Selected Piano Works (Concert Pieces, Variations)
Piano Solo
by Carl Maria von Weber
Piano Solo - Sheet Music

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Piano solo (Piano solo) - SMP Level 10 (Advanced)

SKU: HL.51480414

Piano Solo. Composed by Carl Maria von Weber. Edited by Matthias S. Viertel and Sonja Gerlach. Sheet Music. Paperbound. Henle Music Folios. Pages: XII and 70. Classical. Softcover. 84 pages. G. Henle #HN414. Published by G. Henle (HL.51480414).

ISBN 9790201804149. UPC: 884088176075. 9.25x12.25x0.27 inches.

Carl Maria von Weber is best-known as a master of Romantic opera, but he was originally a virtuoso pianist who created a substantial amount of piano music for concert use. Next to his four piano sonatas, the five large and brilliant concert pieces brought together in this book, and two final variation cycles, are certainly his most important piano solo pieces. From the early Momento capriccioso op. 12 of 1808 to the dazzling Aufforderung zum Tanx op. 65 and Polacca brillante op. 72, it is possible to trace by these technically-demanding works the composer/pianist's development of a very mature and impressive formal compositional mastery. In the extensive preface to this thoroughly-researched Urtext edition one can read, among other things, the underlying programme that Weber came up with for the Aufforderung zum Tanz.

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About SMP Level 10 (Advanced)

Very advanced level, very difficult note reading, frequent time signature changes, virtuosic level technical facility needed.

  • Momento Capriccioso, B flat major, op. 12 (Piano solo)
  • Grande Polonaise, E flat major, op. 21 (Piano solo)
  • Air russe varie (Schone Minka), C minor, op. 40 (37) (Piano solo)
  • Variations on a Gipsy song, C major, op. 55 (Piano solo)
  • Rondo brillante, E flat major, op. 62 (Piano solo)
  • Invitation to the dance, D flat major, op. 65 (Piano solo)
  • Polacca brillante, E major, op. 72 (Piano solo)