late intermediate

Celestial Voices Op.45 No.9

Stephen Heller

What's this piece like?
This is a study in right hand extension and thumb control. The main goal is to maintain a smooth and steady melody with the thumb, so a good tip is to practice with the left hand and thumb alone. The broken chords played by the right hand are also challenging, because they have to be very light and even. The challenge is to keep the right hand wide open but relaxed at the same time.
Who's this piece for?
If you are at an intermediate level and enjoy playing relaxing music, this piece will be a great challenge!
1-2 pages
Romantic
E major

MOOD: Dreamy.

TECHNIQUE: Right hand, thumb and voicing.

Ranking
Equivalent to RCM level 8
Equivalent to ABRSM level 7
Equivalent to Suzuki book 6
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1839

First Opium War starts between Britain and China, over the importation of drugs into China.

1840

Pyotr Tchaikovsky was born.

1841

Lower and Upper Canada united.

1843

Edvard Grieg was born.

1845

Celestial Voices was composed by S. Heller at the age of 30 years old.

1845

Edgar Allan Poe publishes The Raven and Other Poems.

1845

Texas is annexed into the United States of America.

1847

California and New Mexico annexed by U.S.

1847

Felix Mendelssohn died.

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