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Piano, Additional Overlooked Repertoire: Ballades, Dances, Etudes, Fantasies, Idylls, Impromptus, Nocturnes

Le Gai Printemps: from 5 Pieces for Piano, Op.11, No.1. (1897)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1LuAtKQMY8 2:23 min
https://www.jwpepper.com/sheet-music/11556497E.item: Paper score to purchase

Menuet: Op.14 (c1897)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epUQ4Xx_EDo&t=5s 2:52 min
https://imslp.org/wiki/Menuet%2C_Op.14_(Bonis%2C_Mel)

Teresa Carreno:

Ballad. Op.15 in E Flat Major (1867)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jv_CjLr67tU 7:28 min
https://imslp.org/wiki/Ballada%2C_Op.15_(Carreño%2C_Teresa)

Le Sommeil deL’enfant: Berceuse, Op.35
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rKgnBrOvBA 4:11 min
https://imslp.org/wiki/Le_sommeil_de_l’enfant%2C_Op.35_(Carreño%2C_Teresa)

Gottschalk Waltz. No.1 (c 1863 @ 10 yrs old )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=648IqZ4YW34 4:07 min
https://imslp.org/wiki/Gottschalk_Waltz%2C_Op.1_(Carreño%2C_Teresa)

Cecile Chaminade:

Arabesque No.1, Op.61 for Piano (1892)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haBw6QXb0f8 4:58 min
https://imslp.org/wiki/Arabesque_No.1%2C_Op.61_(Chaminade%2C_Cécile)

Scarf dance for solo piano, Op. 37, No.3 (1891)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_BKT0es-EI 2:19 min
https://www.free-scores.com/download-sheet-music.php?pdf=583

Automne: from Six Etudes for Solo Piano, Op.35, No. 2 (1893)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2-_ZRi7HNg 6:57 min
https://imslp.org/wiki/6_Études_de_concert%2C_Op.35_(Chaminade%2C_Cécile): second piece in list

The flatterer, Op.50 for piano (c 1897-1901)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Wy9_LcPxOI&t=25s 4:19 min
https://imslp.org/wiki/La_lisonjera%2C_Op.50_(Chaminade%2C_Cécile)

Theme and Variations in A major, Op. 89 (1895)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bs8KnlYoDoc 5:05 min
https://imslp.org/wiki/Thème_varié%2C_Op.89_(Chaminade%2C_Cécile)

Louise Farrenc:

Etudes Op.26, No.10 in F Sharp Minor (1839)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUCQxtr5FOI 4:29 min
https://imslp.org/wiki/30_Etudes,_Op.26_(Farrenc,_Louise)

Melody in A Flat Major (c 1846-1847)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0nxyjt8aUk 2:17 min
https://imslp.org/wiki/Mélodie_pour_le_pianoforte_(Farrenc%2C_Louise)

Nocturne in E Flat Major,Op. 49 (pub 1861/1863)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iC7cEIxPTQ 4:55 min
https://imslp.org/wiki/Nocturne,_Op.49_(Farrenc,_Louise)

Air Ruse Varie (Variations on a Russian Air) for Solo Piano (1835)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apBgi7cOprE&t=7s 11:04 min
https://www.hildegard.com/product/air-russe-louise-farrenc/ paper copy to purchase

Chiquinha Gonzaga:

Gaucho (Corta-Jaca, Tango) (c1895)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7PlEGSOIK0 1:40 min
https://imslp.org/wiki/Gaúcho_(Gonzaga%2C_Chiquinha)

Agathe Backer Grondahl:

Idyll, Op. 24, No.5 from Six Idylls (1888)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XreVKnBsOmc 3:07 min
https://imslp.org/wiki/6_Idylles%2C_Op.24_(Backer-Grøndahl%2C_Agathe) : Fifth piece in list

Humoresque from 3 Morceaux, Op. 15: No.3 in G Minor(1882).
https://open.spotify.com/track/6CvmX2nv4fNyJAUX0nFp6N 4:13 min
https://imslp.org/wiki/Humoreske_(Backer-Grøndahl%2C_Agathe)

Serenade from 3 Morceaux, Op. 15: No.1 in F Major (1882).
Serenade, Op. 15, No.1 in F Major, from Three Morceaux (1882)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3WYsBhhkxg&t=7s 2:44 min
https://imslp.org/wiki/3_Piano_Pieces%2C_Op.15_(Backer-Grøndahl%2C_Agathe) : First piece in list

Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel:

Nocturne in G Minor (1838)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLoYbVIipiQ 4:59 min
https://imslp.org/wiki/Notturno%2C_H.337_(Hensel%2C_Fanny)

Das Juhr (1841): first pub’d 1989
September-At the River
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCDd6EIJ9Z8 3:37 min

