La Precieuse (in the style of Couperin)

Composer

Fritz Kreisler

Key

D Major, G Major

Nationality

Austrian


Time Signature

2/4

Stylistic Period

Level

6

Annotation

Range: A3-E6

Tempo: Allegretto con Spirito

Form: A B A

Left Hand

  • Trills on sixteenth notes (turns), quarter notes, and half notes
  • 3 triplet sixteenth grace notes
  • Sul G – 4 measures with range of notes D4-G4 (2 times)
  • Portamentos
  • Natural harmonics
  • A sections in D Major, B section in G Major

Bowing

  • Spiccato
  • Up-Bow Staccato
  • 8 sixteenths slurred on one bow with multiple string crossings
  • *Kreisler plays with some loure bowing, but it is not marked in the score.

Rhythm

  • Thirty-second note triplets
  • Rubatos
  • Fermatas at ends of sections

Recording

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look inside Fritz Kreisler - Favorite Encores Music Minus One Violin. Composed by Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962). Sheet music with CD. Music Minus One. Classical. Softcover Audio Online. 24 pages. Music Minus One #MMO3165. Published by Music Minus One (HL.400305).
look inside La Precieuse For Violin and Piano. Composed by Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962). This edition: Saddle stitching. Sheet music. Schott. 8 pages. Schott Music #BSS 29022. Published by Schott Music (HL.49022580).

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