Miocheries, Op. 126

Composer: BONIS, Mélanie Hélène
  • Bonis’s Miocheries (subtitle: 14 “childish scenes”) is a collection of beginner pedagogical piano pieces for children. Bonis wrote several collections of pedagogical children’s works like this one.1
  • This collection was published in 1928. The edition is charmingly illustrated: you can look at sample pages here. 
  • Selections:
    1. Première solitude (First solitude)
    2. Air connu (Well-known tune)
    3. Ronde (Round)
    4. La Moulin (The Mill)
    5. Fifille sage (Wise girl)
    6. La leçon de solfège (The music theory lesson)
    7. Á pas de loups (On tiptoe)
    8. Patineurs à roulettes (Roller skaters)
    9. Croquemitain (Bogeyman)
    10. …Plutôt une vieille danse française (Rather an old French Dance)
    11. Joyeux scouts (Happy scouts)
    12. Pique-nique (Picnic)
    13. La toute petite s’endort (The little one falls asleep)
    14. Les noces de Polichinelle (The wedding of Pulcinella)2

Sources

  1. “Jeunesse: Recueils de pièces pédagogiques pour le piano,” Mel Bonis, Composer, accessed April 19, 2022, https://www.mel-bonis.com/EN/Catalogue/.
  2. “Miocheries, Op.126 (Bonis, Mel),” IMSLP, accessed August 15, 2025, https://imslp.org/wiki/Miocheries,_Op.126_(Bonis,_Mel).

Cut IDs

26915 24289