Orchestra String
Orchestra - Grade 3
SKU: CF.CAS42
On a Theme of
Beethoven. Composed
by Fritz Kreisler.
Arranged by Doris Gazda.
Carl Fischer Concert
String Orchestra Series.
Score and Parts. With
Standard notation.
16+4+10+10+16+5+8 pages.
Carl Fischer Music
#CAS42. Published by Carl
Fischer Music (CF.CAS42).
ISBN 9780825867071.
UPC: 798408067076. 8.5 X
11 inches. Key: D
major.
This popular
piece for solo violin and
piano has been skillfully
arranged by string
pedagogue Doris Gazda. A
standard piece in the
repertoire, it adapts
quite well to the string
orchestra. This is an
excellent piece for an
advancing group.
A
rondo is a musical form
that was commonly used by
composers from the
classical through the
romantic music periods.
It was often the form
used for the last
movement of a sonata, a
symphony, a concerto or a
piece of chamber
music.The rondo form
consists of a main theme
(part A) that recurs with
contrasting sections
(parts B, C, D and so on)
in between. The
contrasting sections can
change key and can change
from major to minor
tonality. A typical form
of a rondo might be
ABACADABA. It is usually
written in triple meter,
and is lively and joyful
in character. Beethoven
used the rondo form quite
often, and Fritz
Kreisler, the famous
violinist and composer,
found a Beethoven melody
and turned it into this
“little
rondo,†or rondino,
written originally for
violin and piano.This
arrangement for string
orchestra can also be
played by a small string
ensemble. It should be
played with a light style
of bowing so as to give
it a happy, lilting
quality.
