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Henle Album
Piano Music from Bach to Debussy
9.95 $
Urtext Edition, paperbound
Pages: 83 (XIII, 70), Size 23,5 x 31,0 cm
Order no. HN 951 · ISMN M-2018-0951-9
Blue skies ahead for all music dealers and pianists: this new publication from the House of Henle follows up the huge success of its Jubilee Piano Album. For a highly affordable retail price this cross-section from Henle's full urtext catalogue for piano two-hands contains no fewer than 39 complete and self-contained pieces (including such famous and frequently heard items as Chopin's b-minor Prelude), all in Henle's celebrated top-quality urtext. Extra bonuses include indications of the level of difficulty, a preface, and concise introductions to each composer and piece in four world languages: German, English, French and Japanese.
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Reviews
The 39 compositions include a good mixture of well-known favourites and more unusual choices. … A useful volume here, with plenty of variety for the competent amateur. Short informative notes to each item accompany this clean, urtext edition.
[Music Teacher, 2003]
Over de hoge kwaliteit van de bladmuziek van Henle is in dit blad al menige loftrompet gestoken. Maar met de uitgave van hun album Klaviermusik von Bach bis Debussy verdient dit gerenommeerde uitgevershuis ook een grote pluim voor de inhoud.
[Pianowereld, 2002]
Contents
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Johann Sebastian Bach:
Aria from Partita no. 4 BWV 828
Level of difficulty (Piano): difficult (Level 7)Other titles with this level of difficulty » -
Johann Sebastian Bach:
Prelude e minor BWV 855
Level of difficulty (Piano): medium (Level 4/5)Other titles with this level of difficulty » -
Domenico Scarlatti:
Piano Sonata b minor K. 197
Level of difficulty (Piano): medium (Level 5)Other titles with this level of difficulty » -
Georg Friedrich Händel:
Courante from: Suite B flat major HWV 440
Level of difficulty (Piano): medium (Level 4/5)Other titles with this level of difficulty » -
Georg Friedrich Händel:
Sarabande from: Suite g minor HWV 432
Level of difficulty (Piano): medium (Level 5/6)Other titles with this level of difficulty » -
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach:
Sonata movement from the Piano Sonata C major Wq 62,10
Level of difficulty (Piano): medium (Level 5/6)Other titles with this level of difficulty » -
Joseph Haydn:
Piano Sonata C major Hob. XVI:10
Level of difficulty (Piano): medium (Level 4)Other titles with this level of difficulty » -
Joseph Haydn:
Piano Sonata b minor Hob. XVI:32
Level of difficulty (Piano): difficult (Level 6/7)Other titles with this level of difficulty » -
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
Minuet (Nannerl Music Book) KV 1e
Level of difficulty (Piano): easy (Level 1)Other titles with this level of difficulty » -
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
Marche funèbre del Signor Maestro Contrapunto c minor KV 453a
Level of difficulty (Piano): easy (Level 2/3)Other titles with this level of difficulty » -
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
Piano Sonata C major KV 330 (300h)
Level of difficulty (Piano): medium (Level 6)Other titles with this level of difficulty » -
Ludwig van Beethoven:
Sonata movement from the Piano Sonata E major op. 14,1
Level of difficulty (Piano): medium (Level 6)Other titles with this level of difficulty » -
Ludwig van Beethoven:
6 Piano Variations on a Swiss Song WoO 64
Level of difficulty (Piano): medium (Level 3/4)Other titles with this level of difficulty » -
Ludwig van Beethoven:
Bagatelle C major WoO 56
Level of difficulty (Piano): medium (Level 3/4)Other titles with this level of difficulty » -
Carl Maria von Weber:
Sonata movement from the Piano Sonata C major op. 24
Level of difficulty (Piano): difficult (Level 7/8)Other titles with this level of difficulty » -
Franz Schubert:
Moment musical A flat major op. 94,6 D 780
Level of difficulty (Piano): medium (Level 5)Other titles with this level of difficulty » -
Franz Schubert:
Sonata movement from the Piano Sonata E flat major op. post. 122, D 568
Level of difficulty (Piano): difficult (Level 6/7)Other titles with this level of difficulty » -
Franz Schubert:
Variation on a Waltz by A. Diabelli D 718
Level of difficulty (Piano): medium (Level 4)Other titles with this level of difficulty » -
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy:
Children's Piece from: Children's Pieces op. 72
Level of difficulty (Piano): medium (Level 4)Other titles with this level of difficulty » -
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy:
Song without Words op. 19,4
Level of difficulty (Piano): medium (Level 4)Other titles with this level of difficulty » -
Frédéric Chopin:
Prelude b minor op. 28,6
Level of difficulty (Piano): medium (Level 3/4)Other titles with this level of difficulty » -
Frédéric Chopin:
Nocturne c minor KK IVb,8
Level of difficulty (Piano): medium (Level 4/5)Other titles with this level of difficulty » -
Frédéric Chopin:
Mazurka a minor op. 68,2
Level of difficulty (Piano): medium (Level 4)Other titles with this level of difficulty » -
Robert Schumann:
Verrufene Stelle op. 82
Level of difficulty (Piano): medium (Level 5)Other titles with this level of difficulty » -
Robert Schumann:
Armes Waisenkind op. 68,6
Level of difficulty (Piano): easy (Level 3)Other titles with this level of difficulty » -
