Solfeggietto

Solfeggietto (H 220, Wq. 117: 2) is a short solo keyboard piece in C minor composed in 1766 by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach.[1] According to Powers (2002:232) the work is correctly called Solfeggio, although the Solfeggietto title is widely used today. Owens refers to the work as a toccata.[2]

For the music education method, see Solfège.

The work is unusual for a keyboard piece in that the main theme and some other passages are fully monophonic, i.e. only one note is played at a time. The piece is commonly assigned to piano students and appears in many anthologies; pedagogically it fosters the playing of an even sixteenth note rhythm by alternating hands.

This piece is easily Bach's best-known, to the point that Paul Corneilson's introduction to The Essential C.P.E. Bach is subtitled "Beyond the Solfeggio in C Minor".[3] Owens also describes it as C. P. E. Bach's most famous work.[4]

The work is often performed by left-hand alone. [5]

The Canadian pianist Marc-André Hamelin has arranged the piece with additional voices as Solfeggietto a cinque for player piano.[6]

The piece was used as a main theme in the 1990 educational computer game Treasure Mountain!.

Notes
  1. Negri (2004:2)
  2. Owens (1995:235)
  3. "Contents of The Essential C.P.E. Bach". Via archive.org.
  4. Owens (1995:235)
  5. http://www.piano-lessons.net/news_item.php?id=59
  6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzFOkGfqaeE
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References
  • Negri, Paul (2004) Baroque Keyboard Masterpieces: 39 Works by Bach, Handel, Scarlatti, Couperin and Others. Courier Dover Publications.
  • Owens, Thomas (1995) Bebop: The music and its players. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Powers, Doris Bosworth (2002) Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: A Guide to Research. Psychology Press.
  • Solfeggietto: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
  • P. Sear (13 November 2008). "CPE Bach: Solfeggietto in C minor (H 220, Wq 117:2)". YouTube. Retrieved August 2013. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
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