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Mel BONIS (1858-1937)
INTERMEDIATE The music of French Romantic composer Mel Bonis has received somewhat of a revival to date. Pianist has followed suit by featuring three intoxicating pieces inside recent issues: Méditation (issue 110), Phoebé (issue 121) and Mélisande (
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Robert SCHUMANN (1810-1856)
INTERMEDIATE In the early days of cinema, ‘Träumerei’ was so frequently deployed for its reliably tearjerking appeal as incidental music that one film critic was already reflecting, in 1910: ‘We might call Schumann’s “Träumerei” a number with a posit
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Samuil MAYKAPAR (1867-1938)
INTERMEDIATE Russian Romantic pianist, composer and teacher Samuil Maykapar became professor at the St Petersburg Conservatory. He wrote an array of piano pieces for all levels of players – this simple piece, The Little Orphan, appearing within the s

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