Rondo (from String Quintet, Op. 28 No. 4)
by Luigi Boccherini · arranged by William Henry Squire
- Instrumentation
- Cello, Piano
- Composed
- 1779
- Publisher
- Augener, London, 1906 (Six Classical Transcriptions for Violoncello and Piano, No. 7752); arranged by W. H. Squire
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About this piece
A lively rondo from one of Boccherini's string quintets, arranged by W. H. Squire in his Six Classical Transcriptions (Augener, 1906). Squire recorded it himself for Columbia.
Technical overview
Allegretto in 2/4, C major, with an expressive middle section in E-flat. Bouncing string crossings and chords alternate with fast passagework in tenor and treble clef, plus trills and grace notes, and the end is marked furioso.
Technical focus
- Accidentals
- Collaboration with Piano
- Double Stops
- Dynamics
- Grace Notes
- Shifting
- Spiccato
- String Crossings
- Tempo Changes
- Tenor Clef
- Treble Clef