Composition: 12 Études caractéristiques, Op. 2 (Henselt, Adolf von)
| Title | 12 Études caractéristiques de concert pour le piano |
| Creators | Adolf von Henselt (composer) |
| Opus | Op.2 |
| Instrumentation | piano |
| Number of movements | 12 |
| Keys | — |
| Composed | — |
| First published | 1838 |
| Dedication | Louis, King of Bavaria |
| Tempo markings | — |
| Metronome markings | — |
| Time signatures | — |
| Average duration (sec) | — |
| Number of measures | — |
| Composition types | Studies, Character pieces |
| Period | Romantic |
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Sections
| Title click for details |
Metronome | Key | Measures |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Orage, tu ne saurais m’abattre!" | — | D minor | — |
| "Pensez un peu à moi, qui pense toujours à vous!" | — | D flat major | — |
| "Exauce mes vœux!" | — | B minor | — |
| "Repos d’amour" - Duo | — | B flat major | — |
| "Vie orageuse." | — | C sharp minor | — |
| "Si oiseau j’étais, à toi je volerais!" | — | F sharp major | — |
| "C’est la jeunesse, qui a des ailes dorées!" | — | D major | — |
| "Tu m’attires, m’entraînes, m’engloutis!" | — | E flat minor | — |
| "Jeunesse d’amour, plaisir céleste, ah tu t'enfuis! mais la mémoire nous reste." | — | F major | — |
| "Comme le ruisseau dans la mer se répand, ainsi, ma chère, mon cœur t'attend." | — | E minor | — |
| "Dors tu, ma vie?" | — | E flat major | — |
| "Plein de soupirs, de souvenirs, inquiet, hélas! Le cœur me bat." | — | B flat minor | — |
Arrangements
| Details | Section | Arranged for | Arranger |
|---|---|---|---|
| view | Si oiseau j'étais (No.6) | piano | Leopold Godowsky |
| view | Repos d'amour (No.4) | guitar | Francisco Tárrega |
| view | Si oiseau j'étais a toi je volerais (No.6) | harp | Charles Oberthür |
Scores
| Details | Section | Type | Publisher | Date | File (click to view) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| view | Complete | — | Lemoine | 1838 | Complete Score |
| view | Complete | — | Friedrich Hofmeister | 1879 | Complete Score (bookmarked) Complete Score (better scan) |
| view | Complete | — | Edwin Ashdown | — | Complete Score |
| view | Complete | — | Schirmer | 1902 | Complete Score |
| view | Repos d'amour (No.4) | — | Schirmer | 1896 | Complete Score |
| view | Si oiseau j'étais (No.6) | — | — | — | Complete score |
| view | Si oiseau j'étais (No.6) | — | Schirmer | 1896 | Complete Score |
| view | Si oiseau j'étais (No.6) | — | Breitkopf und Härtel | 1920 | Complete Score |
| view | Si oiseau j'étais (No.6) | — | The University Society | 1901 | Complete Score |
| view | Dors-tu, ma vie? (No.11) | — | — | — | Complete Score |
| view | Plein de soupirs (No.12) | — | Schirmer | 1902 | Complete Score |
| view | Si oiseau j'étais (No.6) | Arrangement for piano |
Arthur P. Schmidt | 1899 | Complete Score |
| view | Repos d'amour (No.4) | Arrangement for guitar |
Ildefonso Alier | — | Complete Score (300 dpi) Complete Score |
| view | Si oiseau j'étais a toi je volerais (No.6) | Arrangement for harp |
Edwin Ashdown | 1900 | Complete Score |
Recordings/Performances
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