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Burgmüller: 25 Easy and Progressive Studies, Op. 100

Twenty-five short pieces, each with a name and a character of its own (The Chase, Ballade, The Swallow), written for young players and given to piano students ever since, often between a first method book and the sonatinas.

The library has 16 of the book's 25 numbers, levels 3 to 4. Not in the library: No. 1 (La candeur), No. 15 (Ballade), No. 19 (Ave Maria), No. 20 (Tarentelle), No. 21 (L'harmonie des anges), No. 22 (Barcarolle), No. 23 (Le retour), No. 24 (L'hirondelle), and No. 25 (La chevaleresque).

Pieces

16

Levels

3 to 4

Key signatures

2 flats to 2 sharps

Length

24 to 68 bars

In the book's order

Each with its number and level, and easier versions made from the score itself, so you can start below a piece's level and work up to it as written.

• Arabesque, Op. 100 No. 2
  no sharps or flats, 2/4, 47 bars
  No. 2 of 25; level 3
• Pastorale, Op. 100 No. 3
  1 sharp, 6/8, 37 bars
  No. 3 of 25; level 3
• The Little Party, Op. 100 No. 4
  no sharps or flats, 4/4, 54 bars
  No. 4 of 25; level 3
• Innocence, Op. 100 No. 5
  1 flat, 3/4, 32 bars
  No. 5 of 25; level 3
• Progress, Op. 100 No. 6
  no sharps or flats, 4/4, 32 bars
  No. 6 of 25; level 3
• The Clear Stream, Op. 100 No. 7
  1 sharp, 4/4, 24 bars
  No. 7 of 25; level 3
• Grace, Op. 100 No. 8
  1 flat, 3/4, 32 bars
  No. 8 of 25; level 4
• The Chase, Op. 100 No. 9
  no sharps or flats, 6/8, 65 bars
  No. 9 of 25; level 3
• Tender Flower, Op. 100 No. 10
  2 sharps, 4/4, 48 bars
  No. 10 of 25; level 3
• The Wagtail, Op. 100 No. 11
  no sharps or flats, 2/4, 45 bars
  No. 11 of 25; level 3
• Farewell, Op. 100 No. 12
  no sharps or flats, 4/4, 42 bars
  No. 12 of 25; level 3
• Consolation, Op. 100 No. 13
  no sharps or flats, 4/4, 42 bars
  No. 13 of 25; level 3
• La Styrienne, Op. 100 No. 14
  1 sharp, 3/4, 68 bars
  No. 14 of 25; level 4
• Gentle Complaint, Op. 100 No. 16
  2 flats, 4/4, 32 bars
  No. 16 of 25; level 3
• The Chatterbox, Op. 100 No. 17
  1 flat, 3/8, 58 bars
  No. 17 of 25; level 3
• Restlessness, Op. 100 No. 18
  1 sharp, 2/4, 46 bars
  No. 18 of 25; level 3

An order to learn them in

The same pieces from the easiest, by the level fitted to each score; within a level, in the book's order. Teachers skip about in these books, and so can you.

1. Level 3 The Clear Stream, Op. 100 No. 7 · Gentle Complaint, Op. 100 No. 16 · Innocence, Op. 100 No. 5 · Progress, Op. 100 No. 6 · Pastorale, Op. 100 No. 3 · Consolation, Op. 100 No. 13 · Farewell, Op. 100 No. 12 · The Wagtail, Op. 100 No. 11 · Restlessness, Op. 100 No. 18 · Arabesque, Op. 100 No. 2 · Tender Flower, Op. 100 No. 10 · The Little Party, Op. 100 No. 4 · The Chatterbox, Op. 100 No. 17 · The Chase, Op. 100 No. 9
2. Level 4 Grace, Op. 100 No. 8 · La Styrienne, Op. 100 No. 14

Other teaching books

Every book five or more library pieces are from.

• Köhler's Very Easiest Exercise Pieces, Op. 190 24
• Duvernoy's École primaire, Op. 176 16 of 25
• Mozart's first pieces, K. 1a–1f 6 of 6
• Anna Magdalena Bach's Notebook (1725) 10 of 20
• Burgmüller's 25 Easy Studies, Op. 100 16 of 25
• Le Couppey's L'Alphabet, Op. 17 25 of 25
• Lemoine's Études enfantines, Op. 37 29 of 50
• Czerny's 160 Eight-Measure Exercises, Op. 821 19 of 160
• Czerny's School of Velocity, Op. 299 6 of 40
• Clementi's Six Sonatinas, Op. 36 6 of 6
• Schumann's Album for the Young, Op. 68 21 of 43
• Schumann's Kinderszenen, Op. 15 7 of 13
• Chopin's 24 Preludes, Op. 28 8 of 24