Piano
SKU:
BR.EB-8032
Piano
Lessons by Felix
Mendelssohn
Bartholdy. Composed
by Felix Bartholdy
Mendelssohn. Edited by
Heinz Walter. Solo
instruments; Softcover.
Edition Breitkopf.
Romantic period. Score.
16 pages. Breitkopf and
Haertel #EB 8032.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel (BR.EB-8032).
ISBN 9790004174357. 9
x 12 inches.
In the
last year of his life,
Felix Mendelssohn
Bartholdy (1809-1847)
composed the six charming
Children's Pieces, op. 72
(EB 8317). In contrast to
the collections of
children's pieces (by
Schumann or Reger, for
example), these have
remained relatively
unknown. Admittedly,
however, they here and
there demand technical
and musical
accomplishments that are
beyond those to be
expexted of beginners and
belong to an intermediate
stage of instruction. In
the present edition,
minor re-arrangements and
cuts (in op. 72 no. 6)
are intended to make the
music more accessible to
a child's understanding.
The Songs without Words
presented here are
musically more demanding.
From the total of 48
pieces, I have selected
three slow compositions
in which simple,
beautiful melodie lines
are supported by
chorale-like piano
textures. True
performance of these
pieces requires clean
polyphonic chord playing
and a cultivated pedal
technique. The selection
of pieces in this edition
will, it is hoped,
stimulate renewed
interest in the piano
music of Mendelssohn,
which is so neglected
today. Heinz Walter,
Salzburg, Spring
1979
A Selection
from 6 Children's Pieces
(Op. 72) and Songs
without Words.
