24 Melodious Etudes Op. 50

First published in 1870, the 24 Melodious Etudes, Opus 50 by Cornelius Gurlitt are designed to traverse the breadth of a pianist’s technical and expressive development. Beginning with the simplest Etudes nos. 1, 2, & 11 and extending to the more technically challenging Etudes nos. 7, 14, 18, 21, & 24, the entire collection will help prepare the aspiring pianist for the more intricate works of Frédéric Chopin, Robert Schumann, Clara Schumann, Johannes Brahms, Cécile Chaminade, Enrique Granados, and a myriad of others.

These piano miniatures are ideal companion pieces to selections from Johann Sebastian Bach’s Kleine Präludien, Muzio Clementi’s Sonatinas, Op. 36, Amy Beach’s Children’s Album, Op. 36, Béla Bartók’s Mikrokosmos, Sergei Prokofiev’s 12 Children’s Pieces, Op. 65, Dmitri Kabalevsky’s 30 Pieces for Children, Op. 27, Norman Dello Joio’s Lyric Pieces for the Young, or Valerie Capers’ Portraits in Jazz: A Piano Album.