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Johann Friedrich Franz Burgmüller: piano pieces, easiest first

Johann Friedrich Franz Burgmüller (1806–1874) was born in Regensburg, in Germany, into a musical family, and in the early 1830s he settled in Paris. There he taught the piano and wrote light music for salons and ballet. He is remembered today for his books of studies for piano students, above all the 25 Easy and Progressive Studies, Op. 100.

What makes Burgmüller's studies last is that they are real music. Each has a title and a character, La Candeur, Arabesque, La Chevaleresque, Ballade, and each quietly teaches one skill: a smooth legato, quick turns, thirds, repeated chords. Students have learned from them for well over a century.

Burgmüller in Octotune

Studies from Op. 100, graded 4 to 6 of 8: a natural next step after the path and the first classical pieces. Each comes in three levels, from the melody alone to the whole piece. See also the Op. 100 collection.

They are listed below, easiest first.

The pieces, easiest first

  1. La Candeur, Op. 100 No. 1Beginner, grade 4
  2. Progrès, Op. 100 No. 6Beginner, grade 4
  3. Tendre Fleur, Op. 100 No. 10Beginner, grade 4
  4. Innocence, Op. 100 No. 5Intermediate, grade 5
  5. La Pastorale, Op. 100 No. 3Intermediate, grade 5
  6. La Petite Réunion, Op. 100 No. 4Intermediate, grade 5
  7. Le Courant limpide, Op. 100 No. 7Intermediate, grade 5
  8. Arabesque, Op. 100 No. 2Intermediate, grade 6
  9. Ballade, Op. 100 No. 15Intermediate, grade 6
  10. L'Adieu, Op. 100 No. 12Intermediate, grade 6
  11. La Gracieuse, Op. 100 No. 8Intermediate, grade 6

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