Concerto No. 1 in D Major, Op. 7

Composer

Key

D Major, D minor, A Major

Nationality

German


Time Signature

4/4, 6/8

Stylistic Period

Level

6

Annotation

Movement I

Key: D Major

Range: G3-A6

Tempo: Allegro Moderato

Time Signature: 4/4

Left Hand

  • 1st – 7th position
  • 7th position only used for 4 beats in a scale pattern
  • Natural harmonics in 1st and 3rd position
  • Trills
  • 9 measures in Eb Major (key signature does not change; uses accidentals)
  • Sustained double stop – top note sustained open string, lower note fingered
  • Arpeggios in 16th notes – D Major and A Major chords

Bowing

  • Martelé
  • Detaché Porté
  • Accented Detaché
  • Legato – 20 measures transitioning into Allegretto movement

Rhythm

  • Mini Cadenza – 4 beats with arpeggiated 16ths
Movement II

Key: D Minor

Range: G3-F6

Tempo: Allegretto

Time Signature: 6/8

Left Hand

  • 1st – 5th position
  • 5th position only used for 4 beats in a scale pattern
  • Fingered to use 4th finger extension both in 1st and 3rd positions
  • Double-stops – 4 measures that include all intervals from unison – fingered octave

Bowing

  • Legato detaché
  • Rapid detaché written as measured tremolo – 16th notes
  • 2 sixteenths slurred – double stop with open string and one finger

Rhythm

  • 1 32nd note rest and 1 32nd note
  • Ties from eighth note to sixteenth note
     
Movement III

Key: A Major

Range: G3-E6

Tempo: Adagio

Time Signature: 4/4

Left Hand

  • 1st – 5th position
  • 2 double-stops – one of which includes a turn on the top note
  • Rapid 16th and 32nd runs; 1 including a short chromatic section;
  • Fingered harmonic in 3rd position – sounding A6

Bowing

  • Legato detaché
  • Up-bow staccato – triplets
  • Up-bow louré
  • Detaché porté

Rhythm

  • 32nd notes
  • Septulet run
  • Free measure with 1 scale run and 1 arpeggiated run between fermatas
Movement IV

Key: D Major

Range: G3-F#6

Tempo: Allegro

Time Signature: 6/8

Left Hand

  • 1st – 4th position
  • Fingered for a fast shift from 3rd position into 5th position for F#6 for 1 eighth note, then back to 3rd position.
  • Natural harmonics
  • Rapid sixteenth scale and arpeggio passages
  • 5 measures of trills
  • 14 measures fingered double-stop sixteenths 

Bowing

  • Spiccato – both single and double-stop notes
  • Left Hand Pizzicato – 2 notes (open strings) – 3 measures
  • Accented Detaché
  • 8 Measures of measured tremolo 
* No breaks between movements

Recording

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look inside Pupil's Concerto No. 1 In D - Violin/Piano Set of performance parts. Composed by Friedrich Seitz. Edited by P Mittell. String Solo. Classical, Concerto, Contemporary. 8 pages. G. Schirmer #LB947. Published by G. Schirmer (HL.50257100).
look inside Pupil's Concertos - Nos. 1-5 (Complete) Schirmer Library of Classics Volume 2054 Violin and Piano. Composed by Friedrich Seitz. String. Classical. Set of performance parts (softcover). 110 pages. G. Schirmer #LB2054. Published by G. Schirmer (HL.50485872).
look inside Seitz - Student Concerto No.1 Op.7 for Violin and String Orchestra, score and parts Composed by Fr. Seitz. Arranged by P. Petrof. Romantic Period, Repertoire, Classroom. Score, Set of Parts, Solo Part. 82 pages. Published by Peter Petrof (S0.569457).

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