Sonata in D minor, Op. 5 No. 12, La Folia

Theme and Variations

Key: D minor

Range: G3-C6

Time Signature: 3/4 unless otherwise marked

Each section 16 measures

I – Theme – Adagio

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• Legato

II – Variation – Adagio

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• Legato 2 quarter notes slurred.
• 4 Notes detaché ponté

III – Variation – Allegro

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• Mostly detached detaché eighth notes (some slurred)

IV – Variation

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• Detaché sixteenth notes – 8 measures
• Slurred triplets – 8 measures

V – Variation

Left Hand

• Fingered 3rd on downbeat of each  measure 
• 1 fingered double-stop fifth with trill on top note

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• Accented double-stop eighth note followed by 5 eighth note slur
• 2 measures of triplets – 2 slurred one separate

VI – Variation – Allegro

Left Hand

• Double-stop 3rds followed by single note

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• Detaché lancé quarter notes

VII – Variation

Left Hand

• 4th finger extension – 2 measures
• 2nd position – 2 measures

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• Rapid detaché sixteenth notes

VIII – Variation – Allegro

(Rhythmic variation to VI Variation. Notes are the same up until last 3 measures)

• Double-stop 3rds followed by single note

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• Detaché lancé

IX – Variation – Adagio

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• Legato 2 note slurs – 8 measures
• Louré – 4 eighth notes – 6 measures

X – Variation – Vivace

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• Rapid detaché sixteenths

XI – Variation – Allegro

Time Signature: 3/8

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• Staccato
• Detaché porté
• String crossings covering 3 and 4 strings in eighth notes

XII – Variation – Andante

Time Signature: Return to 4/4

Left Hand

• Double-stops throughout, mostly fingered 3rds

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• Detaché

XIII – Variation – Allegro

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• Detaché porté
• String Crossings

XIV – Variation – Allegro

Time Signature: 12/8

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• Staccato eighths contrasted with slurred sixteenths

XV – Variation – Adagio

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• Long sustained legato half notes and dotted half notes

XVI – Variation – Moto Sostenuto

Left Hand

• Double-stops fingered 6ths ad 5ths

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• Double-stop sustained quarter and half notes

XVII – Variation – Allegro

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• Eighth note string crossings

XVIII – Variation

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• Accented detaché

Rhythm

• Syncopation – Quarter note off beat

XIX – Variation – Allegro

Left Hand

• Broken chord sixteenth notes

XX – Variation – Andantino

Left Hand

• Accidentals that are not in other variations

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• Legato – motto espressivo

XXI – Variation – Poco più vivo

Left Hand

• Triplet broken chord

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• Accents within 9 note slurs

XXII – Variation – only 8 measures

Left Hand

• Double stops – 3rds, 6ths
• Double-stop sustained bottom note with moving top note

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• Legato

XXIII – Variation – Allegro

Left Hand

• Oscillating double-stops between 3rds and 6ths, or 3rds and 5ths
• 2nd position passages
• 2 measure of triple stop chords

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• Detaché sixteenth notes

XXIV – Variation – Presto

Left Hand

• Double-stop 3rds

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• Detaché

Coda – 4 measures double-stop 6ths and 5ths