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The short answer
Scherzino, Op. 11 No. 3 is a piece by Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov from the Romantic era.
- scherzino
- Romantic
- hand independence
- voicing
History
Rimsky-Korsakov placed this Scherzino third in his four original pieces for piano, Op. 11. The diminutive title suggests a small scherzo: a lively change of character before the set's concluding Etude.
Sources
What to listen for
The source contrasts a light Vivo opening with an Appassionato section. Rests help shape the opening gestures; they are musical space, not pauses to ignore.
How to practise it
- Count the rests in the opening short gestures exactly. Rehearse each two-note slur and its release, then practise the staff-transfer figure slowly without replacing the rest with extra sound.
- Keep the initial paired-note pickup light, then shape the following single-note pairs as replies. Do not make the chord-shaped preparation louder simply because it contains two notes.
About this piece
- Licence
- Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0
- Source
- mutopiaproject.org
- Credit
- “Scherzino” by N. Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 to 1908). Mutopia edition maintained by Thomas Amthor. Source: https://www.mutopiaproject.org/cgibin/piece-info.cgi?id=1530. 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.
