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The Nightingale Op.81 No.8

Theodor Kullak

What's this piece like?

The Kinderleben (“Scenes from Childhood" or "Children's life”) is a collection of 12 short piano pieces, each representing a scene, titled at the beginning of the movement.

"Nightingale" is a creative composition defined by a playful character. The bird's singing is perfectly represented by an alternating pattern of short/long notes and fast 32nd notes.

Who's this piece for?

An excellent piece for intermediate level pianists who are working on their technique.

1-2 pages

Romantic

Bb major

MOOD: Playful, whimsical and delicate.

TECHNIQUE: Right hand and ornaments.

Ranking

Equivalent to RCM level 5

Equivalent to ABRSM level 5

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1848

Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels write the Communist Manifesto.

1849

Frédéric Chopin died.

1851

Herman Melville writes Moby-Dick.

1853

Crimean War begins as Turkey declares war on Russia.

1854

Kinderleben Op. 81 was first published when T. Kullak was 36 years old.

1856

Robert Schumann died.

1857

First public performance of F. Liszt's Piano Sonata in B Minor by H.V. Bülow.

1858

Abraham Lincoln makes strong antislavery speech: “This Government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free.”

1858

First trans-Atlantic telegraph cable completed by Cyrus W. Field.

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