Twelve New Forest Ländler, op. 23

The Ländler (here Wald-Ländler) was a country predecessor of the waltz, in triple time, very popular in Vienna at the time of this work, namely in about 1810. The waltz, derived from it, was growing fast in popularity. In these twelve Wald-Ländler op. 23 of Giuliani you can practically hear the slapping of the Lederhosen. In nos. 3, 6 and 7, the second half ends in a different key from the first half. In these three pieces, players may wish to add “Fine” at the end of the first half and “D.C. al Fine” at the end of the second half, in order to return to the “home” key. No. 5: in bars 1 and 5, one might think that the third note should be G. But it comes twice, which shows that the A is most probably intentional. No. 7 is like a violin on two strings. No. 12: what does the sign mean in the second half? Most likely it means what we call vibrato. So as a suggestion, all the second part of this piece could be played high up on the strings, with the first note of this section, E, played on the third string. No. 12: again as in the 12 Waltzes op. 21, this last dance, no. 12 in this set, is written to make a climax at the end, implying that these twelve Ländler were intended to be played as a set. No. 12: I have added [Fine] and [D.C. al Fine] in no. 12 because the quaver (eighth note) in the final bar implies them. For more about these and other dances by Giuliani, including more about performance practice, see the book Dances of 1810 by Giuliani which is in nkoda.