A Terrible Event, Op. 98 No. 11, easy version

Melody and a simpler left hand

The melody as Gretchaninov wrote it, with each left-hand chord cut to its top and bottom notes. It leaves out 89 of the piece's 235 notes and adds none, so it is still the real piece: level 4 of 7, where the piece as written is level 5.

Level: 4 of 7
As written: Level 5
Notes: 146 of 235
Key: C minor
Time: 4/4
Length: 21 bars

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The whole easy version146 notes

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The first 8 bars of A Terrible Event, Op. 98 No. 11, easy version, on the grand staff — The first 8 bars of the easy version.

The piece as written, level 5, and all 4 of its versions are on A Terrible Event, Op. 98 No. 11's page.

Score typed for Clefsight from B. Schott's Söhne, Mainz, 1924, ed. J. Kilp, plate B.S.S. 31171 (scan on IMSLP), checked note for note, shared under CC0 1.0; the composition is public domain: Alexander Gretchaninov died in 1956. Credits