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Robert Schumann
Five Pieces in Folk Style op. 102 for Violoncello and Piano
Editor: Ernst Herttrich
Fingering: Klaus Schilde
Fingering and bowing for Violin: Ernst Schliephake
14.50 €
Urtext Edition, Edition for Violin and Piano, paperbound
with marked and unmarked string parts
Pages: 48 (VII, 25, 8, 8), Size 23,5 x 31,0 cm
Order no. HN 911 · ISMN M-2018-0911-3
As with most of Schumann’s duos for solo instrument and piano, the “Pieces in Folk Style”, originally for violoncello and piano, were also published for an alternative instrument. The publisher expected greater circulation and a higher turnover with an additional edition for violin. Apart from a few changes necessitated by the instrument, there was a series of substantial ones in nos. 1 and 5, which partly also concern the piano part. Thus we can be confident that the version for violin was undertaken by Schumann.
Now it is available in an Urtext edition for the very first time! Ernst Schliephake has provided practice-orientated fingerings and it is thus excellently suited for the teaching of pupils of medium ability upwards.
Contents
- Five Pieces in Folk Style op. 102
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Mit Humor op. 102,1
Level of difficulty (Violin): medium (Level 5)Other titles with this level of difficulty » -
Langsam op. 102,2
Level of difficulty (Violin): medium (Level 4)Other titles with this level of difficulty » -
Nicht schnell, mit viel Ton zu spielen op. 102,3
Level of difficulty (Violin): medium (Level 5)Other titles with this level of difficulty » -
Nicht zu rasch op. 102,4
Level of difficulty (Violin): medium (Level 4)Other titles with this level of difficulty » -
Stark und markiert op. 102,5
Level of difficulty (Violin): medium (Level 5)Other titles with this level of difficulty »
The levels of difficulty of the
music for violin published by G. Henle Publishers
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| easy | medium | difficult | ||||||
The levels of difficulty of the violin music published by G. Henle Publishers
| Level | Degree | Example |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | easy | Beethoven, 6 German Dances WoO 42 |
| 2 | Beethoven, Rondo G major WoO 41 |
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| 3 | Mozart, Violin Sonata F major KV 547 |
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| 4 | medium | Haydn, Violin Concerto A major Hob. VIIa:3 |
| 5 | Bach, Violin Concerto a minor BWV 1041 |
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| 6 | Brahms, Violin Sonata G major op. 78 |
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| 7 | difficult | Paganini, No. 9 from Capricci op. 1 |
| 8 | Beethoven, Violin Concerto D major op. 61 |
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| 9 | Berg, Violin Concerto |
I have assigned all of the violin music in G. Henle Publishers' catalogue a level of difficulty, ranging from "very easy" to "very difficult". The model for this was the evaluation system with nine levels developed for Henle's piano catalogue by Rolf Koenen. Unlike the works for solo piano, I have decided against evaluations that lie between two levels (e.g. 4/5 or 7/8).
This kind of attempt will always be "relative" to some degree. While the work remains the work, what is relative is the technical and musical ability of the player. Let us take a look at Mozart, for example, from the perspective of an Arthur Grumiaux and from that of a very young pupil. It is clear to whom my levels of difficulty are addressed: to the pupils or their teacher. I have, of course, always endeavoured to objectively assess the purely technical level of difficulty. But everything "between the lines" is, of course, left up to the judgement of each individual musician. Depending on our abilities, we perceive the "difficulty" of a work for violin differently, yet with the same conviction.
At the start, categorizing violin literature into levels of difficulty from 1 to 9 seemed to carry a certain risk as well as being unknown territory, yet I have now gained a deep insight into all of the works for violin in G. Henle Publishers' catalogue.
Ernst Schliephake © 2013