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The Rossini Theme/Vari. Articles

Author: ALOMARvelous12
Date: 2003-03-09 15:29

If you recall, I had gotten the music for Rossini's Intro, Theme, and Variations not too long ago (on Superbowl Sunday to be exact). It seemed overwhelmingly difficult at first, but I took my first serious look at it this weekend. I found that while it is a competetent composition, it is nowhere near "overwhelming" and that it's a great piece to practice.

The Introduction is easy, and I don't have any problems with the Theme either. Variation I is the most fun section in this whole piece. Variation II gets a little difficult. The arpegios in Variation III are quite challenging, and so are the rising run in thirds following the chromatic scale and that long descending C Major scale in staccato which ends the variation. The slow variation doesn't seem too challenging since you can play it slowly, and for the Coda section, I haven't tried it yet, but it looks like the hardest part of the whole piece.

Now, I remember seeing some old articles from the bulletin board about this, what's the URL again?

BTW...my Mozart is coming along very well. Thanks.

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Re: The Rossini Theme/Vari. Articles

Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2003-03-09 16:09

ALOMARvelous12 wrote:

> Now, I remember seeing some old articles from the bulletin
> board about this, what's the URL again?

Actually, you were pointed to the articles before. It would be a good itdea to use the bookmark facility in your browser for such important info or to at least attempt a simple search first:

http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/read.html?f=1&i=102546&t=102485 was where Ken Shaw gave you a hand before.

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Re: The Rossini Theme/Vari. Articles

Author: GBK
Date: 2003-03-09 16:09

"...Rossini's Intro, Theme, and Variations ..... while it is a competetent composition..."

I'm sure Rossini won't mind your lukewarm review, considering that he probably didn't write the piece...GBK

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