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Kuhlau: Three Sonatinas, Op. 20

Three sonatinas published in Copenhagen in 1820, in C, G and F, three movements each: the sonatinas teachers give after Clementi's Op. 36, and the first in Schirmer's Sonatina Album.

The library has 2 of the book's 3 numbers in 5 movements, levels 3 to 4. Not in the library: No. 3.

Pieces

5

Levels

3 to 4

Key signatures

3 flats to 1 sharp

Length

25 to 234 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.

• Sonatina in C, Op. 20 No. 1: Allegro
  no sharps or flats, 4/4, 111 bars
  No. 1 of 3; level 3
• Sonatina in C, Op. 20 No. 1: Andante
  1 flat, 6/8, 25 bars
  No. 1 of 3; level 4
• Sonatina in G, Op. 20 No. 2: I
  1 sharp, 3/4, 234 bars
  No. 2 of 3; level 4
• Sonatina in G, Op. 20 No. 2: II
  3 flats, 2/4, 49 bars
  No. 2 of 3; level 4
• Sonatina in G, Op. 20 No. 2: III
  1 sharp, 6/8, 131 bars
  No. 2 of 3; level 4

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 Sonatina in C, Op. 20 No. 1: Allegro
2. Level 4 Sonatina in C, Op. 20 No. 1: Andante · Sonatina in G, Op. 20 No. 2: II · Sonatina in G, Op. 20 No. 2: III · Sonatina in G, Op. 20 No. 2: I

Other teaching books

Every book five or more library pieces are from.

• Köhler's Very Easiest Exercise Pieces, Op. 190 24
• Beyer's Vorschule im Klavierspiel, Op. 101 14
• Gurlitt's The First Lessons, Op. 117 34 of 34
• Duvernoy's École primaire, Op. 176 16 of 25
• Mozart's first pieces, K. 1a–1f 6 of 6
• Streabbog's Twelve Melodious Studies, Op. 63 12 of 12
• Le Couppey's L'Alphabet, Op. 17 25 of 25
• Burgmüller's 25 Easy Studies, Op. 100 25 of 25
• Anna Magdalena Bach's Notebook (1725) 20 of 20
• Gretchaninov's Glass Beads, Op. 123 12 of 12
• Bartók's For Children (original edition) 20 of 42
• Gretchaninov's Children's Album, Op. 98 15 of 15
• Tchaikovsky's Album for the Young, Op. 39 24 of 24
• Lemoine's Études enfantines, Op. 37 29 of 50
• Schirmer's Sonatina Album 15 of 30
• Clementi's Six Sonatinas, Op. 36 6 of 6
• Czerny's 160 Eight-Measure Exercises, Op. 821 19 of 160
• Czerny's School of Velocity, Op. 299 6 of 40
• Schumann's Album for the Young, Op. 68 21 of 43
• Kuhlau's Three Sonatinas, Op. 20 2 of 3
• Grieg's Lyric Pieces 22 of 66
• Bach's Two-Part Inventions 15 of 15
• Bach's Six Little Preludes, BWV 933–938 6 of 6
• Schumann's Kinderszenen, Op. 15 8 of 13
• Mendelssohn's Songs without Words 10 of 48
• Chopin's 24 Preludes, Op. 28 9 of 24