General Knowledge for Courtney V.:

List A Piece: Franz Wohlfahrt "Study" Op.45 No.16
-- Time signature is 3/4: simple triple time, because there are 3 (as in triple) simple beat notes (crotchet notes) in a bar.
-- Tempo marking moderato means "at a moderate pace"
-- The piece is written in the key of C major (look at key signature: nothing there; look at last note of the piece: C, which is the tonic note for C major; tonic note is the first step/degree of a scale)
-- mf is for mezzo forte and means "moderately loud"
-- Franz Wohlfahrt was a German violin teacher and composer of the Romantic Period in music. Romantic Period in music was during 1820-1910 and Wohlfahrt lived 1833-1884. He is best known for his studies.

List B Piece: Ludwig v. Beethoven "Sonatina"
-- A sonatina is the term for a piece of music in a sonata form. Just like a sonata it has movements (parts/sections), but is shorter, and less difficult, as it is usually written for students.
-- You are playing two movements, and the second one is called Romanze (German word for English "romanse").
-- Time signature for movement 1 is 4/4: simple quadruple time, because there are 4 (as in quadruple) simple beat notes (crotchet notes) in a bar. Sometimes this is also represented by a C and referred to as common time as it is most widely used.
-- Time signature for Romanze is 6/8: compound duple time, because there are 2 (as in duple) compounded beat notes (made of crotchet + a dot) in a bar.
-- mp is for mezzo piano and means "moderately soft" - not as soft as piano
-- mf is for mezzo forte and means "moderately loud"
-- f is for forte and means "loud".
-- p is for piano, which means "softly"
-- The extended > sign, like in bars 7-8, 13-14, 23-24 represents diminuendo or descrescendo and means to "play gradually softer"
-- The extended < sign, like in bars 6, 10-11, 26-27 represents crescendo and means to "play gradually louder"
-- and arch with a dot over the last note of 1st movement is called a fermata ("pause" in English) and means to hold the note a little longer
-- You have some grace notes throughout the piece and they are either short acciaccatura (crossed out) or a longer appoggiatura (not crossed out). These terms are from Italian.
-- rall. in bar 16 of movement 1 is for rallentando and means to "slow down"
-- a tempo in bar 17 means "return to original speed/tempo"
-- The piece is written in the key of D major (look at key signature: F# and C#; look at last note of the piece: D, which is the tonic note for D major; tonic note is the first step/degree of a scale)
-- Ludwig v. Beethoven was a German composer and pianist of the Classical Period in music. The Classical Period in music was during 1750-1820 and Beethoven lived 1770-1827. He was important composer of the transition from the Classical Period to the Romantic Period (which was 1820 onwards). He is well known for his Symphonies for orchestra.

List C Piece: Oscar Rieding "Concerto in B minor" Op. 35
-- Time signature is 3/4: simple triple time, because there are 3 (as in triple) simple beat notes (crotchet notes) in a bar.
-- The piece is written in the key of B minor, which is a "relative" to D major - they share the key signature of F# and C#, but the tonic note for B minor is B.
-- Tempo marking allegro moderato means "moderately fast and lively"
-- Oscar Rieding was born in 1840 in Germany and later in life moved to Hungary, where he died in 1918. He was a composer of the Romantic Period in music, which spanned 1820-1910. He is probably best known for his student concertos, like the one you are playing, and which can also be performed by a string or full orchestra.
-- Time signature is C which is referred to as common time as it is most widely used.
It is the same time signature as 4/4: simple quadruple time, because there are 4 (as in quadruple) simple beat notes (crotchet notes) in a bar.
-- small ">" over notes like in second last line of 1st page are accents and mean a "stronger note"
-- risoluto means "with energy" or "excitingly"


GOOD LUCK!!! I know you'll do just fine. :)







































Useful Links

Advertisement

Classical Sheet Music Downloads at Virtual Sheet Music

Advertisement

Advertisement

 

 

 

 

Advertisement