Rondo (Favori) Opus 11 in E flat shows Johann Nepomuk Hummel's as a composer (and player) of virtuoso piano pieces: this little piece certainly allows an accomplished pianist to show off. It encompasses a wide range of dynamics, lively movement of both hands, syncopated rhythms, long trills, arpeggi and glissandi. The mood is merry and the themes are presented with very pleasing and surprising ornaments. But it not only a technical show-off for pianists. It has also passages which allow very emotional interpretation, and its use of chromatic scales and counter point are quite remarkable. Many see Hummel as a shallow third-rate composer. On the strength of this piece alone I think unjustifiedly. I had considerable problems implementing the clef changes when they occurred in the middle of a bar. I am grateful to Dave Webber for taking the time to point out procedures to fix it. I indicated the arpeggi with a character from a special music font I have, MWW Symbols (from Music Works 2.2); I hope the PDF file will show it properly, but I am fairly certain that on systems without this font they won't show up properly in MOZART itself. Maybe someone can point out a more widely available music font which contains an arpeggio. I used the "Ornament" feature in MOZART 5 for trills, turns and the like, and although a hand crafted trill sounds better, the main purpose of this exercise is to provide free sheet music. For good sounding MIDI file you should go to MIDI World, which naturally has this piece, too. See: http://midiworld.com/cgibin/x.cgi/mid/hummel/mthmrf11.mid Speaking of trills: I think there is a bug in MOZART 5 (5.0.6) where trills cannot exceed two bars. That's why the long trill in bars 164-175 is written with a trill for every bar. Enjoy! Michael Bednarek mb@tgm.com.au http://www.geocities.com/mcmbednarek/