The Return, Op. 117 No. 24, easy version

Melody and a simpler left hand

The melody as Gurlitt wrote it, with each left-hand chord cut to its top and bottom notes. It leaves out 34 of the piece's 177 notes and adds none, so it is still the real piece: level 2 of 7, where the piece as written is level 3.

Level: 2 of 7
As written: Level 3
Notes: 143 of 177
Key: C major
Time: 6/8
Length: 24 bars

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The whole easy version143 notes

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The first 8 bars of The Return, Op. 117 No. 24, easy version, on the grand staff — The first 8 bars of the easy version.

The piece as written, level 3, and all 4 of its versions are on The Return, Op. 117 No. 24's page.

Score typed for Clefsight from G. Schirmer, New York, 1895 (scan on IMSLP), checked note for note, shared under CC0 1.0; the composition is public domain: Cornelius Gurlitt died in 1901. Credits