1 Piano, 4 Hands; Piano
Duet - easy
SKU:
HL.49044757
1
Piano, 4 Hands.
Composed by Ferdinand
Loh. Arranged by Eric
Mayr. This edition:
Saddle stitching. Sheet
music. Piano Duet.
Classical. Softcover. 12
pages. Schott Music
#ED09991. Published by
Schott Music
(HL.49044757).
ISBN
9790001202961. UPC:
841886024885.
9.0x12.0x0.066
inches.
Everybody
knows it, and for many a
player it was perhaps the
first tentative attempt
to coax sounds out of the
piano: Chopsticks. The
origin of this popular
piano piece, like that of
most folksongs, cannot be
ultimately settled today.
Legend has it that it was
written by Ferdinand Loh
and that the designation
of the work 'F. Loh:
Walzer' eventually turned
into 'Flohwalzer'. But no
matter who actually wrote
the waltz: It is, without
doubt, one of the most
famous piano pieces and
known all over the world.
In France, it is called
'Cotelettes' [Chops], in
Great Britain
'Chopsticks', and in
Mexico 'Los Changuitos'
(Little Monkeys).
Technically speaking,
however, it is not even a
waltz. It is composed in
2/4 time and, with regard
to style, rather is a
polka or a galop. Eric
Mayr transcribed the
16-bar original into a
concert version for piano
duet.