Robert Schumann:
Impromptu op. 124,9
Level of difficulty (Piano): medium (Level 5)Other titles with this level of difficulty » -
Franz Liszt:
Le mal du pays
Level of difficulty (Piano): medium (Level 5/6)Other titles with this level of difficulty » -
Franz Liszt:
Consolation no. 1 E major
Level of difficulty (Piano): medium (Level 4)Other titles with this level of difficulty » -
Clara Wieck-Schumann:
Romance op. 5,3
Level of difficulty (Piano): medium (Level 5)Other titles with this level of difficulty » -
Theodor Kirchner:
Albumleave op. 7,9
Level of difficulty (Piano): medium (Level 5)Other titles with this level of difficulty » -
Johannes Brahms:
Waltz A flat major op. 39,15
Level of difficulty (Piano): medium (Level 5/6)Other titles with this level of difficulty » -
Johannes Brahms:
Intermezzo a minor op. 118,1
Level of difficulty (Piano): difficult (Level 6/7)Other titles with this level of difficulty » -
Peter Iljitsch Tschaikowsky:
Feuillet d'album from: Six Pieces for Piano op. 19
Level of difficulty (Piano): medium (Level 4/5)Other titles with this level of difficulty » -
Antonín Dvorák:
Plauderei / Na táckách from: Poetic tone pictures op. 85
Level of difficulty (Piano): medium (Level 5/6)Other titles with this level of difficulty » -
Edvard Grieg:
Knut Lurasens Halling I op. 72,10
Level of difficulty (Piano): difficult (Level 6/7)Other titles with this level of difficulty » -
Claude Debussy:
Des pas sur la neige from: Préludes I
Level of difficulty (Piano): medium (Level 4/5)Other titles with this level of difficulty » -
Claude Debussy:
Morceau de concours
Level of difficulty (Piano): medium (Level 6)Other titles with this level of difficulty » -
Alexander Scriabin:
Prélude E major op. 11,9
Level of difficulty (Piano): medium (Level 4/5)Other titles with this level of difficulty » -
Max Reger:
Melodie from: Blätter und Blüten
Level of difficulty (Piano): medium (Level 5)Other titles with this level of difficulty »
The levels of difficulty of the
piano music published by G. Henle Publishers
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| easy | medium | difficult | ||||||
The levels of difficulty of the piano music published by G. Henle Publishers
| Level | Grade | Example |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | easy | Bach, Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach, nos. 4 and 5 |
| 2 | Bach, Well-Tempered Clavier I, no. 1 Prelude C major | |
| 3 | Beethoven, Piano Sonatas op. 49,1 and 2 | |
| 4 | medium | Grieg, Lyric Pieces op. 12, no. 4 |
| 5 | Schumann, Fantasy Pieces op. 12, no. 1 | |
| 6 | Chopin, Nocturnes op. 27, nos. 1 and 2 | |
| 7 | difficulty | Beethoven, Piano Sonata op. 10, no. 3 |
| 8 | Beethoven, Piano Sonata op. 81a | |
| 9 | Schumann, Toccata op. 7 |
Guide to the levels of difficulty
"I don't know what 'difficult' means. Either you can play or you can't" – this was the rather terse comment by the great violinist Nathan Milstein, on being asked about the unbelievable difficulty of Niccolo Paganini's Caprice no. 1.
The relativity of the evaluation of difficulty in music immediately becomes clear. Yet I gladly take up this great challenge, presented to me by G. Henle Publishers. For I am aware of how useful a guide like this can be, both from my own experience as well as that of many colleagues. In particular so as to be able to identify "appropriate" works. For example for music teachers, who teach at very different levels, from beginners to those preparing for music conservatories, but also for all those interested amateurs for whom this guide is intended.
After careful deliberation I have settled on nine levels of difficulty, which I have divided into three groups: 1–3 (easy), 4–6 (medium), 7–9 (difficult). A number of parameters have been considered when assessing the level of difficulty. I have not just looked at the number of fast or slow notes to be played, or the chord sequences; of central importance are also the complexity of the piece's composition, its rhythmic complexities, the difficulty of reading the text for the first time, and last but not least, how easy or difficult it is to understand its musical structure. I have defined "piece" as being the musical unit of a sonata, or a single piece in a cycle, which is why Bach's "Well-Tempered Clavier" Part I comprises a total of 48 levels of difficulty (each prelude and fugue is considered separately), Schumann's Sonata in f sharp minor op.11 only has a single number. My assessment is measured by the ability to prepare a piece for performance.
While assessing the pieces, it became clear that the medium level of difficulty (4–6) is the trickiest. Now and again this means that a piece is judged as a "3/4", even if it only deserved a "3" as far as piano technique is concerned. An example of such a "borderline" case (easy/medium) is Schumann's "Scenes from Childhood" op. 15 Von fremden Ländern und Menschen or at the other end "6/7" part of Bach's "English Suites". And of course within a main category there are also "from-to" evaluations (e.g. 7/8).
Any evaluation of art or music will always be subjective, even if the aim was to be objective. Despite the fact that I have endeavoured to be as careful as possible, I am all too aware that the results of my work can be called into question, and am therefore grateful for any suggestions you might have.
Prof. Rolf Koenen © 2010