Beherrschung is a contemporary character piece exploring minimalist harmonic textures. It serves as an expressive exercise in balance and tone control for the intermediate pianist.
Students must develop a cantabile touch to project the inner melodic voice through shifting harmonies.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
Beherrschung (Op.29 No.22) is rated Henle level 3 of 9 — late beginner repertoire, roughly ABRSM grades 4–5. In the RCM system it corresponds to about level 3.
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 Beherrschung (Op.29 No.22) lasts about 2.5 minutes.
Beherrschung (Op.29 No.22) 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 Beherrschung by Jan Willem Menkveld, Bin traurig by Jan Willem Menkveld, Balanceakt by Jan Willem Menkveld — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.