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The Quiet Revolutionary of the Piano – Fauré’s Complete Piano Works Now on Piano Street

In the pantheon of French music, Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924) often seems a paradox—an innovator cloaked in restraint, a Romantic by birth who shaped the contours of modern French music with quiet insistence. Piano Street now provides sheet music for his complete piano works: a body of music that resists spectacle, even as it brims with invention and brilliance. Read more

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jorley

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Ranking

on: March 19, 2012, 11:35:30 PM

Hi! Could you guys give me an accurate ranking over the difficulty of Chopin's Nocturnes from easiest to hardest? And also, which preludes by Chopin would you put at the same difficulty as the hardest Nocturne, which ever one that is?

Thanks

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slobone

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Re: Ranking

Reply #1 on: March 20, 2012, 03:55:37 AM

The Henle (German music publisher) website has a complete ranking, based on a scale of 1 to 9 here:

https://www.henle.de/en/detail/index.html?Title=Nocturnes_233#content

Most of them are from 5 (medium difficulty) to 7 (advanced).

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j_menz

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Re: Ranking

Reply #2 on: March 20, 2012, 04:10:49 AM

Or you could look at the list on this site:

https://www.pianostreet.com/chopin-sheet-music/nocturnes/

You will note that this is completely different to the Henle one.

There is no such thing as an accurate ranking. It depends on what you can do and what you can't.

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werq34ac

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Re: Ranking

Reply #3 on: March 20, 2012, 11:57:30 PM

I feel like the Henle ones are better though. Sometimes pianostreet rankings are ridiculous.

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Piano Street Magazine:The Quiet Revolutionary of the Piano – Fauré’s Complete Piano Works Now on Piano Street

Topic: Ranking (Read 4135 times)

Piano Street Magazine:
The Quiet Revolutionary of the Piano – Fauré’s Complete Piano Works Now on Piano Street