Monti V. | Czardas arr. flute & acoustic guitar

Vittorio #Monti was a musician and composer from Naples although #Czardas is often described as having its origins as Hungarian #folkmusic. #freesheetmusic link: https://plentymusic.uk/short/?c=VM4h1md To access this and other free #sheetmusic scores create a PlentyMusic account. Improve #musicpractice routines using PlentyMusic sheet music and accompaniment downloads.

A very exciting and dramatic piece of music for audience and performers alike. Technically proficient players play the faster sections more quickly and the slower sections more slowly than in the video score often with great rhythmic expression.The piece has a sectional structure and repetition is a strong element although the repeats are not played in the realisation. Tempo considerations are quite important and the Allegro vivace sections initially played at 120 quarter notes to the minute. A piacere means at “one’s pleasure, at one’s will,” whilst stentato is a musical expression meaning “laboured, heavy in a dragging manner” which is appropriate near the end of a section and stringendo means progressively quickening in tempo. Rallentandos shouldn’t begin too soon at the ends of phrases. The playback in the video score is rather tame compared to many of the performances available but it is clearly a piece where players can learn much about performing music to an audience and Czardas often features as an #encorepiece in concerts. The small ornamental notes are probably best omitted in the early stages of learning the piece.There is actually no definitive arrangement of this piece and often the sections between bar 70 to 85 are omitted in performance. Some music performances also have the music starting slowly at bar 86 to soon quicken to an Allegro vivace tempo. The simple advice is to make your performance your own! The dynamic range in the realisation is also not expressed quite as well as was intended.

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