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Pieces to Play – Galuppi, Bach & the Schumanns

Pieces to Play – Galuppi, Bach & the Schumanns

By Informance, 2024-01-25
Posted in: Inspiration, Learning Pieces

The next instalment in our Pieces to Play series features works at a variety of levels by MacDowell, Bach, Galuppi, Merikanto & both Schumanns!

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Tags: album for the youngClara Schumanngaluppiinventionjs bachpieces to playSchumann
Pieces to Play – Galuppi, Bach & the Schumanns
Clara Schumann’s Prelude and Fugue, Op. 16 No. 2

Clara Schumann’s Prelude and Fugue, Op. 16 No. 2

By Graham Fitch, 2021-04-15
Posted in: Learning Pieces

This week’s blog post features Clara Schumann’s Prelude and Fugue in B-flat which is currently included in the new ABRSM 2021 & 2022 Grade 8 syllabus.

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Tags: ABRSM Grade 8Clara SchumanncontrapuntalFugue
Clara Schumann’s Prelude and Fugue, Op. 16 No. 2
A Fantasy Analysis of Brahms Op. 118 No. 2

A Fantasy Analysis of Brahms Op. 118 No. 2

By Graham Fitch, 2020-05-21
Posted in: Inspiration, Learning Pieces

This post provides some background to Johannes Brahms’ Intermezzo in A, op. 118 no. 2, one of the most beloved short piano pieces.

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Tags: analysisBrahmsBrahms IntermezzoBrahms Intermezzo in A op. 118Clara Schumanninterpretation
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A Fantasy Analysis of Brahms Op. 118 No. 2
Brahms’s Buried Treasure

Brahms’s Buried Treasure

By Graham Fitch, 2020-05-14
Posted in: Learning Pieces

The six Klavierstücke that make up the op. 118 set were published in 1893 and dedicated to Brahms’ lifelong friend, Clara Schumann. In the late summer of 1893, Brahms sent…

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Tags: annotated study editionBrahmsBrahms IntermezzoBrahms Intermezzo in A op. 118Clara Schumann
Brahms’s Buried Treasure
Schumann’s Romance in F Sharp

Schumann’s Romance in F Sharp

By Graham Fitch, 2019-10-03
Posted in: Inspiration, Learning Pieces

In 1839, Clara Wieck received a Christmas present from her fiancé, Robert Schumann - a set of three Romances (published with some slight alterations the following year as opus 28).…

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Tags: Clara SchumannEmil GilelsHarold BauerRobert SchumannRomance in F sharp major
Schumann’s Romance in F Sharp
On Schumann’s Kinderszenen

On Schumann’s Kinderszenen

By Graham Fitch, 2015-07-24
Posted in: Learning Pieces

It is summer time, and rather than present my usual type of post, I am planning something a little different for the next few weeks. The first is a selection…

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Tags: alfred cortotClara HaskilClara SchumannKatherine HepburnMartha ArgerichMurray PerahiaPeter OstwaldSchumann KinderszenenSong of LoveVladimir Horowitz
On Schumann’s Kinderszenen
Memory Tips: Analyse

Memory Tips: Analyse

By Graham Fitch, 2015-01-16
Posted in: eBooks, Practising

We can trace the tradition of playing solo piano music from memory back to Franz Liszt and Clara Schumann. Before that, it was inappropriate to play without a score in…

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Tags: analysisAppassionatabeethovenClara SchumannGilbert KalishLeon FleisherLisztmemorisationsonataSusan Tomes
Memory Tips: Analyse

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