The composer wrote this basically pedagogical work intended for young pianists. Beginning with each of the seven pitches of the diatonic scale, with the individual pieces having feminine first names, he proposed the following:

• to assign a role of equal importance to each hand;
• to have the young pianists become accustomed to two voice counterpoint;
• to characterize each piece by systematic use of one of the 7 intervals;
• to train the ear to comprehend and accept certain dissonances cr...