Can I assume you did this performance through sequencing rather than
actually playing it live? I can't even imagine playing something this fast
and accurately. This is indeed an old gem. i found some nice things by
musicians who were previously unknown to myself when we went through
my grandmother's things. Even though she considered herself a 'so so '
pianist, there were lots of etudes and sketches like this in her collection
that obviously took a lot of work to learn to play. I suspect the 'decent
pianist' of her day was the 'gifted artist' of today.
Anyway, thanks for sharing this piece, and I hope you bring other old
gems to light here at MacJams as well.

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Thanks for posting this. I find it extremely odd that it's only had one
comment/vote so far. I'm afraid I missed it, so I'm just discovering it
now.

I agree that it has some wonderfully odd spots, and I'd like to have a
look at it, both to share with my piano faculty colleagues, as well as to
consider arranging it for guitar, or to see if one of my guitar students
might be interested in doing so.

I must respectfully take issue with your statement that there is no
harmony; this piece is filled with harmony! A monophonic texture
does not preclude a harmonic framework -- just think of the C major
prelude from WTC I by JS Bach. And there's implied polyphony all over
the place.

Anyway, if there is some way of sending this to me, that would be
great.

Cheers, Clark

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