Best compositions by the very young

[stormx]

What are, in your opinion, the most awesome pieces composed by someone aged:

1- under 10.

2- under 15.

3- under 20.


 

[hodi]

under 10 - i dunno
under 15 - mendelssohn rondo capriccio!!
under 20 - mendelssohn a midsummer night's dream 

[practicingnow]

Under 10 - Mozart Divertimenti (with a little help from Leopold)
Under 15 - Mendelsohn Rondo Capriccioso
Under 20 - Chopin several Etudes from Op. 10

[phil13]

How old was Berlioz when he wrote the Symphonie Fantastique? That would fall under either 15 or 20.

Phil

[stevie]

under 10 - maybe the works of julian scriabin

[thalbergmad]

Under 10 - must be something by Mozart

Under 15 - Brull Piano Concerto

Under 20 - Chopin La Ci Darum Variations

[da jake]

under 10 - i dunno
under 15 - mendelssohn rondo capriccio!!
under 20 - mendelssohn a midsummer night's dream 

Correct.

Mendelssohn was the only composer who was fully mature by 17 or so.

Incredible genius.

[kelly_kelly]

WHAT??!!! Mendelssohn wrote the Rondo before the age of 15!!! Sorry for my ignorance, but I didn't know that. Wow...

[da jake]

Damn brilliant one too. Midsummer Night's Dream overture is an undeniable masterpiece which he wrote at 17!

[quantum]

Under 20 - Chopin La Ci Darum Variations

Ditto. 

Under 15 - Scraibin Etude Op. 2 Nr. 1

Under 10 - Mendelssohn String Symphonies. 

[apion]

Under 10, Mozart, Symphony no. 1
Under 15, Mozart, Piano Concerto no. 5
Under 20, Mendelssohn, Midsummer Night's Dream overture

[presto agitato]

Piano

Under 10: Must be something by Mozart or Mendelssohn

Under 15: Chopin -  Rondo Op.1 and Mendelssohn -  Caprice Op.5

Under 20: Mendelssohn - Rondo Capriccioso and Cesar Franck - Grand Capice Op.5

Piano and Orchestra

Under 10: I dont know

Under 15: Franck - Piano Concerto Num 2 Op.11 

Under 20: Chopin - Piano Concerto Num 2 Op. 21 

Orchestral and Chamber music

Under 10: Mozart - Six Sonatas (KV 10- KV 16) for Keyboard, Violin or Flute and Cello.

Under 15: Mozart - String Quartet  KV 80 (An amazing masterpiece)

Under 20: Mendelssohn - Overture to "A Midsummer Night’s Dream"  Op. 21

[presto agitato]

Mendelssohn´s Rondo Capriccioso was composed in 1828

[presto agitato]

Keith Jarrett wrote his first piano piece when he was 3.

[hodi]

Mendelssohn´s Rondo Capriccioso was composed in 1828

NO!
it was composed in 1824
i have 2 books with complete piano sheets of mendelssohn
it's written there

[presto agitato]