXIII – Variation – Allegro

Left Hand

  • Oscillating double-stops between 3rds and 6ths, or 3rds and 5ths
  • 2nd position passages
  • 2 measure of triple stop chords

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  • Detaché sixteenth notes

XXIV – Variation – Presto

Left Hand

  • Double-stop 3rds

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  • Detaché

Coda – 4 measures double-stop 6ths and 5ths

Recording

look inside 12 Sonatas op. 5 Band 2 New edition after the Urtext. Composed by Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713). Edited by Bernhard Paumgartner. Arranged by Bernhard Paumgartner. This edition: Saddle stitching. Sheet music. Edition Schott. Collection, Classical. Op. 5. 124 pages. Schott Music #ED 4381. Published by Schott Music (HL.49004842).

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