La Côtelette

SKU: HL.49044757

ISBN 9790001202961. UPC: 841886024885. 9.0x12.0x0.066 inches.

Everybody knows it, and for many a player it was perhaps the first tentative attempt to coax sounds out of the piano: Chopsticks. The origin of this popular piano piece, like that of most folksongs, cannot be ultimately settled today. Legend has it that it was written by Ferdinand Loh and that the designation of the work 'F. Loh: Walzer' eventually turned into 'Flohwalzer'. But no matter who actually wrote the waltz: It is, without doubt, one of the most famous piano pieces and known all over the world. In France, it is called 'Cotelettes' [Chops], in Great Britain 'Chopsticks', and in Mexico 'Los Changuitos' (Little Monkeys). Technically speaking, however, it is not even a waltz. It is composed in 2/4 time and, with regard to style, rather is a polka or a galop. Eric Mayr transcribed the 16-bar original into a concert version for piano duet.

SKU: HL.49015766

ISBN 9790001092739. UPC: 884088073312. 9.0x12.0x0.051 inches.

Der Flohwalzer, der hier in einer leicht spielbaren Fassung vorgelegt wird, ist schon seit uber hundert Jahren eines der bekanntesten Klavierstucke uberhaupt. Er ist - teilweise unter anderem Namen - in allen Erdteilen verbreitet, und es gibt wohl kaum ein klavierspielendes Kind, das nicht irgendwann einmal diesen kleinen Walzer (er steht ubrigens kurioserweise im Vierviertel-Takt!) gelernt hat.Wer keine Noten lesen kann, findet im Anhang eine einfache Erklarung, wie das Stuck ohne Noten gespielt wird.