Hummel Sixteen Short Pieces (ABRSM)

Easier Piano Pieces 28

– one of the outstanding Austrian contemporaries of Beethoven, and a child prodigy and pupil of Mozart, Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837) was renowned throughout Europe as a virtuoso pianist with a phenomenal technique. – this collection of attractive and poetic miniatures, taken in part from his celebrated tutor Klavierschule, delights in the Classical style while looking forward to the Romantic era.

Contents:

• Alla Polacca in Bb: No. 53 from ‘Klavierschule’ [Johann Nepomuk Hummel]
• Allegretto in C: No. 50 from ‘Klavierschule’ [Johann Nepomuk Hummel]
• Allegretto in D: No. 47 from ‘Klavierschule’ [Johann Nepomuk Hummel]
• Allegretto in F: No. 46 from ‘Klavierschule’ [Johann Nepomuk Hummel]
• Allegretto in G: No. 48 from ‘Klavierschule’ [Johann Nepomuk Hummel]
• Allegro in C, Op. 52 No. 2 [Johann Nepomuk Hummel]
• Allegro in F: No. 56 from ‘Klavierschule’ [Johann Nepomuk Hummel]
• Andante in D: No. 26 from ‘Klavierschule’ [Johann Nepomuk Hummel]
• Andantino in Ab: No. 57 from ‘Klavierschule’ [Johann Nepomuk Hummel]
• Gigue in D: No. 40 from ‘Klavierschule’ [Johann Nepomuk Hummel]
• Romance in G, Op. 52 No. 4 [Johann Nepomuk Hummel]
• Rondo in C, Op. 52 No. 6 [Johann Nepomuk Hummel]
• Rondo in F: No. 51 from ‘Klavierschule’ [Johann Nepomuk Hummel]
• Scherzo in A: No. 45 from ‘Answeisung zum Piano-forte Spiel” [Johann Nepomuk Hummel]
• Tempo di Menuetto in C, Op. 52 No. 3 [Johann Nepomuk Hummel]
• To Alexis: No. 59 from ‘Klavierschule’ [Johann Nepomuk Hummel]