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Spinning Top Op.103 No.1

Mélanie Bonis

What's this piece like?
This piece requires a very specific type of coordination, where your fingers are firm but the wrists stay very relaxed. If it is the first time you play in such a style, where both hands play on top of each other, slow practice is the key to get used to this unusual playing position.
Who's this piece for?
A great piece for beginners who are polishing their technique.
1-2 pages
Romantic
A minor

MOOD: Serious, percussive and intense.

TECHNIQUE: Staccato, alternating hands and coordination.

Ranking
Equivalent to RCM level 2
Equivalent to ABRSM level 2
Equivalent to Suzuki book 2
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1909

North Pole is reached by American explorers Robert E. Peary and Matthew Henson.

1912

Chinese Republic proclaimed after a revolution overthrows Manchu dynasty.

1912

New Mexico and Arizona admitted as states of the U.S.

1912

Titanic sinks on its first voyage.

1913

Album for the Young Op. 103 was first published when M. Bonis was 55 years old.

1913

Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring premieres in Paris.

1914

World War I begins with the assassination of Austrian Archduke Francis Ferdinand.

1915

Alexander Scriabin died.

1917

First American combat troops in France as the U.S. declares war on Germany.

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