February-Scherzo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfaIg-o6f3I&t=6s 3:08 in
https://imslp.org/wiki/Das_Jahr%2C_H.385_(Hensel%2C_Fanny) -both pieces above included

Song for Piano, Op. 8 No.1 (1850)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWpPEsE8hyI 5:22 min
https://imslp.org/wiki/4_Lieder_for_Piano,_Op.8_(Hensel,_Fanny)

Josephine Lang:

Arabesque from 3 Pieces for Piano (c1880/pub 1905)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejTUbk52yo8&t=7s 2:14 min
https://imslp.org/wiki/3_Klavierstücke_(Lang,_Josephine)

Dora Pejacevic:

Barcarolle, Op. 4 (1898)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnSR6GLDKK4&t=11s 1:40 min
https://imslp.org/wiki/Barcarolle%2C_Op.4_(Pejačević%2C_Dora)

Impromptu in B Flat Major, Op. 32b (1912)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfwGvmHAlDE 6:18 min
http://epta-croatia.hr/images/11_mladi/DPejacevic%20Impromptu%20op%2032%20EPTA%202019.pdf:

Online score – Song Without Words in A Flat Major, Op. 10 (1900)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35oyMr1aM0E 1:25 min
https://imslp.org/wiki/Song_without_Words%2C_Op.10_(Pejačević%2C_Dora)

Walzer Capricen Suite, Op.28 (1910)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tk7fRdu-jMg 11:52 min
https://imslp.org/wiki/Walzer-Capricen%2C_Op.28_(Pejačević%2C_Dora)

Florence Price:

Fantasie Negre , No.1 In E Minor (1929)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vf4x6s2APdY 8:52 min
https://www.classicalondemand.com/products/copy-of-fantasie-negre-no-1-in-e- minor?pr_prod_strat=jac&pr_rec_id=cf985d5bd&pr_rec_pid=7757990559910&pr_ref_pid=7037424337062&pr_seq=uniform : Print upon payment

Clara Schumann:

Nocturne in F Major, Op.6, No.2 from Musicales Soirees (1836) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bL43U4ruuDY 5:43 min
https://imslp.org/wiki/Soirees_Musicales,_Op.6_(Schumann,_Clara) : Second piece, starts p.6

Romance Varié for piano, Op.3 (1831-1833)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-74TE3255A&list=PLFjtTetsZWcrftjhhZIJ-NRPaxJeDdAWd&index=3 11:34 min
https://imslp.org/wiki/Romance_variée%2C_Op.3_(Schumann%2C_Clara)

Scherzo No. 2 in C minor, Op.14 (1845)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBp7FXRKZNg 4:45 min
https://imslp.org/wiki/Scherzo_No.2%2C_Op.14_(Schumann%2C_Clara)

Scherzo No. 10 in D Minor (1838/ pub.c1879)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgRMMSIOe6g&list=PLFjtTetsZWcrftjhhZIJ-NRPaxJeDdAWd&index=15 6:33 min
https://imslp.org/wiki/Scherzo_No.1%2C_Op.10_(Schumann%2C_Clara)

Maria Szymanowska:

Caprice sur la romance de Joconde (c1819
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWdzYxa6dog&t=141s 8:46 min
https://imslp.org/wiki/Caprice_sur_la_romance_de_Joconde_(Szymanowska%2C_Maria_Agata)

Fantasie in F Major (c1819)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-FpCGaR3lU&t=8s 10:23 min
https://imslp.org/wiki/Fantaisie_in_F_major_(Szymanowska%2C_Maria_Agata)

Nocturne in A Flat Major, Le Murmure (c1820)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnK-sAoyUzg 3:50 min
https://imslp.org/wiki/Nocturne_in_A-flat_major_(Szymanowska%2C_Maria_Agata)

Nocturne in B Flat Major (1828-1831/pub 1852)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11WGbrUeqVQ&t=2s 5:03 min
https://imslp.org/wiki/Nocturne_in_B-flat_major_(Szymanowska%2C_Maria_Agata)

Polonaise in C Major (c1819)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDSO0WEmOdg 4 min
https://imslp.org/wiki/Polonaise_in_C_major_(Szymanowska%2C_Maria_Agata)

Maria Theresia Von Paradis:

Fantasie in G Major for Pianoforte. (c1807)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6H1LNjPhMT8 14:03 min
https://soundcloud.com/gesslera/maria-theresia-von-paradis 12:08 min
https://www.hildegard.com/product/fantasie-maria-theresia-von-paradis/ Paper copy to purchase

Desdemone: From Femmes de Legende, Op. 101, No.2 (1913) 2:50 min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97GV1eLuS5Q&t=11s
https://imslp.org/wiki/Desdémona,_Op.101_(Bonis,_Mel)

Links checked: Jan 20, 2025

Catherine Rae Sheldon M.Ed M.L.S.
Advocate for Overlooked Classical Music
Bellingham, WA
catraes@gmail.com