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with sustained forearm strokes and allow the weight of the hand to resr on the upper notes of the
right hand so as to give more tesonance to the melody tones.

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best singing tone, but because of the low tegister, try not to let it sound "too thick".
See if ybu can imitate the beautiful quality of a cello.

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Zdenko Fibich was born in Seborsitz, Bohemia, in 1850 and died in Prague in 1900. As a comPoser'
he was one of the fotemost in the young Czech gtoup.
He wrote three symphonies, several Operas and a number of Symphonic Poems for orchestra. The excerpt
presented here has been made extremely popular in America by means of the radio. Play it with utmost
exnression.

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Here is a waltz that should be played in light, care-free manner with good style and rhythmicel 'snep',
It should make a good recital number as it has the quality of sounding much more difficult than it
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Franz Drdla was born in Saar, Moravia in 1868, He made successful coocert tours as a violinist in
Europe, lived for a time in the United States, then returned to Prague and Vienna. One of the most
popular of his violin pieces is the SOUVENIR, ananged here as a piano solo.

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give the effect of a rocking motion in imitation of the gondolas as they glide over the inland canals
of Venice.

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