La Precieuse (in the style of Couperin)
Composer
Fritz Kreisler
Key
D Major, G Major
Nationality
Austrian
Time Signature
2/4
LISTING
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
Amazon
SheetMusicPlus.com
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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