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Alexander Gretchaninov (1864–1956)

27 pieces by Alexander Gretchaninov to read and learn at your keyboard, easiest first. Each one comes with easier versions made from the score itself, so you can start below its level and work up to it as written.

More from Gretchaninov's time: Romantic piano pieces, from about 1820 to 1900. Gretchaninov wrote his children's albums in the 1920s, but in the Russian Romantic style he learned from Rimsky-Korsakov; he is placed with the Romantics, beside Tchaikovsky.

Teaching books: Gretchaninov's Glass Beads, Op. 123 and Gretchaninov's Children's Album, Op. 98, each in the book's own order.

Pieces

27

Levels

2 to 5

Key signatures

3 flats to 4 sharps

Length

16 to 89 bars

Level 2

A tune over a simple left hand, mostly in one hand position.

• The Little Traveller, Op. 98 No. 14
  no sharps or flats, 4/4, 17 bars
• On the Accordion, Op. 123 No. 12
  1 flat, 2/4, 55 bars

Level 3

Both hands busy, the hand moves around, a sharp or flat or two.

• A Tiresome Lesson, Op. 98 No. 8
  no sharps or flats, 4/4, 16 bars
• Fairy Tale, Op. 98 No. 1
  1 sharp, 4/4, 17 bars
• Study, Op. 123 No. 3
  1 sharp, 12/8, 17 bars
• Cradle Song, Op. 98 No. 9
  2 sharps, 4/4, 20 bars
• Farewell, Op. 98 No. 4
  1 sharp, 3/4, 20 bars
• The Little Beggar, Op. 123 No. 2
  no sharps or flats, 4/4, 20 bars
• Morning Walk, Op. 123 No. 1
  no sharps or flats, 4/4, 24 bars
• The Tin Soldiers in Camp, Op. 98 No. 2
  2 sharps, 4/4, 24 bars
• In the Woodland Glade, Op. 98 No. 6
  1 flat, 4/4, 26 bars
• Riding the Hobby-Horse, Op. 98 No. 5
  1 sharp, 6/8, 28 bars
• A Sad Song, Op. 123 No. 4
  2 sharps, 2/4, 32 bars
• Mother's Caress, Op. 123 No. 11
  2 flats, 3/4, 48 bars
• Study, Op. 98 No. 12
  4 sharps, 2/4, 49 bars
• A Little Dance, Op. 98 No. 10
  no sharps or flats, 2/4, 53 bars
• In the Fields, Op. 123 No. 10
  2 flats, 2/4, 59 bars
• The Tin Soldiers Marching, Op. 98 No. 3
  1 sharp, 2/4, 64 bars
• The Little Would-Be Man, Op. 98 No. 15
  1 flat, 3/4, 88 bars
• On a Bicycle, Op. 123 No. 5
  4 sharps, 3/8, 89 bars

Level 4

Real independence between the hands and more accidentals.

• After the Ball, Op. 98 No. 13
  2 sharps, 3/4, 40 bars
• Hard Work, Op. 123 No. 7
  1 sharp, 6/8, 41 bars
• Lament, Op. 123 No. 9
  3 sharps, 3/4, 45 bars
• My First Ball, Op. 123 No. 8
  2 sharps, 3/4, 49 bars
• Waltz, Op. 123 No. 6
  3 sharps, 3/4, 80 bars

Level 5

The edge of early intermediate: dense textures, fast passages and far keys.

• A Terrible Event, Op. 98 No. 11
  3 flats, 4/4, 21 bars
• Nanny Is Ill, Op. 98 No. 7
  3 flats, 4/4, 31 bars

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