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Offline adam2

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Hello! And thanks in advance.

I have been playing for about 3 1/2 years or something like that.  I just left for graduate school and I've stopped taking lessons, so I'm pulling musical projects more or less out of a hat.

My most recent late-stage projects are chopin nocturne in E-flat, nocturne in F-minor, concerto 1 II. Larghetto(very larghetto), various Little Preludes from Bach as well as the WTC C-minor prelude AND fugue, Beethoven sonata op 57 II andante con moto ( some more mastered than others...)

My teacher emailed me some recommendations for 20th century music, and I'm excited to get working on them, but I kinda wanted to run it by the community and see what y'all might recommend that you enjoy listening to AND could be played at an early advanced level.

Also, any tips on how to keep advancing after you've stopped your lessons? I was a late beginner, I'm 26, and it saddens me to think that if I've stopped lessons now then my potential to play to my ambitions is improbable at best.

Offline j_menz

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Re: Recommendations for 20th century piano music at my level
Reply #1 on: October 09, 2013, 10:01:40 PM
Carl Vine's Bagatelles are pretty damn good:

"What the world needs is more geniuses with humility. There are so few of us left" -- Oscar Levant

Offline kitty on the keys

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Re: Recommendations for 20th century piano music at my level
Reply #2 on: October 13, 2013, 03:35:10 PM
Kabalevsky       Preludes
Ibert          Histoires  (like the Debussy Preludes)
Ginestera      12 American Preludes; 2 Argentine Dance
Starer         Sketches in Color



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Offline starlady

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Re: Recommendations for 20th century piano music at my level
Reply #3 on: October 14, 2013, 04:44:29 AM
Bartok's Mikrokosmos is endlessly rewarding.    -s.
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