6 Bagatelles, Op.107
Bagatelle · Op. 107
Johann Nepomuk Hummel 1778–1837
Bagatelle
Form
Op. 107
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Themes & character
Short character pieces·Domestic scale·Accessible Hummel·Charm over ambition
At a glance
- Catalogue
- Op. 107
- Form
- Bagatelle
About the piece
Six bagatelles, short and unpretentious pieces in the genre Beethoven had used for the same purpose: musical ideas too brief to sustain a larger structure.
They show the approachable side of a composer whose concertos and sonatas are considerably more demanding, and they remain among the more playable entry points into a body of work that has never quite regained the standing it held in his lifetime.
The composer
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
1778–1837
Johann Nepomuk Hummel was an Austrian composer and pianist. His music reflects the transition from the Classical to the Romantic musical era. He was among Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri’s best students. He also studied under Joseph Haydn. Hummel significantly influenced later piano music of the nineteenth century, particularly in the works of Frédéric Chopin, Franz Liszt, and Felix Mendelssohn.
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