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The short answer
Novellette in B minor, Op. 11 No. 2 is a piece by Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov from the Romantic era.
- novellette
- Romantic
- repeated notes
- scales runs
History
The Novellette is the second of Rimsky-Korsakov's four original solo-piano pieces, Op. 11. Its title promises a small character piece, making it a compact encounter with his piano writing between the opening Impromptu and the Scherzino.
Sources
What to listen for
The opening repeats short groups and the source later changes from B minor to B major. Compare the sound of the sections without assuming that major must be louder.
How to practise it
- Practise the two-sixteenth pickup as a relaxed preparation, then the eighth-plus-two-sixteenth repeated groups. Keep the shorter repeated attacks light so the next longer note can lead the phrase.
- In the opening phrase, separate the short moving notes from the repeated-note groups when practising slowly. Connect D,C-sharp,B and then E,D,C-sharp without making each change of pitch a heavy accent.
About this piece
- Licence
- Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0
- Source
- mutopiaproject.org
- Credit
- “Novellette” by N. Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 to 1908). Mutopia edition maintained by Thomas Amthor. Source: https://www.mutopiaproject.org/cgibin/piece-info.cgi?id=1425. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/. Changes to the supplied file: none; any later conversion or edit must be disclosed separately.
