... critical commentary of a modern Urtext edition), other historical and/or modern recordings, historical treatises and documents, score analysis, and writings on performance issues (historical and modern). Response Beethoven's "Sonata for Cello and Piano op. 69," was composed in 1806-1807. Dedicated to Baron Gleichenstein, a cellist of limited merits, the work provides useful insights into Beethoven's expectations of cellists in his own day ... had advised its use on "a closing note or any other sustained note," while Baillot wrote in 1803 that it could be applied on "long notes or when the...

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... " when it is heard. It has as many incarnations as performers and performances, each one distinctly different. A responsible performer must intimately understand each piece he will perform, not only the notes on the page, but its historical background. Several things must be understood before one can perform a piece successfully. First, a performer must analyze the piece, determine its form and harmonic ... the first stylistic period. Historical dates and conventions are not the only information that is relevant. Performers find information about the instruments composers used relevant....

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... pre-era music in the way that musical emotion was tailored to give worship more magnetism. However, Baroque music was different in many ways because although the music was customized for churches, certain instruments and voices depending on there sound were objectives when the composers wrote the music. In this era, instrumental technology developed and instruments were improved to have ... instrument. Another form of Baroque music is sonata. It is instrumental music that combines different instruments to play with or against one another. A trio sonata is two high joined parts for oboes...

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