Fanny Hensel, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy's sister, wrote music throughout her life. She originally published her songs and piano pieces under her brother's name, but soon began to use her own name instead, confiding to her diary that “I cannot deny that the joy I derive in publishing my own muic also increases my good humor.” Luckily for us, her great-granddaughter Fanny Kistner-Hensel gave G. Henle Verlag access to a previously unpublished selection of 11 piano pieces, and edited them herself from the autographs. After som early pieces focussing on piano instruction there follows a chronological sequence of personal character pieces such as the Notturno in G minor and “Abschied von Rom” [Departure from Rome], composed from the mid-1830s.
Song List
Hensel: Allegretto d minor
Hensel: Allegro molto c minor
Hensel: Allegro vivace A major
Hensel: Andante cantabile D flat major
Hensel: Exercise Piece g minor
Hensel: Exercise Piece C major
Hensel: Farewell from Rome a minor
Hensel: Notturno g minor
Hensel: O Dream of the Youth, o golden Star F major
Hensel: Piano Piece f minor
Hensel: Piano Piece g minor
Instrumentation
Piano
Product Details
#HL 51480392
884088175856
HN392
9.25"
12.25"
58 Pages
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