Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel Piano Music (Dover Classical Piano Music)

While this is a beautiful collection of pieces that deserve to be heard much more often, there are numerous flaws in the editing that are quite surprising. There are incorrect chords, some with accidentals missing, others with a note misplaced to the adjacent line or space. (If it suddenly sounds like 20th century jazz, find some trusted recordings and compare.) The use of accidentals in general is very strange and inconsistent. Sometimes they are (oddly) meant to alter the pitch in all octaves for the measure, sometimes not. Numerous measures are misaligned between the hands, as in a note in the right hand is shown to the left of a left hand note that is meant to sound first. (Grab a pencil and get ready to draw arrows!) I give it 2 stars for the beauty of the music and the attention the collection gives to some long-ignored gems, but I wish more care had gone into the final product.

Nothing to dislike. Such wonderful music. I instantly felt akin to the music. By the same token, I fell entranced by her compositions immediately. Interesting that it took me years to appreciate her brother's compositions. Such different personalities, I believe.

Her music is beautiful, and she has been undeservedly obscure.

A nice selection of some of Fanny Hensel's most attractive pieces in facsimile prints.Several of these have been recorded, as well, already.

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A delightful but small collection of pieces in a very old fashioned printing style. I enjoyed playing them through and look forward to using suitable selections from them in future work.

Pleasing collection of Fanny's compositions, though I wonder if there are more works for solo piano by her which could be made available.