Tzigane, M. 76

Marked lento, quasi cadenza (slow, almost a cadenza), the Introduction is the unaccompanied violin, starting in its low register and staying on the G string for the first 28 bars, with runs, trills, octave passages and harmonics. Near the end the accompaniment slips in quietly with an unexpected harmony. The dance proper (A) then starts, reworking ideas from the cadenza and adding a patter theme and a swaggering tune marked grandioso. Sections B and C follow. Near the end the music brakes suddenly several times for comic suspense before the last rush.

1. 0:05Introduction
2. A