Air Varie, Op.23 No. 3

Composer

Oscar Reiding

Key

G Major

Nationality

Austrian


Time Signature

3/4

Stylistic Period

Level

Annotation

Form: Theme and Variations (each section 24 measures long with 4 measure piano interlude between)

Theme

Tempo: Andante

Range: G3-D6

Left Hand

  • 3rd Position

Bowing

  • Detaché Porté
  • Accented detaché

Variation I

Tempo: Molto Moderato

Range: G3-D6

Left Hand

  • 3rd Position
  • Natural Harmonics in 1st position on G4

Bowing

  • Sixteenth notes slurred in groups of two. Last note of the group of 2 is the first note of the next group of 2.
  • 2 notes slurred with 2nd note accented.

Variation II

Tempo: Molto Moderato

Range: G3-D6

Left Hand

  • 3rd Position
  • Triplet arpeggios

Bowing

  • Variety of bowing patterns for triplets – some all slurred, some all separate, and some as a combination

Coda (24 measures)

Tempo: Più Mosso

Range: G3-D6

Left Hand

  • 3rd position (quick shifting)

Bowing

  • Sixteenth notes slurred in groups of two. Last note of the group of 2 is the first note of the next group of 2.
  • Passage of 2 sixteenths, 1 eighth on each beat with a diminuendo on each beat.
  • Arpeggios covering 4 strings of slurred sixteenth notes.

Recording

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