A rare salon-style piece by Wilhelm Ganz composed in a light, bravura Romantic fashion. It serves as a study in velocity and clarity, typical of mid-19th-century technical exercises.
Ensure the rapid passages are played with even, crisp finger articulation rather than relying on the pedal.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
Allons vite! (Op.35) is rated Henle level 3 of 9 — late beginner repertoire, roughly ABRSM grades 4–5. In the RCM system it corresponds to about level 4.
You should be comfortable at Henle level 3 — meaning you can already play level 2–3 pieces cleanly. Learning it one level early is possible as a stretch piece, but more than that usually leads to months of frustration.
A typical performance of Allons vite! (Op.35) lasts about 3 minutes.
Allons vite! (Op.35) is available as free public-domain sheet music on IMSLP — the score is linked directly from this page.
Pieces at a comparable difficulty and character include Alexander's Ragtime Band by Irving Berlin, 'S Wonderful by George Gershwin, Solfegetto in C minor, H 220 by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.