Beginning pianists of all ages will cherish this excellent compilation of classics. Each piece was carefully selected and simplified to help students develop their skills. Many of the greatest composersâ??J. S. Bach Beethoven Brahms Mendelssohn Mozart Rimsky-Korsakov Rachmaninoff Tchaikovsky and othersâ??are represented by several pieces each some newly adapted for the piano. Composers and works not usually featured in beginner's books include pieces by Borodin Gluck Rameau and Tallis.Well-known classics include Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 Debussy's Claire de Lune Moussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition Satie'sGymnopedie No. 1 Schumann's Child Falling Asleep and 'Spring' from Vivaldi's Four Seasons. Several orchestral pieces have been newly adapted for the piano including 'Dance of the Swan' from Swan Lake 'Aquarium' from Carnival of the Animals 'Largo' from Xerxes and 'Waltz of the Flowers' from The Nutcracker.Dover Original.

60 Works From Bach To Debussy-Unique and comprehensive this fantastic collection features a tremendous variety of slow movements for keyboard players. Highlights of these evocative selections come from masterpieces including sonatas of Haydn and Mozart Chopin preludes and classics such as the opening movement of Beethoven's 'Moonlight' Sonata Bach's Sinfonia in F Minor and Debussy's Clair De Lune.

Two volumes entitled Cello Meets Piano edited and published by Árpád Pejtsik were issued many years ago by the Könemann Music Budapest. The first edition was quickly sold out and no further editions followed. EMB has undertaken to issue a new edition entitled Cello & Piano with the content unchanged. The two volumes contain a selection from 200 years of music. Eight Baroque sonatas are included apart from the famous D minor one by Corelli there are some that are appearing in a modern edition for the first time in 300 years. In addition to cyclical works (Haydn: Sonatina Mozart: Divertimento Vivaldi: Concerto)and sets of variations (Beethoven Tartini) there are many shorter pieces as well not only the famous minuets by Boccherini Mozart and Beethoven but also works published for the first time here. Virtuoso pieces are represented by Goltermann's Etude-caprice and Jenkinson’s Dance of the sylphids the lighter kind include Joplin's Ragtime. Book II Contents: 1. Aldrovandini G. A. V.: Sonata2. Bella Domenico dalla: Sonata 3. Boni Pietro Giuseppe Gaetano: Sonata Op. 1 No. 5 4. Passionei Carlo: Sonata 5. Bach Johann Sebastian: Air BWV 1068/II 6. Tartini Giuseppe: L'arte del arco 7. Haydn Joseph: Sonatina Hob. XI:101 5 108 8. Albrechtsberger Johann Georg: Scherzando 9. Boccherini Luigi: Minuetto 10. Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus: Divertimento from KV 487 11. Beethoven Ludwig van: Andante con variazioni WoO 44b 12. Schubert Franz: Ave Maria Op. 52 No. 6 13. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Felix: Lied ohne Worte Op. 19 No. 4 14. Schumann Robert: Schlummerlied Op. 124 No. 16 15. Goltermann Georg: Étude-caprice Op. 54 No. 4 16. Tchaikovsky P. I.: Chanson triste Op. 40 No. 2 17. Dvorák Antonín: Appassionato Op. 75 No. 3 18. Massenet Jules: Air de Ballet (Scene pittoresque)

Beethoven's five sonatas for cello and piano are basic works of the cello repertoire and his three sets of variations on themes by Mozart and Handel are perennial favorites of chamber-music programs as well. This volume contains all eight works in score format carefully reproduced from the authoritative complete-works edition published by Breitkopf