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	Solfeggietto Played on piano, run time of 1:04
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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]

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.
The piece is used as a main theme in 1990's "Treasure Mountain!".

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]

Notes

	Solfeggio Played by synthesizer, run time of 1:07
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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.

External links

• 
  Solfeggietto: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)


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