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Eighth and sixteenth-notes legato;

quarter-note portato, if not otherwise

indicated; legato only in the last bar

of the Trio.

Minuet in F Major K. 2

Composed 1762.

The feminine cadences of bars 4, 12,

etc. legato: otherwise as in K. 1.

Allegro in Bb Major K. 3

Composed 1762.

The eighth-notes (quavers) of bars 3, 9,

11, 15 etc. staccato.

Minuet in F Major K. 5

Composed 1762.

Quarter-notes (crotchets) non legato if

not otherwise indicated.

Minuet in Ab Major

From the “Londoner Notenbuch”, com-

posed 1764/65.

Articulation and accents in bar 1 and

corresponding passages:

Eighth-notes (quavers) legato.

Muzio Clementi (1752–1832)

Sonatina in C Major op. 36 no. 1

1st movement: in bar 1, 1st to 3rd quar-

ter-notes (crotchets) legato. This main

theme is treated similarly in bar 2 and

whenever it occurs. The other quarter-

notes fairly short, the eighth-notes

(quavers) legato.

2nd movement: sempre legato.

3rd movement: left hand legato, right

hand sixteenth-notes (semiquavers)

legato, eighth-notes staccato; in bar 3,

etc. is very effective.

Sonatina in G Major op. 36 no. 2

1st movement: bars 19–22, 28, 32–36,

54–58, left hand staccato.

2nd movement: dotted rhythm non

troppo legato. 3rd movement,

bars 1–4:

Joh. Wilh. Häßler (1747–1822)

Selection from “Fünfzig Stücke zum

Gebrauch für Anfänger”op. 38

(“Fifty Pieces for Beginners.”)Beginners.”)

No. 1: mf.

No. 2: mf; quarter-notes (crotchets)

portato if not otherwise indicated.

No. 3, bars 9–12:

Here the middle voice is legato.

No. 4, bar 8: the two grace notes to be

played on the beat.

No. 5: Ecossaise: Scotch country dance.

No. 9: especially valuable because there

are practically no pieces for beginners

in keys of more than 4 sharps or flats.

Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)

Sonata in G Major Hob. XVI:8I:8

Composed before 1766.

This and the following sonata are really

sonatinas and are among Haydn’s first

piano compositions, which he originally

called “Divertimenti”.

1st movement: eighth-notes (quavers)

usually staccato (not too short).

2nd movement, bar 4:

3rd movement: the undotted eighth-

notes (quavers) in right and left hands

non legato. In bar 4, long appoggiat-

ura (sixteenth-note). Trill begins with

main note, with a two-note termina-

tion. Bars 7 and 8: double appoggiat-

ura (Schleifer) to be played on the

beat.

4th movement: eighth-notes staccato.

In general, all movements mf through-

out.

Sonata in C Major Hob. XVI:7

Composed before 1766. See remarks on

preceding sonata.

1st movement, bars 3 and 19: 1st 8th

note (quaver) in both hands staccato;

from 2nd 8th note up to beginning of

the next bar, legato; the other 8th

notes in left hand, non legato; only

bar 12 and 14 legato. Bar 16: long

appoggiatura (quarter-note).

2nd movement: long appoggiaturas.

Bars 1–4 connect 1st and 2nd quar-

ter-notes; all other notes with excep-

tion of the 16th notes (semiquavers)

non legato, especially in left hand.

Bars 2 and 4, etc., of Trio connect

thirds and stress second and third

beats.

3rd movement: 8th notes staccato,

quarter-notes well sustained.

1st movement moderately forte, other-

wise generally mf.

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)

Sonata movement in C Major WoO 51

Composed 1791/92.

Second movement is incomplete; no

finale in any form has survived.

“Lustig und Traurig” WoO 54

(“Gay and Sad”), composed about

1798.

In “Traurig” eighth-notes (quavers)

portato; only the 1st and 2nd eighth-

notes in bars 18, 20, 22, 23, 36 and 37

are connected.

Bagatelle in F Major op. 33 no. 3

Completed 1802.

Appoggiaturas short but not harsh.

Bagatelle in G minor op. 119 no. 1

Completed between 1820 and 1822.

In the G minor principal section, the 8th

notes (quavers) non legato, if not other-

wise indicated, also the simultaneous

quarter-notes (crotchets) in left hand.

Only in bar 7 connect the 1st and 2nd

8th notes. Middle section (Eb Major), all

very legato, molto cantabile; after the

2nd quarter-note (crotchet) in bars 18,

20, 26, 30 a slight interruption between

the notes.

Turn in bar 10:

Bar 65 follows the autograph; in the

first editions, the first beat is g

, the sec-

ond a rest. This emendation derives per-

haps from Beethoven himself.

Franz Schubert (1797–1828)

Ecossaise in G Major

Scotch country dance; No. 4 of the 9

Ecossaises, which with the 12 waltzes

and 17 Ländler form the collection,

op. 18, D. 145, composed between

1815 and 1821.

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