A close contemporary of Weber, the German-born
Friedrich Kuhlau settled in Copenhagen, where he spent
the greater part of his career as a composer, pianist
and teacher. Kuhlau wrote a copious quantity of music
for the piano, including a fine Piano Concert .
Kuhlau was most famous in his day as a flautist and
composer for flute. But, he obviously was a good
keyboard player and his Sonatinas are part of the
regular student repertoire, like the Sonatinas of
Clementi. They are actually a l...(+)
A close contemporary of Weber, the German-born
Friedrich Kuhlau settled in Copenhagen, where he spent
the greater part of his career as a composer, pianist
and teacher. Kuhlau wrote a copious quantity of music
for the piano, including a fine Piano Concert .
Kuhlau was most famous in his day as a flautist and
composer for flute. But, he obviously was a good
keyboard player and his Sonatinas are part of the
regular student repertoire, like the Sonatinas of
Clementi. They are actually a little bit more difficult
than Clementi, and so serve as a good bridge to Mozart
Sonatas. The most popular of the Sonatinas is Opus 20,
No. 1.
Although this piece was originally written for Piano, I
adapted this work for solo Concert (Pedal) Harp.
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