A Frog He Went A-Courting (Hindemith, Paul)
| Title | A frog he went a-courting |
| Alternative title | Variations on an Old-English Nursery Song for Violoncello and Piano Variationen über ein altenglisches Kinderlied für Violoncello und Klavier |
| Creators | Paul Hindemith, composer |
| Opus | — |
| Instrumentation | cello and piano |
| Number of movements | 13 |
| Keys | — |
| Composed | 1941 |
| First published | 1951 |
| Dedication | — |
| Tempo markings | — |
| Metronome markings | — |
| Time signatures | — |
| Average duration (sec) | 300 |
| Number of measures | — |
| Composition types | Variations |
| Period | Modern |
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Sections
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Metronome | Key | Measures |
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| I. Moderately fast (Mäßig schnell) – | half note = 88 | — | — |
| II. – | half note = 96 | — | — |
| III. – | — | — | — |
| IV. – | — | — | — |
| V. Allegro agitato – | dotted half note = 76 | — | — |
| VI. – | — | — | — |
| VII. Jig – | dotted half note = 96 | — | — |
| VIII. – | — | — | — |
| IX. – | — | — | — |
| X. Allegro molto – | half note = 108 | — | — |
| XI. – | — | — | — |
| XII. – | — | — | — |
| XIII. Moderately fast (Mäßig schnell) | half note = 88 | — | — |
Arrangements
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Scores
| Details | Section | Type | Publisher | Date | File (click to view) |
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| View | Complete | — | Schott | 1951 | Complete Score Cello Part |
| View | Complete | — | — | — | Complete Score Cello Part |
Recordings/Performances
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