Johann Kaspar Mertz

1806-1856 · Romantic · 144 works · classical guitar repertoire

Johann Kaspar Mertz (1806-1856) is represented in the Guitar Events repertoire database with 144 guitar works from the Romantic era. Typical performance times run from about 2 minutes for Barden-Klänge, Op. 13: III. Unruhe to about 20 minutes for Concertino. Mertz is named in the stated requirements of one competition listed on this site. For programme planning: 16 works are long enough to anchor a recital group, and 2 pieces under three minutes suit encores. Among them are 11 fantasias and 5 dances.

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