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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
The final movement for Sonata no. 6 serves as a great starting place for learning Mendelssohn. It is only thirty-six measures long, and it is in the accessible key of D Major. The piece modulates from D Major to F# Minor, to C# Minor, and back to F# Minor before finally returning to D Major. The chief difficulty in performing this piece lies in the manual parts: for the most part there are only three voices in the manuals, but a handful of measures have four manual voices. It is at these points that the fingering is most difficult. | The final movement for Sonata no. 6 serves as a great starting place for learning Mendelssohn. It is only thirty-six measures long, and it is in the accessible key of D Major. The piece modulates from D Major to F# Minor, to C# Minor, and back to F# Minor before finally returning to D Major. The chief difficulty in performing this piece lies in the manual parts: for the most part there are only three voices in the manuals, but a handful of measures have four manual voices. It is at these points that the fingering is the most difficult. | ||
"Mendelssohn was one of the finest organists of his day. The Three Preludes and Fugues op.37, dedicated to Mozart's pupil Thomas Attwood, form a pendant to op.35. The Six Organ Sonatas op.65 (1845), teeming with artful fugues and chorales, summarize and epitomize Mendelssohn's rediscovery of Bach, and may have inspired Schumann's six fugues on B–A–C–H op.60." - Grove Music Online: "Mendelssohn, Felix, §10: Keyboard music" [http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/public/;jsessionid=5701B9854571ADE261FAA746B9D58717] | |||
Visit the Wikipedia page on the Organ Works of Felix Mendelssohn for additional information - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organ_Sonatas,_Op._65_(Mendelssohn)] | |||
==Registration and Organs== | ==Registration and Organs== | ||
The dynamic for this piece is <b><i>p</i></b>, which for Mendelssohn meant "a combination of several 8-foot stops." On a two manual organ you might consider coupling the manuals and using one or two of the softest 8' stops from each manual, ensuring that the stops blend well with each other. Soft 16' and 8' stops in the pedal with the manuals coupled would work well. | The dynamic for this piece is <b><i>p</i></b>, which for Mendelssohn meant "a combination of several 8-foot stops." On a two-manual organ you might consider coupling the manuals and using one or two of the softest 8' stops from each manual, ensuring that the stops blend well with each other. Soft 16' and 8' stops in the pedal with the manuals coupled would work well. | ||
==Fingering and Pedaling== | ==Fingering and Pedaling== | ||
Both the Peters and Dupre Editions of Mendelssohn's Organ Works contain fingering suggestions. Refer to both and you can adjust them to your hands as necessary. The Novello contains no fingering or pedaling. | |||
==Articulation and Phrasing== | ==Articulation and Phrasing== | ||
This piece should be played with a very smooth legato. Mendelssohn's phrasing marks are difficult to interpret because they don't seem to make musical sense. Most of the phrases seem to be about four measures long, but the slurs often only cover one measure. Look for prominent cadences to help you decide where the phrase breaks should fall.<BR> | This piece should be played with a very smooth legato. Mendelssohn's phrasing marks are difficult to interpret because they don't seem to make musical sense. Most of the phrases seem to be about four measures long, but the slurs often only cover one measure. Look for prominent cadences to help you decide where the phrase breaks should fall.<BR> | ||
Different editions contain different phrasing marks in the score. The Novello edition has a system that shows which phrase marks are used in what editions. Refer to that edition to compare phrasing as you make your own musical decisions. | |||
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The piece starts on an anacrusis with only the pedal moving on the downbeat. Make sure that your treatment of the anacrusis does not obscure or weaken the downbeat of the first measure. | The piece starts on an anacrusis with only the pedal moving on the downbeat. Make sure that your treatment of the anacrusis does not obscure or weaken the downbeat of the first measure. | ||
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==Scores and Editions== | ==Scores and Editions== | ||
Refer to general Mendelssohn page for info on scores and editions[http://organplayingwiki.byu.edu/index.php/Felix_Mendelssohn] | |||
