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dlu

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Could you name a piece of Beethoven that is no more than four minutes long. I would prefer it not be a movement from a bigger work (i.e. sonata). I need it to add to my repertoire and for a competition I am entering.

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bernhard

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Re: 3-4 Min. Beethoven Piece

Reply #1 on: November 14, 2004, 12:06:25 AM

Most of the Bagatelles.

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Brian Healey

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Re: 3-4 Min. Beethoven Piece

Reply #2 on: November 14, 2004, 02:57:29 AM

Fur Elise

you probably don't want to play that for a competition though.......or maybe you do, I don't know.

also:

Marche a la Turque and Minuet in G come to mind

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kempff

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Re: 3-4 Min. Beethoven Piece

Reply #3 on: November 14, 2004, 04:29:26 AM

What is wrong with Bagatelles?

I love them. I think the Op.126 is the best set esp. no.s 2 and 4.

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Brian Healey

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Re: 3-4 Min. Beethoven Piece

Reply #4 on: November 14, 2004, 04:37:56 AM

If you're asking me, I don't think anything's wrong with the Bagatelles, I was just offering more suggestions.

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kempff

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Reply #5 on: November 14, 2004, 05:48:20 AM

ahhh...OK

If you're like a good pianist, you can give the first movemnt of Op.101 a try. Not that hard, IMO.

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chromatickler

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Re: 3-4 Min. Beethoven Piece

Reply #6 on: November 14, 2004, 06:04:22 AM

Fur Elize is perfect. I love that piece!

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dlu

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Reply #7 on: November 14, 2004, 03:24:33 PM

Do you think just playing one of the cadenzas (that's more of the level I'm thinking on) that Beethoven wrote for either his own concertos (if they have substantial resolution at the fine of the cadenza) of better yet of Mozart's D Minor (no. 20? I need Mozart on my repertoire anyway). I believe Beethoven wrote two of them so I could play both of them back to back if they make sense together (with a short pause in between). What do you think?
DLu

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