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Offline christreigns

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Who is the composer of this piece?
on: March 18, 2008, 01:03:13 AM
One of my students and I found this piece in an old book with no composer name.  Does anyone know who the composer is?  Biehl is penciled at the top probably by a now-deceased piano teacher. 
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Offline xtraheat

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Re: Who is the composer of this piece?
Reply #1 on: March 18, 2008, 01:28:05 AM
The score was a red x for me so I couldn't view it... But I saw it said Valse Etude... So it might possibly be Saint-Saens, as he wrote a famous one.

Offline allthumbs

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Re: Who is the composer of this piece?
Reply #2 on: March 18, 2008, 05:08:25 AM
Scarlatti possibly?

@ xtraheat - if you download the file, you will be able to open and view it.

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Offline aewanko

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Re: Who is the composer of this piece?
Reply #3 on: March 18, 2008, 08:37:33 AM
i saw something on the top of the score and it read "Briehl". that must be it. or maybe godowsky's?  :P
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Offline christreigns

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Re: Who is the composer of this piece?
Reply #4 on: March 18, 2008, 10:47:37 AM
It's a very romantic-sounding waltz.  Some teacher wrote Biehl on it.  Also, the time signature was incorrect on the piece (a typo) and the teacher marked out the 2 and wrote a 3.  Same handwriting as Biehl.  This is from Kohler's Op. 249 Practical Piano Method, Vol. VI.  My copy is without copyright date, published by White-Smith Publishing Co., Boston-New York- Chicago.  (My copy of this book is falling apart.)

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Re: Who is the composer of this piece?
Reply #5 on: March 18, 2008, 12:41:21 PM
I have attached a MIDI file in case you might recognize it.  It sounds like a light parlor piece.  Thank you for your time.

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