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Friedrich Burgmüller (1806-1874)

German-born pianist and composer who spent most of his career in Paris writing music for the ballet stage, largely forgotten today except for one extraordinary exception: his 25 Études faciles, Op. 100, a set of short, vividly characterized studies, "Ballade," "Innocence," "The Storm," written to teach piano technique without ever feeling like homework. Generations of students have met their first real musical challenges through these pieces, most of them probably without knowing anything else about the man who wrote them.

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The easiest Burgmüller on the shelf, in order. Nothing here is graded and nobody is ranked: the shelf simply puts the pieces that ask less of your hands before the ones that ask more.

Tendre fleur, Op. 100 No. 10 D major · 1 min La Petite Réunion C major · 1 min L'Adieu, Op. 100 No. 12 A minor · 3 min Ballade - Op. 100 No. 15 E♭ major · <1 min 25 Easy Studies, Op. 100 No. 16: Douce plainte G minor · 1 min Innocence, Op. 100 No. 5 F major · <1 min Burgmueller 25 leichte Etuden Op. 100-01 C major · <1 min Progrès C major · <1 min La Babillarde, Op. 100 No. 17 F major · <1 min La Pastorale G major · <1 min Arabesque - Op. 100 No. 2 C major · <1 min La Gracieuse, Op. 100 No. 8 F major · 1 min

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Harmony of the Angels Op. 100 No. 21 G major · 1 min Inquiétude E minor · <1 min Le courant limpide (the crystal clear stream) G major · <1 min Consolation C major · <1 min Agitato E minor · <1 min

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