Gymnopédies, Gnossiennes and Other Works for Piano
Part of the Dover Music for Piano series
The affordable volume represents the largest collection of Satie piano works available. Includes 17 pieces in all by the French composer and pianist, including his most famous piece, Gymnopédies, as well as Sarabandes, Poudre d'or, En habit de cheval, and Morceaux en forme de poire. Painstakingly reprinted from the original French editions.
Sonata in B Minor and Other Works for Piano
Part of the Dover Music for Piano series
One of Liszt's most admired and performed masterpieces for piano, along with the 6 Consolations, 10 Harmonies poetiques et religieuses, 2 Ballades and 2 Legendes, all reprinted from the authoritative Franz Liszt-Stiftung edition published by Breitkopf & Härtel of Leipzig.
The Complete Elegies, The Six Sonatinas
and Other Original Works for Solo Piano
Part of the Dover Music for Piano series
Great virtuoso's best, most important solo piano works: the 7 Elegies; the 6 Sonatinas; the enormous and complex Contrapuntal Fantasy; the Fantasy after J. S. Bach; the Indian Diary (4 piano studies on American Indian motifs); and the 6 Pieces, Op. 33b. Authoritative Breitkopf & Härtel editions.
Nocturnes and Barcarolles for Solo Piano
Part of the Dover Music for Piano series
The music of Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924) is an important link between the innovations of late Romanticism and the experimentation of the early 20th century. A student of Saint-Saëns, he, in turn, taught Ravel and was a mentor to the young modernists of Les Six. These 12 nocturnes and 12 barcarolles, composed over a span of 40 years, document his move from Romanticism to the frontiers of 20th-century music. Reprinted from authoritative French editions.
The Schubert Song Transcriptions for Solo Piano/Series I
"Ave Maria," "Erlkonig" and Ten Other Great Songs
Part of the Dover Music for Piano series
"Der Wanderer," "Die junge Nonne," "Gretchen am Spinnrade," and other famed lieder in piano transcriptions that reflect Franz Liszt's incomparable mastery of the keyboard. Reproduced from extremely rare early editions overseen by Liszt himself. With editorial notes, and translations of the German texts.
Scarlatti Masterpieces for Solo Piano
47 Works
Part of the Dover Music for Piano series
This compilation of popular selections by the great master presents favorites from his more than 500 miniature "sonatas" (each about 4 minutes long). All of the best-loved miniature masterpieces appear here - tarantellas, Siciliennes, pastoral pieces, and high-speed keyboard toccatas. Pianists and other music lovers will relish this handsome compilation reproduced from the G. Ricordi edition.
Islamey and Other Favorite Russian Piano Works
Part of the Dover Music for Piano series
Celebrated title piece plus such all-time favorites as Rubinstein's Melodie in F, Moussorgsky's "Hopak of the Young Ukrainians," Scriabin's Nocturne in D Flat, Op. 9, No. 2; Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C-sharp Minor, Op. 3, No. 2; Tchaikovsky's Chant sans paroles; and many more. Authoritative editions.
Rapsodia Española and Other Piano Works
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This compilation of Isaac Albéniz's piano gems features brilliant keyboard music steeped in the lyric and rhythmic spirit of Spain. Although he wrote operas with English words as well as songs and orchestral music, the composer was a leading figure in the development of Spain's national style of composition. Albéniz incorporated elements of traditional Spanish folk music into his works, drawing upon the Iberian Peninsula's diverse array of folk dances for creations of rhythmic exuberance. Albéniz is most widely recognized for his piano music, and this compilation encompasses the spirited pieces that reflect his most popular style. Contents include Suite Española, Les saisons,Rapsodia española and Rapsodia cubana, Mallorca, Zortzico ("Basque Dance"), Troisième Suite Ancienne ("Minuetto" and "Gavotta"); and the brilliant La Vega.
Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 & Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2
With Orchestral Reduction for Second Piano
by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Part of the Dover Music for Piano series
Two great concertos in a single edition: the Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor, Op. 23, and the Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18. Each concerto is accompanied by an orchestral reduction for second piano - the universal standard for learning and rehearsing all concertos. G Schirmer edition.
The Seasons and Other Works for Solo Piano
by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Part of the Dover Music for Piano series
Finest single-volume edition includes authoritative scores of The Seasons, Op. 37; Album for the Young, Op. 39; 10 Characteristic Pieces, Op. 72; Dumka, Op. 59; Valse sentimentale, Op. 51, No. 6; 4 Pieces, Op. 40; Theme and Variations, Op. 19, No. 6; plus 5 early pieces.
Iberia and España
Two Complete Works for Solo Piano
Part of the Dover Music for Piano series
The great Spanish composer's best-known piano compositions, in authoritative editions. The often-performed Iberia contains 12 musical scenes of Spanish life and reflects the rhythms and harmonies of Spanish popular music. España contains 6 works, among them the famous "Tango." Table of Contents.
The 36 Fantasias for Keyboard
by Georg Philipp Telemann
Part of the Dover Music for Piano series
These influential compositions are the work of a prolific 18th-century contrapuntist. Renowned for his technical mastery and fluent command of melody, Telemann was much admired by such contemporaries as Bach and Handel. This collection of 36 of his fantasias features works of great artistic merit and only intermediate-level complexity - it also forms a fine introduction to Baroque keyboard works.
The Complete Preludes and Etudes for Pianoforte Solo
Part of the Dover Music for Piano series
Russian composer and pianist Scriabin is best known for his perfectly spun miniatures. This volume collects his finest pieces, the complete etudes and preludes for the solo piano. Chopinesque works include the 12 etudes from Op. 8 and the 24 Preludes, Op. 11; Preludes, Opp. 33 and 48; and the Etudes, Op. 42.
The Schubert Song Transcriptions for Solo Piano/Series III
The Complete Schwanengesang
Part of the Dover Music for Piano series
Brilliant transcriptions by the foremost pianist-composer of his day of all 14 songs in the series, including such masterpieces as "Das Fischermädchen," "Am Meer," "Abschied," "Ständchen," "Frühlings-Sehnsucht," "Der Doppelgänger," and other famed lieder. All meticulously reproduced from rare early editions overseen by Liszt himself. A modestly priced collection of hard-to-find gems for pianists and music lovers.
Shorter Works for Pianoforte Solo
Part of the Dover Music for Piano series
All piano music except Sonatas, Dances, and a few unfinished pieces. Contains Wanderer, Impromptus, Moments Musicals, Variations, Scherzi, etc. Breitkopf & Härtel edition.