My pairings of #12 with #11 represent my one-pager ideas of how to arrange #12. I offer as a further thought on #12 a “costume” version.
Op 740 #12, Single Version: “Dark Eyes” in the costume of Czerny Op 740 #12, 8 sets of 8
Op 740 #12 Single Version Audio
This is my performance of #12 adapting the harmony of Czerny’s LH note patterns for an accompaniment to the folk song “Dark Eyes.” I supply a score.
There’s a lot to recommend #42 to a ballet accompanist. If you fill out Czerny’s LH with a light waltz accompaniment it makes a solid petit allegro 6/8. It’s effective at much slower tempos, at which
I can get Czerny’s arpeggiation up to around the quarter @90, and mm 1-16 with repeats make a lovely short Adagio (2 sets of 8 on each side) in binary form. It’s notey and rather robust, and Czerny is
I love the sparkle of Czerny’s note pattern here, and the music remains quite effective with the metronome at 100 rather than his 120. Limiting myself to a one-pager, mm 1-24 are easily shaped into a