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Topic: Schumann: Album for the Young Soldatenmarsch Op. 68 No. 2 (Read 14649 times)

iumonito

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Schumann: Album for the Young Soldatenmarsch Op. 68 No. 2

on: July 01, 2007, 07:25:23 AM

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68 No 2 Soldatenmarsch.mp3 (854.42 kB - downloaded 250 times.)

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pianistimo

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Re: Schumann: Album for the Young Soldatenmarsch Op. 68 No. 2

Reply #1 on: July 01, 2007, 08:58:15 AM

this is my favorite of all schumann's 'album for the young.' i still like to hear pairing of notes. i don't know why - but in a lot of schumann's music there seems to be this pairing of notes and ideas. when EVERY note is staccato - it does sound soldierish -but i'd like to hear one foot and then the other - as one. you do this slightly at the very beginning - but single notes ever after. even staccatos can be slightly paired or slurred with the longer being first.

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Re: Schumann: Album for the Young Soldatenmarsch Op. 68 No. 2

Reply #2 on: July 05, 2007, 08:48:56 AM

I think you can give it more flavor by outlining the phrase structure a bit more. Let the lister know when a phrase begins, ends, and what direction it takes. You may accomplish this with a little more dynamic inflections. Pianisitimo's suggestions also would support giving more interest in the phrase structure.

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