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Distant bells Op.63 No.6

Jean Louis Gobbaerts

What's this piece like?
Gobbaerts' Distant Bells is part of his excellent set of 12 Studies for beginners. Each piece in this set focuses on one specific challenge common in the piano repertoire. This piece explores crossing one arm over the other while keeping a steady beat and even sound.
Who's this piece for?
Ideal for beginners who like inspiring, relaxing and dreamy pieces.
1-2 pages
Romantic
C major

MOOD: Dreamy and tender.

TECHNIQUE: Pedal and crossing hand.

Ranking
Equivalent to RCM level 2
Equivalent to ABRSM level 1
Equivalent to Suzuki book 2
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1865

Gen. Lee surrenders and the Civil War is over. Lincoln fatally shot at Ford's Theater by John Booth.

1865

Lewis Carroll writes Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

1867

U.S. buys Alaska from Russia for $7,200,000.

1869

Mendeleev creates the periodic table of elements.

1870

Distant bells was composed by J.L. Gobbaerts at the age of 35 years old.

1871

Germany is unified and the German Empire is proclaimed with Prussian King as Kaiser Wilhelm I.

1871

Alexander Scriabin was born.

1873

Sergey Rachmaninoff was born.

1874

R. Wagner concludes his opera Götterdämmerung, finishing "The Ring Cycle".

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