Masterpieces for the Modern Pianist

Description

An extensive 272-page classical piano collection of original piano solos from Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and early 20th Century masters that juxtaposes familiar pieces with lesser known gems. Popular favorites such as Chopin's Minute Waltz, Rachmaninoff's C-sharp minor prelude, the first movement of Bach's Italian Concerto, and the fast and furious 3rd movement of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata intermingle with seldom heard but equally delightful pieces by Melanie Bonis, Cecile Chaminade, Thomas Wiggins, Rentaro Taki, and Ignacio Cervantes. The brief composer biographies also include a concise description of each piece. This thoughtfully selected publication is organized traditionally by era, and would be beneficial as a reference copy for a piano teacher, as recital or sight-reading music for an advancing piano student, and especially for an amateur or recreational pianist in search of new repertoire for perhaps the superior kind of piano playing: solitary enjoyment!

Contents:
• Adios a Cuba (Farewell to Cuba)
• Air (Theme from the Goldberg Variations, BWV 988)
• Allegro in A Major
• Arabesque
• Arabesque No. 1
• Arabesque, Op. 61
• Aria
• Arietta
• The Arrival
• Bagatelle, Op. 6, No. 1
• Ballade
• Le Bandoline
• Benevolent Cuckoos (Under Yellow Dominos)
• Berceuse (Le sommeil de l'enfant), Op. 35
• Chopin
• Clair De Lune
• Consolation No. 3 in D-flat Major
• Le Coucou
• D'un Jardin Clair
• Danse Lente
• The Entertainer
• Etude in F-sharp minor, Op. 26, No. 10
• Flores de Romana
• From Faraway Lands, Op.15, No. 1
• Fur Elise (Bagatelle in A minor), WoO 59
• Gai Printemps, Op. 11, No. 1
• Galop
• Gnossienne No. 1
• The Gondolier
• Grazioso, Op. 1, No. 2
• Heloisa
• Impromptu (Le Sabbat), Op. 5, No. 1
• Intermezzo
• Italian Concerto in F Major, BWV 971
• Juba
• Lament (La Gemissante)
• The Limping Witch Lurking in the Woods
• Madrigal
• Mazurka, Op. 17, No. 4
• Minuet and Trio
• Minuet in G Major, BWV Anh. 114
• Minuet in G (Menuet)
• Minuet in G Minor, BWV Anh. 115
• My Lord Delivered Daniel, Op. 59, No. 18
• Notturno
• Pathetique Sonata, Op.13, 2nd mvmt
• Petite Tarantelle, Op. 46, No. 7
• Prelude
• Prelude in B Major, Op. 22, No. 3
• Prelude in C Major, BWV 846
• Prelude in C-Sharp Minor
• Prelude, Op. 165, No. 1
• Romance Sans Paroles, Op. 17, No. 3 (Song Without Words)
• Rondo Alla Turca
• Rustle of Spring, Op. 32, No. 3
• Sarabande
• Scherzando
• Scherzo in D minor
• Scottish Legend, Op. 54, No. 1
• Solfeggietto
• Sonata in A Major, K. 113
• Sonata in C-sharp minor “Moonlight,” Op. 27, No. 2, 3rd Mvmt
• Sonata in E-Flat Major
• Sonata No. 16 in C Major, K. 545, First Movement (“Allegro”)
• Sonatina in A Major, Op. 60, No. 2, 1st Mvmt
• Sonatina in C Major, Op. 36, No. 3, 1st Mvmt
• Song of the Reaper (Schnetterliedchen), Op. 68, No. 18
• Spinning Song, Op. 14, No. 5
• Valse Melancolique, Op. 36, No.2
• Valse Poetico No. 2
• Visions Fugitive No. 1
• Waltz in D-flat Major (“Minute Waltz”), Op. 64, No. 1
• Water in the Moonlight