Twenty-four Pieces for Children

Twenty-four Pieces for Children (also 24 Pieces for Children), Op. 25, is a 1936 romantic piano composition written in all twenty-four major and minor tonalities by Ukrainian pianist and composer Viktor Kosenko.^[1] Naturally treated with techniques of folk polyphony, it was published as Op. 15 in 1938, but later corrected by the publisher of his collection Musiczna Ukraina. It is still an obligatory set of compositions specifically for children learning the piano in conservatoires and piano schools across the country by holding a significant place in today's Ukrainian pedagogical repertoire as one of the most popular collections for children.^[2][3]

Description

Title	Opus	Name	Key	Tempo	Score	Year
Twenty-four Pieces for Children	25	Petroushka	C major	Allegro mosso		1936
		After a Butterfly	A minor	Presto
		Pioneer's Song	G major	Allegro alla marcia
		Ukrainian Folk Song	E minor	Moderato
		On the Edge of the Forest	D major	Allegro moderato
		Waltz	B minor	Tempo di Valse lento
		Morning in the Orchard	A major	Allegro vivace
		They Don't Want to Buy a Teddy Bear	F-sharp minor	Moderato
		They Have Bought a Teddy Bear	E major	Prestissimo
		Polka	C-sharp minor	Allegro gusto
		Pastorale	B major	Andante
		Melody	G-sharp minor	Andantino cantabile
		In March!	G-flat major	Allegro marciale
		Little Rain	E-flat minor	Allegro scherzando
		Lullaby	D-flat major	Moderato
		Étude	B-flat minor	Allegro molto
		Little Jumping-rope	A-flat major	Allegro vivo
		Ballet Scene	F minor	Allegretto scherzando
		Humoresque	E-flat major	Allegro non troppo
		Mazurka	C minor	Allegretto semplice
		Pljasovaja Dance	B-flat major	Allegro mosso
		Fairytale	G minor	Allegro commodo
		Young Budyonnovs' March	F major	Allegro marciale
		Toccatina	D minor	Allegro di molto

See also

• List of compositions by Viktor Kosenko

References

1. MusicaNeo. "Viktor Stepanovych Kosenko". Load.CD GmbH. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
2. Gentle, Tamara. "24 Children's Pieces for Piano". Denysberezhnoy.com. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
3. Mednova, I.O. "Косенко Віктор Степанович (Kosenko Viktor Stepanovych)". Zhytomyr Oblast Children's Library (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 23 June 2013.

External links

• Twenty-four Pieces for Children at the IMSLP