Virtuosity
The quality of being extremely skilled at performing upon any certain instrument.
SUGGESTED LISTENING EXAMPLES:
- Virtuosity, Baroque:
Scarlatti: Sonata in E major, K. 20, "Capriccio" - W. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank --
Disc 2, Track 64
- Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Op. 8, No. 3, "Autumn", III
- W. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank --
Disc 1, Track 10
- Virtuosity, Classical:
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467, I (cadenza) - W. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank --
Disc 3, Track 6
- Virtuosity, Romantic:
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35, I (cadenza, conclusion) - W. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank --
Disc 3, Track 25
- Brahms: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77, III
- W. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank --
Disc 1, Track 7
- Chopin: Fantaisie-Impromptu in C-sharp minor, Op. 66 (bridge to second theme and opening of second theme)
- W. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank --
Disc 3, Track 14
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