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Mathilde Kralik von Meyrswalden (1857–1944, Vienna) studied composition under Anton Bruckner and became one of the most prominent Austrian women composers of her generation. Her catalog is now complete on PracticeClef — meaning every playable engraving of hers in our source corpus is live, not a greatest-hits sampling of a much larger output. That's two full sets: Blumenlieder, five flower songs on texts by Irene Zoepf (published 1895), and Jugend-Lieder, a piano Einleitung plus twelve songs on texts by Goethe, Herder, Klopstock, and Shakespeare in translation (published 1899). Most of the individual songs are piano parts of voice-and-piano Lieder — the accompaniment alone, clearly labeled as such, without the vocal line.
Six pieces to start with
Die verschwiegene Nachtigall — Mathilde Kralik
This piece is in Bb major (mixolydian signature), sits at level 5 of 9, and takes about 3 minutes to play.
The set's marquee curiosity: a setting of a 12th-century Minnesang text, Walther von der Vogelweide's “Under der linden,” written as archaic pastiche in Bb-mixolydian rather than a conventional major key.
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Himmelschlüssel — Mathilde Kralik
This piece is in C major, progressive from Db, sits at level 7 of 9, and takes about one minute to play.
The song opens flat-side in Db and closes in plain C major — a nice bit of text-painting, since “Himmelschlüssel” (cowslip, literally “keys of heaven”) dissolves to white keys by the final bar.
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Die Spröde — Mathilde Kralik
This piece is in E major, sits at level 6 of 9, and takes about 2 minutes to play.
Half of a famous Goethe pendant pair: “the aloof one,” answered by Die Bekehrte below. Both are worth reading side by side against Goethe settings elsewhere in the catalog.
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Die Bekehrte — Mathilde Kralik
This piece is in C# minor, sits at level 5 of 9, and takes about 2 minutes to play.
“The converted one” — Goethe's answer poem to Die Spröde, set here a third apart from its partner song, E major to C# minor.
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Lied der Desdemona — Mathilde Kralik
This piece is in A major, sits at level 5 of 9, and takes about 4 minutes to play.
Shakespeare's willow song from Othello, set in German translation — one entry point into the broader Shakespeare-settings thread running through the catalog.
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Einleitung — Mathilde Kralik
This piece is in B major, sits at level 8 of 9, and takes about 17 minutes to play.
The instrumental introduction that opens Jugend-Lieder — a piano solo, not a song accompaniment — and by far the longest and most demanding piece in the set.
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The rest of the set
The other twelve pieces round out both sets: from Blumenlieder, Maiglöckchen, Veilchen, Flieder, and Rosen join Himmelschlüssel above as the five flower songs; from Jugend-Lieder, Lied des Gefangenen, Die frühen Gräber, Wanderlied, Mailied, Morgengesang, Sonett, Das Mädchen und die Haselstaude, and Der Schmied fill out the twelve songs alongside the four featured above. Difficulty across all 18 runs mostly intermediate — one piece at 4/9, seven at 5/9, six at 6/9 — with only Himmelschlüssel at 7/9 and three pieces (Flieder, Wanderlied, and the Einleitung) at 8/9. If you've worked through the basics and want a next step that isn't a leap into virtuoso repertoire, this is a reasonable set to try.
Explore it
All 18 pieces are on Mathilde Kralik's composer page, or browse the full library by composer, difficulty, or era. Connect a digital piano for live note feedback. Turn on Wait mode when you want the cursor to advance after you play the written notes. See the docs for setup. No account is needed.
A note on the numbers. Every count in this post is checkable against the live catalog: keys, difficulty grades, and duration estimates come from each piece's own metadata record. Duration figures are estimates derived from the score, not measured performances. “Complete” means every playable engraving in our source corpus is live — not every piece Kralik ever wrote.