Blumenlied

[Nana_Ama]

...by Gustav Lange... Is anyone familiar with this piece? What do you think of it?   If I what skills would one develop from playing this piece (granted that they are a "basic: intermediate student).  Just curious...

[Nana_Ama]

anyone!!!?

[fkweaver]

This piece used to be a standard rep favorite of beginner-to-intermediate piano students. Plenty of emotion, but not a terribly challenging piece (i.e., lots of bang for the buck). It was one of the major hits of its day--and it was a very long day! Even now, children may know the melody because the main theme has often been used as the quintessential "I am sad" song on old cartoons. The song also has something of a minor literary history, as you can see here:

https://www.james-joyce-music.com/song08_discussion.html

The link also has a fairly extensive sound clip of the song (not a MIDI, but an actual performance).

In the interest of full disclosure, I am the Webmaster for the aforementioned site.

Hope this helped!...

-Frank

[jlh]

Some skills you will need for this piece include voicing the melody against counterpoint and chords, using extended range, rapid change of articulation, nuance dynamics, use of the pedals (damper and possibly the una corda), tempo rubato, jump bass and some arpeggio work. 

Not having the score in front of me prohibits a complete list of all skills, but this is what I got from listening to the clip.