Interview Listening Samples Ballade In G Minor Nocturne In F Minor

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Listening Guide OTHER WORKS BY BAX: THE BARD OF THE DIMBOVITZA 1914 CATHALEEN NI HOOLIHAN 1903-05 CONCERTANTE FOR PIANO (LEFT HAND) & ORCH.24:07 1949 CHRISTMAS EVE 1912 DANCE OF WILD IRRAVEL (from 4 ORCHESTRAL SKETCHES) 1912-13 THE DEVIL THAT TEMPTED ST. ANTHONY 1928 FANTASY SONATA FOR HARP & VIOLA FATHERLAND from THE TALES OF ENSIGN […]

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Listening Guide The Work Tempo: Allegro pesante. Nicht zu schnell. (Not too fast) Key: E minor, with trio sections in C major, A major and B major and a coda in D minor Time Signature: 3/4 Form: Scherzo and Trio

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Listening Guide The Work Tempo: Langsam, schwer (slow and heavy). Key: F# major; beginning in D minor, with a main theme in B minor/major that goes through a series of modulations until it reaches the intended tonic before the final coda. Time Signature: The introduction shifts from 4/4 to 3/4 to 2/4 (and one measure […]

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Listening Guide The Work Tempo: Allegro Moderato Key: B-flat minor modulating to B-flat major, with a middle section in D minor, and closing in B-flat major/minor Time Signature: 2/4 Form: Da capo (A-B-A)

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Listening Guide The Work Tempo: Schnelle Viertel (3/4 ganze Takte – 4/4 alla breve) Key: F-sharp minor with a first Trio in F major, a second Trio (Ländler) in E- flat major, concluding in F-sharp major Time Signature: mixed meters that shift from duple to triple sometimes from measure to measure Form: Scherzo and Trio

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Listening Guide The Work Principal Tempi: Andante; Adagio Key: F-sharp major/minor with modulations into B minor, B-flat minor, D minor, A minor, A-flat minor, etc. Time Signature: 4/4 Form: Sonata-Rondo with three principal subjects

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Listening Guide The Work Date(s) of composition: 1910-11 Place(s) of composition: Toblach (and New York) Performing Versions and Completions: Ernst Kenek edited the first and third movements with the assistance of Alban Berg and Alexander Zemlinsky, published in 1924 by Paul Zsolnay, Vienna and first performed in Vienna on 14 October 1924 under the direction […]

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Listening Guide The Work Tempo: Sehr Langsam und Noch Zurückhaltend (very slow and yet held back); (Molto Adagio) Key: D-flat major (subsidiary section first in D-flat minor, then in C-sharp minor) with a brief excursion into F-sharp major during the development Time Signature: 4/4 Form: sonata form

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Listening Guide The Work Tempo: Allegro Assai. Sehr Trotzig (Very Obstinate) Key: A minor (with C sections in D) and various modulations (D minor, F major, D minor, A major, A-flat minor, etc.) Time Signature: Alla Breve with subsidiary theme in 2/4. Form: Rondo (ABA’B’A”CC’C”A”’ Coda)

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