Andante Recit (Sonata 1, mvt. 3)
from Sonata 1 (Op. 65) by Felix Mendelssohn
Background
This movement is in a free recitative style.
Registration and Organs
Mendelssohn gives registration instructions in his preface to Op. 65. In this movement, one manual is pp and a secondary manual and pedal are indicated with a ff ff=full organ [organo pleno plus reeds] pp=one soft 8' stop
See the footnote in the "Notes" section at the bottom of the page. [1]
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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Scores and Editions
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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.6-20 contains a musical summary of what is happening in Sonata 1
Notes
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