Sonata 6 (Op. 65)

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by Felix Mendelssohn

Opus Sonata Movement Year
Op. 65 no. 6 Sonata 6
1. Choral
2. Andante sostenuto
3. Allegro molto
4. Fuga
5. Final/Andante
1845

Background and General Perspectives

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Registration and Organs

Mendelssohn gives registration instructions in his preface to Op. 65:

ff=full organ [organo pleno plus reeds]

f=full organ without the loudest stops

p=several 8' stops

pp=one soft 8' stop

Fingering and Pedaling

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Articulation and Phrasing

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Ornamentation

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Tempo and Meter

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Recordings

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Other Resources

Mendelssohn and the Organ by Wm. A. Little (New York: Oxford University Press, 2010)
An Analysis of Mendelssohn's Organ Works; A Study of their Structural Features. For the use of students ([1898]) - [1] p.69-78 contains a musical summary of what is happening in Sonata 6.

Notes

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