Douce Plainte, Op. 100, No. 16
Sweet Sorrow - From 25 Études faciles et progressives, Op. 100
This study entitled Douce Plainte, Op. 100, No. 16 [Sweet Sorrow] is the sixteenth of 25 études in Burgmüller's 25 Études faciles et progressives, Op. 100.This album was first published in Mainz in 1852.
This particular étude Douce Plainte is appropriate for Grade 5 piano students.
Its first section (measures 1 to 8) is a calm and melancholic legato melody with a slightly agitated accompaniment.
Its second section (measures 9 to 16), on the other hand, conveys feelings of restlessness and pinching sorrow but finally returns to a quiet and sad legato.
Duration : 01:24
Source : Johann Friedrich Franz Burgmüller, 25 Études faciles et progressives, Op. 100 (Mainz : Schott, 1852).
This sheet music appears in the following collections :