[[File:Mendelssohn_Sonata_6_Finale.pdf]] | [[File:Mendelssohn_Sonata_6_Finale.pdf]] | ||
==Recordings== | ==Recordings== | ||
Refer to general Mendelssohn page[http://organplayingwiki.byu.edu/index.php/Felix_Mendelssohn] for info on recordings | |||
===Free Online=== | ===Free Online=== | ||
Refer to general Mendelssohn page[http://organplayingwiki.byu.edu/index.php/Felix_Mendelssohn] for info on free recordings | |||
===Pay to Listen=== | ===Pay to Listen=== | ||
Refer to general Mendelssohn page[http://organplayingwiki.byu.edu/index.php/Felix_Mendelssohn] for info on recordings available for a fee | |||
==Other Resources== | ==Other Resources== | ||
''Mendelssohn and the Organ'' by Wm. A. Little (New York: Oxford University Press, 2010)<BR> | |||
An Analysis of Mendelssohn's Organ Works; A Study of their Structural Features. For the use of students ([1898]) - [https://archive.org/details/analysisofmendel00hathuoft] | |||
p.69-78 contains a musical summary of what is happening in Sonata 6. | |||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
<references/> | <references/> | ||
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Latest revision as of 23:51, 28 March 2015
from Sonata 6 (Op. 65) by Felix Mendelssohn
Background
The final movement for Sonata no. 6 serves as a great starting place for learning Mendelssohn. It is only thirty-six measures long, and it is in the accessible key of D Major. The piece modulates from D Major to F# Minor, to C# Minor, and back to F# Minor before finally returning to D Major. The chief difficulty in performing this piece lies in the manual parts: for the most part there are only three voices in the manuals, but a handful of measures have four manual voices. It is at these points that the fingering is the most difficult.
"Mendelssohn was one of the finest organists of his day. The Three Preludes and Fugues op.37, dedicated to Mozart's pupil Thomas Attwood, form a pendant to op.35. The Six Organ Sonatas op.65 (1845), teeming with artful fugues and chorales, summarize and epitomize Mendelssohn's rediscovery of Bach, and may have inspired Schumann's six fugues on B–A–C–H op.60." - Grove Music Online: "Mendelssohn, Felix, §10: Keyboard music" [1]
Visit the Wikipedia page on the Organ Works of Felix Mendelssohn for additional information - [2]
Registration and Organs
The dynamic for this piece is p, which for Mendelssohn meant "a combination of several 8-foot stops." On a two-manual organ you might consider coupling the manuals and using one or two of the softest 8' stops from each manual, ensuring that the stops blend well with each other. Soft 16' and 8' stops in the pedal with the manuals coupled would work well.
Fingering and Pedaling
Both the Peters and Dupre Editions of Mendelssohn's Organ Works contain fingering suggestions. Refer to both and you can adjust them to your hands as necessary. The Novello contains no fingering or pedaling.
Articulation and Phrasing
This piece should be played with a very smooth legato. Mendelssohn's phrasing marks are difficult to interpret because they don't seem to make musical sense. Most of the phrases seem to be about four measures long, but the slurs often only cover one measure. Look for prominent cadences to help you decide where the phrase breaks should fall.
Different editions contain different phrasing marks in the score. The Novello edition has a system that shows which phrase marks are used in what editions. Refer to that edition to compare phrasing as you make your own musical decisions.
The piece starts on an anacrusis with only the pedal moving on the downbeat. Make sure that your treatment of the anacrusis does not obscure or weaken the downbeat of the first measure.
Ornamentation
Replace this text with any specific information on ornamentation
Tempo and Meter
The meter is compound duple (6/8) and the indicated tempo is 100 eighth notes per minute.
Scores and Editions
Refer to general Mendelssohn page for info on scores and editions[3]
File:Mendelssohn Sonata 6 Finale.pdf
Recordings
Refer to general Mendelssohn page[4] for info on recordings
Free Online
Refer to general Mendelssohn page[5] for info on free recordings
Pay to Listen
Refer to general Mendelssohn page[6] for info on recordings available for a fee
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]) - [7]
p.69-78 contains a musical summary of what is happening in Sonata 6.
Notes
This space is for automatic insertion of footnotes. To enter a footnote from anywhere in the article, start by typing the tag <ref> and then enter the text, and type the tag </ref> to end the footnote. The footnote will then appear in this "Notes" section automatically.
