late intermediate

Determination Op.42 No.4

Louise Farrenc

What's this piece like?
Farrenc’s "Studies of medium difficulty" is a collection of twenty short pieces written specifically for intermediate level pianists, each of them focusing on a specific piano technique. The 4th piece in this album explores ascending and descending arpeggios played with both right and left hands. Crossing of the thumbs while maintaining an even sound and expressive playing is the main challenge in this piece.
Who's this piece for?
This is a great piece for intermediate level pianists with a solid foundation and strong technique.
1-2 pages
Romantic
A minor

MOOD: Bold.

TECHNIQUE: Left hand, right hand and arpeggios.

Ranking
Equivalent to RCM level 5
Equivalent to ABRSM level 5
Equivalent to Suzuki book 6
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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

20 Studies of Medium Difficulty Op. 42 was composed by L. Farrenc at the age of 50 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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