Air Varie Op. 89 No 4
Air Varie, Op. 89 No.4 on a Theme by Donizetti
Composer
Key
Bb Major
Nationality
French
Time Signature
4/4
LISTING
- ASTACAP – Level 5
- Barbara Barber – Suzuki Level 6-8 (Air Varie #5 Included in Solos for Young Violinist Vol. 3)
- Mimi Zweig – Suzuki Book 4
- Sassmannshaus Tradition Violin Graded Repertoire List – Level 5
- Suzuki Association Supplemental – Book 6
Annotation
Key: Bb Major
Range: D4-F6
Tempo: Theme and Variation I – Andante cantabile; Variation II – Allegro moderato
Left Hand
- 3 measures of 5th position
- Shifting between 1st and 3rd positions in sixteenth note passages
- 5 Fingered triple stops
- 2 shifts from 3rd position harmonic, down to a triple-stop in 1st position using 3 fingers
- Trill on a sixteenth note
- 2 measures of fingered double-stops using 5ths and 6ths
Bowing
- Detaché Portato
- Legato
- 3 measures of spiccato
- Up-bow staccato 3 sixteenth notes
- 8 slurred sixteenths
Rhythm
- 2 measures with free cadenza like passages marked “a piacere” (at your pleasure or will)
- Variations are mostly sixteenth note passages
Recording
SheetMusicPlus.com
look inside | Six Airs Varies, Op. 89 For violin And Piano. Composed by Charles Dancla (1817-1907). Piano+Insert SWS. Classical. Solo part with piano reduction. With Standard notation. Opus 89. 52 pages. Carl Fischer Music #L125. Published by Carl Fischer Music (CF.L125). |
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