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BRAHMS ALBUMBLATT (ALBUM LEAF)

Key A minor Tempo Allegro con espressione Style Romantic

Will improve yourVoicingPedallingUnderstanding of Brahms’s style

Brahms was notoriously self-critical. This statement is often cited as a reason for why comparatively few sketches and draft versions of his piano works survived. But this is the one that got away!

The is a real find. There are only a very small number of easier individual pieces by (or Album Leaf) from his few remaining sketch-like piano works – such as the Piece in B flat or Canon in F minor – is its quality. The moment you start playing the work, it sounds and feels like top-notch Brahms.

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