Tempi
Ov-68 in 4; 88 in 2
1=144 in 4; 80 in 2; 80 in 2
2-80 in 2
3=78 in 4
4= 120 in 4; 76 in 3; 124 in 4
5=110 in 2
6=100 in 2
7= 100 in 6 ??
8=104 in 4; Andante 104 in 4; Andante 126 in 4; 104 in 2; 120 in 4; 84 in 4; 94 in 2; 138 in 2
9=52 in 2
10=78 in 3
11=64 in 2
12=120 in 2
13=140 in 2
14=136 in 4
15=78 in 4
16=52 in 2
17=76 in 6
18=72 in 4
19=62 in 2
20=74 in 2/92 in 2
21=62 in 2; 140+ in 3; 74+ in 4; 126 in 4; 74 in 3; 58 in 4; 128 in 4; 100 in 2; 88 in 2; 130 in 2 (slower=Papagena); 82 in 2; 82 in 4; 126 in 2
Please access HERE.
Starting cuts for Don Pasquale included below.
Starting TEMPI are listed below (NOTE-orchestral recitative is NOT given a tempo; please skip these sections when applying tempi).
Overture: Faster sections like REH 3 in 2=92 or faster.
CUTS
Act I (No. 2)-_Cut from REH 26 to REH 28
Act II/ (No. 5)--Cut from REH 4 to REH 5
Act III/(No. 11)=Cut from start of m. 50 to start of m. 67
STARTING TEMPI
ACT I
No. 1=in 4=104; REH 14=in 3=69; REH 17=in 4=152; REH 18=in 1=72;
No. 2 Recit Andantino=in 4=108; REH 21=in 4=126; REH 23=in 4=69; REH 24=126; REH 28=in 2=84
No. 3 in 6=112; REH 29=in 2=108-112
No. 4 at REH 33=in 4=76-80; 8 before REH 34 (and like places)=into 8/slower overall pulse; REH 34=back into 4=76-80; REH 36=in 4=132
ACT II
No. 5 in 4=72; REH 3=112
No. 6=120-126; REH 7=72
No. 7=REH 11=in 4=126; REH 14=in 2=88; REH 15=in 4=120; REH 16=112-ish; REH 17=in 2=92 increasing to 120 by 13th bar; REH 21=in 4=63; REH 22=in 4=132; REH 25=in 2=132; bar before REH 27=suddenly slower (about 108), then back to tempo by 10th of REH 27
ACT III
No. 8=in 4=148
No. 9 REH 1=in =144, then 88 at meno; REH 4=in 2=52; REH 6=in 4=132; REH 7=in 1=72
No. 10 REH 12=in 4=152; REH 14=in 4=66, waltz=in 1 same pulse
No. 11 REH 18=in 4=112; REH 20=132; REH 22=in 2=72, then pushing in 9th bar (and like)
No. 12=in 2=66; 12 before REH 29=in 2=52
No. 13 in 4=144 then in 2 at vivace=84;REH 30=in 4=144; REH 31=in 4=108; REH 32=in 2=72
Bowed parts are below. All other parts via IMSLP:
http://imslp.org/wiki/Don_Pasquale_(Donizetti,_Gaetano)
Starting cuts for Figaro included below (orchestra members please disregard cut list). Note--online/email version easier to read!
Starting TEMPI are listed below (NOTE-orchestral recitative is NOT given a tempo; please skip these sections when applying tempi).
NOTE-Re-Numbered to match orchestra parts.
Overture=144
1=132
2=132
3=126/108
4=126
5=132
6=104
7=112
8=72 (first chorus only)
11=72 in 4
12=66 in 2
(13=88=OMIT for now)
14=138
15=84 in 2
16= 92 in 2; 92 in 3; 84 in 1 at 328; 76 in 2 at 398; 98 in 2 at 467; 69 in 2 at 605; 128 in 2 at 697; 138 at piu allegro; 96 in 1 at end
17=66 in 2
18=132 in 4; 80 in 2
19=126
20=70 in 2; 126 n 4
21=58
22=72
23=116;120; 88;120
24=56
25-26=OMIT
27=138
28=50
29=69; 100; 60; 144; 66; 120 in 2; 70; 120+ in 2
1. Online reference parts are available via:
http://imslp.org/wiki/Le_nozze_di_Figaro,_K.492_(Mozart,_Wolfgang_Amadeus)
2. BOWED parts are available below
3. HARD COPIES of all parts will be available in the second week of March