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==Background==
==Background==


Prelude No. 3 is a "grand, toccata-like work" with free material that "alternates with a polyphonic texture in which a subject and recurring countersubject are treated throughout."<ref>Seaton, Douglass. ''The Mendelssohn Companion,''London: Greenwood Press, 2001, p.636.</ref>
Prelude No. 3 is a "grand, toccata-like work" with free material that "alternates with a polyphonic texture in which a subject and recurring countersubject are treated throughout."<ref>Seaton, Douglass. ''The Mendelssohn Companion,''London: Greenwood Press, 2001, p.637.</ref>
 
The fugue was originally written in 1833 and revised for Op. 37.  The structure of it is similar to the other two fugues.<ref>Seaton, Douglass. ''The Mendelssohn Companion,''London: Greenwood Press, 2001, p.637.</ref>


==Registration and Organs==
==Registration and Organs==

Latest revision as of 02:37, 27 February 2015

by Felix Mendelssohn

Background

Prelude No. 3 is a "grand, toccata-like work" with free material that "alternates with a polyphonic texture in which a subject and recurring countersubject are treated throughout."[1]

The fugue was originally written in 1833 and revised for Op. 37. The structure of it is similar to the other two fugues.[2]

Registration and Organs

The dynamic marking is forte and registration should be selected accordingly.

Fingering and Pedaling

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Articulation and Phrasing

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Ornamentation

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Tempo and Meter

Prelude = Allegro

Scores and Editions

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Recordings

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Other Resources

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Notes

  1. Seaton, Douglass. The Mendelssohn Companion,London: Greenwood Press, 2001, p.637.
  2. Seaton, Douglass. The Mendelssohn Companion,London: Greenwood Press, 2001, p.637.

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